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Division of Primary Cancer Prevention

Prof. Dr. Ute Mons

Prof. Dr. Ute Mons has been head of the Primary Cancer Prevention Division since July 01, 2024. Under her leadership, the research program in the field of secondary prevention with a focus on innovative methods of early cancer detection and cancer prevention is currently being continued: the GEKKO study launched in 1-2016 as part of the NCT 3.0 program, the DARIO study (start 09/2016, study end 06/2020) and the LEO study recruiting since 12-2020, the latter with participants in the age group 30-49 as part of the NCT "Proof of Concept Trial" program.
The GEKKO study collaborates with numerous clinics and practices in the area, the LEO study is conducted in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Endoscopy Center (IEZ) at the Medical Clinic of Heidelberg University Hospital.
Another focus of the division is risk-adapted prevention, a working group headed by Prof. Mahdi Fallah.

Contact

Prof. Dr. Ute Mons
Primary Cancer Prevention (C120)
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
Im Neuenheimer Feld 280
69120 Heidelberg
Tel: +49 6221 42-3026

E-Mail:
u.mons@dkfz.de
angelika.bergmann@nct-heidelberg.de

Selected Publications

  • Raut J.R. et al (2021). A microRNA panel compared to environmental and polygenic scores for colorectal cancer risk prediction. Nat Commun. 12(1), 4811.
  • Tian Y. et al. (2019). Familial colorectal cancer risk in half siblings and siblings: nationwide cohort study. BMJ 364:l803.
  • Gies A. et al. (2018) Direct Comparison of Diagnostic Performance of 9 Quantitative Fecal Immunochemical Tests for Colorectal Cancer Screening. Gastroenterology 154(1):93-104.
  • Brenner H. et al. (2014). Colorectal cancer. Lancet, 383(9927), 1490-1502.
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