Department of Oncology-Pathology
The Department of Oncology-Pathology conducts basic, translational and clinical research and educational activities related to cancer.
High impact publication in Lancet Oncology
Hanna Eriksson and Johan Hansson with colleagues in the Netherlands have published an article in Lancet Oncology where they show that it is better to give neoadjuvant immunotherapy to cancer patients before the surgeon removes a tumor instead of afterwards.
Two assistant professorships sponsored by the Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund
Monika Ehnman and Nina Gustafsson Sheppard were granted funding for four years assistant professorships from the Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund.
Grants from Dr Åke Olsson Foundation for Hematological Research 2019
This year four researchers from the Department of Oncology-Pathology will share a grant of 2 000 000 SEK: Isabelle Magalhaes, Jeanette Lundin, Nina Gustafsson Sheppard and Mohammad Hojjat Farsangi.
Two high impact articles from Arne Östman
Elin Sjöberg and Carina Strell, in the group of Arne Östman have published two articles in high impact journals. One of them in Clinical Cancer Research and the other one in Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Both articles deals with fibroblasts and their role in breast cancer.
Proteome picture of breast cancer
In a new study, led by professor Janne Lehtiö (SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet), researchers from SciLifeLab, University of Oslo and MD Anderson Cancer Center have generated a detailed map of protein levels in breast tumors. The proteome complements the previously known DNA and RNA picture of breast cancer and sheds light on how different mutations give rise to changes on the protein level.
Combined genome and proteome level analysis reveals new insights in childhood leukemia
Combined genome and proteome level analysis reveals new insights in childhood leukemia
Professor Janne Lehtiö and his colleagues at the department of Oncology-Pathology have together with Kajsa Paulsson and her group at Lund University published an article in Nature Communications where they have investigated the two most common subtypes of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) using in depth proteomics and next generation sequencing techniques.
Kenny Rodriguez-Wallberg reports large cohort study
Kenny Rodriguez-Wallberg reports large cohort study
Kenny Rodriguez-Wallberg has reported a large cohort study of 1254 women and girls undergoing procedures for fertility preservation in Sweden between 1998-2018
Awards from the Swedish Cancer Society to OnkPat
Felix Haglund, Sean Rudd and Isabelle Magalhaes have received funding from the Swedish Cancer Society for their research.