Oncological day hospital Our role The aim of the oncology day hospital (a care platform) is to avoid hospitalisation with night stays while limiting the impact of the disease and its treatments on the personal, family, social and professional life of patients with cancer. The following may be carried out in the Day Hospital: Conventional anti-cancer treatments (chemotherap...
Clinic of supportive and palliative cares Our rol Once limited to end-of-life, supportive care is now at the heart of cancer treatment at the Institut Bordet. And this includes from the start of treatment. The Supportive and Palliative Care Clinic provides continuing comfort care aimed at controlling and alleviating the symptoms and consequences of cancer and of certain treatments: pain, diges...
Novel Treatment Unit Our rol The Novel Treatment Unit welcomes patients who are participating in clinical trials conducted by the Clinical Trial Conduct Unit. These trials are carried out with patients from the Institute or from other institutions with the aim of developing new cancer treatment and offering them innovative treatment approaches. A multidisciplinary team of investigating doctor...
Emergency cancer care Our role The mission of oncological emergencies at the Institut Jules Bordet is to care for patients consulting for a medical emergency relating to their cancerous disease or its treatment. After being examined in the emergency room, possibly followed by a number of additional examinations, the patient will either be allowed to return home with the appropriate treatment ...
Internal medicine Our role The mission of the Institut Jules Bordet's Department of Internal Medicine is to assume responsibilitiy regarding: The oncological emergencies room The diagnosis and guidance unit. The infectious diseases clinic. Providing training in internal medicine for medical students and doctors training to be a specialist during the core years of internal medicine studie...
Clinic of infectious diseases Our role The objective of the infectious diseases clinic at the Institut Jules Bordet is to prevent and treat the infectious complications occurring in cancer patients, whether they are connected with the cancer itself or with its treatment (chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, etc.) ...
Nuclear Medicine Our role The nuclear medicine department of the Institut Jules Bordet offers patients diagnostic tests of the functional or molecular type, as well as treatments with targeted molecular radiotherapy. The diagnostic tests differ from those carried out in the Radiology Department in that they involve the intravenous administration of substances labelled with radioactive isotope...
Dietetics department Our role The role of the Dietetics Department is to ensure that the patient remains in good nutritional condition throughout the course of treatment by ensuring an optimal diet in terms of quality and quantity. Our aim is also to increase patient awareness to avoid any involuntary weight loss (or in some cases weight gain) and to avoid restrictive or non-validated diets....
To evaluate a new strategy for breast cancer screening, based on the individual risk of each woman.
07/11/2019 : Nutrition Day : Facing cancer: eat and move !
24/01/2020 and 25/01/2020 (THE HOTEL - Grand Ballroom 1st Floor - Bd de Waterloo 38, 1000 Brussels)
Edito -- Cancer du sein : Quoi de neuf ? -- Dépistage du cancer du sein, actualité et perspectives -- La recherche au service d’une meilleure compréhension de la maladie -- Une intervention psychologique de groupe novatrice pour les patientes en rémission
From 08/12 to 13/12/2019 : Christmas Market at the Jules Bordet Institute
On 7/09/2019, the Bekales Foundation awarded the "Leukaemia" prize to 3 researchers at the Clinical Cellular Research Therapy Laboratory of the Jules Bordet Institute
This prize is awarded every three years by the CEPULB in recognition of "a person who has distinguished themselves for their remarkable work in the general interest in the field of scientific popularization or continuing education»
This research is aimed at improving the treatment of this kind of cancer for which the prognosis is often unfavourable.
28/03/2020 : Les thérapeutiques locales dans les cancers bronchiques: nouvelles approches 2020?
The Jules Bordet Institute sends you its best wishes for 2020! Together, let us continue to meet the challenges and to progress in the fight against cancer.
Edito -- 'Les Amis', 50 ans au service de la recherche -- Jules Bordet, centenaire d’un Prix Nobel -- Les promesses de l’intelligence artificielle -- De l’usage du cannabis en médecine -- Pour une meilleure qualité de vie des patients et de leurs proches
Department :
Internal medicine
, Neurology