Strategic Program Cancer nieuws
Strategic Program Cancer nieuws
Roland Kuiper appointed as professor

The UMC Utrecht has appointed researcher Roland Kuiper as professor of Molecular Genetics of Hereditary Cancer in Children with effect from August 1, 2022.
Read moreRachel van Leeuwaarde receives Kika grant

Rachel van Leeuwaarde of UMC Utrecht receives a Kika grant of almost €200.000 for research on children with MEN-syndrome.
Read more‘Mustard after the meal’? Bile during the meal!

Inaugural lecture by metabolic scientist Prof. Saskia van Mil
Read moreMotion in cancer care! Inaugural lecture of Prof. Anne May

Exercise is good for everyone, including people with cancer. So why do we need further research? This is a question that professor Anne May of the UMC Utrecht hears quite often.
Read moreHorizon Europe grant for prof. Anne May

Prof. Anne May from UMC Utrecht and her colleagues have received a 6 million Horizon Europe grant to develop and evaluate a personalized and live-remote exercise program for cancer patients. With this new intervention, they aim to resolve current problems in the implementation of exercise programs. This news item describes their research plans.
Read moreApp halves deaths after pancreas surgery

Early detection and treatment of complications gives patients with pancreatic cancer improved perspectives
Read morePredicting whether chemo will be effective for breast cancer

Breast cancer researchers at UMC Utrecht have discovered that a certain protein can predict whether a course of chemo will be effective for aggressive breast cancer.
Read moreFurther insights into pregnancy-associated breast cancer

Largest study on pregnancy-associated breast cancer thus far highlights differences with ‘ordinary breast cancer’
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