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Best wishes 2020 !

Best wishes 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.   
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21ème Journée Annuelle d'Oncologie Thoracique

Samedi 28 mars 2020 21ème Journée Annuelle d'Oncologie Thoracique Les thérapeutiques locales dans les cancers bronchiques : nouvelles approches en 2020 ? Le rôle curatif des traitements locaux dans la prise en charge des cancers bronchiques n’est plus à démontrer. En 20 ans, de nouvelles techniques mais aussi de nouvelles approches multimodales ont vu le jour, modifiant parfois profondément les schémas thérapeutiques allant de la…
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Towards a better understanding & treatments of triple negative breast cancer

Press release (19/12/2019)  Towards a better understanding of triple negative breast cancer and new treatment strategies Brussels, December 19th, 2019 – In an article that was published recently in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory at the Jules Bordet Institute highlighted for the first time the heterogeneity of the tumour microenvironment and immune system in triple negative…
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Young Physician Award Jean Klastersky

09/12/2019 Professor Jean Klastersky lends his name to an award to encourage research into supportive care  The "Young Physician Award Jean Klastersky" was awarded for the first time on 6 December 2019 at the 9th "Cancer Toxicity Management Conference" held in Paris under the aegis of the MASCC (Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer) and the AFSOS (Association Francophone des Soins Oncologiques de Support).…
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Christmas Market at the Jules Bordet Institute

From 08/12 to 13/12/2019 Christmas Market at the Jules Bordet Institute Sale of delicacies and handicrafts! Come and visit the restaurant on the ground floor, it's for the good cause! All profits will be donated to the Friends of the Bordet Institute and the Nursing Fund for the well-being of patients.  
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Breast Cancer Debate of the Year” and the “Best of SABCSR 2019” symposia

24/01/2020 and 25/01/2020 Breast Cancer Debate of the Year” and the “Best of SABCSR 2019” symposia THE HOTEL - Grand Ballroom 1st Floor
Boulevard de Waterloo 38, 1000 Brussels Dear Colleagues of the Oncology Community,
Dear BSMO members,

On behalf of the Belgian Society of Medical Oncology (BSMO) represented by its Breast Cancer Task Force and the Institute Jules Bordet, we would like to take the opportunity to invite…
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Movember

Press release (12/11/2018)  The Jules Bordet Institute supports the Movember initiative and stresses the importance of screening for male cancers 12/11/2018 - In Belgium, as everywhere else, the frequency of cancers is increasing slightly every year (0.8% a year on average). This is the result of the ageing population. At the same time, cancer mortality rates are falling dramatically: by 1.6% a year among men, the…
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Nutrition Day

Press release (03/11/2019)  Facing cancer: eat and move ! Brussels, November 3, 2019 – On 7 November, the Jules Bordet Institute, the Belgian reference centre in the fight against cancer, is participating in Nutrition Day. The occasion to again stress the essential link between healthy eating combined with regular physical exercise and treatment against cancer. Eat and move: two health "assets" that are in your hands when facing this…
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Mieux vivre un cancer du sein

Samedi 16 novembre 2019 de 14 heures à 17 heures Mieux vivre un cancer du sein 13h30 Accueil des participants 14h00 Cancer et mode de vie
Pr Jean-Marie Nogaret, chirurgien, Chef de Clinique 14h35 Cancer du sein et nutrition : Comment faire de l’alimentation son alliée ?
Marika Csergö, Diététicienne en Chef
Pr André Van Gossum, Gastro-entérologue et Responsable de la Nutrition
  15h00 Pause gourmande…
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Patients' Associations Open Day!

Press release (15/10/2019)  On 24 October 2019, the Jules Bordet Institute is holding its Patients' Associations Open Day!  Brussels, October 15, 2019 – On 24 October 2019 the Jules Bordet Institute, reference centre in the fight against cancer in Belgium, is holding an open day for patients' associations. On this occasion, patients, their families and loved ones, visitors and health professionals will be able to come together…
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