Lund-Kyiv Cancer Collaboration

The project is structured as a phased institutional partnership between Lund University Cancer Centre and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, with strong clinical integration through Skåne University Hospital. Governance is organised through a joint steering group (strategic oversight), a binational project management team (operational delivery), and thematic working groups for diagnostics, clinical trials, training, and data governance.

The activity mix follows a stepwise capacity-building logic. Phase 1 focuses on structured needs analysis, mapping molecular diagnostics, clinical trial readiness, workforce competence, and regulatory frameworks. Phase 2 delivers targeted training, development of SOPs, quality systems, and pilot implementation of molecular workflows and trial procedures. Phase 3 supports scale-up, sustainability planning, and initiation of selected pilot clinical trials and translational research projects.

Activities combine on-site assessments, hands-on laboratory and clinical training, joint workshops, virtual case conferences, mentoring, and short-term staff exchanges. Parallel workstreams address biobanking, ethics, data protection, and cross-border sample and data sharing. Sustainability is embedded through train-the-trainer models, institutional policy development, and financial planning.

The overall setup ensures that competence development, infrastructure strengthening, and governance reform progress in parallel, enabling Ukrainian partners to reach durable EU-aligned capacity in cancer diagnostics and clinical research.