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Shooting the Achilles heel of drug-resistant cancer

Cancer cells that develop resistance to drugs, pay a price for this, by simultaneously developing a new vulnerability. If this acquired vulnerability can be identified, it may be exploited clinically. A team of cancer researchers, led by Rene…

Fourteen research teams can start their research thanks to KWF Dutch Cancer Society

(NKI), are starting new projects thanks to financial support from KWF Dutch Cancer Society. These projects are very diverse, including the development of a smart needle that can detect cancer cells during tissue examination, and research into a…

"Het leven van een jong-volwassene met kanker staat stil" Winette van der Graaf in Oncologie Up-to-date

stelt prof. dr. Winette van der Graaf, internis toncoloog in het Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Amsterdam, én oprichter en voorzitter van het Nationaal 'AYA Jong & Kanker' Platform. Toch hangt de financiering van deze zorg aan een zijden draadje. Het was…

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known as Het Nederlands Kankerinstituut – An toni van Leeuwenhoekziekenhuis; henceforth: NKI) is committed to the protection of personal data. The NKI processes the personal details of its patients, employees, and other parties involved with the…

Piet Borst

lab at the NKI in 1983 when he became direc tor of the NKI. In 1999 he handed over the directorship to Anton Berns, but retained an active laboratory until 2016, when he became an honorary staff member, remaining closely associated with the…