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A new state-of-the-art tissue imaging system

21/05/2019 A first in Belgium: The Jules Bordet Institute acquires a new state-of-the-art tissue imaging system.  The Jules Bordet Institute has acquired, thanks to the financial support of the "Friends of the Bordet Institute", an innovative tissue imaging system. An acquisition that is a first for Belgium, establishing the Institute as the reference centre for this technology. The system will permit an improved understanding of the…
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101 Tables pour la vie

04/06/2019 101 Tables pour la Vie Soirée gastronomique d’exception pour un double anniversaire A l’occasion des 50 ans des « Amis de l’Institut Bordet » et de la 15ème édition des « 101 Tables pour la Vie », une soirée gastronomique d’exception aura lieu le 4 juin prochain à The Event Lounge. Cinq chefs étoilés -Ghislaine Arabian, Giovanni Bruno, Pascal De Valkeneer, Yves Mattagne et Pierre Résimont- cuisineront, devant…
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Brand new uniforms for our nurses! 

Brand new uniforms for our nurses!  The Spring is bringing a new look to our nursing department! Little by little, our male and female nurses are replacing their former uniforms with new, more modern uniforms… in the colours of our Institute!   
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Leading-edge equipment in precision laparoscopic surgery

Marsh 2019 The Jules Bordet Institute acquires leading-edge equipment in precision laparoscopic surgery. The Jules Bordet department of surgery has acquired new laparoscopic equipment that includes the very latest system for visualising tissue by means of fluorescence imaging. This new system permits the detection of cancers such as hepatocarcinoma (liver cancer) and hepatic metastases as well as fluorescence-guided precision surgery.  A…
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Choosing to participate in a clinical trial

Press release (21/02/2019)  Choosing to participate in a clinical trial
The Jules Bordet Institute launches an interactive tool to support cancer patients in making their choices Thursday 21/02/2019 – Should I participate in this clinical trial? That is the question many patients have to ask themselves during their cancer treatment. With several hundred clinical trials launched every year, cancer patients have…
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Exclusive images of the new Jules Bordet Institute!

Watch the video and discover the major project for the new Jules Bordet Institute, a European reference centre in the fight against cancer. Magnificent images of the construction work on the   80,000 m² dedicated exclusively to cancer are accompanied by explanations on how the project was conceived to combine excellence of patient care with optimal well-being for patients and care staff.
.... In short version! 
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20ème Journée Annuelle d'Oncologie Thoracique

Samedi 30 mars 2019 20ème Journée Annuelle d'Oncologie Thoracique Le traitement du cancer bronchique : quels progrès en pratique en 20 ans? En une vingtaine d’année, l’abord thérapeutique du cancer bronchique a bénéficié de nombreux progrès, avec une accélération toute récente avec l’introduction des nouvelles immunothérapies. Il nous a dès lors semblé approprié de prendre pour thème de cette 20ème édition de la Journée Annuelle d’…
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Pancreatic cancer finally better known!

Press release (10/12/2018)  Researchers at the Jules Bordet Institute and the Erasmus Hospital identify five subtypes of pancreatic cancer. 10/12/2018 - With more than 1500 new cases detected in Belgium every year, pancreatic cancer today kills nearly all those who develop the disease. An alarming figure that is a driving force behind researchers and in particular for Doctor Francesco Puleo, gastroenterologist at the Digestive…
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Actualités en Médecine Factuelle

Saterday 23/02/2019 Actualités en médecine factuelle Université Libre de Bruxelles - Institut Bordet   Presidency : Hervé Maisonneuve (Lyon) & Michel Vanhaeverbeek (ULB) Avec l’introduction d’un enseignement transversal intégrant la médecine factuelle dans la réforme des études de médecine en 6 ans et le cours de médecine factuelle organisé tous les ans pendant les masters de spécialité, le troisième pilier de l’…
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