Patient consent
One of our main goals is to make our data available for scientific research. This scientific research must contribute to the improvement of treatment of cancer and must serve the public interest within the boundaries of privacy legislation. Only data that is required for the underlying research project may be requested.
Granting or withdrawing consent
Consent for storage and reuse of your data is voluntary. If you do give your consent, you can withdraw it at any time. You can do this by sending an email to privacy@hartwigmedicalfoundation.nl. If you withdraw your consent, your data will be removed from Hartwig Medical Foundation’s database and will no longer be used as described above. Withdrawing your consent will only affect the future use of your data. It is not possible to reverse any data disclosure.
The knowledge we gather with WGS can bring us a step closer to our goal to find an effective and suitable treatment for every single patient, not based on ‘one size fits all’, but adjusted to the characteristics of the patient and the tumor.