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Searchresult: Effective and safe – Evaluation of the first ten years of colonoscopy in cancer screeningEffective and safe – Evaluation of the first ten years of colonoscopy in cancer screening Date: 04.11.2014 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have evaluated data from the first ten years of endoscopic gastrointestinal cancer screening (colonoscopy). The study concludes that the…
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Searchresult: DKFZ Chairman and Director Otmar D. Wiestler has been elected Helmholtz PresidentDKFZ Chairman and Director Otmar D. Wiestler has been elected Helmholtz President Date: 20.10.2014 Press release content type: Press release
The Senate of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers has unanimously elected Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Otmar D. Wiestler, Chairman of the Management Board and Scientific Director of the German…
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Searchresult: Everyone knows them, and one in five smokers tries them: E-cigarettes in GermanyEveryone knows them, and one in five smokers tries them: E-cigarettes in Germany Date: 20.10.2014 Press release content type: Press release
Almost everybody in Germany knows what e-cigarettes are, and almost 10 percent of 16-to-19-year-olds have tried them – about the same rate as tobacco smokers in this age group. Interest in…
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Searchresult: Red carpet for Stefan Hell at the DKFZ
On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, about 500 employees of the DKFZ in Heidelberg celebrated "their" Nobel Prize winner, Professor Stefan Hell. In attendance were Theresia Bauer, the Minister of Science,…
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Searchresult: New method can predict side effects of anticancer drugsNew method can predict side effects of anticancer drugs Date: 09.10.2014 Press release content type: Press release
Every new anticancer drug can improve patients’ chances of survival. In some cases, however, these drugs can cause severe adverse side effects through mechanisms that are often unclear. An…
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Searchresult: Nobel Prize winner at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen and the German Cancer Research Center: Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Stefan HellNobel Prize winner at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen and the German Cancer Research Center: Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Stefan Hell Date: 08.10.2014 Press release content type: Press release
For the second time a researcher at the DKFZ has been awarded the highest distinction in science: Professor Stefan Hell, director of the Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen…
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Searchresult: DKTK partner site Essen/Düsseldorf starts new cooperation with industryDKTK partner site Essen/Düsseldorf starts new cooperation with industry Date: 01.10.2014 Press release content type: Press release
Joint Press Release of the German Cancer Consortium and the Lead Discovery Center The Lead Discovery Center GmbH (LDC), a renowned translational research organization, and the Helmholtz…
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Searchresult: Cancer stem cells in a tumor determine life expectancy in breast cancer patientsCancer stem cells in a tumor determine life expectancy in breast cancer patients Date: 30.09.2014 Press release content type: Press release
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Institute of Pathology of Heidelberg University Hospital have examined tissue samples from 255 breast cancer tumors in search of two…
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Searchresult: Cancer stem cells – The long road to targeted therapiesCancer stem cells – The long road to targeted therapies Date: 30.09.2014 Press release content type: Press release
Researchers working on cancer, stem cells and cancer stem cells convened for the fifth time at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) in Heidelberg on September…
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Searchresult: Cancer Core Europe: a consortium to address the cancer care – cancer research continuum challengeCancer Core Europe: a consortium to address the cancer care – cancer research continuum challenge Date: 26.09.2014 Press release content type: Press release
Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus Grand Paris (Villejuif – France), Cambridge Cancer Centre (Cambridge, United Kingdom), Karolinska Institutet – KI (Stockholm, Sweden), Netherlands Cancer Institute – NKI…
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