New grants available for interdisciplinary Midsize Projects, up to €200kAre you a UvA scholar with a strong, interdisciplinary research idea that falls within the scope of the theme of Responsible Digital Transformations, Healthy Future, Sustainable Prosperity, or Fair and Resilient Societies? And are you interested in working with at least one co-applicant of a different faculty and a non-academic partner?
Shared decision-making is a must in kidney cancerPatients with kidney cancer have multiple treatment options. About 50 percent of kidney cancers are localized, in which case the surgeon does not need to remove the kidney. Yet too many hospitals still do, believes urologist Patricia Zondervan of Amsterdam UMC Cancer Center Amsterdam: "With kidney cancer, it's really about the conversation in the consultation room, about shared decision-making."
