There is no shortage of coverage in the news around the corona virus. The dance between the mortality rate and the spreading power of the disease has everyone acting. It is urgent times. The organization of our healthcare is already stressed under normal circumstances. Patients that are on or over the edge of the standard…Continue reading There is always Corona Urgency for a stage IV cancer patient →

Inspire2Live proudly presents the new website on Excellent Cancer Centres (Inspire2Go): www.inspire2go.nl Why is this important? This is the first time that patients can directly obtain meaningful and reliable information on the medical quality offered by hospitals and centres. It has always been, and still is, very difficult to establish objective and trustworthy criteria and…Continue reading New website on Excellent Cancer Centres has launched →

Op 24 april 2018 bood Inspire2Live een petitie aan de Vaste commissie VWS aan om diagnostiek en behandeling van kankerpatiënten uitsluitend uit te laten voeren in excellente kankercentra. De minister reageerde hierop in een brief van 28 juni 2018, waarin hij schrijft dat het initiatief bij de beroepsgroepen en de verzekeraars ligt. Verder hoopt hij…Continue reading Keuzehulp Inspire2GO kan levens kankerpatiënten redden →

We are happy and proud about our past congress of January that relied on ‘Evidence, Arrogance, Ignorance, Eminence’ at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. All participants and our speakers blew our mind and we are still thrilled after all those weeks. An exciting part of the congress was the Inspire2Live Patient Advocate…Continue reading Summary of our Annual Congress 2020 →

In 2012 I visited Curaçao for the first time. I immediately wanted to know about the quality of cancer care and visited the hospital. I was ashamed for my country, the Netherlands. What I did see on this beautiful island was that we leave our people oversee on their own. The rich Netherlands do not…Continue reading Excellent prevention at Fundashon Prevenshon in Curaçao →

We are proud to inform you that our community of ‘Patient Advocate Heroes of Cancer’ grew with the valuable contributions belonging to Laura van ‘t Veer and Bob Weinberg. Therefore our Annual Congress on January 29, 30 and 31, created a platform to award Laura van ‘t Veer and Bob Weinberg with the Inspire2Live Patient…Continue reading Patient advocate hero of cancer awards for Laura van ‘t Veer and Bob Weinberg →

Waarom Inspire2Go? Wij vinden dat bewezen kennis en kunde sneller naar de patiënt moet worden gebracht. Ook moeten patiënten zuiver, eerlijk en volledig geïnformeerd worden om hem of haar de juiste beslissing ten aanzien van hun behandeling te kunnen laten nemen. Er moet niet alleen aandacht voor cure maar ook voor de care component zijn….Continue reading Oprichting Inspire2Go →

From January 29 to January 31 we celebrated the Inspire2Live Annual Congress at the KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam with the title: “Evidence, Arrogance, Ignorance, Eminence”. Thanks to the effort and cooperation of patients, researchers, doctors and so many other fantastic people it has once again become a successful and…Continue reading Can we unlock the eminence in care →

After a year long of talks with politicians based on last years Inspire2Live annual congress, today, Feb 4th, Worldcancerday, the Dutch political parties of 50PLUS, CDA, and VVD will launch an initiative in which they ask the Minister of Health to make successful innovations available faster for everyone who might benefit from them and to…Continue reading Initiatiefnota ‘Invoering persoonlijk profielonderzoek bij kanker’ →

SUMMARY OF DAY 3 “Evidence, arrogance, ignorance, eminence”. How do you find the optimal balance for better treatments and quality of life? That is the central theme of the annual Inspire2Live congress, which was kicked off on Wednesday January 29. We kick-off day 3 of our Annual Congress with a warm welcome by our conference…Continue reading Day 3 of the Inspire2Live Annual Congress 2020 →