The Department works closely with the Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, and has conventional animal facilities, hormone receptor laboratory, molecular biology laboratory, cell culture facilities, an experimental X-ray unit, flow-cytometry, blood gas analyses laboratory, plus a wide range of routine laboratory activities and a clinical trial unit.

The work performed at the department comprises both experimental and clinical studies, on a national and international, cooperative basis.

Main research areas:

• Experimental and clinical radiotherapy with emphasis on treatment related morbidity and the optimization of therapy
• Tumour microenvironment and vasculature targeting
• Molecular biological oriented studies of prognostic factors
• Programme on predictive parameters in radiotherapy
• Several activities directed towards a broad multimodal oncological therapeutic approach, using surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy
• Clinical Trials