Hanna Dahlstrand

Hanna Dahlstrand

Affiliated to Research | Docent
Visiting address: BioClinicum, Visionsgatan 4, J6, 17164 Solna
Postal address: K7 Onkologi-Patologi, K7 Forskning Holmgren Dahlstrand, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • Hanna Dahlstrand is associate professor in oncology and senior physician in
    oncology and gynecological oncology at Theme Cancer, Karolinska University Hospital. She is research team leader in group Östman, . The research focuses on clinical and translational research in gynecologic cancer.

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Grants

  • The immune system and other cells surrounding the cancer cells in ovarian cancer - how do they affect prognosis and treatment results?
    Swedish Cancer Society
    1 January 2018
    Ovarian cancer is the gynecological cancer that is the highest mortality. A majority of women with ovarian cancer are treated with surgery followed by chemotherapy and, in specific cases, with an anti-vascular antibody, a so-called. angiogenesis inhibitors. Preventing relapse and reducing tumor resistance to cancer treatment is necessary to improve survival in ovarian cancer. Cancer cells are highly dependent on factors in their environment. The tumor microenvironment is the cells and tissue that surround the cancer cells, such as vessels, connective tissue and immunological cells, which are important for the development of the cancer, prognosis and treatment responses. We are researching factors in the tumor microenvironment that can predict responses to angiogenesis inhibitors, or affect the resistance to chemotherapy and survival. This is to avoid giving non-effective treatment. We know today that some immune cells provide better survival in ovarian cancer. The research aims to investigate how the tumor microenvironment interacts with the immune system's cells in tumors to see if there are factors that can strengthen the immune system's work against the cancer. Our studies are conducted both in national and international collaborations. The high mortality and difficulty getting a long-term treatment response in women with spread ovarian cancer means that it is of the utmost importance to clarify markers for prognosis and treatment responses. The goal is to increase survival in the future and extend the tumor-free time for this patient group.
  • The immune system and other cells surrounding the cancer cells in ovarian cancer - how do they affect prognosis and treatment results?
    Swedish Cancer Society
    1 January 2017
    Ovarian cancer is the gynecological cancer that is the highest mortality. A majority of women with ovarian cancer are treated with surgery followed by chemotherapy and, in specific cases, with an anti-vascular antibody, a so-called. angiogenesis inhibitors. Preventing relapse and reducing tumor resistance to cancer treatment is necessary to improve survival in ovarian cancer. Cancer cells are highly dependent on factors in their environment. The tumor microenvironment is the cells and tissue that surround the cancer cells, such as vessels, connective tissue and immunological cells, which are important for the development of the cancer, prognosis and treatment responses. We are researching factors in the tumor microenvironment that can predict responses to angiogenesis inhibitors, or affect the resistance to chemotherapy and survival. This is to avoid giving non-effective treatment. We know today that some immune cells provide better survival in ovarian cancer. The research aims to investigate how the tumor microenvironment interacts with the immune system's cells in tumors to see if there are factors that can strengthen the immune system's work against the cancer. Our studies are conducted both in national and international collaborations. The high mortality and difficulty getting a long-term treatment response in women with spread ovarian cancer means that it is of the utmost importance to clarify markers for prognosis and treatment responses. The goal is to increase survival in the future and extend the tumor-free time for this patient group.

Employments

  • Affiliated to Research, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2026

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2016
  • Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 2002
  • University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1999

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