Hans Merks

Full Professor

Contact

jmerks3@umcutrecht.nl

Pure profile

Research groups

Advanced imaging for oncology group

Research aim

To enhance patient outcomes through improved cancer staging, enabling personalized treatments with advanced diagnostics.

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Recent publications

All publications

Critical appraisal of patient-reported and clinician-reported outcome measures assessing functional outcomes in lower extremity bone sarcoma patients-a COSMIN-based systematic review Kiki J Blom, Leonie G Tigelaar, Willem P Bekkering, Jos A M Bramer, Hendrik W B Schreuder, Sherron Furtado, Emanuela Palmerini, Nathalie Gaspar, Sandra J Strauss, Michiel A J Van de Sande, Heleen Maurice-Stam, Johannes H M Merks, Lianne M Haveman,
Journal of patient-reported outcomes, 2026, vol. 10

Surgical nodal staging in rhabdomyosarcoma of the bladder and/or prostate with or without nodal or metastatic spread. A report from the European Paediatric Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Study Group (EpSSG) Naima Smeulders, Mark N. Gaze, Florent Guérin, Timothy Rogers, Sheila Terwisscha van Scheltinga, Federica DeCorti, Julia Chisholm, Olga Slater, Veronique Minard-Colin, Beatrice Coppadoro, Ilaria Zanetti, Ross Craigie, Gabriela Guillén Burrieza, Patrizia Dall'Igna, Raquel Dávila Fajardo, Pei Lim, Cyrus Chargari, Sophie Espenel, Ana L. Luis Huertas, Alexander Cho, Trung Nguyen, Helen Rees, Gianni Bisogno, Johannes H.M. Merks, Hélène Martelli
Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2026, vol. 61, p.163162

Dose-effect analysis of facial bone morphology following radiation therapy for head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma Marinka L F Hol, Michael Suttie, Mark N Gaze, Jan Wiersma, Henry Mandeville, Johannes H M Merks, Bradley R Pieters, Callum Gillies, Nicole Freling, Ludwig E Smeele, Olga Slater, Arjan Bel, Daniel J Indelicato
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 2026, vol. 222

Preliminary Surgical Findings and Complications After National Centralization of Pediatric Bone Sarcoma Resections in the Netherlands Lorenz H M van Schalkwijk, Jasper M van der Zee, Roelof van Ewijk, Johannes H M Merks, Jos A M Bramer, Hendrik W B Schreuder, Lianne M Haveman, Michiel A J van de Sande, Lizz van der Heijden
Clinical orthopaedics and related research, 2025, vol. 484, p.670-680

Local therapy for rhabdomyosarcoma of the bladder and/or prostate without nodal or metastatic spread during the European paediatric Soft tissue sarcoma Study Group (EpSSG) RMS2005 study Naima Smeulders, Florent Guerin, Mark N. Gaze, Timothy Rogers, Sheila Terwisscha van Scheltinga, Federica De Corti, Julia Chisholm, Olga Slater, Veronique Minard-Colin, Beatrice Coppadoro, Ilaria Zanetti, Ross Craigie, Gabriela Guillen Burrieza, Patrizia Dall'Igna, Raquel Davila Fajardo, Pei S. Lim, Cyrus Chargari, Sophie Espenel, Ana L. Luis Huertas, Alexander Cho, Trung Nguyen, Helen Rees, Gianni Bisogno, Hans Merks, Helene Martelli
EJC Paediatric Oncology, 2025, vol. 6

A multidisciplinary approach to assessing the impact of local therapy in pediatric bone sarcoma patients and survivors Leonie G Tigelaar, Lianne M Haveman, Willem P Bekkering, Harm Van Tinteren, Heleen Maurice-Stam, Hinke Van der Hoek, Martha A Grootenhuis, Laura R Beek, Christel D Rohrich, Irene L B Oude Lansink, Max M Van Noesel, Wouter J W Kollen, Leontien C M Kremer, Willemijn Plieger-van Solkema, Lizz Van der Heijden, Jos A M Bramer, Michiel A J Van de Sande, Hendrik W B Schreuder, Johannes H M Merks
EClinicalMedicine, 2025, vol. 90