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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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

Physical activity and checkpoint inhibition Rik J Verheijden, Anna Cabané Ballester, Karel C Smit, Mick J M van Eijs, Cheryl P Bruijnen, Anne S R van Lindert, Karijn P M Suijkerbuijk, Anne M May
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2023, vol. 116, p.573-579

Physical Activity Is Associated with Improved Overall Survival among Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Karel C Smit, Jeroen W G Derksen, Geerard L O Beets, Eric J Th Belt, Maaike Berbée, Peter Paul L O Coene, Hester van Cruijsen, Marjan A Davidis, Jan Willem T Dekker, Joyce M van Dodewaard-de Jong, Annebeth W Haringhuizen, Helgi H Helgason, Mathijs P Hendriks, Ronald Hoekstra, Ignace H J T de Hingh, Jan N M IJzermans, Johan J B Janssen, Joop L M Konsten, Maartje Los, Leonie J M Mekenkamp, Peter Nieboer, Koen C M J Peeters, Natascha A J B Peters, Hans J F M Pruijt, Patricia Quarles van Ufford-Mannesse, Ron C Rietbroek, Anandi H W Schiphorst, Arjan Schouten van der Velden, Ruud W M Schrauwen, Mark P S Sie, Dirkje W Sommeijer, Dirk J A Sonneveld, Hein B A C Stockmann, Marleen Tent, Frederiek Terheggen, Manuel L R Tjin-A-Ton, Liselot Valkenburg-van Iersel, Ankie M T van der Velden, Wouter J Vles, Theo van Voorthuizen, Johannes A Wegdam, Johannes H W de Wilt, Miriam Koopman, Anne M May, On Behalf Of The Plcrc Study Group
Cancers, 2022, vol. 14

A Regional Burden of Sequence-Level Variation in the 22q11.2 Region Influences Schizophrenia Risk and Educational Attainment Elemi J. Breetvelt, Karel C. Smit, Jessica van Setten, Daniele Merico, Xiao Wang, Ilonca Vaartjes, Anne S. Bassett, Marco P.M. Boks, Peter Szatmari, Stephen W. Scherer, René S. Kahn, Jacob A.S. Vorstman
Biological Psychiatry, 2022, vol. 91, p.718-726

Systematic review and non-inferiority meta-analysis of randomised phase II/III trials on S-1-based therapy versus 5-fluorouracil- or capecitabine-based therapy in the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer Jeroen W G Derksen, Karel C Smit, Anne M May, Cornelis J A Punt
European Journal of Cancer, 2022, vol. 166, p.73-86