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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Recent publications

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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

Reply - Letter to editor entitled "Enhancing colorectal cancer survivorship 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.67-68

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.2092-2101