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Recovering radiotherapy services in England: Our plan for action
Abstract: In recent months, operational performance in radiotherapy has declined with services reporting long delays for patients needing treatment. However, this generally does not receive the same level of ...
Policy brief Belgian EBCP Mirror Group- patient and citizen engagement
prevention, diagnostics, treatment and care. Relying on donations and project-based funding is not a sustainable way to ensure patient involvement and representativeness in policy. Patient organizations need ...
Policy Brief – Survivorship is cancer survivorship the poor cousin of cancer control within the EBCP?
issues related to body image, distress, fear of recurrence, in addition to cognitive, social and physical functioning [3]. Improvements in prevention, diagnostics and treatment are key elements for cancer ...
Policy brief Belgian EBCP Mirror Group: children, adolescents and young adults with cancer
patient journey; from cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, follow-up of late effects, transition pathways between paediatric and adult wards, and palliative care. Second, national ...
Delayed treatment in breast cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population health information research infrastructure (PHIRI) case study
studied by assessing changes in the trend of the time to first treatment for women 18 or older who were diagnosed and treated for breast cancer between 2017 and 2021. Methods An observational retrospective ...
Unlocking the genomic landscape: Results of the Beyond 1 Million Genomes (B1MG) pilot in Belgium towards Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI)
health, prevention options and treatment responses. The Beyond 1 Million Genomes (B1MG) project was kicked off in 2020 with the aim of building a federated network of genomic data in Europe, in which ...
Improve the management of cancer-related cognitive impairment in clinical settings: a European Delphi study.
post-treatment. Cognitive rehabilitation, physical activity, meditative-movement therapy, and multimodal intervention should be offered. Recommendations about frequency and duration of interventions, the ...
Evaluating the health and health economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delayed cancer care in Belgium: A Markov model study protocol
from a health and an economic perspective. To improve cancer patient outcomes and lower society expenses, early diagnosis and timely treatment are essential. The recent COVID-19 crisis has disrupted the ...
PRECISION: the Belgian molecular profiling program of metastatic cancer for clinical decision and treatment assignment.
tumors molecularly guided treatments. The PRECISION 1 study has led to the creation of a clinico-genomic database. The Belgian Approach for Local Laboratory Extensive Tumor Testing (BALLETT) and GeNeo ...
Tackling cervical cancer in Europe amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
low in countries with the highest incidence and screening performance is heterogeneous among European countries. Cytological screening followed by treatment of screen-detected cervical lesions has ...