Lodewijk Brosens

Associate Professor - medical

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Biography

2021-present: Clinical Scientist UMC Utrecht

2015-present: Associate professor of pathology, gastrointestinal and endocrine pathology, UMC Utrecht.

2014-2015: Post-doctoral research fellow department of pathology Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

2013: Pathologist, gastrointestinal pathology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam

2008-2013: Pathology residency

2008: PhD, Gastrointestinal polyposis syndromes, clinical and molecular aspects of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis en Juvenile Polyposis, Utrecht University

2006: M.D. University of Amsterdam

2004: MSc. Biomedical Science, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

2003-2004: Research fellow Departments of Pathology and Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

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Contact

lbrosens@umcutrecht.nl

Pure profile

Research groups

Pathology of gastrointestinal tract tumors

Research aim

Our aim is to increase understanding of the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal tract tumors and to identify and validate potential histopathological and molecular biomarkers to improve and personalize therapy for patients.

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Endocrine oncology research group

Research aim

To improve diagnostics, treatment and outcome for children and adults with Rare Endocrine Tumors by interdisciplinary and international collaborative research.

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Recent publications

All publications

Patient-derived cancer organoids to tailor personalized treatment strategies in upper gastrointestinal malignancies Ingrid A Franken, Georg Busslinger, Bas L A M Weusten, Lodewijk A A Brosens, Jelle P Ruurda, Nadia Haj Mohammad, Stella Mook, Hans Clevers, Richard Van Hillegersberg
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus, 2026, vol. 39

The amount of mediastinal lymph nodes dissected in robot-assisted cervical esophagectomy—an experimental cadaver study Romy C. van Jaarsveld, Peter P. Grimminger, Jan Erik Freund, Teus J. Weijs, Lodewijk A.A. Brosens, Sylvia van der Horst, Ronald L.A.W. Bleys, Jelle P. Ruurda, Richard van Hillegersberg
Journal of Thoracic Disease, 2025, vol. 17, p.10748-10757

Oncological outcome after robot-assisted versus open pancreatoduodenectomy for upfront resectable cancer in the pancreatic head Julia E Menso, Caro L Bruna, Mahsoem Ali, Bert Bonsing, Koop Bosscha, Lodewijk A A Brosens, Olivier R Busch, A Stijn L P Crobach, Freek Daams, Wouter Derksen, Maxime J L Dewulf, Michail Doukas, Arantza Fariña Sarasqueta, Sebastiaan Festen, Mohammad Abu Hilal, Ignace H J T de Hingh, Marjolein Y V Homs, Geert Kazemier, Daan J Lips, Misha D P Luyer, Vincent E de Meijer, J Sven D Mieog, Wouter W Te Riele, Hjalmar C van Santvoort, George P van der Schelling, Martijn Stommel, Joanne Verheij, Roeland F de Wilde, Johanna W Wilmink, I Quintus Molenaar, Bas Groot Koerkamp, Lydia G van der Geest, Marc G Besselink
The British journal of surgery, 2025, vol. 112

Pancreatic cancer surveillance not recommended for familial adenomatous polyposis Aleksander M Bogdanski, Derk C F Klatte, Sobia I Laghari, Alexandra M J Langers, Ananya Das, Barbara A J Bastiaansen, Bert A Bonsing, Evelien Dekker, Jeanin E Van Hooft, Jewel N Samadder, Lodewijk A A Brosens, Lydia G van der Geest, Lisa Boardman, Maartje Nielsen, Mariëtte C A van Kouwen, Tanya M Bisseling, Michael B Wallace, Douglas Riegert-Johnson, Monique E van Leerdam,
Familial cancer, 2025, vol. 24

Clinical relevance of next-generation sequencing in patients aged 60 years or younger with pancreatic cancer Gaby J Strijk, Jelle C van Dongen, Willem de Koning, Lodewijk A A Brosens, Geert A Cirkel, Michail Doukas, Arantza Farina Sarasqueta, Floris H Groenendijk, Bas Groot Koerkamp, Ignace H J Th de Hingh, Marjolein Y V Homs, Sanne R Martens-de Kemp, Judith de Vos-Geelen, Anja Wagner, Nigel G Kooreman, Andrew P Stubbs, Johanna W Wilmink, Casper H J van Eijck,
European Journal of Cancer, 2025, vol. 230

Impact of endoscopic ultrasonography with fine needle aspiration assessing clinical lymph node staging on radiotherapy treatment planning in esophageal cancer patients R B den Boer, M E Sanders, G J Meijer, N Haj Mohammad, M A M T Verhagen, J E Freund, L A A Brosens, B L A M Weusten, P Friederich, L Alvarez Herrero, J P Ruurda, R van Hillegersberg, S Mook
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus, 2025, vol. 38

Fellowships & Awards

2018: University of Verona Internationalization Program Stipend

2014: MLDS Career Development Grant

2013: UICC Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial international study grant

2013: Nijbakker-Morra Stichting Stipend

External positions

Lid, patholoog - Landelijke revisie van Barrett slokdarm biopten - Landelijk Adviesorgaan Neoplasie Slokdarm (LANS)

Patholoog - Gastrointestinal and pancreato-biliary pathology - Radboudumc