Cancer Research

One in three people will contract cancer over the course of their life. Although cancer is still a common cause of death, great progress has been made in diagnosis, early detection, prevention and treatment as a result of intensive cancer research in recent decades. The Medical University of Graz conducts intensive research in all of these areas.

"Cancer research can only succeed through interdisciplinary networking of fundamental, application-oriented and clinical researchers. The goal is to be able to apply molecularly targeted therapies from precision medicine through digital networking for the good of patients."

Amin El-Heliebi, research field speaker

Our focus

Liquid biopsy and precision oncology
Tumor immunology and immunotherapy
Cancer metabolism, diet and cancer
Biology of cancer, experimental therapeutics and non-coding RNA
Tumor microenvironment and extracellular vesicles
Big data (patients, cancer, therapies)—digitization
Palliative care and psycho-oncology

Our networks

Within Med Uni Graz (e.g., University Comprehensive Cancer Center Graz, research fields, PhD programs)
In Graz (e.g., BioTechMed-Graz, CBmed)
National (e.g., Austrian Platform for Personalized Medicine/ÖPPM, Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft der Ärzt*innen/Scientific Society of Physicians, professional societies)
International (e.g., research networks, universities, research centers, companies)

Contact

Research field cancer research

E: cancerresearch@medunigraz.at