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🏆Medical oncologist and researcher John Haanen has been awarded the prestigious 2024 ESMO Lifetime Achievement Award. This honor, presented by the ESMO - European Society for Medical Oncology, recognizes his exceptional contributions to the field of oncology. Haanen is being celebrated for his groundbreaking research in innovative immunotherapies, particularly tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) therapies for metastatic melanoma. His work has had a significant impact on cancer treatment and offers hope to many patients worldwide. In addition to his role at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Haanen is a professor at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and head of the Melanoma Clinic at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois - CHUV in Lausanne, Switzerland. Haanen will receive the award during the opening ceremony of the ESMO Congress 2024 on September 13. Congratulations, John Haanen, on this well-deserved recognition! 🎉 #esmo24 #cancerresearch #nki #TIL #immunotherapy

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Bettina Ryll

Strategist for Vision Zero Cancer- mission-driven innovation in cancer

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Congratulations, John, this is fantastic and so well-deserved 👏 👏 👏 . Even if we don't always agree on trial designs 😝 - thank you for what you have done and continue to do for us in #Melanoma.

Sjoerd van der Burg

Professor in Cancer Immunology and Therapy at Leiden University Medical Center

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Congrats John, well deserved

Bernard A. Fox PhD

Translational Cancer Immunotherapist, Biotech Entrepreneur & Academic

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Ditto for me! Congrats John on being recognized for a long list of accomplishments and for being a real “stand up” guy.

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Bert 't Hart

happy pensionado, professor emeritus in Neuroimmunology

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Congratulations with this great achievement

Tarsem Moudgil

Scientist at PPMConsultants LLC

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Congratulations and Best Wishes

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Clemens Löwik

Prof. in Optical Molecular Imaging, Dept. Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Erasmus Medical Center (EMC)

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Proficiat John en welverdiend voor je fantastische werk!

Monika Wolkers

Head Research at Sanquin and Associate Professor at University of Amsterdam

2mo

What a wonderful honor- congrats, John!!!

Violeta Astratinei

Ph.D. Biologist- Core Member at Melanoma Patient Network Europe, former member of Consultative Cancer Committee of Romanian Health Ministry

2mo

Congratulations! Great achievement! 🎉

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Melita Irving

Group Leader at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the University of Lausanne

2mo

Congratulations!!!

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