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The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their discovery of cancer immunotherapy

Tuesday, 2 October 2018 - 08:20

The Nobel Prize winners demonstrated that immunotherapy is a powerful new weapon in the fight against cancer

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Green light for powerful but expensive immunotherapy for leukemia

Thursday, 12 July 2018 - 10:06

Article in De Standaard with explanation by prof. Barbara De Moerloose

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Patients inspire prof. Johan Swinnen to run from Leuven to Compostela.

Tuesday, 29 August 2017 - 17:34

Professor Johan Swinnen is a cancer researcher at the KU Leuven and vice-chairman of the Leuven cancer institute (LKI). He’s also the father of a son with cancer, Pieter. Out of gratefulness to still have Pieter with him today, and out of respect for the courage that cancer patients have to muster every day, Johan undertakes a very special journey.