Welcome to Our New PhD Student: Floor Heilijgers
We are excited to welcome Floor Heilijgers as our new PhD student! Floor joins us after working for 1.5 years at the Department of Surgery at Haaglanden Medisch Centrum in The Hague. In August 2024, she embarked on this new
Final Results of the UNITED Study Published in ESMO Open
We are pleased to announce that the final results of the UNITED study have been published in ESMO Open. This multicenter study validates the prognostic effect of the tumor-stroma ratio in colon cancer, providing valuable insights for clinical practice. Reference: Polack
Inclusion goal reached!
We have reached our inclusion goal! Over 1500 patients have been included, thanks to all our participating centers. Many thanks to all, now we are collecting all follow-up data and (scanned) slides for final analysis!
Milestone and Happy Holidays!
We have entered our final stage as the 1000th patient has been included! Also, we wish everybody happy Holidays in these pressing times. Many thanks for your participation!
A new milestone
The UNITED study has included her 500th patient today! Many thanks to all participating centers and good luck with including more patients. Stay healthy and safe!
The UNITED team wishes you all happy and healthy Holidays!
As we are nearing the end of 2020, the days keep getting colder and darker. COVID-19 is still pressing on health care and personal lives. Of course, we understand priorities may not lie with research in these trying times. However,
Update on inclusion
On September 9th 2020, the UNITED study has included her 200th patient! The Vejle Hospital in Denmark is leading with 65 inclusions, followed by Napoleão Laureano Hospital in Brazil with 47 inclusions. It has been trying times due to the
Take care!
As you all know the Corona virus (COVID-19) is effecting all of our countries and healthcare. We hope everyone is still healthy. Good luck in these difficult times and take care!
Update on inclusion and new hospitals
At the moment a total of 120 patients have been included in the study. Vejle Hospital in Denmark is leading the inclusions with 46 patients so far. We hope to welcome two new hospitals in Spain soon, as the approval for
Update prospective study (2)
We would like to congratulate Denmark for including their first patient for the prospective study! So far 56 patients have been included by 7 institutes, and another institute is ready to start. Several other institutes are currently working to get