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Every year about 65.000 European women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and 43.000 die every year. In Sweden the statistics are even worse, about 700 women are diagnosed and 550 die. New treatments and screening methods are urgently needed to reduce these numbers.

Stefan Enroth

Associate Professor, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Protein biomarkers for early detection of ovarian cancer from dried, self-sampled cervico vaginal fluid

2021 research grant recipients

Gabriel Schär

Professor, Universitäts Spital, Zürich, Switzerland

Early detection of ovarian cancer in BRCA-carriers and non-carriers

Tobias Sjöblom

Professor, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Identification and validation of diagnostic biomarkers for ovarian cancer

Angelique Flöter-Rådestad

Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

BRCA mutation associated ovarian and breast cancer: evaluation of early detection markers and strategies for prevention

2020 research grant recipients

Claudia Mateoiu

PhD, MD, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Comparative studies of genetic abnormalities between endometriosis and ovarian cancer development