Cancer Research KI list of cancer research PIs across KI, C to G
Please find the cancer epidemiology, endocrine organ cancer, gastrointestinal tract cancer, general imaging within cancer and gynaecological organ cancer researchers at KI listed in the tables below.
Note that this is an initial list that may still contain errors in part because the response rate on the conducted survey was below a hundred per cent. We would therefore like you to be in contact with us if you find that your name has been erroneously entered or if you would like to complete the current information in any way. Please send your update request to cancerresearchki@ki.se.
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Cancer epidemiology research
| Surname | Given name | Department | Group website | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adami | Hans-Olov | MEB | |||
| Almqvist Malmros | Catarina | MEB | |||
| Andersson | Therese | MEB | Statistical methods for estimating cancer patient survival and population-based descriptive cancer epidemiology. Have worked with a range of cancer sites, especially hematology. | ||
| Askling | Johan | MedS | |||
| Bahmanyar | Shahram | MEDS | |||
| Bellocco | Rino | MEB | |||
| Czene | Kamila | MEB | Main focus of research is genetic and mammographic factors of breast cancer prognosis | ||
| Dickman | Paul | MEB | |||
| Edgren | Gustaf | MEDS | |||
| Lambe | Mats | MEB | |||
| Lambert | Paul | MEB | |||
| Lindblom | Annika | MMK | |||
| Nyren | Olof | MEB | |||
| Palmgren | Juni | MEB | |||
| Pasternak | Björn | MedS | Investigation of drug safety concerns where the outcome is cancer. Pharmacoepidemiology using register data. | ||
| Rantalainen | Mattias | MEB | Computational pathology and cancer precision medicine based on large population representative studies driven by machine learning and AI. | ||
| Reilly | Marie | MEB | |||
| Valdimarsdottir | Unnur | MEB | |||
| Weiderpass Vainio | Elisabete | MEB | I am a cancer epidemiologist. Since 2019 Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer - IARC/WHO (www.iarc.fr) |
Endocrine organ cancer research
| Surname | Given name | Department | Group website | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juhlin | Christofer | Onk-Pat | Molecular characterization of endocrine tumors for improved clinical handling. | |
| Larsson | Catharina | Onk-Pat | Molecular, functional and clinical aspects of endocrine tumor development | |
| Zedenius | Jan | MMK | Translational research on prognostic markers in thyroid cancer, neuroendocrine and adrenal tumors. |
Gastrointestinal tract cancer research
| Surname | Given name | Department | Group website | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaltonen | Lauri | BioNut | ||
| Gustafsson | Ulf | KI DS | ||
| Holm | Torbjörn | KI SÖS | ||
| Hultcrantz | Rolf | MedS | Colorectal cancer screening | |
| Ingelman-Sundberg | Magnus | FyFa | ||
| Katajisto | Pekka | CMB | https://www.katajisto-lab.com/ | We study the early steps of tumor initiation in the gastrointestinal tract. |
| Lagergren | Jesper | MMK | https://ki.se/en/mmk/upper-gi-surgery | Aetiology, prevention and treatment of oesophageal and gastric cancer. |
| Lagergren | Pernilla | MMK | Patient-reported outcome research on cancer survivorship, mainly oesophageal cancer. | |
| Ludvigsson | Jonas | MEB | ||
| Martling | Anna | MMK | ||
| Näslund | Erik | KI DS | ||
| Nilsson | Magnus | ClinTec | Clinical and translational research within the field of gastric and esophageal cancer. | |
| Nordenvall | Caroline | MMK | https://ki.se/mmk/kolorektal-kirurgi | Research in colorectal surgery with focus on colorectal cancer end inflammatory bowel disease. |
| Segelman | Josefin | MMK | ||
| Williams | Cecilia | BioNut | https://ki.se/en/bionut/hormone-signalling-and-non-coding-rnas-in-cance… | Role of oestrogen in colorectal cancer development. Impact on inflammation, microbiota, obesity, carcinogenesis. |
General imaging, cancer research
| Surname | Given name | Department | Group website | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmin | Staffan | CNS | |||
| Stone-Elander | Sharon | CNS | |||
| Tran | Thuy | CNS | https://ki.se/en/onkpat/research-team-thuy-tran | We focus on the development of radiotracers for precision diagnostics, therapy and monitoring of diseases, with the emphasis in oncological diseases. We conduct studies including cyclotron production of exotic radiometals using solid target, novel radiotracer developments, and biological evaluation studies in vitro and in vivo to clinical translation. |
Gynecological organ cancer research
| Surname | Given name | Department | Group website | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andersson | Sonia | KBH | |||
| Carlson | Joseph | Onk-Pat | |||
| Dillner | Joakim | LabMed | https://ki.se/labmed/forskargrupp-joakim-dillner | Basic research in tumor virology. Applied research in cancer prevention, focussing on screening and vaccination. | |
| Falconer | Henrik | KBH | "1. Clinical research in Gynecologic Oncology2. Epidemiological research gynecologic cancer" | KUH Cervical Cancer Prevention Head | |
| Lehtinen | Matti | Labmed | |||
| Mints | Miriam | KBH | |||
| Seashore-Ludlow | Brinton | Onk-Pat | We work on systematically evaluating drug response in patient derived cells ex vivo. | ||
| Shoshan | Maria | Onk-Pat | |||
| Sparen | Pär | MEB |