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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".
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Physical activity patterns after diagnosis and survival of prognostic colorectal cancer subgroups
Smit, K. C., Derksen, J. W. G., van Lanen, A.-S., Wesselink, E., Belt, E. J. T., Berbée, M., Balen, M.C.-V., Dekker, J. W. T., van Dodewaard, J. M., Douma, J., de Groot, J. W., Van Halteren, H. K., Hendriks, M. P., de Hingh, I. H. J. T., Houtsma, D., Janssen, J. J. B., Konsten, J. L. M., Los, M., Sie, M. P. S. & Sommeijer, D. & 10 others, , Feb 2026, In: JNCI cancer spectrum. 10, 1, pkaf116.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Pre- and post-diagnostic meat intake in relation to risk of recurrence and mortality among individuals with stage I–III colorectal cancer
van Lanen, A. S., Kok, D. E., Wesselink, E., Derksen, J. W. G., May, A. M., Smit, K. C., Koopman, M., de Wilt, J. H. W., Kampman, E., van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., van Cruijsen, H., Dekker, J. W. T., van Halteren, H. K., Janssen, J. J. B., Los, M., Schiphorst, A. H. W., Sommeijer, D. W., Sonneveld, D. J. A., Sie, M. P. S. & Vermaas, M. & 1 others, , 15 Feb 2026, In: International Journal of Cancer. 158, 4, p. 895-908 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Associations between degree of food processing and colorectal cancer risk in a large-scale European cohort
Al Nahas, A., Yammine Ghantous, S., Morales Berstein, F., Cakmak, E. K., Biessy, C., Nicolas, G., Kliemann, N., Lopez, J. B., Jacobs, I., Gonzalez-Gil, E. M., Cairat, M., Pinho, M. G. M., Bertazzi Levy, R., Rauber, F., Vamos, E. P., Chang, K., Millett, C., Touvier, M., Kesse-Guyot, E. & Severi, G. & 26 others, , 15 Jul 2025, In: International Journal of Cancer. 157, 2, p. 260-276 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Dietary and lifestyle inflammation scores in relation to colon cancer recurrence in subgroups of patients based on common molecular tumour characteristics
Wesselink, E., Kok, D. E., Smit, K. C., van Lanen, A. S., Derksen, J. W. G., Koopman, M., Ligtenberg, M., Nagtegaal, I. D., Rombout, P. D. M., de Wilt, J. H. W., Kampman, E., May, A. M. & van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Sept 2025, In: ESMO Gastrointestinal Oncology. 9, 100202.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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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: A longitudinal analysis”
Wesselink, E., Boshuizen, H. C., van Lanen, A. S., Kok, D. E., Derksen, J. W. G., Smit, K. C., de Wilt, J. H. W., Koopman, M., May, A. M., Kampman, E. & van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Jan 2025, In: Clinical Nutrition. 44, p. 5-6 2 p., doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2024.11.014.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Letter to the editor › Academic › peer-review
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