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Thesis defense Colinda Scheele: stem cell behavior in mammary glands

tumor - the cancer stem cells - drives a tumor to be invasive and life-threatening.

The most exhausted T-cells recognize tumor cells best

and Oncode researchers Daniela Thommen and Ton Schumacher and colleagues from Basel may have opened up a new venue for stratifying patients for cancer immunotherapy.

Patient’s own immune cells effective as living drug for melanoma

A patient's own immune cells, expanded in to an army of billions of immune cells in a specialized laboratory, can be used as a living drug against metastatic melanoma, an aggressive type of skin cancer, as the TIL trial has shown. The TIL trial, the…

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W e provide access to a diverse collection of high-end imaging systems from macroscopes to super-resolution microscopes. Our staff has specialized expertise in all stages of the workflow. We offer advice and guidance for every step in a bioimaging…

‘The Wings of Science’ – a story of basic research with real life impact

What do Dutch researcher and Oncode Investiga tor Rene Bernards (NKI) and British columnist and podcaster Deborah James have in common? They are both on a mission to fight cancer. Bernards’ ultimate goal is to bring his research findings to the…

Researcher Zuhir Bodalal Building Bridges: The Need for Mentors and Multidisciplinarity in Oncology

in the Department of Radiology, intended to become a trauma surgeon. This was in the days of the Libyan conflict and most of his patients had gunshot injuries or shrapnel wounds. He also received many patients with acute oncologic emergencies this…

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…

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"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…