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Winette van der Graaf

@winettevandergraaf.bsky.social
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Passion for Med Onc #Sarcoma #AYA cancer #RareCancers @Netherlands Cancer Institute; ErasmusMC; President @EORTC Brussels; Chairman Dutch AYA cancer network #MedSky #OncSky #AYACSM

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Common Sense Oncology @csoncol.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Attend the Common Sense Oncology Symposium taking place @ ESMO 2026 for an update on the movement & regional developments across the globe. Where: ESMO venue, IFEMA, Madrid, Spain, Room A6.1 When: Friday, October 23, 2026, 18:00-19:30 RSVP: forms.gle/ckfCobUbPg15... @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social
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Sarcoma UK @sarcoma.org.uk · 31/07/2026
July ends. Life goes on. Thank you to everyone who shared their story, raised awareness or contacted their MP, and to the healthcare professionals who hosted events, displayed materials and started conversations about sarcoma. sarcoma.org.uk/lifegoeson
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STRONG-AYA @strong-aya.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
📢 STRONG-AYA's next newsletter is out Don't miss our latest updates: mailchi.mp/2603ca58cdbb... Subscribe to receive the next issue directly in your inbox: mailchi.mp/728bae91b0ba... #HorizonEU
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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer @eortc.org · 24/06/2026
EORTC welcomes the EU Biotech Act as a step forward for clinical research in Europe. We propose targeted refinements to better support efficient, patient-centred trials. 🔗 Read more: www.eortc.org/blog/2026/06/24/biote…
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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer @eortc.org · 24/06/2026
📢 Fellowship opportunity in Biostatistics (2026–2027) Gain hands-on experience in statistical analysis, clinical study methodology & scientific publications within an international research network. 👉 Apply here: www.eortc.org/job/fellowsh... #CancerResearch
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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer @eortc.org · 25/06/2026
At EORTC, meaningful patient involvement starts with education. Our Patient Days equip patients with the knowledge and confidence to engage in clinical research, not only as participants, but as partners shaping study design and priorities. Discover more: www.eortc.org/annual-report/ #EORTCimpact
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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer @eortc.org · 11/06/2026
📚 Congratulations to Yolande Lievens and fellow investigators on this important achievement, highlighting the value of prospective registries in advancing radiation oncology research. 🔗Publication: doi.org/10.1016/j.ra... #E2RADIatE platform is supported by The Boots Group.
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This annual report gives a great overview of EORTC’s activities.
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Stine Jensen @stinej.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
'Vicepremier Yesilgöz heeft niets gezegd over vluchtelingen. En niets over de COA-medewerkers. Dat is geen vergissing, maar een keuze.' Boeiend stuk van Jelle Postma over de rellen in Loosdrecht, die ook Europees gecoördineerd zijn: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Opinie | De rellen bij Loosdrecht zijn onderdeel van een internationale beweging
AZC: De brandstichting in Loosdrecht was absoluut geen los incident, betoogt Jelle Postma. Volgens hem worden de rellen rond azc’s aangejaagd door populistische politiek, sociale media en extreemrecht...
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Doesn't matter if the performance itself is staged. The fact is, talented musicians coming together and giving a performance in a public space means the masses get to witness this for free and that's beautiful. TT: Raphaël Froissart IG: Michel Tirabosco ~ Pan flute
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
This work is the basis of our @STRONG-AYA PROJECT. The input of AYA cancer patients has been invaluable. Looking forward to the next years!
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 29/11/2025
Ancient rock art was meant to be heard as well as seen and now acoustic archaeologists are bringing the sounds of prehistoric rituals to life
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We can finally hear the long-hidden music of the Stone Age
Ancient rock art was meant to be heard as well as seen and now acoustic archaeologists are bringing the sounds of prehistoric rituals to life
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Wat een indringende teksten en indrukwekkend optreden @liekemarsman.bsky.social Ik loop wat achter op de feitelijke Nacht van de Poëzie 2025, maar deze inhoud is tijdloos. Dank hiervoor en voor je prachtige werk- veel respect voor de Constantijn Huygens prijswinnaar 2025. youtu.be/eyuI8tawHnE
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Lieke Marsman op de 42ste Nacht van de Poëzie
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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer @eortc.org · 25/11/2025
📢 Big news from the SISAQOL-IMI Consortium! Their latest paper & new online materials are now live. This work will be key in improving how we measure patients' experiences in cancer care. 🔗 Read more in our press release: www.eortc.org/blog/2025/11... #CancerResearch @qol.eortc.org @thelancet.com
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
EuropePMC.org is the alternative for PubMed, in case you have problems to access PubMed.
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Europe PMCHome - Europe PMC
Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Worth reading for all of you interested in patient centric trials in oncology with dose optimisation as important aim. The challenges in the current European landscape. #DE-ESCALATE #CTR @eortc.org doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2025.115790
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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer @eortc.org · 06/11/2025
🎉 What a day at #EORTC #PatientDays! Day 1 was packed with energy, empathy and honest round table talks. Thanks to all who joined, your voices are shaping the future of cancer care. 👋 See you tomorrow! 🔗https://www.eortc.org/event/patient-days-2025/?tab=1 #CancerCare #PatientEngagement #Oncology
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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer @eortc.org · 17/10/2025
ESMO 2025: A leadership moment! EORTC President @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social and incoming President @benjaminbessemd.bsky.social in action. Sharing ideas, energy, and a vision for better cancer care across Europe. Their presence at #ESMO25 says it all: Continuity Collaboration. Real impact.
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The @eortc.org STBSG (sarcoma) group’s meeting in Lyon was a great success with a lot of ideas and interesting discussions. Excellent talk about #ATLAS by @saxotomy.bsky.social Global trial options in rare diseases as #sarcoma possible!
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
What an amazing group op people in this consortium. Grateful for everyone’s contribution! @strong-aya.bsky.social Annual meeting # Paris
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STRONG-AYA @strong-aya.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
📍 We're in Paris for the #STRONGAYA General Assembly meeting, hosted by Institut Gustave Roussy. Today, we discussed: • Sustaining project results & reaching stakeholders • Ethical health data processing for research • Patient consent models • Evaluating & refining our Core Outcome Set
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STRONG-AYA @strong-aya.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
📖 New STRONG AYA Resource: The Blueprint for building national and pan-European STRONG AYA ecosystems to improve AYA cancer care is now available on our website. 👉 Read the full blueprint with information on data ecosystem structures, governance, standards & challenges: strongaya.eu/wp-content/u...
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STRONG-AYA @strong-aya.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
📄 Publication alert: Recommendations and roadmap to implement minimum standards of specialist adolescent and young adult #AYA cancer care units Led and co-authored by AYAs under the EU-CAYAS-NET project and featuring STRONG-AYA among EU initiatives. 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Minimum standards of specialist adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer care units: recommendations and implementation roadmap
In 2022, according to the Global Cancer Observatory, >115 000 adolescents and young adults (AYAs; aged 15-39 years) were diagnosed with cancer across …
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Grateful for the collaboration with @youthcancereurope.bsky.social showcasing minimal standards of AYA care units. Much can be found in the Dutch AYAZORGNETWERK.nl but we take the recoomendations into account to further improve the care. Published in @ESMO Open.
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Nationaal AYA Jong en Kanker Zorgnetwerk
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Very interesting session with speakers from Japan, India, Slovenia, Jordan, South Africa and South Korea. Language matters, cultural sensitivity even more, particularly in Quality of Life Research. There’s work to do! Happy to have introduced the topic showing other global activities @eortc.org
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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer @eortc.org · 02/09/2025
🔔 New in @thelancetoncol.bsky.social: Policy review led by Ian Tannock & Madeline Pe with EORTC & CSO highlights the critical role of patient quality of life data in the evaluation of treatments for people with advanced cancer. 📖Read more: www.eortc.org/blog/2025/09... #CancerResearch #QualityofLife
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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer @eortc.org · 25/06/2025
📅 Get ready to make the most of EORTC’s upcoming events! Mark your calendars 👇 #CancerResearch #ClinicalTrials #Oncology #EORTCevents #PatientDays #EBCC15 #Stats2026 #MCCRworkshop #ENASymp26
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Common Sense Oncology @csoncol.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
📅 Attending ESMO in Berlin? Don't miss this special CSO Symposium taking place on Fri Oct 17, 5:30-7:00 pm CET. Moderated by @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social, the panel will discuss recent CSO initiatives & activities in Europe & beyond. tinyurl.com/5yj9vm8b @qol.eortc.org #CommonSenseOncology
Common Sense Oncology at ESMO. Join us at the Messe Berlin for a special CSO symposium. Panelists, from left to right: Dr. Winette van der Graaf, Dr. Chris Booth, Dr. Madeline Pe, Dr. Dario Trapani, Dr. Rachel Riechelmann, and Dr. Chris Cronin. Topics, from left to right: CSO and Clinical Trials, CSO Momentum, CSO and QOL, CSO and Education, CSO and Global Oncology, and CSO-EORTC Fellowship. Register now to receive location details.
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Common Sense Oncology @csoncol.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Applications for the 2026 Common Sense Oncology Cancer Health Services Research Fellowship will close on Sept 18, 2025 @ 4 pm EDT. If you are in the clinical or medical oncology field, this opportunity is for you! View the posting online: tinyurl.com/37cdc5sy #CommonSenseOncology #CancerCare
Queen's University. Common Sense Oncology Cancer Health Services Research Fellowship. Apply today to help build a cancer care system focused on outcomes that matter.
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Common Sense Oncology @csoncol.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Common Sense Oncology is now on #BlueSky! We are a global network dedicated to advancing innovative patient-centred cancer care & cancer research that meaningfully improves outcomes for patients around the world. Join us to keep in touch—membership is free! tinyurl.com/mrjtu9at #CommonSenseOncology
Leaders of Common Sense Oncology standing in front of the pillars of a building.
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Substandard anticancer medications in clinical care settings and private pharmacies in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic pharmaceutical investigation - The Lancet Global Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... This is awful.
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Substandard anticancer medications in clinical care settings and private pharmacies in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic pharmaceutical investigation
Oncology practitioners and health systems in sub-Saharan Africa need to be aware of the possible presence of substandard anticancer products when designing care protocols and evaluating patient outcom...
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European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer @eortc.org · 27/06/2025
📢Excited to announce @benjaminbessemd.bsky.social as EORTC President-Elect, starting in June 2026, following @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social 🙌 Also, we welcome the new chairs of the Scientific Chairs Council: Anne-Marie Dingemans and Jean-Pascal Machiels!🔬🎉 👉 www.eortc.org/blog/2025/06...
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eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science @eclinicalmed.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🔍Presenting at #ASCO25 as a #poster and now LIVE on our website Predictors of withdrawal of anticancer drug indications granted accelerated approval: a retrospective cohort study Read the whole paper here: www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl... #TheLancet #Oncology #OncologyResearch #MedSky
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eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science @eclinicalmed.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Prevention of sacituzumab govitecan-related neutropenia and diarrhea in patients with HER2-negative advanced breast cancer Primary prophylactic G-CSF and loperamide led to a clinically relevant reduced incidence and severity of neutropenia and diarrhea www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl... #MedSky
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
New paper on implementation of WGS in sarcoma routine medical care in a sarcoma expert center. WGS results of 161 STS were assessed. Actionable targets in 46%, subtype specific added value of WGS. Less in fusion pos STS, more in complex ones. kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Immensely proud of my colleague and friend Christopher Booth @Queens’s University Kingston who will present the positive results of Challenge #ASCO25 today. Together with Publication in @nejm.org Impressive work. meetings.asco.org/2025-asco-an...
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
A new paper from a workshop on pragmatic clinical trials in cancer organised by @eortc.org published in Lancet Oncology. Fabulous group of co-authors who took part in the workshop. Access to drugs that matter to patients as ultimate goal. eur05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Easter in #Amsterdam
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EORTC Quality of Life Group (QLG) @qol.eortc.org · 15/04/2025
🤝As the clinical trial landscape evolves, so must our strategies for measuring patients’ #QualityofLife to ensure their voice is incorporated in the decision-making process 🔎Takeaways from new article in @thelancetoncol.bsky.social: www.eortc.org/blog/2025/04... #GivingVoice2Patients @ema.europa.eu
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The paper is out! #Sarcoma genetic predisposition syndromes. Consequences for diagnosis and treatment. Result of an educational session at @ESMO annual meering 2023. kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Very interesting presentation by @rubenvanboxtel.bsky.social at Clinical Cancer Genomics conference Amsterdam. One part of the puzzle of rising incidence of Young Onset CRC addressed with pks mutations.
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Great start of Clinical Genomics conference Amsterdam @ecuppen.bsky.social Very useful oversight of genomic activities in Europe! @stefanfrohling.bsky.social
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Winette van der Graaf @winettevandergraaf.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
EuropePMC.org is the alternative for PubMed, in case you have problems to access PubMed.
europepmc.org
Europe PMCHome - Europe PMC
Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.
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Josephine Kavanagh @ourhaus.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
You can freely access all PubMed records at Europepmc.org - I just checked and it's up and running.
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Europe PMCHome - Europe PMC
Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.
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Nature Reviews Cancer @natrevcancer.nature.com · 19/02/2025
#REVIEW 🚨 In our Feb. issue, Wang & Zhang summarize findings from genetic & epigenetic association studies performed on cohorts of survivors of childhood cancer, providing insights into the long-term adverse effects related to cancer therapy. 📖 👇 bit.ly/4eplZ...
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Genetic and epigenetic bases of long-term adverse effects of childhood cancer therapy - Nature Reviews Cancer
In this Review, Wang and Zhang summarize the major findings of genetic and epigenetic association studies performed on cohorts of survivors of childhood cancer, which provide insights into the long-term adverse effects related to cancer therapy, and present suggestions....
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
It's not "Breaking News" now, since it was announced by NIH yesterday. But it is breaking....... washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Elizabeth Eisenhauer @eaeisenhauer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Reposting so I can tag with #Medsky
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Elizabeth Eisenhauer @eaeisenhauer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
My 2nd World Cancer Day post to highlight work of the Common Sense Oncology team. This new publication identifies key principles for randomized trials of new cancer Rx aimed at improving outcomes that matter most to patients www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Common Sense Oncology principles for the design, analysis, and reporting of phase 3 randomised clinical trials
Common Sense Oncology (CSO) prioritises treatments providing meaningful benefits for people with cancer. Here, we describe CSO principles aimed at imp…
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Elizabeth Eisenhauer @eaeisenhauer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
on World Cancer Day it’s important to underscore the HUGE impact academic cancer trials groups e.g @cctg.bsky.social and @eortc.bsky.social have had on improving outcomes. Their studies of new drugs, radiation, surgery & supportive care all have contributed. Pharma is only part of the story.
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