Targeted treatment of cancer receives the Sjöberg Prize
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award cancer researchers Dennis Slamon and Brian Druker the Sjöberg Prize 2019, worth one million US dollars. The two researchers have developed entirely new ways of beating cancer and have been revolutionary in the development of targeted treatments that improve the prognosis for, and survival of, thousands of patients.The Sjöberg Prize was first awarded three years ago, after a major donation to research by businessman Bengt Sjöberg, who himself had cancer. The 2019 prize is awarded to Dennis J. Slamon, University of California, Los