At the IGTP TODAY
The combination of the drug nivolumab with chemotherapy improves survival in patients with high-risk head and neck cancer and could become the new standard treatment, according to the results of an international trial led by professionals from ICO, IGTP and IDIBELL.
A study coordinated from Badalona by IrsiCaixa, the Catalan Institute of Oncology and the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (within the CARE programme) has identified KIMA, a genomic signature that makes it possible to anticipate which patients with HR+/HER2- breast cancer will respond less well to CDK4/6 inhibitors. The finding, published in the journal Clinical and Translational Medicine, may help personalize therapies and design new combinations.
Research teams from IGTP, ICO and IrsiCaixa have been granted funding from Fundación Mutua Madrileña to conduct the ERICA Project, which aims to investigate the role of viral infections in the development of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
The Mayor of Badalona, Xavier Garcia Albiol, has paid an official visit to the Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO) in Badalona, located within the Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol building. The visit was attended by the director of the IGTP, Jordi Barretina.
The Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria IGTP has secured a total of €6,518,867 for various research projects and researcher contracts within the Acción Estratégica en Salud 2024 calls.
To mark World Cancer Day, the podcast of the IGTP dedicates its eighth episode to cancer research, with a special focus on the CARE program, an initiative that brings together healthcare professionals from the Can Ruti Campus to share knowledge and tools.
The 2024 call for Knowledge Industry grants by AGAUR has awarded €528,000 to seven projects from IGTP. The grants will enhance the valorisation and transfer of these innovative projects.
Once again, the names of around thirty renowned professionals - from the Hospital and the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), the Fight Infections Foundation, IrsiCaixa, the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC), and the Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO) - appear on a global list of scientists who have achieved the highest impact through their publications and citations.
Nearly 200 baccalaureate and vocational training students from the Badalona institutes visited the centres at the Can Ruti Campus. The event "Open House, get to know the Can Ruti Campus up close", organised by the Badalona Education Service and IGTP, in coordination with other institutions on the Campus, has become a flagship initiative of the Science Week.
The second CARE Workshop, held on 9-10 October, brought together more than 70 researchers from across the cancer research community at the Can Ruti Biomedical Campus for two days of scientific exchange. The event served as a platform for sharing the current cancer research being developed on the Campus and fostering stronger connections among researchers.
