Yesterday my student Panu Aaltonen defended his thesis ”Pancreatic and Gastric cancer in Finland”. Opponet was Heikki Huhta from Oulu University Hospital. Custos Pauli Puolakkainen.
Panu is my 11th PhD student to finish their thesis
Distribution of the NCCN stages of #PancreaticCancer ?
16,412 pts (2017-2022) 🇳🇱
👉23% primary resectable
👉 8% borderline resectable
👉 11% locally advanced
👉 58% metastatic
⏩️ academic.oup.com/bjs/article/11…
Yesterday my student Matilda Roos-Mattila defended her thesis on ”Stromal Inflammatory Markers and Drug Sensitivities in Pancreatic Malignancies” with potential help for PDAC patients (stay tuned). Prestige opponent prof Johanna Ivaska from Turku University
Would love to join.
