erasmus urology research
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Four video’s on recent PhD theses have been uploaded to our video page library
Please find the four video's on recent PhD theses on our video library page. You will watch an interview with the writer of dissertations: Unravelling the genomic landscape of metastatic prostate cancer. A prospect on patient stratification using a blood-based...
Chemotherapie in spierinvasief blaaskanker
Chemotherapie voorafgaand aan verwijdering van de blaas vanwege spierinvasieve blaaskanker geeft een overlevingswinst op de lange termijn. Deze winst is echter maar beperkt (6-8% na 5 jaar) en lang niet alle patiënten hebben dus baat bij deze chemotherapie terwijl ze...
Extracellular vesicles research in urology and more
In the last months the Laboratory of Experimental Urology published a number of high impact papers on extracellular vesicles in urological research. In May, we authored the position paper on Urinary Extracellular vesicles by the Urine Task Force of the International...
Radiolabeled nanobodies to detect and destroy urothelial carcinoma
The Daniel Den Hoed Foundation, Erasmus MC, awarded a research grant of €500,000 to Prof Guido Jenster (Urology) and Prof Frederik Verburg (Radiology & Nuclear Medicine) for their work on antibodies to specifically detect and treat bladder cancer. The work on...
Tumor testing for advanced bladder cancer to predict treatment efficacy
The Erasmus Mc Bladder Cancer Centre and VitroScan BV join forces on the EVITA project: “Tumor testing for advanced bladder cancer to predict treatment efficacy” The project was awarded with an Erasmus MC-TKI-LSH Match Call (PPP) allowance. Project coordinators Dr....
Towards the development of a catheter decision tool
The functional urology research group was awarded a ZonMw grant to perform a study that will lead to the development of a catheter decision tool. Five percent of the total expenditure on outpatient medical devices in the Netherlands is spent on catheters for clean...