Patronage

Patronage (Associations and Voluntary Work)

Jean-Claude Heuson Fund

Introduction

Donations can be made to the following account : 001- 2704927-61 001-2704927-61 BIC GEBABEBB - IBAN BE62 0012 7049 2761 of the Fonds Jean-Claude Heuson breast cancer research   Donations of 30 EUR or more are tax deductible. A receipt for tax purposes is sent to the person making the donation

 

Professor Jean-Claude Heuson founded a breast cancer research laboratory in 1960 at the Jules Bordet Institute. When he died unexpectedly in 1986, his family and friends donated funds to the breast cancer unit to ensure that his work would continue. Thus was born the Jean-Claude Heuson Fund to promote research in breast cancer.

 

The objective of the Heuson Fund is to support fundamental research, translational research, and clinical research in breast cancer. In the field of fundamental research, the Heuson Fund provides support to the J.C. Heuson Laboratory of Breast Cancer Research, which focuses its research on estrogen receptors and their genetic role in breast cancer. The Translational Research Unit (TRU) focuses on finding biological markers of prognostic and predictive value, and on the mechanisms of resistance and response to therapy. The aim is to better individualize the treatment of breast, and other cancer, patients. TRU works in close collaboration with the Microarray Laboratory directed by Dr. Sotiriou and also supported by the Heuson Fund. This laboratory - created in 2001 - is a leader in the research and identification of DNA markers and defining the gene profile of individual tumors.

 

The financial backing that the Fund provides for breast cancer research comes from donations made by individuals and private institutions alike. Other sources of funding include charity events that take place throughout the year, such as concerts, exhibitions, Christmas markets, show jumping, golf, raffles, and sales of CDs, etc. (please see "Program" here below)

 

The Fund has also published two books on breast cancer that are available free of charge to patients and their families :
- La voix de la sérénité en réponse à celle des inquietudes (De kracht van de berusting tegen het knagen van de onrust) by E.L. Gevenois
- Ce que vous aimeriez savoir sur le cancer du sein (Wat wilde je weten over borstkanker ?) by E.L. Gevenois and M.J. Piccart-Gebhart

These are currently only available in French and Dutch.
Further information can be obtained by contacting the Fund directly.

Contact Information : click here
Activities (in French) : click here

 

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Last reading of this page : 09/2009