# Kjetil Taskén

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## TL;DR

Immunologist and head of the Institute for Cancer Research at Oslo University Hospital's Norwegian Radium Hospital, leading Norway's largest cancer research institute.

## Summary

Kjetil Taskén is Head of the Institute for Cancer Research at Oslo University Hospital, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, and a professor at the University of Oslo. His research focuses on signal transduction in immune cells, T cell regulation in the tumour microenvironment, and functional precision medicine through drug sensitivity screening. The institute he leads comprises departments spanning cancer genetics, immunology, molecular oncology, radiation biology and tumour biology.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; clinician-scientist; immunology; precision oncology
- Role: Head of the Institute for Cancer Research
- Specialisms: Cancer immunology; Signal transduction; Precision oncology

## Sources

- Institution profile: https://www.ous-research.no/institute/
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Tasken+K%5BAuthor%5D

## Connected records

- institutions: [Oslo University Hospital, The Norwegian Radium Hospital](https://onco.cc/institutions/oslo-radium-hospital/)
- journals: [Acta oncologica](https://onco.cc/journals/acta-oncologica/)

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