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Chance of surviving cancer on the rise

Jan 20 '20 08:48

The chance of people surviving a cancer diagnosis is on the rise. 66 percent of people diagnosed with cancer in 2013 were still alive five years later, compared to 64 percent the year before, according to the Dutch Cancer Registry, NOS reports.

The so-called "five year survival" in the Netherlands increases by approximately 1 percent per year, due to better and faster diagnoses and treatments. When the Dutch Cancer Registry started keeping track of cancer patients in 1989, patients had a 42 percent chance of being alive five years after a cancer diagnoses.

116,000 Dutch diagnosed with cancer last year

Feb 4 '19 13:50

Health

Last year 116 thousand Dutch people were diagnosed with cancer, according to the Netherlands' comprehensive cancer center IKNL. Especially the number of patients with skin cancer increased significantly over the past years, NOS reports.

Cancer claims fewer lives in Netherlands

Sep 2 '16 09:24

Health

The number of people in the Netherlands dying of cancer is steadily decreasing. Over the past three decades, the number of cancer deaths in men decreased by a third, according to Statistics Netherlands. A steady decline in cancer deaths in women started in the 50's, though the decline is less significant due to an increase in women suffering from lung cancer.

Patients often too intimidated for a second opinion

Oct 16 '15 15:47

Health

There is still too much ignorance among patients about how to go about asking for a second opinion. Many patients are also too intimidated, or too afraid that they will damage a good relationship with their doctor, to do so.

Vaccine programmes cancelled in unsafe needles investigation

Mar 24 '15 11:54

Health

Syringes of the frequently used Terumo brand could contain epoxy resin, which could unintentionally leak into a patients bloodstream, current affairs program Dossier EenVandaag revealed last night. Based on this information the National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM) launched an investigation and advised against the use of Terumo syringes.

Screenings save 300 men from prostate cancer annually: research

Jan 23 '15 11:10

Health

Screening for prostate cancer among men between the ages of 55 and 59 years, could save the lives of 300 men every year. This is according to a large European study of 200 thousand patients, led from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

Cancer diagnosis wait time slashed by Nijmegen hospital

Jun 20 '14 14:26

Health Technology

The Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen has announced that it is building three special operation rooms in which cancer diagnoses will take no longer than a day. Cancer patients will no longer have to wait up to two weeks to hear whether malignant cells have receded.

Cancer cases stable in 2013

Feb 4 '14 04:35

Health

The number of cancer diagnosis in the Netherlands in 2013 (101,500) remained almost the same as the year before (100,800), according to a preliminary estimate of the Integral Cancer Center Netherlands (IKNL), based on data from the Dutch Cancer Registration (NKR).

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