The Swedish Cancer Society
The Swedish Cancer Society is among the University’s largest donors. The society supports cancer research.
Funding granted in the past five years:
- 2024: SEK 130 million
- 2023: SEK 127 million
- 2022: SEK 126 million
- 2021: SEK 108 million
- 2020: SEK 86 million
The figures are from Uppsala University’s annual report for 2024.
Grants awarded from the Swedish Cancer Society 2025
Improved oral health in head and neck cancer survivors, Ylva Tiblom Ehrsson.
Towards personalised medicine and improved prognostication for aggressive myeloid malignancies, Albin Österroos.
Macrophage blockade for improvement of targeted therapeutic nanoparticles delivery of tumours, Ivan Zelepukin.
Improving T cell infiltration in glioblastoma by remodelling immune restrictive vasculature, Marit Melssen.
Exploring functional plasticity in glioblastoma stem cells, Erika Dalmo.
Advancing esophagogastric cancer care: International randomised trials and mechanistic research, Jakob Hedberg.
High-resolution spatial omics integration for precision oncology in ovarian cancer, Cecilia Lindskog.
Examples of research supported by the Swedish Cancer Society
Early prostate cancer surgery extended life
The survival rate of men with prostate cancer who had their entire prostate gland removed immediatel...
Promising treatment for rectal cancer
A new treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer shows favourable results in that surgery can some...
“It’s an enormous opportunity for me”
For Verónica Rendo, Researcher at the Department of Immunology, Genetics, and Pathology, the past tw...
