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Panel 8 – medicine | clinical
mentioned above and also with respect to clinical studies in general, the
term insufficient may apply; definitely, there is a need and opportunity for
significant improvement in this area. While a collaborate in Nordic and
Swedish research groups, with the strong facilities with respect to cancer
molecular biology, clinicians should be expected to take up much more of
a leading role in this area, which they obviously not do.
Evaluation of future plans: They discuss opportunities with respect to
tissue banking, interdisciplinary activities (like cancer stem cell program),
and summarize multiple techniques. Further, they summarize
issues like photodynamic therapy and participation in different Multicentre
Trial Organizations. As treats, they summarize lack of post docs
and researchers. The issue, however, melt on to what was said above, the
imbalance between the strength of the laboratory units compared to the
lack of optimal activity with respect to the Clinical Department. This is
the major treat to successful development, and there is a need to discuss
strategic plans to handle these issues for the future.
Future potential and possibilities: The Department of Oncology has
unique opportunities in case they are able to integrate the above mentioned
issues in a successful way. As for lack of results post docs etc. it seems
to recruitment for the basic research (which otherwise is a key problem
in many universities) is doing well, probably due to the well known
reputation of some of the senior investigators in this field. Clearly, the
Clinical Department needs to take advantage of this collaboration with
research units and develop the program forward.
2.28 Department of Pathology
Overall assessment: There appears to be ~ 57 professorial level faculties
in the Lund Clinical Sciences Department, Pathology accounts for only
a small number. They do list just 2 “research active” faculty, and offer
concern about the future since one of them is retiring soon (department
head). They discuss two major research themes: neuropathology and
imaging of tumours and inflammatory conditions.
Research infrastructure: They list the imaging equipment as a core
facility, and several other departments list the pathology department as
an active collaboration. Thus, it is assumed many investigators in Lund
use the imaging equipment in pathology in their research.
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