Non-/minimally invasive cancer treatment

Research Research programs Non-/minimally invasive cancer treatment

Our mission

We aim to develop, implement and evaluate innovative tools for personalized non- or minimally invasive therapeutic and/or diagnostic procedures that will change practice, improve quality of care and remain cost-effective and affordable.

Goals

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Goals

To develop and implement innovative cost-effective, optimally targeted and personalized image-guided non-/minimally invasive treatment modalities to cure more patients, with fewer side effects, resulting in improved quality of life of long-term surviving cancer patients.
To advance and promote innovative cost-effective non-/minimally invasive tools to stage, monitor and predict treatment efficacy.

Research groups contributing to this research program

Biomedical magnetic resonance

Tom Scheenen's research group develops, implement, and test new MR imaging and spectroscopy technology at clinical and ultra-high magnetic field MR scanners.

Early health technology assessment

Janneke Grutters's research group develops and applies methodology to evaluate the (potential) value of innovations in healthcare, as of an early stage of development.

Image-based oncology interventions

Jurgen Fütterer's research group aims to have a significant impact on healthcare by bringing our technology to daily practice.

Spokesperson(s) for this research program

Spokesperson

prof. dr. Marcel Verheij

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