Project
COLON study - COlorectal cancer: Longitudinal, Observational study on Nutritional and lifestyle factors that influence colorectal tumour recurrence, survival and quality of life
The purpose of the COLON study is to provide a scientifically substantiated answer to the question whether nutrition and lifestyle affect the disease course of colorectal cancer.
To achieve this, we study diet and lifestyle of colorectal cancer patients shortly after diagnosis and during the years after treatment, and collect information on disease progression and survival. In the COLON study, we gather data on: dietary intake and physical activity level using questionnaires; we collect blood sample to facilitate measurement of e.g. biomarkers, nutritional status, metabolomics data. Moreover, we gather information on body composition using (diagnostic) CT-scans.
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Publications
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Plasma metabolites associated with colorectal cancer: A discovery-replication strategy
International Journal of Cancer (2019), Volume: 145, Issue: 5 - ISSN 0020-7136 - p. 1221-1231. -
Colorectal cancer survivors only marginally change their overall lifestyle in the first 2 years following diagnosis
Journal of Cancer Survivorship (2019), Volume: 13, Issue: 6 - ISSN 1932-2259 - p. 956-967. -
Dietary intake of magnesium or calcium and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in colorectal cancer patients
Nutrients (2018), Volume: 10, Issue: 4 - ISSN 2072-6643 -
Low radiographic muscle density is associated with lower overall and disease-free survival in early-stage colorectal cancer patients
Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology (2018), Volume: 144, Issue: 11 - ISSN 0171-5216 - p. 2139-2147.