Substantial grant for research into HPV-related cancer
In Denmark, 800 people are diagnosed with cancer related to HPV virus each year. PhD student Dina Overgaard Eriksen from Aarhus University has received DKK 1.5 million for research which will contribute to new clinical guidelines for treatment of HPV virus.
HPV is a very infectious sexually transmitted virus that can develop into cancer. PhD student Dina Overgaard Eriksen from the Department of Clinical Medicine has received DKK 1.5 million for research into cancer related to HPV from three funders: The Danish Cancer Society, the Danish Cancer Research Foundation and the Gødstrup Regional Hospital Research Foundation.
Dina Overgaard Eriksen aims to generate new knowledge about HPV-related diseases and contribute to better treatment of patients with HPV-related cancer. Together with her research colleagues, she will compare patients who were not treated for cell changes, for example, with patients who had a surgical procedure. The objective is to examine whether the risk of developing HPV-related cancer depends on how the woman's cell changes were managed. And the results are expected to have an impact on both national and international clinical guidelines for treating HPV virus.
Contact:
PhD student and MD Dina Overgaard Eriksen
Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and
Gødstrup Regional Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Mobile: 28 14 64 78
Email: dinaoeriksen@clin.au.dk