Ban on tobacco sales Inspire2Live, has in talks with various members of the permanent committee on health of the Dutch parliament given its view on tobacco sales and the infringement it forms on the public right to health. We have made an appeal not to forbid the smoking itself, but to forbid the sales of…Continue reading INSPIRE2LIVE UPDATE: ‘WHAT DO WE LOBBY FOR?’
Inspire2Live Update – How we patient advocates work
A Patient Advocate is an inspired and committed individual with a unique gift to accelerate better cancer prevention, diagnostics, treatment and after care. We meet up to support each other and create bigger impact. The essence of Inspire2Live (I2L) is bringing together patients, researchers and clinicians to accomplish our mission. I2L is a platform of…Continue reading Inspire2Live Update – How we patient advocates work
Inspire2Live Update: ‘Life is about sorrow and joy!’
My name is Tielo Jongmans. I am a Patient Advocate, involved in governing Inspire2Live, and in implementing a number of projects. Today (July 17) has given me three of the greatest presents of my life. One was holding in my arms my first grandchild, Sophie, a perfect birth, of a perfect child to a perfect…Continue reading Inspire2Live Update: ‘Life is about sorrow and joy!’
Inspire2Live Update: ‘If we can take away the pain, we give them 6 to 12 months more!’
‘Nobody is doing research on pain in pancreatic cancer patients Peter. If we can take away the pain we give them 6 to 12 months more with a good quality of life!’ This quote is from dr. David Tuveson from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories (CSHL), Long Island, USA. He said this in a discussion with…Continue reading Inspire2Live Update: ‘If we can take away the pain, we give them 6 to 12 months more!’
Inspire2Live Update: Cancer – a travel guide for patients, and loves ones
Inspire2Live works on a book for cancer patients and their loved ones. We think that the high incidence of cancer, combined with its devastating and life-changing impact warrant a book dedicated to what it means to be a patient. There are a number of sources of accessible and objective information about the medical and scientific…Continue reading Inspire2Live Update: Cancer – a travel guide for patients, and loves ones
Inspire2Live Update on Excellent Cancer Centers
Our project Excellent Cancer Centers addresses the fundamental issue that on the one hand it is well known that there are significant differences in quality between the different hospitals that treat for Cancer, but that for the patient there are no tools to find out about those differences. A method that is both elegant and…Continue reading Inspire2Live Update on Excellent Cancer Centers
Discovery Network Forum Cambridge, MA – February 15-17, 2019
Inspire2Live, a cancer patient foundation based in Amsterdam, partnered with the Whitehead Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to host a three-day oncology Discovery Forum in Cambridge, MA in mid-February. Among the unique attributes of this forum was that it assembled top world-wide preclinical and clinical researchers in key oncology sub-disciplines to present their…Continue reading Discovery Network Forum Cambridge, MA – February 15-17, 2019
Stephen Friend, Wanda de Kanter and Pauline Dekker receive Inspire2Live Patient Advocate Hero of Cancer Award
Inspire2Live distinguishes Stephen Friend, Wanda de Kanter and Pauline Dekker with the Patient Advocate Hero of Cancer Award. The awards were given for their merits to put patients first. The prizes were awarded during the annual conference of Inspire2Live, held from 30 January to 1 February 2019 in Amsterdam. The conference took place under the…Continue reading Stephen Friend, Wanda de Kanter and Pauline Dekker receive Inspire2Live Patient Advocate Hero of Cancer Award
Magistrale bereiding als wapen tegen hoge prijzen van medicijnen
Wij, de patient advocates van Inspire2Live zijn verheugd over het aannemen van de motie Westerveld c.s. over magistrale bereiding (zie bijlage kst-34834-8). De aangenomen motie roept de regering op om praktische en juridische obstakels rond magistrale bereiding (in het geval van exorbitante prijzen) te inventariseren bij apothekers en ziekenhuizen en om op basis van die…Continue reading Magistrale bereiding als wapen tegen hoge prijzen van medicijnen
Coen van Veenendaal leaves Inspire2Live, Tielo Jongmans succeeds him
Coen van Veenendaal leaves Inspire2Live to focus more on holistic activities in the field of health in general. The focus of Inspire2Live is and remains to find effective, medical scientific, treatments for cancer patients and ensure that these are available for every patient. The importance of focus means that the Supervisory Board of Inspire2Live and…Continue reading Coen van Veenendaal leaves Inspire2Live, Tielo Jongmans succeeds him