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Het team van Oncode onderzoeker Hugo Snippert (UMC Utrecht) is erin geslaagd om met organoide-technologie live te volgen hoe een dikkedarmtumor op een combinatiebehandeling reageert.
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A large-scale European study into the effectiveness of epilepsy surgery, led by the UMC Utrecht and the University Hospitals of Erlangen, convincingly shows its success. One year after surgery, 72% of patients with epilepsy are seizure-free. After two years, that percentage is still 68% and after five years 66%. The results help in deciding whether surgery to treat epilepsy is effective. The findings also support the idea that operating as quickly as possible improves the outcome. This study was published in the Lancet Neurology on August 18.
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