Winners of the young oncologists grant competition

The winners of the competition are Mariya Stepanova (St. Petersburg Clinical Research and Practical Center of Specialized Types of Medical Care (Oncologic)) with the project aimed at developing a diagnostic platform for monitoring mutations related to resistance to targeted therapy of lung cancer – one of the most common malignant tumors, and Alexey Rumyantsev (N. N. Blokhin National Medical Research Centre of Oncology), who is planning to perform clinical trials aimed at evaluating the effeciency of a new regime for the prevention of side effects (nausea and vomiting) for patients undergoing chemotherapy.

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