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IHE’s Thomas Hofmarcher had the great honor of presenting research results in the Congress of Peru (the country’s unicameral parliament) in Lima at a meeting of congressmen on May 20, 2024. He shared the Peruvian results of the IHE report 2024:4 “Improving outcomes for women with triple-negative breast cancer in Latin America – An extended …
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This report describes the current state of breast cancer care in the Middle East and Africa. Nine countries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, and United Arab Emirates) are included. Read more
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In April 2024, IHE’s Thomas Hofmarcher traveled to a conference with leading local health policy experts in Romania arranged by the Aspen Institute Romania. Thomas presented and discussed different examples to increase efficiency in cancer care, drawing on IHE’s vast research in this field. Increasing efficiency in healthcare is paramount to ensure good use of …
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IHE recently contributed a presentation to the Oncology Days 2024 conference in Vienna, Austria. Thomas Hofmarcher presented a comparison of cancer care in Austria with cancer care in other EU countries in the light of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. The participants then discussed current challenges in the healthcare system’s structure for diagnosis and treatment as …
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The IHE Type 2 Diabetes Cohort Model (IHE-DCM-T2) is frequently used to estimate cost-effectiveness of interventions for type 2 diabetes in different parts of the world. The model has recently been updated to include Japanese risk equations, and in a study presented at ISPOR we illustrate how the choice between the Japanese and Western risk …
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On April 9, 2024 IHE participates in the roundtable event “Fighting Lung Cancer Together as Equals – a Year On” under the patronage of MEP Cristian-Silvio Bușoi in the European Parliament. Thomas Hofmarcher and Bardh Manxhuka presents key findings of the recently published IHE Report 2024:5. This report follows up on the original Call to …
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Researchers from IHE have investigated the perceived disease burden among people with experience of moderate to severe acute allergic reactions. The study characterized people with experience of moderate to severe AARs and evaluated their self-reported disease burden Read more
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How good are European health systems in publishing real-world data (RWD) on quality indicators in cancer care? This report looks at the example of drug treatment rates in advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer (aNSCLC). Read more
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The report explores current challenges and opportunities to improve the care of women with TNBC. The report is available in English and Spanish. Read more
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Austria’s National Cancer Plan turns 10 years in 2024. To mark this anniversary, Thomas Hofmarcher went to Vienna to present an assessment of Austria’s cancer care system at the event “10 Jahre Nationales Krebsrahmenprogramm in Österreich” in the Austrian Parliament. In a European comparison, cancer patients in Austria fare comparatively well, but there is still …