News Muncher - searching for iknl

Rich Dutch people get more cancer treatment than poor ones: IKNL

Patients from lower income groups undergo treatment for a tumor less often than patients who have more to spend, according to the Integral Cancer Center of the Netherlands, an independent knowledge institute. According to IKNL, patients with a lower socio-economic status tend to be less able to take good care of themselves during a medical process and are also “less …

Iknl

The Netherlands has the third highest cancer rate in Europe. Only in Ireland and Denmark do residents relatively have cancer more often than in the Netherlands, the Netherlands' integrated cancer center IKNL reported based on figures collected by the European Commission. The Netherlands' high position on the list is mainly caused by the fact that colon cancer, melanoma and breast …

Sunbeds are a danger to public health and should be banned, a leading cancer expert has said in the wake of skyrocketing skin cancer figures. However, other types of skin cancer, including the potentially lethal melanoma, have also shown a sharp rise in the last five years, the report says. The IKNL’s leading cancer expert Peter Huijgens, who is stepping …

Cancer survival rates in the Netherlands continue to improve according to new research by the Dutch cancer registration agency IKNL. Quicker and better diagnoses and more effective treatment have led to the improved survival rates, which have improved most significantly for breast, prostate, colon, kidney and cancer of the oesophagus. Lung cancer survival rates have also risen to around 21%. …

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the Netherlands and a national prevention plan is needed to halt its explosive growth, cancer monitoring centre IKNL has said. The organisation has published a landmark study which maps the fast rise of skin cancers, which, it said will continue to rise by some 70,000 new cases each year if …

Nearly all women who undergo treatment breast cancer are left with lingering health problems such as fatigue or difficulty concentrating, a survey has found. Pins and needles were another common after-effect of cancer treatment, according to the research carried out by the national cancer centre IKNL and research institution NIVEL. Researchers interviewed 404 women who had operations for primary breast …

In total, 116,000 people in the Netherlands were diagnosed with cancer last year and the number of skin cancer cases has gone up sharply in the last few years, the Dutch cancer institute IKNL said on Monday. ‘Corrected for the increase in the average age, there was a rise in the number of people diagnosed with cancer between 1989 and …

Last year 116 thousand Dutch people were diagnosed with cancer, according to the Netherlands' comprehensive cancer center IKNL. Compared to 1989, when the IKNL started keeping track of cancer diagnoses, the number of people diagnosed with cancer doubled. "Adjusted for the increase in the average age, the percentage of people who get cancer steadily increased between 1989 and 2011, and …