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  26 Jan 2021 13:01

Prestigious Louis-Jeantet prize for NKI immunologist Ton Schumacher

Immunologist Ton Schumacher of the Netherlands Cancer Institute receives the honorable Louis-Jeantet Prize for translational …

  20 Jan 2021 22:05

Radiation boost lowers risk of prostate cancer recurrence

An additional external-beam radiation dose delivered directly to the tumor can benefit the prospects of men with non-metastat…

Organization 18 Jan 2021 19:00

Colinda Scheele receives Antoni van Leeuwenhoek award 2020

Cancer researcher Colinda Scheele has won the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek award 2020 for her extraordinary research into stem cell…

  18 Jan 2021 17:15

Testosterone may suppress breast cancer cells

Treating breast cancer with a substance that strongly resembles the ‘male sex hormone’ testosterone? This may be a solution f…

Immunotherapy 11 Jan 2021 10:45

Thesis defense Feline Dijkgraaf | T cells in focus: formation and function of tissue-resident memory

"When I first saw memory T cells patrol the skin… that was a eureka moment. We have developed technology to trace this type o…

Immunotherapy 5 Jan 2021 13:12

Thesis defense Bente Benedict | How cancer cells get away with replication stress

“Cancer cells lack a checkpoint: without checking whether everything is ready for cell division, cancer cells start replicati…

COVID-19 1 Dec 2020 10:10

Face masks mandatory as of December 1, 2020

As of December 1, face masks are mandatory in public indoor spaces. The Netherlands Cancer Institute is a public indoor space…

Fundamental research 17 Nov 2020 12:45

No increased long-term risk of ovarian cancer after In Vitro Fertilization

Women who have received fertility treatment in the past, such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) are not at increased risk of de…

Precision medicine 12 Nov 2020 16:22

Less radiotherapy required, so fewer complications with rare sarcoma

Myxoid Liposarcoma (MLS) is a very rare type of cancer. Only about two in every million people are diagnosed with MLS each ye…

Fundamental research 10 Nov 2020 12:35

Tineke Lenstra to receive KNAW award for research into DNA regulation

Moleculair bioloog Tineke Lenstra van het Nederlands Kanker Instituut krijgt de Early Career Award van de Koninklijke Nederla…