Referring clinicians and the Netherlands Cancer Institute

Please note: as of March 31, 2022, we will no longer be using fax to send or receive messages. We would like to ask you to use the secure e-mail platforms Zorgmail or Zivver instead, or use our digital referral form.

Please fill out the referral form in its entirety and attach all relevant documentation, so we can plan an appointment to see the patient at the appropriate clinic.

Once the form has been filled out and submitted, our planning department will process it. The patient will receive an invitation to come to the clinic that is most suitable for their symptoms. Most of our clinics are tumor-specific and multidisciplinary. After the appointment, we will get back to you as soon as possible.

ZorgDomein

All general practitioners can use ZorgDomein to digitally refer patients to the Netherlands Cancer Institute. All information for our specialists can be submitted through ZorgDomein. Click here to visit ZorgDomein.

Working methods
You can search for a suitable running trial at the Netherlands Cancer Institute by entering the patient's characteristics. You will find a list of all running trials that might meet the patient’s requirements. You can browse the trials to find out more: their main criteria of in/exclusion, intervention, goals, and research design.

For patients
Several running trials include a Dutch summary for patients. You can find them on our website.

Phase 1 trial

If there are no further treatment options for your patient, you could consider an experimental treatment, such as our phase 1 trials. If you would like more information about whether your patient might quality for one of our phase 1 trials, please send a short e-mail to fase1@nki.nl. As long as you include the following patient details in your e-mail, we will be able to determine whether your patient qualifies for experimental treatment at our hospital, and whether a referral could be worthwhile.

Minimum necessary patient details to include:

• Name of referring clinician
• Telephone number of referring clinician
• Name patient
• Date of birth patient
• Tumour type
• Previous treatments
• Known results and molecular diagnostics

Note: If you are a patient looking to see whether you would qualify for a phase 1 trial, please notify your attending physician so he or she can contact us. 

Help us improve our patient care

Together we can improve patient care even further. Please send your comments, suggestions or questions to verwijzers@nki.nl. Please do not use this e-mail address to ask medical questions or for consultations with medical specialists. 

Complaints

Please submit your complaint through our online complaints procedure. Our complaints officer will make sure that your issue will be resolved.

Consultation General Practitioners and specialists

Four times a year, the Netherlands Cancer Institute hosts a meeting for general practitioners and specialists, during which topics like accessibility, cooperation, and the twice-yearly GP-symposium are discussed. These meetings are led by Bart Meijman, general practitioner Amsterdam-Osdorp and co-founder Optimale zorg - Dappere dokters (Optimal care - Brave doctors), and Marie-Jeanne Vrancken-Peeters, breast cancer surgeon at the NKI.