{"entity":{"id":"kom-op-tegen-kanker","kind":"institution","name":"Kom op tegen Kanker","aka":[],"tldr":"The Flemish cancer charity that puts people living with cancer at the centre: it funds care projects and research, and campaigns for patients' rights and prevention.","summary":"Kom op tegen Kanker is a Belgian non-profit (vzw) working in Flanders. Its member profile at UICC describes it as standing up for patients' right to the best treatment and care and for people's right to a healthy environment, through care projects, support for scientific research, policy work, information and prevention, funded by gifts, campaigns and bequests. Its own site states that it employs about 100 people and selects promising ideas, funds them and helps carry them out. Its recent public positions include access to and affordability of new treatments, reference centres for rare and complex cancers, and tobacco and vape control. UICC lists it as a Full Member.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"Over ons (Dutch)","url":"https://www.komoptegenkanker.be/over-ons"},{"label":"UICC member profile","url":"https://www.uicc.org/membership/kom-op-tegen-kanker"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["uicc"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Brussels","country":"BE","lat":50.855,"lng":4.364,"institutionType":"consortium","website":"https://www.komoptegenkanker.be","programs":["Funding of care projects and research","Patient rights and policy advocacy","Prevention campaigns","Volunteer and community fundraising"]},"route":"/institutions/kom-op-tegen-kanker/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"uicc","kind":"institution","name":"Union for International Cancer Control","route":"/institutions/uicc/"}]}}