• Begin
  • 12 oktober 2021
  • 10:00 uur
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  • Einde
  • 12 oktober 2021
  • 13:15 uur
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After a colorectal cancer diagnosis: Does lifestyle matter?

In October three PhD candidates working on nutrition and colorectal cancer prognosis will defend their theses. In honor of these defences the Division of Human Nutrition and Health (WUR) is organizing a symposium for cancer researchers. During this symposium results of the COLON-study will be shared along with some new insights in the field.

After a colorectal cancer diagnosis: Does lifestyle matter?

Preliminary program

10:00-10:05    Welcome by Ellen Kampman
10:05-10:50    Nutrition and colorectal cancer: from prevention to survivorship by John Mathers, Dieuwertje Kok and Anne-Sophie van Lanen
10:50-11:30    Molecular epidemiology; vitamin D and cancer prognosis by Fränzel van Duijnhoven, Vera Wesselink and Edward Giovannucci
11:30-12:00    Break
12:00-13:00    Lifestyle and colorectal cancer prognosis: from observational results to intervention studies by Renate Winkels, Giota Mitrou, Moniek van Zutphen, Harm van Baar and Judith ten Have / Koen Manusama  
13:00-13:15    Closure by Ellen Kampman


This symposium is organized by Wageningen University & Research

in honor of the PhD-thesis defences of:

Moniek van Zutphen
 “Lifestyle after colorectal cancer diagnosis: Observed changes and associations with recurrence and survival”
11 October 13:30 CEST

Vera Wesselink
“Vitamin D, inflammation and their interplay in colorectal cancer prognosis”
12 October 16:00 CEST

Harm van Baar
 “-Imaging all the people- Associations of computed tomography-based body composition with mortality and fatigue in stage I-III colorectal cancer patients.”
21 October 11:00 CEST




* This is an invitational meeting, signing up can be done till the 1st of October.

Read more about the COLON study at this website