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

Exploration of the radiation dose-toxicity relationship for multiple ophthalmological organs at risk for pediatric patients assessed in long-term head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma survivors Michèle Morfouace, Marinka Hol, Reineke Schoot, Natalia Arruti, Jan Wiersma, Mark Gaze, Henry Mandeville, Olga Slater, Eric Sandler, Raquel Dávila-Fajardo, Julie Bradley, Bradley Pieters, Matumba Kayembe, Johannes Merks, Ludwig Smeele, Peerooz Saeed, Arjan Bel, Daniel Indelicato
Clinical and translational radiation oncology, 2026, vol. 60

Dentale Koen B Krommenhoek, Reinier C Hoogeveen, E Foster-Thomas, Willem M M Fennis, Frédérique J M San Giorgi, Matthew Krasin, Mark N Gaze, Olga Slater, Gillian A Whitfield, Daniel J Indelicato, Henry C Mandeville, Shermaine Pan, Marianne C Aznar, Johannes H M Merks, Alfred G Becking, Marinka L F Hol
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2026, vol. 14

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

Recommendations for Radiation Treatment in Pediatric Patients With Metastatic Rhabdomyosarcoma Leslie Chang, Alison Cameron, Blair M Murphy, Marc W Muenter, Henriette Magelssen, Suzanne L Wolden, Julia Chisholm, Johannes H M Merks, Carol D Morris, Federica De Corti, Guido Seitz, Martin Ebinger, Monika Sparber-Sauer, Douglas S Hawkins, Stephanie Terezakis
Practical Radiation Oncology, 2026, vol. 16, p.488-499

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