探花精选

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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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New professors at OnkPat

We congratulate Theodoros Foukakis appointed as professor from April 2, 2025. We also congratulate Lars Akslen appointed as foreign adjunct professor at OnkPat from April 1, 2025.

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Publication

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.

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Funding

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.

Xia Hao, Kenny Rodriguez-Wallberg and Jian Zhao stands in front of Aula Medica. Photo: Erika Rindsj枚
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New study reveals how mitochondria change during egg cell maturation

In a study published in Biomarkers Research, Kenny Rodriguez-Wallberg, Xia Hao, and Jian Zhao investigate how mitochondria change from being evenly distributed to forming clusters during the maturation of mouse egg cells, providing a new method for evaluating egg cell health.

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Cancer Research KI
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Cancer Research KI

Cancer Research KI is an overarching umbrella organisation and single point of entry to cancer research at 探花精选, that includes some 250 research groups. The aim is to bring together top-level cancer scientists from different disciplines, with the overall goal to generate new discoveries that can be rapidly translated into clinical practice for the benefit of patients and society.

BRECT - Breast Cancer Theme Center
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BRECT - Breast Cancer Theme Center

BRECT aims to increase our understanding of critical steps in breast cancer development and therapy.

KIPCM - The Personalised Cancer Medicine Program

KIPCM - The Personalised Cancer Medicine Program

The Personalised Cancer Medicine Program at 探花精选 (KIPCM) is a research initiative with the primary task to strengthen the infrastructure for team science addressing PCM. The core of the work is to bring together researchers at KI and SciLifeLab with clinical researchers at Karolinska University Hospital for PCM team science.

Cancer Core Europe
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Cancer Core Europe

探花精选 is one of the seven leading cancer centers that have joined forces to form the European cancer association .

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