Department Head: Professor Øystein Fodstad, MD, PhD
Department Acting Head: Senior scientist Gunhild M. Mælandsmo, PhD

Department of Tumour Biology comprises four research groups:

• Biology of metastasis: functional, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects, headed by Professor Øystein Fodstad (MD, PhD)
• Metastasis: molecular studies and development of methods, headed by senior scientist Eivind Hovig (PhD)
• Molecular characterization of mesenchymal cancer development, headed by professor Ola Myklebost (PhD)
• Metastasis: biology and therapy, headed by senior scientist Gunhild M. Mælandsmo (PhD)

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The scientific focus of Department of Tumour Biology is on studies of mechanisms involved in cancer development and progression. In that regard we have two main interests:

• investigations of basic biology
• development of new and better methods in the fields of diagnosis, prognosis and therapy

The department has participated considerably in the establishment of the Microarray technology (Go to the Priority Area Web Pages for further reading), development of Bioinformatics, as well as the Gene Therapy Program at the Norwegian Radium Hospital.