Sahlgrenska Center for Cancer Research

Translational cancer research with the patient in focus
Here at Sahlgrenska Center for Cancer Research (SCCR) we focus our research with the patient in mind. This is so that the cancer patient could receive a better care in the future than in today’s society. Through a close collaboration with the Sahlgrenska University Hospital, we at the centre are trying to find new methods and treatments, which later can be tested and applied directly within the cancer care.

Our research groups work widely
Today our 27 research groups work in a wide spectrum of cancer related research questions, but they all have translational cancer research as a common denominator. Example of areas which are studied are brain cancers, lung cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, radiotherapy, prostate cancer and leukaemia. Other research areas at the centre are also epigenetics, ovarian and cervical cancer, sarcoma, neuroendocrine and thyroid cancers, pancreatic cancer and salivary gland tumors.
The research is in some cases used for developing diagnostic and prognostic tools, which in the longer term can improve the cancer care and ensure that the right treatments are being used.
Overbridging post graduate studies
Through the Cancer Research South (CARES) School we at Sahlgrenska Center for Cancer Research also provide courses within cancer research. As for our work, these courses are overbridging research and clinical work as well. CARES is a graduate research school which offers courses to PhD Students at University of Gothenburg and Lund University, which have both been part of the previous strategic program BioCARE.
Latest news
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Health and medicineEffective treatment in rare but deadly form ofcancer
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Health and medicineBest Scientific Paper on FundamentalResearch
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Health and medicineGroundbreaking research on individually tailored precision medicine for treating lungcancer
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Health and medicineProtective T cells remain 20 months afterCOVID-19
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Health and medicineErik Elias receives The Håkan AhlmanAward
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Health and medicinePekka Jaako received funding from The Swedish Childhood CancerFund
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Health and medicineProstate cancer medicine not a cure forCOVID-19
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Health and medicineA total of SEK 31,2 million from the Swedish CancerSociety
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Health and medicineMultiple tumors without kinship occur simultaneously in the smallintestine
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Health and medicineSRC starting grant for research on lung cancer cell migration to new sites
Latest SCCR publications
- Impaired T-cell response to mRNA vaccination heralds risk of COVID-19 in long-t… (External link)
- Clinical relevance of biomarker discordance between primary breast cancers and … (External link)
- Tissue specificity of oncogenic BRAF targeted to lung and thyroid through a sha… (External link)
- Population-based prognostic instrument (SweMR 2.0) for melanoma-specific surviv… (External link)
- An atlas of rabbit development as a model for single-cell comparative genomics (External link)
- ASO Visual Abstract: Delayed Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection in Patients with a … (External link)
- Identification of Tissue-Resident Natural Killer and T Lymphocytes with Anti-Tu… (External link)
- SCC publications (before name change) (External link)