Large grant from the Danish Council for Independent Research

Associate Professor Deirdre Cronin-Fenton from Department of Clinical Epidemiology has received a grant of DKK 1,869,204 from the Danish Council for Independent Research – Medical Sciences. The grant is for the project ”Hypothyroidism and the clinical course of breast cancer”. The researchers want to investigate the incidence of hypothyroidism among breast cancer survivors and any possible association with breast cancer recurrence. The project will also include a pilot study to identify when breast cancer patients are at highest risk of developing hypothyroidism.