3 results for month: 04/2018


Winners of the young oncologists grant competition

The winners of the competition are Mariya Stepanova (St. Petersburg Clinical Research and Practical Center of Specialized Types of Medical Care (Oncologic)) with the project aimed at developing a diagnostic platform for monitoring mutations related to resistance to targeted therapy of lung cancer ...

Kick-off conference of the Foundation for Cancer Research Support

Kick-off Conference of the Foundation for Cancer Research (RakFond) was held on the 26th of April in the lecture hall in the TheKey Trekhgornaya Manufactura coworking. In Russia, annually more than half a million people are diagnosed with cancer for the first time in their lives. The achieved success in diagnosis and treatment has led to the fact that more than half of the 3.5 million cancer patients in Russia live with this diagnosis for five years or more. Nonetheless, the results of treatment of a number of malignant tumors are still unsatisfactory. Thanks to further scientific research, it will be possible to learn everything about ...

Results of the young oncologists grant competition

The scientific expertise of 15 applications for the research grant of the Russian Society of Clinical Oncology (RUSSCO) and the Foundation for Cancer Research Support (RakFond) for young scientists and early career investigators in the field of oncology (RFP-2018-01-YS-ECI) has been completed...