Cancer

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A pharmacy assistant is at work.
Business
Slow process: 48 treatments awaiting approval in the Netherlands already used in Germany
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A young woman with cancer.
HealthBusiness
Survey: Radiation therapy side effects reported by majority of cancer patients
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A close-up view of an asbestos fiber held with tweezers.
HealthBusiness
Company accused in asbestos deaths argues case should be dismissed as too old
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Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
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Radboudumc gives first-ever experimental T-cell therapy to pancreatic cancer patient
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A young woman with cancer.
Health
Cancer's long-term damage to young adults affects health, income, relationships: Study
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Stock image of an elderly patient in an intensive care unit
Health
10,341 euthanasia deaths last year, up 3.8%; Fifth fewer mental health-related requests
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Elderly man is taking medication.
HealthBusiness
Some Dutch hospitals pay up to €2,800 more for same cancer drugs
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Man smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer
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Some 40% of cancer cases can be prevented, mostly by quitting smoking in Netherlands
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Colorful cancer awareness ribbons on a pink bacground
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Nearly 135,000 Netherlands residents diagnosed with cancer last year
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Alcoholic drinks
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Reduced alcohol consumption could prevent 427 cancer diagnoses per year
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Woman cupping an elderly woman's hand
HealthBusiness
Cancer cases among Dutch over-80s to surge, older patients benefit less from treatment
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A young woman with cancer.
Health
More people surviving the first years after metastatic cancer diagnosis
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Colorful cancer awareness ribbons on a pink bacground
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Young cancer survivors disadvantaged by medical history for years longer than necessary
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Plastic recycling
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Greenpeace: plastic factory emissions increase cancer risk for Dutch residents
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Mammogram
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Dutch population screenings for cancer save thousands of lives per year
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Colorful cancer awareness ribbons on a pink bacground
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Number of patients surviving cancer increasing by almost 1% per year
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Crop dusting - Tractor spraying weed killer on a field in summer
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Dutch regulator: Italian study claiming glyphosate causes cancer is unreliable
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Suzan & Freek during a performance in 2019
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Suzan & Freek return to stage after revealing Freek’s terminal lung cancer diagnosis
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Spinoza and Stevin Prizes at the 2019 award ceremony
HealthTechScience
Four Dutch scientists awarded €1.5 million each to continue their “groundbreaking” work
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Pink ribbon to support breast cancer research
Health
Health insurers stop covering several expensive cancer treatments
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Suzan & Freek during a performance in 2019
CultureEntertainment
Support floods in for Suzan & Freek after news of Freek's terminal illness
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Colorful cancer awareness ribbons on a pink bacground
Health
Agents for chemotherapy increasingly unavailable; Dutch hospitals concerned
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Construction workers in Rotterdam
HealthBusiness
Some 7,000 people per year get cancer from their work; Trade union shocked
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Dieuwertje Blok on the Sinterklaasjournaal, 9 November 2020
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Sinterklaasjournaal presenter Dieuwertje Blok dies at 67 after bout with cancer