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Supervisie belangrijk voor positief effect van training bij kankerpatienten [Bespreking van: Buffart LM [et al.] (2017) Effects and moderators of exercise on quality of life and physical function in patients with cancer: an individual patient data metaanalysis of 34 RCTs]

van Berkel, D.M. (Lonneke); Stuiver, M.M. (Martijn) (Faculteit Gezondheid)

2017-03-16AlgemeenArtikel

Immune-related and adverse drug reactions to low versus high initial doses of Viscum album L. in cancer patients

Friedemann Schad (Onderzoeker); Anja Thronicke (Onderzoeker); Antje Merkle (Onderzoeker); Harald Matthes (Onderzoeker); Megan L. Steele (Onderzoeker)

Background: Immune-related adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to immunotherapy agents have been associated with beneficial clinical outcomes in oncology. Viscum album L. (VA, European mistletoe) is frequently used as an immunomodulatory agent alongside conventional cancer treatment in Europe. VA has been …

2017GezondheidArtikel

Ethnic Differences in Colon Cancer Care in the Netherlands

Majda Lamkaddem (Lid Lectoraat); M. A. G. Elferink; M. C. Seeleman; E. Dekker; C. J. A. Punt; O. Visser; M. L. Essink-Bot

Background Ethnic differences in colon cancer (CC) care were shown in the United States, but results are not directly applicable to European countries due to fundamental healthcare system differences. This is the first study addressing ethnic differences in treatment and survival for CC in the Netherlands. Methods Data …

2017Mens & MaatschappijArtikel

Systematic literature review on effectiveness of self-management support interventions in patients with chronic conditions and low socio-economic status

A. van Hecke; M. Heinen; P Fernandez-Ortega; M Graue; J.C.M. Hendriks; B Hoy; S Kopke; M Lithner; Betsie van Gaal

AimTo assess the quality of evidence and determine the effect of patient-related and economic outcomes of self-management support interventions in chronically ill patients with a low socio-economic status. BackgroundIntegrated evidence on self-management support interventions in chronically ill people …

2017AlgemeenArtikel

Analyzing cancer forum discussions with text mining

G. van Oortmerssen; S. Raaijmakers; Maya Sappelli; E. Boertjes; S. Verberne; N. Walasek; W. Kraaij

We present a multilingual, open source system for cancer forum thread analysis, equipped with a biomedical entity tagger and a module for textual summarization. This system allows users to investi- gate textual co-occurrences of biomedical entities in forum posts, and to browse through summaries of long …

2017AlgemeenConferentiebijdrage

High prevalence of cachexia in newly diagnosed head and neck cancer patients: an exploratory study

Jager-Wittenaar, Harriët (Malnutrition And Healthy Ageing); Dijkstra, Pieter; Dijkstra, Gerard; Bijzet, Johan; Langendijk, Johannes A.; van der Laan, Bernard; Roodenburg, Jan

In patients with cancer, weight loss can be related to simple starvation, disturbed metabolism, or both. In patients with head and neck cancer (HNC), weight loss often is attributed to simple starvation because the obvious oral symptoms are known to hinder dietary intake. In this population, cachexia …

2017AlgemeenArtikel

Multivariable normal tissue complication probability model-based treatment plan optimization for grade 2-4 dysphagia and tube feeding dependence in head and neck radiotherapy

Kierkels, Roel G J; Wopken, Kim; Visser, Ruurd; Korevaar, Erik W; van der Schaaf, Arjen; Bijl, Hendrik P; Langendijk, Johannes A

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Radiotherapy of the head and neck is challenged by the relatively large number of organs-at-risk close to the tumor. Biologically-oriented objective functions (OF) could optimally distribute the dose among the organs-at-risk. We aimed to explore OFs based on multivariable normal …

2016-12AlgemeenArtikel

Does completing the PG-SGA Short Form improve patient awareness regarding malnutrition risk in patients with head and neck cancer?

Jager-Wittenaar, Harriët (Malnutrition And Healthy Ageing); Ottery, Faith D.; de Bats, Hester; Gort-van Dijk, Dorienke; van der Laan, Bernard; Roodenburg, Jan

2016-09AlgemeenConferentiebijdrage

Health services research of integrative oncology in palliative care of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer

Jan Axtner (Onderzoeker); Megan L. Steele (Onderzoeker); Matthias Kröz (Onderzoeker); Günther Spahn (Onderzoeker); Harald Matthes (Onderzoeker); Friedemann Schad (Onderzoeker)

Background: Pancreatic cancer has a dire prognosis and is associated with a high mortality. Palliative patients have special needs and often seek help in integrative oncological concepts (IO) that combine conventional and complementary therapies. Nevertheless there are few recommendations regarding IO …

2016-08-02GezondheidArtikel

End-of-life care during and after an acute hospitalization in older patients with cancer, end-stage organ failure, or frailty: A sub-analysis of a prospective cohort study

Huijberts, Sanne; Buurman, Bianca M; de Rooij, Sophia E

Background: Many patients show deterioration in functioning and increased care needs in the last year of life. End-of-life care needs and health care utilization might differ between groups of acutely hospitalized older patients. Aim: To investigate differences in geriatric conditions, advance care planning, …

2016-01AlgemeenArtikel

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