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Major NWO Investment for platform technology for cancer therapy selection (Secret-omics) Dr. Edwin van der Pol has today been awarded no less than €5 million as the principal investigator of the Secret-omics project by the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
Unexpected finding: pancreatic cancer cells produce estrogen, offering a potential therapeutic target Researchers at Cancer Center Amsterdam have uncovered an unexpected mechanism in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC): tumor cells appear capable of autonomously producing estrogen.
Groundbreaking new treatments for liver tumors combined into one operation Recently, a pioneering procedure took place at Amsterdam UMC's hybrid operating room: during the same operation, both a robot-assisted liver resection and a CT-guided liver ablation were performed concurrently.