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Erik van der Heijden received The Distinguished WABIP Regent Award
26 November 2020The 21st World Conference on Bronchoscopy and Intervention Pulmonology (WCBIP) is currently taking place in Shanghai. This is organized by the WABIP. Erik van der Heijden, member of the scientific organizing committee, received the prize ‘The Distinguished WABIP Regent Award'.
650,000 Euro funding for research into the phasing out of medication for leukaemia patients
30 July 2020With a 650,000 euro funding from ZonMw, researchers from the Haematology and Pharmacy departments can develop a medication phasing out strategy for patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia. This strategy will be tested in practice.
Improved method for detecting lung cancer
24 July 2020Radboudumc researchers are the only ones in the Netherlands using a new method to make better lung cancer diagnoses earlier stage. Erik van der Heijden and Roel Verhoeven shows that the use of flexible imaging equipment via the natural respiratory tract contributes to a more accurate diagnosis.
Optimizing workup in head and neck cancer (HNC)
23 July 2020In the journal Cancer RIHS researcher Henrieke Schutte described the outcomes after the implementation of a fast-track multidisciplinary integrated HNC care program: time-to-treatment was significantly reduced and survival and patient satisfaction increased significantly without increasing costs.
Strain elastography predicts lung cancer metastases
9 June 2020The first multicenter study by researchers Roel Verhoeven and Erik van der Heijden, in which the added predictive value of elastography by means of endobronchial ultrasound of mediastinal lymph nodes in patients with lung cancer was systematically investigated.
Evaluation of an AI system for detection of COVID-19 on Chest X-Ray images
22 May 2020In the journal Radiology researchers from Radboudumc, Bernhoven Hospital and Jeroen Bosch Hospital described how an artificial intelligence system (CAD4COVID-XRay) can identify characteristics of COVID-19 on chest x-rays with performance comparable to six independent radiologists.
Guiding the surgeon real-time tumor visualization during surgery
26 February 2020Incomplete excision of tumor tissue negatively affects the prognosis of the patient. RIHS researcher Mark Rijpkema and colleagues are working on the development of new dual-labeled tracers and currently are implementing this into the clinic.
Cognitive behavioral therapy reduces severe fatigue in patients with advanced cancer during treatment
28 January 2020In Annals of Oncology, RIHS researchers Hanneke Poort, Marlies Peters, Winette van der Graaf, Ria Nijhuis-van der Sanden and colleagues showed significant effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on fatigue in patients with advanced cancer during treatment with palliative intent.
RIMLS PhD retreat registration is open
23 January 2020Yearly, RIMLS PhD candidates gather for the two-day PhD Retreat. Apart from the science, this event is highly valued for the opportunity to meet and get to know fellow PhD candidates during the social activities. Early bird registration and abstract submission deadline: 4 March 2020.
Theme Rare cancers paper award for Sven van den Bosch
18 December 2019The Radiother Oncology paper by researcher Sven van den Bosch and colleagues, won the first place in the paper award session of the theme Rare cancers. The paper competed with 4 other recent publications produced by radboudumc research groups.
Awarded KWF grants for Radboudumc researchers
18 December 2019KWF is investing 2.7 million euros in five different studies at Radboudumc. The awards are part of the new round of funding by DCS, in which over 34 million euros will be granted to Dutch cancer research. We congratulate our researchers with this funding and wish them success with their great work.
Exploration meeting Academic Alliance on Oncology
2 December 2019Within the Academic Alliance, the Maastricht UMC+ and Radboudumc are already working together in several areas. And this is happening in more and more fields. On 27 November researchers from both umc's met during the fourth Exploration meeting, this time with the theme: Oncology.
X² Ambition Award for Sandra Heskamp
28 October 2019This award is intended for 'coming women’: young, ambitious women at a stage of their careers where they make important career choices. This prize is especially for women who show exemplary behaviour within the organization where they work, but also outside their organization.
KWF Roadshow 11 November 2019
10 October 2019In which way(s) can KWF provide optimal support to oncological research and care? How can we maximize impact on our investments? These questions are pivotal in Ambition 2030: the vision that KWF developed in close cooperation with stakeholders in the oncological field.
RIMLS 25 years jubilee festival The Future is Yesterday
3 October 2019Together with more than 250 colleagues and alumni we celebrated 25 years of research into the molecular mechanisms of disease. During this exciting and informal event, we not only took a trip down memory lane, but also looked ahead to the next 25 years and beyond…...
Drug-induced interstitial lung disease in advanced breast cancer patients receiving everolimus
22 August 2019In Targeted Oncology, Annelieke Willemsen, Carla van Herpen and colleagues, showed that pulmonary function test with diffusion capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide and serum biomarkers can be of aid to differentiate everolimus-related interstitial lung disease from other respiratory problems.
Prophylactic antibiotics reduce hospitalisations and cost in head and neck cancer patients
18 April 2019In European journal of cancer Janneke Ham and colleagues showed that prophylactic antibiotics in locally advanced head and neck cancer patients treated with chemoradiotherapy did not reduce the incidence of (aspiration) pneumonias, but did reduce hospitalisations and tended to be cost-effective.
Sarah Verhoeff wins audience award Radboud Talks Jury chose neuroscientist as overall winner
26 March 2019The winner of the fifth edition of scientific pitch competition Radboud Talks is Suhas Vijayakumar, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Donders Institute. Research physician Sarah Verhoeff, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, won the audience award.
Report of the 12th New Frontiers symposium Big data, better healthcare? - 1 November 2018
7 November 2018Examples from the application of deep learning to image reading in pathology and radiology and the application of network medicine to monitor infectious disease outbreaks or collective mood states using twitter data showed the huge potential of big data approaches for building better healthcare.
Report of the 12th New Frontiers symposium Better care, network care? - 2 November 2018
7 November 2018No easy answers at this symposium last Friday, only challenges that can be overcome if we succeed in 5 things. First and most radically, put patients in the center of healthcare. Second, start with assessing what the local population needs and not what local professionals have to offer.
Disagreement among radiologists on what a perifissural nodule is
10 July 2018In Radiology Anton Schreuder et al. showed that there is a low agreement among experienced radiologists on what a benign perifissural nodule is on CT, and that the chances that a lung cancer is misclassified as a such is low but not negligible.
Deep learning identifies tumor-associated stroma in breast histopathology
26 June 2018According to a recent paper of Babak Ehteshami Bejnordi, Jeroen van der Laak and colleagues, deep learning based analysis of digitized microscopic images could accurately identify tumor-associated morphological alterations in the stroma neighboring breast cancer.
A personal touch of Eva-Leonne Göttgens
31 May 2018In order to promote interaction amongst colleagues within RIMLS, we have a ‘personal touch’ series setting employees in the spotlight. A light-hearted manner to learn about the colleagues you know and those you don’t! This week: Eva-Leonne Göttgens.
