Cancer and Haematology

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Karolinska Institutet is at the forefront of cancer research in the world. The primary goal of the research conducted at Karolinska Institutet is to make sure that as few people as possible suffer or die from cancer. Our research cover all areas, from the examination of molecules to the study of large demographic groups. 

Facts about cancer and haematology research
Research groups
Breast Cancer Theme Center (BRECT)
Centre for Advanced Cancer Therapies (ACT)
Center for immunotherapies in autoimmunity and cancer
Strategic Research Programme in Cancer (StratCan)

In depth articles and features

Richard Rosenquist Brandell. Foto Martin Stenmark.

A golden age for a geneticist

A diplomat with an interest in technology finds himself in the midst of the golden age of genetics. Richard Rosenquist Brandell’s goal is personalized treatment for all cancer patients. 
Elisabete Weiderpass. Foto Martin Stenmark.

She wants to prevent cancer

In her research Elisabete Weiderpass focuses on identifying risk factors for cancer, with a particular focus on prevention and influence.
Yvonne Brandberg, foto: Mattias Ahlm.

People should sunbathe more sensibly

Yvonne Brandberg will always remember the young man struck down by cancer in the prime of life. His fate motivated her to try to convince more people to sunbathe more sensibly.
Foto: istock

Successful NK cell-based immunotherapy for leukaemia

Naturel killer (NK) cells are a special type of white blood cell discovered at Karolinska Institutet in the 1970s that can recognise and kill cancer cells. Researchers at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge have now explored NK cell-based immunotherapy on patients with treatment-resistant leukaemia. 
Foto: iStockphoto

Breast cancer
Tema barncancer

Childhood Cancer
Illustration: Rebecca Elfast

Lung cancer

Some of our Professors in this area

Lennart Blomqvist, foto: Stefan Zimmerman

Better treatment selection and outcome for cancer patients

Lennart Blomqvist researches cancer imaging, and has among other things helped to develop a method for the measurement of segmental liver function using MRI.
Magnus Nilsson. Foto: Creo Media Group.

Less invasive treatments for oesophagus and stomach cancer

Magnus Nilsson conducts research on better treatments against cancer of the oesophagus and stomach. The objective is both to make the treatments more effective, and to make them less invasive.
Jan Zedenius. Foto: Creo Media Group.

Methods to distinguish different thyroid cancers

Jan Zedenius is investigating cancer in the thyroid gland. He wants to understand the differences between various forms of the disease and how to detect these differences as early as possible. 
Professor Sonia Lain

Searching for future cancer therapies

Sonia Lain is searching for molecules that have the potential to become future cancer therapies. She is searching for substances that are effective against cancer cells but easier on healthy tissue.
Professor Anna Martling. Foto: Martin Stenmark

“When you meet the patient the circle closes”

Research breakthroughs are not just about new discoveries. Professor Anna Martling tells us how a long period spent on development meant that she was able to offer a patient life-saving treatment.
Professor Jiri Bartek. Foto: Ulf Sirborn

He wants to find the vulnerability in cancer

The continual division of cells in our bodies is pre-conditional to life; however, the process is a complex and delicate one and subject to serious error. 
Professor Sir David Lane

p53 – the guardian of the genome

Sir David Lane discovered the protein p53 at the end of the 1970s. The protein's role is to discover and prevent genetic mutations that can lead to cancer.
Stephan Mielke. Foto: Creo Media Group.

Ways to enhance the immune system’s capacity to fight cancer

Stephan Mielke research focuses on exploiting the potential of the patient’s own immune system to fight cancer as well as on improved methods for transplanting blood stem cells.  

News about cancer and haematology

Title Post date
Dissertation 11 Oct 2018: Linda Abrahamsson 19 Sep 2018
New thesis on improving surgical therapy for oesophageal cancer 12 Sep 2018
Treatment for severe heartburn prevents cancer 23 Aug 2018
Susanne Schlisio and collaborators publish in Cell Reports 13 Aug 2018
Michael Landreh, David Lane, Sonia Lain, and co-workers publish in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 10 Jul 2018
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Cancer and Oncology
19 Sep 2018 by Katarina Sternudd.