The Steering Committee in DCCC is responsible for the running of the centre and consists of representatives from the corporate management level in the Danish regions, the university hospitals, the universities and the Director General of the Danish Health Authority. The representatives have been appointed to the Steering Committee of DCCC because of their high professional knowledge and overview within the field of cancer. The Committee is responsible for managing DCCC, as well as accept and initiate initiatives supporting DCCC's objectives. Members of the Steering Committee are appointed for a four-year period.
The role of the Steering Committee is:
- To appoint strategic fields of development in research, education, recruitment, diagnosis, and treatment etc.
- To create and develop new knowledge environments and networks across hospitals and universities
- To facilitate national diffusion and testing of clinical trials, not yet standardised.
- To make national decisions on evidence based, national guidelines – unless these decisions in its nature can be decided by others.
- To develop and coordinate local research competencies and environments to strengthen national coherence in the field of cancer
- To appoint centres and organisations to DCCC
Anne Bukh (Chair), DMSc, MD, CEO Health Care, The North Denmark Region, mail: 
Henrik Frederiksen (Chair of the Scientific Council), MD, Professor, Consultant, Department of Haematology, Odense University Hospital
Anders H. Lund, Professor, Director of Biotech and Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen
Helle Probst, Chief Medical Officer, Danish Regions
Henrik Ditzel, MD, Professor, Consultant, Head of Department of Molecular Medicine, Cancer and Inflammation Research, University of Southern Denmark and Head of Research, Department of Oncology, OUH
Ismail Gögenur, MD, Professor and Consultant at Department of Surgery, Department of Clinical Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Roskilde and Koege
Jens Winther Jensen
Jesper Fisker, Director of the Danish Cancer Society
Jørgen Frøkiær, Head of Department, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University
Michael Borre
Michael Braüner Schmidt, Chief Medical Officer, Aarhus University Hospital
Morten Ladekarl, Professor, Department of Oncology, Aalborg University Hospital
Peder Fabricius, Chief Medical Officer, Zealand University Hospital
Peter Sørensen, Medical Director, Hospital Sønderjylland
Randi Munch Krogsgaard, patient representative
teen Dalsgård Jespersen, Director General, Danish Health Authority
Søren Pihlkjær Hjortshøj, Medical Director, Aalborg University Hospital
Thomas Høi-Hansen, Centre Director, Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet
