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The Lund university building in evening light August 2016

SCAN-B

SCAN-B (Sweden Cancerome Analysis Network - Breast), is a is a large-scale research project that began in 2010 in southern Sweden, centered in Lund. The goal of the project is to analyze the genomic makeup of breast cancer tumors to improve patient outcomes through more individualized treatment.

Ake Borg in the lab

He is advancing diagnostics

Interview with Professor Åke Borg, initiator of SCAN-B. Feb 2019.

In Swedish.

Breast cancer mammography image

Precision medicine 2.0 for selection of breast cancer treatment

2022-09-30

In Swedish

Number of registered patients and samples, December 2025

TOTAL:

23 220 patients

22 540 patients with blood samples

15 940 patients with tissue samples

8 424 patients with follow-up blood samples