Karel Smit

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Biography

Karel Smit finished his medical degree at the UMC Utrecht in 2016. He has worked as a medical doctor in psychiatry and internal medicine, before starting his internal medicine residency training in 2018 (Meander MC Amersfoort/UMC Utrecht). He paused this training in 2020 to work fulltime on his PhD research at the UMC Utrecht, Dept. of Medical Oncology, and the Julius Center, Dept. of Epidemiology.

The primary aim of his research is to generate evidence for individualized dietary and physical activity recommendations for patients with colorectal cancer. This project is part of the “Regio Deal Foodvalley”, program "Nutrition and Health, from early start to the old day", workpackage "Nutrition and Oncology".

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ksmit4@umcutrecht.nl

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Dietary and lifestyle inflammation scores in relation to colon cancer recurrence in subgroups of patients based on common molecular tumour characteristics E. Wesselink, D. E. Kok, K. C. Smit, A. S. van Lanen, J. W. G. Derksen, M. Koopman, M. Ligtenberg, I. D. Nagtegaal, P. D.M. Rombout, J. H.W. de Wilt, E. Kampman, A. M. May, F. J.B. van Duijnhoven
ESMO Gastrointestinal Oncology, 2025, vol. 9

Associations between degree of food processing and colorectal cancer risk in a large-scale European cohort Aline Al Nahas, Sahar Yammine Ghantous, Fernanda Morales Berstein, Emine Koc Cakmak, Carine Biessy, Genevieve Nicolas, Nathalie Kliemann, Jessica Blanco Lopez, Inarie Jacobs, Esther M. Gonzalez-Gil, Manon Cairat, Maria Gabriela Matias Pinho, Renata Bertazzi Levy, Fernanda Rauber, Eszter P. Vamos, Kiara Chang, Christopher Millett, Mathilde Touvier, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Gianluca Severi, Chloé Marques, Mariem Hajji, Alessandra Macciotta, Giovanna Masala, Mario Fordellone, Claudia Agnoli, Pilar Amiano, Marcela Guevara, Anne Tjønneland, Cecilie Kyrø, Jeroen W.G. Derksen, Karel C. Smit, Matthias B. Schulze, Franziska Jannasch, Rudolf Kaaks, Verena Katzke, Tonje Braaten, Magritt Brustad, Guri Skeie, Rhea Harewood, Alicia Heath, Paolo Vineis, Elisabete Weiderpass, Pietro Ferrari, Marc J. Gunter, Inge Huybrechts
International Journal of Cancer, 2025, vol. 157, p.260-276

The nationwide Dietary Intake after Diagnosis and Colorectal Cancer Outcomes (PLCRC-PROTECT) cohort Jeroen W.G. Derksen, Karel C. Smit, Irene W.F. Hoeven, Femke P.C. Sijtsma, Miriam Koopman, Anne M. May
Cancer Epidemiology, 2025, vol. 94

Reply - Letter to the editor entitled “Letter to editor regarding Dietary and lifestyle inflammation scores in relation to colorectal cancer recurrence and all-cause mortality Evertine Wesselink, Hendriek C. Boshuizen, Anne Sophie van Lanen, Dieuwertje E. Kok, Jeroen W.G. Derksen, Karel C. Smit, Johannes H.W. de Wilt, Miriam Koopman, Anne M. May, Ellen Kampman, Fränzel J.B. van Duijnhoven
Clinical Nutrition, 2025, vol. 44, p.5-6

Reply - Letter to the editor entitled “Letter to editor - Dietary and lifestyle inflammation scores in relation to colorectal cancer recurrence and all-cause mortality Evertine Wesselink, Hendriek C. Boshuizen, Anne Sophie van Lanen, Dieuwertje E. Kok, Jeroen W.G. Derksen, Karel C. Smit, Johannes H.W. de Wilt, Miriam Koopman, Anne M. May, Ellen Kampman, Fränzel J.B. van Duijnhoven
Clinical Nutrition, 2024, vol. 43, p.341

Reply - Letter to the editor entitled "Oral health perspectives Evertine Wesselink, Hendriek C Boshuizen, Anne-Sophie van Lanen, Dieuwertje E Kok, Jeroen W G Derksen, Karel C Smit, Johannes H W de Wilt, Miriam Koopman, Anne M May, Ellen Kampman, Fränzel J B van Duijnhoven
Clinical Nutrition, 2024, vol. 43, p.65-66