Inventors Revisited: Conquering cancer with gene-based testing (part 2)
Feb 09, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 24
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Moderator: Marjorie Chopinaud, Team Manager, EPO
Guest: Laura van 't Veer, Co-founder and Chief Research Officer, Agendia
Inventor, researcher, professor and businesswoman: Laura van 't Veer wears many hats. She invented a gene-based breast cancer test that helps doctors decide whether a patient needs to undergo chemotherapy. Since winning the European Inventor Award in 2015, Laura’s invention was part of a large clinical trial which showed that many patients can overcome cancer without the devastating effects of chemotherapy.
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