APPOINTMENT. The other night, during the live TV-gala ‘Together Against Cancer’ in TV4, Ruth Plmers was appointed Cancer Researcher of the Year by the Cancer Foundation’s research board. Ruth Palmer, Professor of Molecular Cell Biology at Sahlgrenska Academy aims to find new treatment methods for neuroblastoma, a cancer that primarily affects children. The TV-gala Tillsammans mot cancer (‘Together Against Cancer’) was broadcasted live nationwide on Monday, January 7, 2019. You…
Immunotherapy saves many lives – but could help even more people
RESEARCH. This year’s Nobel Laureates in Medicine have revolutionized the treatment of cancer with immunotherapy, which means that one out of five patients with metastatic skin cancer can be cured. But half of the patients with metastatic malignant melanoma are not helped by the new treatment. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Cancer Center and on the Melanoma Team at Sahlgrenska University Hospital are working together in an attempt to understand why…
A total of SEK 100 million to University of Gothenburg for cancer research
GRANTS. The Swedish Cancer Society is awarding nearly SEK 630 million for cancer research during the next year. Of this amount, nearly SEK 100 million is going to the University of Gothenburg. Neurosurgeon Asgeir Jakola is experimenting with a new form of treatment for glioblastoma, an aggressive malignant brain tumor. He is one of the researchers participating in the initiative. Jonas Nilsson, a professor at the Institute of Clinical Sciences,…
New data confirms antioxidants accelerate spread of malignant melanoma
DOCTORAL THESIS. Now there is additional evidence of the connection between the intake of antioxidant supplements and increased tumor growth. Experiments on animals and human cancer tissue confirm that addition of some antioxidants increases the growth of the severe malignant melanoma type of skin cancer. “This is not the way to treat cancer. In the best case the treatment makes no difference, but it can also exacerbate the disease,” says…
SEK 36 million for Ruth Palmer’s research on neuroblastoma
GRANTS. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is now investing SEK 36.7 million in research on neuroblastoma, a form of childhood cancer, that is headed by Professor Ruth Palmer at the University of Gothenburg. The large grant gives researchers access to new top-class analytical methods. The project is a collaboration among three research teams at Sahlgrenska Academy, the University of Gothenburg, and an equal number of teams at Karolinska Institutet.…