Karel Smit

PHD Candidate - Medical

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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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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 Anne-Sophie van Lanen, Dieuwertje E Kok, Evertine Wesselink, Jeroen W G Derksen, Anne M May, Karel C Smit, Miriam Koopman, Johannes de Wilt, Ellen Kampman, Fränzel J B van Duijnhoven,
International Journal of Cancer, 2024, vol. 155, p.828-838

Use of automated assessment for determining associations of low muscle mass and muscle loss with overall survival in patients with colorectal cancer – A validation study Karel C. Smit, Jeroen W.G. Derksen, Sophie A. Kurk, Pim Moeskops, Miriam Koopman, Wouter B. Veldhuis, Anne M. May
Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 2024, vol. 63, p.572-584

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

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 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

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