Cancers 2021 Ph.D. Thesis Award
Dear colleagues,
As the Editor-in-Chief of Cancers, it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the Cancers 2021 Ph.D. Thesis Award. This prize has been awarded to a Ph.D. student who has produced a highly anticipated academic potential thesis.
The award has been granted to:
“Immunological Basis of Abscopal Antitumor Responses Induced by Combination of Distinct Radiotherapy Fractionation Schedules with Autologous Tumor Vaccines and Checkpoint Inhibition” by Dr. rer. nat. Michael Rückert, Translational Radiobiology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Germany.
Dr. rer. nat. Michael Rückert will be awarded 800 CHF and a certificate, and a chance to publish one paper free of charge in Cancers during the period 2021–2022.
On behalf of the evaluation committee, I would like to congratulate Dr. rer. nat. Michael Rückert on his accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional thesis for their contributions to Cancers, and thank the Award Committee for voting for and helping with this award.
Prof. Dr. Samuel Mok.
Editor-in-Chief, Cancers
