Nordic Pancreatic Cancer Network
Coordinator: Prof Roland Andersson, Lund (roland.andersson@med.lu.se)
Scientific secretary: Assoc prof Daniel Ansari, Lund (daniel.ansari@med.lu.se)
Board: Bergthor Björnsson, Linköping, Sweden
Mogens Stender, Aalborg, Denmark
Linn Såve Nymo, Tromsö, Norway
Hanna Seppänen, Helsinki, Finland
Members at large, University Hospital representatives:
SWEDEN
Lund: Bodil Andersson (bodil.andersson@med.lu.se)
Linköping: Bergthor Björnsson (bergthor.bjornsson@regionostergotland.se)
Göteborg: Svein-Olav Brattlie (svein.olav.brattlie@vgregion.se)
Uppsala: Christopher Månsson (christopher.mansson@akademiska.se)
Stockholm (KI): Ernesto Sparrelid (ernesto.sparrelid@ki.se)
Umeå: Asif Halimi (asif.halimi@regionvasterbotten.se)
DENMARK
Aarhus: Frank Viborg Mortensen (franmort@rm.dk)
Aalborg: Mogens Stender (mogens.stender@rn.dk)
Odense: Claus Fristrup (claus@fristrup.net)
Copenhagen: Carsten Palnaes Hansen (carsten.palnaes.hansen@regionh.dk)
NORWAY
Oslo: Knut Jörgen Labori (uxknab@ous-hf.no)
Stavanger: Kjetil Söreide (ksoreide@mac.com)
Trondheim: Erling Bringeland (erling.audun.bringeland@stolav.no)
Bergen: Kim Waardal (kim.waardal@helse-bergen.no)
Tromsö: Linn Såve Nymo (linn.save.nymo@unn.no)
FINLAND
Helsinki: Hanna Seppänen (hanna.seppänen@hus.fi)
Tampere: Johanna Laukkarinen (johanna.laukkarinen@pirha.fi)
Turku: Saila Kauhanen (saila.kauhanen@tyks.fi)
Oulu: Minna Nortunen (minna.nortunen@ppshp.fi)
Kuopio: Tuomo Rantanen (tuomo.rantanen@pshyvinvointialue.fi)
Who we are:
The Nordic Pancreatic Cancer Network (NPCN) represents all 20 university hospitals in the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland) dealing with pancreatic cancer, including clinical and translational research. NPCN acts under the umbrella of the Nordic Chapter of European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA)and IHPBA.
Purpose:
The purpose is to increase and facilitate clinical and translational studies on pancreatic cancer in the NPCN, and also linking these efforts internationally. Furthermore, NPCN will create guidelines and reviews on pancreatic cancer-related topics when needed.
Organization:
The coordinator, scientific secretary and the Board, together with the representatives of all University Hospitals, represents the backbones of the organization.