Cecilia Ringborg awarded project grant from Palema
Cecilia Ringborg, a postdoctoral researcher in the Surgical Care Science group, has been awarded the Cancer Association PALEMA’s project grant for young cancer researchers. She received SEK 25,000 and a diploma on September 26, when PALEMA, together with Karolinska Institutet and the National Register for Esophageal and Gastric Cancer (NREV), organised the full-day conference "Vägen framåt" (The path ahead).
Cecilia Ringborg’s research focuses on the burden carried by family caregivers of patients with esophageal cancer. Studies have shown that relatives’ quality of life declines in terms of physical functioning and pain; they feel abandoned and fully responsible for the patient’s care after discharge from the hospital.
Her project, The Burden for Family Caregivers of Patients with Esophageal Cancer – a Long-Term Study, aims to investigate the caregiving burden between one and five years after the patient’s curative treatment. The goal is to determine whether there are significant changes over time, and if so, when these occur.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to highlight a group that is expected to carry a large share of the patient’s care without any prior training or knowledge. A group that is often overlooked,” says Cecilia Ringborg, researcher at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, KI.