Institute of Clinical Medicine - News

Liquid biopsy can help to identify breast cancer patients with a poor prognosis earlier and more accurately than before, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital shows.

The first sub-project of the FinnGen study to invite participants for further clinical examinations will begin in eastern Finland.

An increase in angiogenesis is a feature of epithelial ovarian carcinoma, according to the doctoral dissertation of Minna Sopo, Lic Med.

The doctoral dissertation of Juha Onatsu, Lic Med, assesses the use of inflammatory, neuro-axonal and imaging biomarkers in stroke patients.

The FINGER study is set to continue with a follow-up study conducted in Oulu, Kuopio, Seinäjoki, Turku, and Helsinki.

The University of Lodz in Poland has awarded Professor Kai Kaarniranta with the prestigious Medal Universitatis Lodziensis Amico Prize.

A new study suggests that skin fibroblasts from frontotemporal dementia patients may be useful in investigating underlying disease mechanisms as well as in biomarker and drug research.

The doctoral dissertation of Panu Piirainen, Lic Med, showed that oxycodone, a commonly used opioid, is feasible for epidural analgesia.

The PhD thesis of Maria Heikkinen, Lic Med, inspects the incidence of vocal fold paresis related to surgical procedures and identifies risk factors for vocal fold paresis in thyroid and parathyroid surgery.

The PhD thesis of Annika Piirainen, Lic Med, explores the dosage, administration and related adverse events of three non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in postoperative pain management after cholecystomy, back surgery and arthroplasty.