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4 May 2021

Mutations can reduce effect of hormonal treatment in early breast cancer

A small proportion of women who receive anti-estrogen treatment after breast cancer surgery have worse outcomes. This is associated with mutations in the estrogen receptor gene, ac...

4 May 2021

Fewer breast cancer cases between screening rounds with 3D-mammography

3D-mammography reduces the number of breast cancer cases diagnosed in the period between routine screenings, when compared with traditional mammography, according to a large study ...

25 Mar 2021

Screening for colorectal cancer starts this spring

In May, screening for colorectal cancer will be offered in Skåne to all those born in 1961. Subsequently, Swedes aged 60 to 74 will be tested for blood in their faeces, to detect c...

23 Mar 2021

New LUCC Coordinator

A new LUCC coordinator has been appointed by the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University

12 Mar 2021

New method facilitates development of antibody-based drugs

In recent years, therapeutic antibodies have transformed the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new, effici...

9 Feb 2021

Focus on Cancer Collaboration

The seventh meeting Focus on Cancer Collaboration was arranged as a digital event by Medicon Village in collaboration with Lund university Cancer centre (LUCC), Create Health at Lu...

20 Jan 2021

Improved and tailored prediction methods for cancer

Lund researcher Mauno Vihinen has received a grant from the Cancer Foundation to develop AI methods that in the long run enable improved cancer diagnosis.

23 Nov 2020

Grants from the Swedish Breast Cancer Association for breast cancer imaging research

In October, Predrag Bakic received a research grant from the Swedish Breast Cancer Association for 600 000 SEK. His research focuses on the evaluation of a novel clinical imaging s...

13 Nov 2020

In the wake of the pandemic: new methods of cancer care

A cancer diagnosis often entails many hospital visits and intensive treatments that can be very tiring for the patient. In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, however, cancer ...

13 Nov 2020

Promising treatment for aggressive childhood cancer

A drug has shown great promise in the treatment of neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of childhood cancer. The study was led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden, and is publ...