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Roger Olofsson Bagge

Professor/ Chief Physician

Department of Surgery
Mail
roger.olofsson.bagge@gu.se
Visiting address
BlĂĄ strĂĄket 5, vĂĄn 3 SU/Sahlgrenska
41345 Göteborg
Postal address
Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset
41345 Göteborg

About Roger Olofsson Bagge

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Roger Olofsson Bagge is a Professor in Cancer Surgery at the Institute of Clinical 91Ě˝»¨s at Sahlgrenska Academy. He is also a Senior consultant surgeonat the Sahlgrenska University Hospital.

He has a research group including both clinical and pre-clinical research within Wallenberg Centre of Molecular and Translational Medicine where the focus is translational cancer research, mainly concerning malignant melanoma and breast cancer.

Examples of ongoing projects

  1. ExoBioMark - Translational biomarker study including patients with breast cancer and melanoma
  2. SCANDIUM - A phase III randomized controlled trial evaluating isolated hepatic perfusion (IHP) vs. Best alternative care (BAC) (NCT01785316).
  3. SCANDIUM II - A phase I randomized controlled trial evaluating isolated hepatic perfusion (IHP) and immunotherapy using ipilimumab and nivolumab.
  4. MI-ILP - Minimally-invasive isolated limb perfusion (NCT03376126).
  5. Nivo-ILP - Double blind randomized controlled phase Ib/II trial evaluating the effect of adding nivolumab to isolated limb perfusion (NCT03685890).
  6. SUMMIST - Randomized controlled phase II trial evaluating the effect of metastasectomies in patients with stable disease or partial response after treatment with PD-1 inhibition (NCT04242329).
  7. MAGMEN - Identification and prediction of sentinel node status in melanoma using supraparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and MRI (NCT03898687).

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Finalized PhD-projects

I have been the main supervisor for the following PhD thesis projects:

  1. Dr Valerio Belgrano, University 91Ě˝»¨, thesis presented 2019-06-04 Development of individualized surgical treatments for malignant melanoma
  2. Dr Jenny Heiman, University 91Ě˝»¨, thesis presented 2021-12-1 Breast cancer surgery – Aspects of patient-reported outcomes and physical activity

I have been assistant supervisor for the following PhD thesis projects:

  1. Iva Johansson, Gothenburg University, thesis presented 2022-12-14 Studies of molecular features and novel prognostic biomarkers of cutaneous melanoma
  2. Susanne Ahlstedt Karlsson, Gothenburg University, thesis presented 2022-05-25 Designing, developing, and evaluating a person-centered support model for women with breast cancer treated with endocrine therapy
  3. Elin Forsberg, University 91Ě˝»¨, thesis presented 2020-01-10 Novel immunotherapies for metastatic melanoma - from mouse models towards clinical trials
  4. Junko Johansson, University 91Ě˝»¨, thesis presented 2019-05-29 Immunological effects of isolated regional perfusion in malignant melanoma

Ongoing PhD-projects

I am currently supervisor for the following PhD thesis projects

Main supervisor:

  1. Anna Corderfeldt, Gothenburg University, Halftime seminar 2021-09-06
  2. Carl Jacob Holmberg, Gothenburg University, Halftime seminar planned 2022-05-11
  3. Nushin Mirzaei, Gothenburg University
  4. Lida Pistioli, Gothenburg University

Assistant supervisor:

  1. Slavica Janeva, Gothenburg University, Halftime seminar 2021-09-30
  2. Kian Chin, Gothenburg University
  3. Anna Arheden, Gothenburg University
  4. Pontus Zaar, Gothenburg University
  5. Michail Zoulakis, Gothenburg University

Major research funding

  • Swedish Research Council (VetenskapsrĂĄdet)
  • American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
  • Swedish Cancer Society (Cancerfonden)
  • Wallenberg Foundation
  • Region Västra Götaland
  • Assar Gabrielsson foundation
  • Gothenburg Medical Association
  • Swedish state (ALF-agreement)
  • Gothenburg research council

Received grants and prizes - 2021 and forwards