
Department of Oncology-Pathology
The Department of Oncology-Pathology conducts聽basic, translational and clinical research and educational activities related to cancer.
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Ioannis Zerdes appointed docent in oncology
Warm congratulations to Ioannis Zerdes, who was recently appointed docent at the Department of Oncology-Pathology. He obtained his PhD in breast cancer at the department in 2020 and is part of Theodoros Foukakis鈥檚 research group. The group conducts clinical studies aiming to understand how treatment resistance develops in breast cancer and to identify novel predictive biomarkers for therapy response.

Award for breast cancer treatment research project
The Swedish Society of Medicine鈥檚 2025 award for best scientific project proposal has been granted to Alexios Matikas at the Department of Oncology-Pathology. His research project, 鈥淚ntegrated multi-omics for prediction of response to antibody-drug conjugates鈥, aims to improve the ability to predict which breast cancer patients are likely to benefit from a specific treatment using antibody-drug conjugates.

Dose-dense chemotherapy improves survival for breast cancer patients
Alexios Matikas and Theodoros Foukakis have published a secondary analysis of the phase 3 PANTHER study in Lancet Regional Health Europe, showing that all patients with operated, lymph node-positive breast cancer benefit from more frequent chemotherapy every two weeks compared to the standard treatment every three weeks.

Thuy Tran receives grant from Erling-Persson Foundation to develop method for hard-to-treat cancer
Thuy Tran鈥檚 research group has been awarded 8 million SEK over three years from the Erling-Persson Foundation to develop a precision-focused, theranostic method that integrates both diagnostics and treatment of advanced solid tumors. Thuy Tran鈥檚 research focuses on creating an innovative, targeted platform that aims to provide less invasive, personalized, and targeted treatment options. The goal is to improve both patient well-being and treatment outcomes.
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