FICAN South Project Funding

We annually launch a project call for development activities aligned with the priority areas of FICAN South’s goals. The project call is targeted at the parties to the FICAN South agreement (HUS, University of Helsinki, South Karelia Wellbeing Services County, Kymenlaakso Wellbeing Services County, Päijät-Häme Wellbeing Services County), whose tasks are related to cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment or rehabilitation, cancer research, and/or cancer-related education. Projects must include participants from at least two of the FICAN South agreement parties.

FICAN South Funds the Following Clinical Projects in 2026

• Digital care pathway for allogeneic stem cell transplant patients
  Project Manager: Adjunct professor, Chief physician, MD PhD Urpu Salmenniemi, HUS Comprehensive Cancer Center, Hematology clinic
• Development of novel clinical approaches for the risk assessment and treatment of endometrial carcinoma
  Principal investigator: Adjunct professor, Chief physician, MD PhD Mikko Loukovaara,
  HUS Gynecology and Obstetrics & HUS Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Optimized HRD Diagnostics to Improve PARP Inhibitor Benefit in Ovarian Cancer
  Principal investigator: Professor, MD PhD Anniina Färkkilä, HUS Comprehensive Cancer Center and Faculty of Medicine, Research Program Unit, Systems medicine of tumor microenvironment, University of Helsinki
• Safe drug therapy in the treatment of childhood cancer – with the help of uniform guidelines towards effective and high-quality care in hospital and at home
  Project Manager: Responsible Senior Pharmacist, Research Coordinator,
  PhD Kirsi Kvarnström, HUS Pharmacy, Helsinki University Hospital
• Molecular profiles and therapeutic targets for precision oncology of soft tissue sarcomas
  Principal investigator: Adjunct professor, PhD Outi Monni, Faculty of Medicine, Applied Tumor Genomics Research Unit, Oncogenomics, University of Helsinki
• Implementation of clinical ctDNA testing to improve identification and personalized treatment of aggressive prostate cancer in the FICAN South region
  Principal investigator: Professor, Chief physician, MD PhD Antti Rannikko,
  HUS Abdominal Center, Department of Urology and University of Helsinki