Maureen and Tjebbe: 19.3 million people are diagnosed with cancer. Inspire2Live is the patient’s voice. Patients have many allies: researchers, clinicians, industry, government and others. But they all need the patient’s voice for purpose and direction. #i2l #inspire2live

Attending the Inspire2Live Congress 2023 today. Inspire2Live is the patient voice in cancer. “If about US, not without US”. #I2L #inspire2live

A good example is Metformin, which is the subject of thousands of trials in several different diseases. Their slogan is: Available. Accessible. Affordable. Nibedita Rath at the #i2l #i2lcongress #ifaboutusnotwithoutus

Talk by Eltjo Heddema and Mao Mao: making the time between first symptoms and actual diagnosis as short as possible, especially in Low and Middle Income Countries; Multi Cancer Early Detection. #i2l #inspire2live #i2lcongress

Maria Lourdes from ⁦Inspire2Live⁩ with her presentation on healthy food. Important for cancer patients. Make a good but not extreme diet. Food consumption for a cancer patient should not be stressful. #inspire2live

Talk by Sylvia Butzke, chairman of the Inspire2Live Supervisory Board. Her primal conceptual association of Inspire2Live: the concept of Ubuntu, I am who I am because of who you are. Being united, sharing a purpose, sharing a vision. #i2l #inspire2live #i2lcongress

Louis Kyriakoudes, USA on tobacco and nicotine. He is a historian and historians study power. And tobacco is about power. It is the deadliest product ever devised by mankind. 1 million cigarettes cause 1 cancer case in the population. #i2l

Marketing is highly targeted at children, the age where addiction is highly likely. Tobacco industry coopts scientific, civil society groups to advance its interests. #i2l #i2lcongress

Maria Chacon, nutritionist, psychologist, Patient Advocate. Lifestyle after cancer diagnosis. She encourages patients to try to continue to stay active, in work if possible, or hobbies and volunteering. People have a need to be useful. Work dignifies. #i2l #i2lcongress

Misinformation and misconceptions on healthy eating are anundant and confusing. One important advice is not to go to extremes. Food should not be a cause of stress. Also exercise should not be a cause of stress. #i2l #i2lcongress #inspire2live

Talking about mental issues and stress requires great openness and honesty, both from the patient and from friends and loved ones. Ask the patient! Maria Lourdes Chacon at the #inspire2live #i2lcongress

Such a wonderful and diverse group of passionate for cancer patients advocates and scholar activists. ⁦Inspire2Live⁩

Stephen Friend is involved in a host of studies on gathering individual data through wearable devices. And then finding pointers in those data that warn of higher probability of cancer. Cancer Early Warning. #i2l #inspire2live #i2lcongress

His great worry: not only medical applications are in view here. Also governments, companies and institutions are doing it on many aspects of human behavior. #i2l #i2lcongress #inspire2live

Inspire 2 Live visit to Science Park Inspire2Live #i2l #inspire2live #patientadvocacy

Inspire2Live visit to CureVac NL and it's sequencing labs. Vaccines to fight cancer. #i2l #inspire2live #i2lcongress

#inspire2live visit to Access to Medicine Foundation #AtMIndex

NM Genomix and OncoInv have joined forces to make multi cancer early detection available in Bulgaria. OncoSeek® is a patient-friendly product to detect cancer as it is on a blood sample and requires no biopsy or imaging equipment. Read more at inspire2live.org/news/nm-genomi…

Coming up on BBC The View with Mark Carruthers tomorrow evening...

Today is a perfect day to come back to social media. Living with #lymphoma and CLL can be hard and affects how people are feeling. Medical teams can help patients to get the support they need. On #WLAD2024 promote Honest Talk among patients, caregivers and medical teams