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Loes Haverkort says brain tumour diagnosis made her live more consciously
Dutch actress Loes Haverkort says she is living more consciously since doctors found a tumour in her brain a few months ago.
The tumour is low-grade and on the right side of her brain.
The diagnosis made death feel suddenly close, she said in a Dutch television interview.
Haverkort said she does not want to think about death.
The interview gives no further details about her treatment or what will happen next.
Loes Haverkort says she has been living more consciously since a low-grade brain tumour was discovered several months ago.
The tumour was found in the right hemisphere of her brain.
The diagnosis made death feel suddenly close, she said.
She said she does not want to think about death.
Haverkort spoke about it on the programme De Geknipte Gast.
- Who
- Loes Haverkort.
- What
- She says a brain tumour diagnosis has made her live more consciously.
- When
- The tumour was discovered several months before she spoke on the programme. The article was published on 7 November 2026.
- Where
- The tumour was found in the right hemisphere of her brain.
- Why
- The diagnosis made death feel suddenly close to her.
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A low-grade tumour was discovered in Haverkort's right cerebral hemisphere.
Haverkort spoke about the diagnosis on De Geknipte Gast.
- Diagnosis
- Low-grade tumour
- Location
- Right hemisphere of the brain
- Person
- Loes Haverkort
- Programme
- De Geknipte Gast
What people are saying
I don't want to think about death