Clarify mechanisms and develop therapies that will become the standard worldwide. That is what the Department of Internal Oncology of Erasmus MC Cancer Institute did for several types of cancer. An interview with department head Stefan Sleijfer. “The concept of tailored therapy, or personalized medicine, is used so much nowadays that we almost forget that […]

‘If this disease occurred in the Western world, there would already be a cure’ Insufficient knowledge of the tropical infectious disease Mycetoma is hindering an effective treatment. Thanks to the official status of ‘neglected disease,’ this might now change. A quarter of Mycetoma patients need to have their foot amputated. Yet there is little scientific […]

The chances of a healthy baby are not equal for everyone. Lifestyle, but also the social circumstances of the parents – such as poverty – play an important part. This was shown by a study at Erasmus MC and led to a prevention program that caught on. When Eric Steegers came to work in Rotterdam […]