Overtreatment is one of the major critical issues of health systems all over the world. It imposes a heavy burden on the shoulders of both individual patients and societies. It is rooted in overdiagnosis which happens when people are diagnosed with non-harmful...
For quite some time now, we’ve known that lifestyle has a big impact on people and the illnesses they might already have, or may be developing. Not just on cancer but also on diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Yet why is it so hard to live well and stay healthy...
Armenia’s National Centre of Oncology (NCO; public hospital and the only comprehensive cancer centre in the country) is implementing a project to improve access to palliative care services. On October 8 2022, World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, a large new...
Evidence-Based Medicine is the performance of the average and it is currently preventing the implementation of new techniques” It’s hard to imagine that this quote comes from our Precision Oncology working group which is so firmly rooted in science. Dr. David Sackett,...
What a sad news to hear; our dearest Léonie Sazias has passed away. In The Netherlands everybody knows Léonie, for she was a famous television personality. She was also a well known member of the Dutch parliament. In the parliament, for her party, she was responsible...
