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UZ Leuven gasthuisberg campus
Dienst algemene medische oncologie
Herestraat 49
3000 Leuven
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What can you come to us for?

The general medical oncology department has a long tradition of expertise in areas such as:

  • Breast cancer
  • Genitourinary cancers (kidney, bladder, prostate, penis, and testicular cancer)
  • Soft tissue and bone sarcomas (including gastrointestinal stromal tumours, Ewing family tumours, and osteosarcomas)
  • Head and neck cancers
  • Melanomas and other non-melanoma skin tumours
  • Primary brain tumours
  • Endocrine and neuroendocrine tumours (thyroid, adrenal, others)
  • Cancers of unknown origin and rare tumours
  • Lymphomas (Non-Hodgkin lymphomas and Hodgkin's disease)
  • Thymomas
  • Systemic diseases (e.g., Langerhans)

The department guarantees evidence-based treatment outside of clinical studies and offers a wide variety of experimental treatments.

News and events

Researchers develop a way to make immunotherapy work better for melanoma patients

9 January 2024
Leuven researchers have developed a new way to make immunotherapy work better for melanoma patients that are currently not reacting to their treatment. By targeting a specific type of melanoma cells, the reaction to immunotherapy can be improved.

First proven medicine for aggressive desmoid tumours

9 March 2023
Leuven researchers collaborated on a brand new gamma-secretase inhibitor for rare connective tissue tumours. "It is the first time that we were able to find a medicine against aggressive desmoid tumours with convincing clinical evidence."

Treatment against side-effects of chemotherapy now reimbursed

6 February 2023
For certain types of chemotherapy, scalp cooling and hand-foot cooling can limit or even prevent side effects such as hair loss and nerve damage. UZ Leuven and Think Pink have requested NIHDI to invest in accessible care. And succesfully so: as 1 January 2023 these costs are being reimbursed.
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Last edit: 19 december 2024