A New Way to Treat Children’s Oncology: Princess Máxima Center in the Netherlands
One of the biggest struggles in the healthcare industry is knowledge sharing and patient coordination within and between hospitals. A new children’s hospital in the Netherlands is doing what many leaders in healthcare want but don’t have the resources to execute. The Princess Máxima Center in Utrecht, Netherlands, opened in May 2018. “From that point onwards, all healthcare, research and training in the Netherlands related to children with cancer is concentrated in one place,” note the project details. “Every year 600 children aged anywhere up to 18 are diagnosed with cancer. Fortunately, the treatment options are getting better all the time, and more than 75% of patients can now expect to be cured. Nevertheless, there is still room for improvement: the proportion of patients cured should be raised to 100%, the side effects and late effects of treatment need to be reduced, and by 2020 the Princess Máxima Center aims to …
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