STEPUPIORS members participated as lecturers, moderators and panelists at the School for digestive cancers organized by ESMO - Eur. Oncology- affiliated UMOS society, on Apr 11-12, 2025, in Belgrade, Serbia. Jelena Spasic Milena Cavic The Netherlands Cancer Institute Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens IDIBAPS Hospital Clínic

The first Luminex MAGPIX experiment using plasma samples of patients with LARC has been successfully run in Serbia! Accurate, reproducible, and sensitive quantification saved precious clinical samples. Aleksandra Stanojević Ana Djuric Milena Cavic The Netherlands Cancer Institute IDIBAPS Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens

STEPUPIORS project members Milena Cavic Ana Djuric Teodora Cato and Luka Lisica enjoyed a rewarding collaboration and training session in Spatial Transcriptomics and Bioinformatics organized by the Zencure.project from IMGGE. The Netherlands Cancer Institute IDIBAPS Hospital Clínic Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens

Project participants from The Netherlands Cancer Institute under the leadership of Remond Fijneman had a very successful 2025 annual congress of the AACR presenting results of multiple studies on colorectal cancer biomarkers Denise lnkd.in/eTgCGAg4 Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens IDIBAPS Hospital Clínic

🆕The AFALynch, asociación familias con #síndromedeLynch Association visits #IDIBAPS to learn about colon and rectal cancer research #CCR It was presented the researcho f the European project STEPUPIORS, which aims to establish an association of institutions dedicated to rectal cancer 👉f.mtr.cool/yhnvfnbxzs

AFALynch, asociación familias con #síndromedeLynch STEPUPIORS Hospital Clínic Sergi Castellví Bel 👨‍🔬🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 Francesc Balaguer 🆕La Associació AFALynch, asociación familias con #síndromedeLynch visita l'#IDIBAPS per conèixer la recerca en càncer de còlon i recte #CCR Es va presentar la recerca que es fa en el projecte europeu STEPUPIORS, que vol establir l'associació d'institucions dedicades al càncer de recte 👉f.mtr.cool/kaskqkseyv

AFALynch, asociación familias con #síndromedeLynch STEPUPIORS Hospital Clínic Sergi Castellví Bel 👨‍🔬🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 Francesc Balaguer 🆕La Asociación AFALynch, asociación familias con #síndromedeLynch visita el #IDIBAPS para conocer la investigación en cáncer de colon y recto #CCR Se presentó la investigación que se realiza en el proyecto europeo STEPUPIORS 👉f.mtr.cool/jlnlabcdwr

🆕La Associació AFALynch, asociación familias con #síndromedeLynch visita l'#IDIBAPS per conèixer la recerca en càncer de còlon i recte #CCR Es va presentar la recerca que es fa en el projecte europeu STEPUPIORS, que vol establir l'associació d'institucions dedicades al càncer de recte 👉f.mtr.cool/ypxfnfrorp

On 9 April, the Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia held its 2nd #ColorectalCancer Open Day under the #STEPUPIORS project. Experts, patients & families shared insights on prevention, diagnosis, treatment & support. See you in 2026! youtu.be/23LTRDow_UU #HorizonEU

Dana 9. aprila održan je drugi #OtvoreniDan o #KolorektalniKarcinom u IORS, u okviru projekta #STEPUPIORS. Stručnjaci, pacijenti i porodice govorili su o prevenciji, dijagnostici, lečenju i podršci. Hvala svima – vidimo se 2026! youtu.be/23LTRDow_UU

Radiation oncologists Mladen Marinkovic and Suzana Stojanovic-Rundic coauthored the book "Clinical Oncology with Radiotherapy" advancing oncology education in Serbia. Congratulations to all authors! The Netherlands Cancer Institute Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens IDIBAPS Hospital Clínic

Profiling Neoadjuvant Therapy Response in Rectal Cancer Using Publicly Available Transcriptomic RNA-seq Datasets medrxiv.org/content/10.110… Aleksandra Stanojević Ana Djuric Sergi Castellví Bel 👨‍🔬🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 Remond Fijneman Makis Zoidakis Milena Cavic The Netherlands Cancer Institute Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens IDIBAPS Hospital Clínic

Productive summer season for STEPUPIORS members! Congress abstracts were presented at the 2025 conference of EACR & ASCO. Ana Damjanovic participated as a lecturer at the 15th Serbian Diaspora Medical Conference. The Netherlands Cancer Institute Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens IDIBAPS Hospital Clínic

Excellent presentation from Teresa Botta about biobanking at the final meeting final of STEPUPIORS EU project It's nice to see how the IORS and IDIBAPS interacted and learned from each other 👏👏👏

Great presentations by #XavierDominguezRovira and #judithsabatedelrio about serrated polyposis syndrome germline predisposition and biobank data management at the STEPUPIORS final meeting 👏👏👏

Inspirational talk about grant applications at STEPUPIORS EU project final meeting by #juanmanuelabolafia 👏👏👏 IDIBAPS Hospital Clínic

Oh what a fantastic 3-year ride STEPUPIORS EU project on rectal cancer has been. Many thanks to #MilenaCavic for being the best coordinator I have ever encountered. And of course to #RemondFijneman and #MakisZoidakis, and the rest of the people involved for coming along 🥰🥰🥰

Save the date: STEPUPIORS WEBINAR ON PRECISION MEDICINE Thursday, Sept 18, 2025, 10 am - 12 pm We welcome you to join us for the final project webinar on precision medicine held by researchers from the Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia. stepupiors.eu/2025/09/newsev…

Today is World Cancer Research Day 👩🏼‍🔬👨🏽‍⚕️🧬🔬 Our group joins this celebration supporting and sharing the objective of this year, which advocates for collaboration. #WorldCancerResearchDay

On Sept 22, 2025, Milena Cavic defended MSc Management in the healthcare system thesis "Health economic evaluation of liquid biopsy in treatment decision management of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer in Serbia" at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine.