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AI can help improve precision radiotherapy

and accounting for changes in the patient’s ana tomy over time, and automatically adapting radiation delivery each time a patient is treated.

Winette van der Graaf

Adolescents and Young Adults (AYAs) with cancer to improve their experiences and health outcomes

The Physical Activity and Memory (PAM) study

Physical exercise is a promising intervention to improve cognition and white matter integrity. Therefore, we investigate whether an exercise intervention can improve cognitive functioning and white matter integrity in breast cancer patients, 2-4…

Mathijs Mol

as at the department of Gastroenterology and Hepa tology of the Amsterdam UMC under the supervision of prof. dr. E. Dekker and dr. A.S. Aelvoet. My field of study focusses on the psychosocial aspects of having Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP),…

IKA tamoxifen randomized clinical trial

10.1038/s41416-018-0221-8. Epub 2018 Oct 5. Mi totic count can predict tamoxifen benefit in postmenopausal breast cancer patients while Ki67 score cannot Karin Beelen, Mark Opdam, Tesa Severson, Rutger Koornstra, Andrew Vincent, Jelle Wesseling,…

Precision medicine and survivorship

breast cancer recurrence; specifically, we aim to investigate germline genetic variants for their role in breast cancer subtype development and outcome. We strive to translate and implement our findings in models and tools to facilitate shared…

Thesis defense Kete Klaver

“Going back to work after successful cancer treatment isn’t always as easy for patients as they had hoped. Some of them experience what’s known as cognitive impairments. They may struggle with planning, following conversations during meetings, or…

Patient research addressing the financial consequences of cancer

A cancer diagnosis may lead to financial distress. The scope of this problem, however, is currently unknown. That’s why the Netherlands Cancer Institute has initiated an anonymous study under patients in Europe. All patients are hereby invited to…

IDENTIFYING BIOMARKERS FOR TREATMENT RESPONSE PREDICTION

rates have decreased over the past decade, the total number of new diagnoses per year continues to rise. This highlights the urgent need for improved methods to identify individuals who would benefit from effective cancer treatments while minimizing…

Have faith in fundamental researchers

who follow their curiosity. "We place too much emphasis on the social relevance of research. But that’s not a good development, because you can only build towards applications when you have a solid foundation."

Shaping DNAs with molecular motors

How do meters of DNA fit in to our tiny cells? Benjamin Rowland and colleagues propose a mechanism for how molecular motors fold our DNA into loops. “Such a mechanism may shape the DNA of all life on earth.” They published their ideas in Science.

How COVID-19 affects our scientists

their time in a useful way? In these short s tories our scientists share their experiences.