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Bridging clinical and basic science
towards the cure of cancer

VHIO's mission


To promote the development of scientific research into pioneering clinical practice, thus enabling our patients to benefit from the very latest advances in oncological research

Scientific Report 2008


The database contains 117 publications. These include publications both with and without an impact factor.
TOTAL IF 2008: 715.467

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Translational Research allows the development of personalized treatment for cancer

Today, we know much more about why a cell becomes cancerous and about which proteins and genes are responsible for this happening

VHIO tests a new combination of drugs for HER2-positive breast cancer without the adverse effects of conventional chemotherapy

This research studied the action mechanisms of two drugs—lapatinib and trastuzumab—in combination for the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer. Lapatinib is a molecule which, when combined with trastuzumab, neutralizes the activity of the HER2 receptor and improves the effect of the antibody