Received grant in 2019

DCCC has funded 200,000 DKK to the project.

Starting 2019, free HPV vaccination will be offered to all Danish boys and girls and thus provide the basis for a full population national cohort immunization against HPV induced cancer. The current study aims to describe the national cohort of HPV related squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) at the time of initiation of the prevention programme, and analyze the importance of therapeutic outcome in relation to the underlying HPV status.

The project is initiated by the Danish Multidisciplinary Cancer Groups (DMCG.dk), and is a collaborative effort of the various DMCG’s dealing with patients with SCC.

Multidisciplinary organisation
Danish Multidisciplinary Cancer Groups (DMCG.dk) 

Project stakeholders
The project stakeholders include all Danish University Hospitals as well as the following DMCG’s and project managers:

  • Michael Borre, Professor Chairman, DMCG.dk
  • Jens Overgaard, Principal Investigator (PI), Professor, Dept. Experimental Clinical Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital (DAHANCA). Primary contact, Mail: jens@oncology.au.dk
  • DGCG (Danish Gynaecological Cancer Group): Lars Fokdal, Ass. Professor, Dept. Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital
  • DAPECA (Danish Penile Cancer): Jakob Kristian Jakobsen, Ass. Professor, Dept. Urology, Aarhus University Hospital
  • DACG (Danish Anal Cancer Group): Karen-Lise Garm Spindler, Professor, Dept. Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital
  • DAHANCA (Danish Head and Neck Cancer Group) and skin cancer: Jesper Grau Eriksen, Professor, Dept. Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital and Pernille Lassen, currently PMH, Toronto
  • DLCG (Danish Lung Cancer Group): Erik Jacobsen, Ass. Professor, Dept. Thoracic Surgery, Odense University Hospital
  • DECV (Danish Esophageal Cancer Group): Marianne Nordsmark, Ass. Professor, Dept. Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital
  • Responsible for pathological studies: Torben Steiniche, Professor, Dept. Pathology, Aarhus University Hospital
  • Responsible for molecular studies: Jan Alsner, Professor, Dept. Experimental Clinical Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital