AGORA Cancer Research Center
AGORA was inspired by the vision that the integration of progress in cancer research into clinical practice can be accelerated by bringing together interdisciplinary research teams of clinicians, cancer biologists, immunologists, bio-informaticians and bio-engineers. Initiated by the ISREC Foundation in 2013, the AGORA building was opened in 2018. The functioning of this translational cancer research center reflects a partnership between the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), the University of Lausanne (UNIL), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE).
Latest news
Events
PhD Thesis Defense | November 13th
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AGORA PRS Seminar | November 17th
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DOF Seminar, Dr. Lukas Altenburger | November 18th
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Ludwig Distinguished Lecture, Prof. John Wherry | November 19th
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DOF Seminar, Prof. Renato Ostuni | November 25th
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Save the Date – AGORA Platform Tour
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Ludwig Distinguished Lecture, Prof. Ilaria Malanchi | December 3rd
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AGORA Christmas | December 10th
Latest publications
Basophils inhibit early lung metastasis by suppressing regulatory T cells.
Torchia B, Fournier N, Yücel S, Quintana JQ, De Palma M & Mansouri N
Nature Cancer – 2026 Nov 3
Role of Pulmonary Segmentectomy in Stage IB Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer ≤ 3 cm with Visceral Pleural Invasion: A Single-Centre Retrospective Study.
Zanfrini E, Tossut S, Tian Y, (…), Perentes JY, Krueger T, Gonzalez M
Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery – 2026 Nov 2
Strategies to develop therapeutic cancer vaccines for pancreatic cancer.
Coppi MM, Graciotti M, Digklia A, Kandalaft LE
The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology – 2026 Oct 14
LuTuFlow: a deep learning-based pipeline for quantitative characterization of mouse lung tumors in CT imaging.
Liu Y, Li L, Wittwer M, (…), Dapia B, Andò E, De Palma M
bioRxiv – 2026 Oct 14
Familial Pancreatic Cancer Associated with a Shared BRIP1 Variant: Implications for Homologous Recombination Deficiency and Targeted Therapy.
Degrauwe N, Dei Tos G, Trimech M, Homicsko K, Digklia A
Genes – 2026 Sep 29
