Strategic Program Cancer nieuws
Metastases unravelled by unique DNA analysis
Publications Nature and Nature Genetics about metastases and large-scale DNA analysis.
Read moreMartijn Intven appointed as a professor
With effect from 15 March 2023, UMC Utrecht has appointed Martijn Intven as professor of image-guided radiotherapy. This new chair falls within the Strategic Program Cancer and the Imaging Division of UMC Utrecht.
Read moreMake genetic research more accessible
In the Netherlands, not every patient has equal access to cancer genetic care. It appears that doctors are less likely to refer patients who have difficulty reading and writing, do not speak the Dutch language or are less health literate to the genetics division. "That has to change," Margreet Ausems, professor of Clinical Oncogenetics at UMC Utrecht, argued in her oration on 6 April. She called on doctors to pay attention to these patients.
Read moreRoland 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.
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