Division of Surgery, Orthopedics and Oncology (KOO)

We carry out research in the fields of experimental orthopedics, surgery and oncology.

Among the many research areas are aims at a deeper understanding of the healing of injured bone and tendon, development of regenerative medicine, such as culturing human skin and other tissues, and aims at understanding more about carcinogenesis and translational oncology.

Cancer of many different origins is studied, such as breast cancer, colorectal cancer, gynecological cancer, endocrine tumors and hematological neoplasms.

Other research areas comprise inflammatory bowel diseases and Disaster Medicine and Traumatology.

Research

ABOGRAFT

The ABOGRAFT study is a multi-center international study into the effects of providing local antibiotics to prevent joint infection in patients who undergo hip replacement surgery using bone graft.

Bojmar Lab

Cancer is a systemic disease. Our research focuses on understanding crosstalk between different organs in the human body, and how this affects cancer progression. We focus mainly on gastrointestinal cancers and their common hepatic metastasis.

Endocrine tumors

Molecular genetic analysis of endocrine tumors (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, neuroendocrine): pathogenesis and development of metastases.

News

Nerve damage from cancer treatment can be predicted

Many women treated for breast cancer using taxanes, a type of cytostatic drug, often experience side effects in the nervous system. Researchers at LiU have developed a tool that can predict the risk level for each individual.

Closeup of small pieces of liver in a petri dish.

A liver biopsy may predict spread of pancreatic cancer

Microscopic changes in the liver can be used to predict spread of pancreatic cancer. The discovery may provide new ways of predicting the course of the disease and preventing pancreatic cancer from spreading to other organs.

He heals skin and shares his knowledge

Ahmed Elserafy spends his days researching skin and stem cells and how they can be used in the treatment of burns and wounds that do not heal properly. Over the last few years, he has also written a popular science book – in Arabic.

Division of Surgery, Orthopedics and Oncology (KOO)

Research

ABOGRAFT

Bojmar Lab

Endocrine tumors

Pragmatic Research in Orthopedics - PRIO

Disaster Medicine

Studies to improve survival and quality of life among women with gynaecological cancer

News

Nerve damage from cancer treatment can be predicted

A liver biopsy may predict spread of pancreatic cancer

He heals skin and shares his knowledge

Cross-platform characterization protocol unveiled

PhD student to study cancer in New York

Young LiU PhD students in noble company

Linda Bojmar contributes to groundbreaking study on cancer

Chronic wounds heal faster with body's own cells

LiU collaborates with the University of California in osteoporosis study

Cancer researcher Linda Bojmar leads a unique study in humans

Possible biological explanation for increased cancer risk in dense breasts

New discoveries about fractures related to osteoporosis medicine

Antibiotic resistance still low but growing

SEK 6.8 million for research into pancreatic cancer

SEK 10 million for research in children's medicine

Small particles in the blood can reveal early-stage cancer

Better equipped for the next pandemic

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