Welcome to the official homepage of the DISMAL project.

DISMAL is a Specific Targeted Project in the life sciences branch of the 6th framework programme of the European Union on

Molecular Signatures as Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targets for Disseminated Epithelial Malignancies.

On these pages, you will find a general description of the project and its work packages.

Project Coordinator:

Prof. Dr. Klaus Pantel
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Institute of Tumor Biology
Martinistr. 52
20246 Hamburg
Germany

E-Mail: Klaus Pantel

Please send your comments or queries to the webmaster.

Image: Pantel & Brakenhoff, Nat. Rev. Cancer, 2004

Latest news:

The 7th International Symposium on Minimal Residual Cancer will be held September 16th-19th, 2009 in Athens, Greece.

Cost-neutral project extension for 6 months until April 2009 was granted.

The final DISMAL Meeting took place February 2nd-4th 2009 at Partner 15 Medical University Graz, Austria.

The 2nd Interim Report is due after Month 36 in November 2008.

The Interim Meeting organized by Catherine Panabières took place 6th-7th of May 2008 in Montpellier, France.

The midterm project meeting took place Wednesday, June 20th and Thursday, June 21st, 2007 in Oslo. For further information, please address K. Effenberger