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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The COLON study: Colorectal cancer: Longitudinal, Observational study on Nutritional and lifestyle factors that may influence colorectal tumour recurrence, survival and quality of life
BMC Cancer (2014), Volume: 14 - ISSN 1471-2407 -
Circulating tryptophan–kynurenine pathway metabolites are associated with all-cause mortality among patients with stage I–III colorectal cancer
International Journal of Cancer (2024), Volume: 156, Issue: 3 - ISSN 0020-7136 - p. 552-565. -
Associations between low- and high-fat dairy intake and recurrence risk in people with stage I–III colorectal cancer differ by sex and primary tumour location
International Journal of Cancer (2024), Volume: 155, Issue: 5 - ISSN 0020-7136 - p. 828-838. -
Coffee consumption is associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer recurrence and all-cause mortality
International Journal of Cancer (2024), Volume: 154, Issue: 12 - ISSN 0020-7136 - p. 2054-2063. -
Intake and biomarkers of folate and folic acid as determinants of chemotherapy-induced toxicities in patients with colorectal cancer : a cohort study
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2024), Volume: 119, Issue: 2 - ISSN 0002-9165 - p. 294-301. -
Pre- and post-diagnostic dairy intake in relation to recurrence and all-cause mortality in people with stage I-III colorectal cancer
European Journal of Nutrition (2023), Volume: 62, Issue: 7 - ISSN 1436-6207 - p. 2891-2904. -
The association between the adapted dietary inflammatory index and colorectal cancer recurrence and all-cause mortality
Clinical Nutrition (2021), Volume: 40, Issue: 6 - ISSN 0261-5614 - p. 4436-4443. -
Postdiagnostic intake of a more proinflammatory diet is associated with a higher risk of recurrence and all-cause mortality in colorectal cancer survivors
The American journal of clinical nutrition (2023), Volume: 117, Issue: 2 - ISSN 0002-9165 - p. 243-251. -
Levels of inflammation markers are associated with the risk of recurrence and all-cause mortality in patients with colorectal cancer
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention (2021), Volume: 30, Issue: 6 - ISSN 1055-9965 - p. 1089-1099. -
An increase in physical activity after colorectal cancer surgery is associated with improved recovery of physical functioning : A prospective cohort study
BMC Cancer (2017), Volume: 17, Issue: 1 - ISSN 1471-2407