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Wed, 11/20/2019 - 10:15

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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Sun, 11/03/2019 - 12:19

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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Wed, 10/16/2019 - 10:19

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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Mon, 09/30/2019 - 11:15

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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Fri, 09/27/2019 - 17:08

Professor D. Bron awarded the Jean Teghem Prize

27/11/2019 Professor Dominique Bron awarded the Jean Teghem Prize Professor Dominique Bron, Head of Haemato-Oncology at the Jules Bordet Institute, was awarded the Jean Teghem Prize on 25 September 2019. 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»(1). A…
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Fri, 09/20/2019 - 17:08

13th Belgian Symposium on the Integration of Molecular Biology Advances into Oncology Clinical Practice and Post-MASCC

Friday November 22nd, 2019 and Saturday November 23rd, 2019 13th Belgian Symposium on the Integration of Molecular Biology Advances into Oncology Clinical Practice. Dear Colleague, dear BSMO member, dear MASCC member, This year marks the thirteenth edition of the Belgian Symposium on the Integration of Molecular Biology Advances into Oncology Clinical Practice. Program : click here  Registration : click here On…
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Wed, 09/11/2019 - 12:18

3 researchers at the Jules Bordet Institute awarded the Bekales prize

11/09/2019 Three researchers at the Jules Bordet Institute awarded the Bekales prize On 7 September the Bekales Foundation, under the aegis of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine, awarded the "Leukaemia" prize to three researchers at the Clinical Cellular Research Therapy Laboratory of the Jules Bordet Institute, the reference centre in the fight against cancer in Belgium.   Emerence Crompot, Laurence Lagneaux and Nathalie Meuleman…
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Tue, 09/03/2019 - 10:19

Improving cancer research with the help of patients

Press release (03/09/2019)  Improving cancer research with the help of patients: An innovative approach by the Jules Bordet Institute Brussels, September,3, 2019 – The Jules Bordet Institute, Belgium's reference centre in the fight against cancer, is innovating by creating the first patients group intended to help researchers perfect their avenues of research by sharing their perspectives on research projects. This patients…
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Wed, 08/07/2019 - 10:45

A centenary to celebrate for the Jules Bordet Institute!

Press release (07/08/2019) A centenary to celebrate for the Jules Bordet Institute! Brussels, 7th of August, 2019 – 2019 is the centenary year of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine won by Professor Jules Bordet in 1919 for his major discoveries relating to immunity. On this occasion we look back at the historic links between Jules Bordet, an exceptional scientist, and the Institute that bears his name, a reference centre in the…
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Fri, 06/28/2019 - 12:18

5th Human Cancer Immunology Course

Thursday October 10 + Friday October 11, 2019 5th Human Cancer Immunology Course for Oncologists and Scientists” FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT Dear Colleagues, 
We are pleased to invite you to our annual Oncoimmunology course on October 10-11, 2019 organized by the Institut Jules Bordet entitled: “5th Human Cancer Immunology Course for Oncologists and Scientists” The intended audience is health care professionals including physicians…
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