01/07/2022 - Research

The IGTP coordinating two out of nine COST Actions coming to Spain and participating in a third

The COST Programme (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) has approved 70 new actions and Spain is coordinating nine of them, making it second in the ranking of countries leading COST Actions after Italy, which is coordinating ten. Three of the Spanish projects are from the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) and two of these are being led by the IGTP. COST Actions run for four years and this round will start in the coming autumn.

15/10/2021 - Conferences

The XIX edition of the Translational Research and Digestive Neoplasms Workshop declared a great success

The XIX edition of the Translational Research and Digestive Neoplasms Workshop was declared a complete success, both as it was able to be carried out face to face, but also for the level of the participating speakers.

06/10/2020 - Research

Fifty professionals were on-site for the XVIII Workshop on Translational Research in Digestive Neoplasms

On 1-2 October the 18th edition of the Workshop on Translational Research in Digestive Neoplasms took place, organized by the IGTP and the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO). This edition was inevitably marked by all the safety measures required due to the pandemic, but it also provided a programme that did not disappoint those attending.

02/10/2020 - Research

Will curcumin be a valid therapy for colorectal cancer? Getting to the facts

A new paper reviews the use of curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric, as a possible combination with current therapies for colorectal cancer, it has been published in Seminars in Cancer Biology. The study, led by Vicenç Ruiz de Porras of the IGTP and ICO shows that research so far points to curcumin being a likely candidate for future cancer therapies.

10/07/2020 - Research

Funding for a project focussed on the response to immunotherapy for the treatment of colorectal cancer

This year the Fundación Mutua Madrileña has allocated 2.3 million euros for financing medical research in Spain. Four of the 21 clinical studies benefiting are projects being carried out in Catalan research centres, which will receive a total of 540,000 euros. One of these is being led by the Germans Trias I Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) and coordinated between four groups of the Programme for Predictive and Personalized Medicine of Cancer (IGTP-PMPPC).

22/02/2019 - Campus Can Ruti, Outreach

Contribute to publishing ‘Lab Coats, a book in support of colon cancer Research

On Friday a very special crowd-funding project got underway to support cancer research at Can Ruti.  Sales of the book, which describes the experiences of a colon cancer patient in his own words, will be donated to research into the illness carried out by the IGTP Group led by Eva Martínez-Balibrea.

08/02/2019 - Conferences

The 2nd Workshop on Translational Research in Urological Tumours takes place in Badalona

With more than 25 speakers the workshop has been a meeting point for professionals discussing the latest advances in the field of molecular diagnostics of urological tumours, immunotherapy and the emerging lines of research in this branch of oncology.

15/11/2018 - Campus Can Ruti, Research

The IGTP and the ICO join forces with the IRONMAN Project, the largest international registry for research into metastatic prostate cancer

The Urological Tumour Group of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO-B·ARGO) at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) led by Dr Albert Font Pous in collaboration with the Urology and Radiology Service at the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital have joined the IRONMAN Project this November.   The project was created and is being mainly financed by the Movember Foundation.

04/12/2017 - Campus Can Ruti

A trial in advanced colorectal cancer opens the door to a future blood test to predict the most efficient treatment for reducing metastasis

The study, published in 'Annals of Oncology' aimed to demonstrate that choosing the treatment regime based on genetic variants could improve the prognosis of patients with advanced colorectal cancer. Although this primary objective was not achieved, the trial did show that a blood test can be used to predict the most efficient treatment to reduce metastasis.

21/11/2017 - Campus Can Ruti, Outreach

28 de novembre, un dia per a la solidaritat a Badalona

Quatre entitats de Badalona uneixen esforços per portar el "Giving Tuesday" a la ciutat: un dia per donar i per promoure la solidaritat. L’IGTP, a través dels Amics de Can Ruti, és una de les entitats promotores de la iniciativa a Badalona.