The Norwegian Cancer Symposium 2024

Welcome to the 70th Anniversary of the Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo.

In 2024 the Institute for Cancer Research (ICR), Oslo University Hospital has its 70th Anniversary. With >380 employees in 7 departments, the ICR is a major research effort by OUH and the largest cancer research environment in Norway with basic, translational and clincal cancer research and tightly coupled to UiO. ICR houses parts of two CoEs (CanCell, PRIMA) and the Norwegian Centre for Clinical Cancer Research (MATRIX) and participates in several KG Jebsen-centres. As one of Norway’s largest research environments, the institute stands for more than one third of the research production in OUH Comprehensive Cancer Centre, a considerable fraction of the innovation in life science in Oslo and has, as a competence hub and strategic force, been central in the development of a national initiative for precision cancer medicine and of…