Presentations 2009
Invited lectures:
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Living with head and neck cancer. Verdonck-de Leeuw IM. VUmc, Dept of Otolaryngol – Head & Neck Surgery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 8, 2009.
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Patient reported outcome. Verdonck-de Leeuw IM. Annual European Head & Neck Cancer Society Course. Amsterdam, October 15, 2009.
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Health related quality of life and emotional distress in relation to speech and swallowing in head and neck cancer patients. Verdonck-de Leeuw IM. Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, February 13, 2009.
Presentations and workshops at international conferences:
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Computerized prospective screening for high levels of emotional distress in head and neck cancer and referral to psychosocial care. Verdonck-de Leeuw IM. 11th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, Vienna, Austria, June 21-25, 2009.
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The need for and use of psychosocial care, peer support, and e-health in head and neck cancer patients and their partners. Verdonck-de Leeuw IM. 11th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, Vienna, Austria, June 21-25, 2009.
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Quality of life as predictor of survival: a prospective study on patients treated with combined surgery and radiotherapy for advanced oral and oropharyngeal cancer. Verdonck-de Leeuw IM. 11th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, Vienna, Austria, June 21-25, 2009.
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The need for and use of psychosocial care, peer support, and e-health in head and neck cancer patients and their partners. Krebber AMH. Poster presentation at IPOS 11th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology and Psychosocial Academy, Vienna, Austria, June 23-25, 2009.
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Patient reported swallowing and speech outcome after chemoradiation. Verdonck-de Leeuw IM. 7th CPLOL Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 14-16 May, 2009.
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Computerized prospective screening for speech and swallowing problems. Verdonck-de Leeuw IM. 7th CPLOL Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 14-16 May, 2009.
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Prospective screening for speech and swallowing problems in head and neck cancer patients via a touch screen computer system. Verdonck-de Leeuw IM. 3rd Advance Voice Function Assessment International Workshop AVFA2009, Madrid, Spain, 18-20 May, 2009.
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Neural network feature analysis to assess hypernasality in patients treated for oral or oropharyngeal cancer. de Bruijn MJ. Avfa ’09, Madrid, Spanje. May 18-20. 2009
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Neural network feature analysis to assess hypernasality in patients treated for oral or oropharyngeal cancer. Verdonck-de Leeuw IM. 3rd Advance Voice Function Assessment International Workshop AVFA2009, Madrid, Spain, 18-20 May, 2009.
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Emotional distress and care needs among cancer patients: the development of a stepped care strategy. Verdonck-de Leeuw IM. 1st International E-Mental Health Summit 2009, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, October 15, 2009.
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Computerized prospective screening for high levels of emotional distress in head and neck cancer. Verdonck-de Leeuw IM. ICHNO, Barcelona, Spain, February 25, 2009.
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Patient reported swallowing and speech outcome after chemoradiation for head and neck cancer. Verdonck-de Leeuw IM. ICHNO, Barcelona, Spain, February 25, 2009.
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Computerized prospective screening for high levels of emotional distress in head and neck cancer and referral to psychosocial care. Verdonck-de Leeuw IM. APOS, Charlotte, USA, February 4, 2009.
Presentations and workshops at national conferences:
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The development of an evidence-based knowledge and decision support system facilitating cancer care. Verdonck-de Leeuw IM. Bi-annual Scientific Meeting Dutch ENT-Society. Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, November 20, 2009.
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Computerized prospective screening of speech and swallowing problems in HNC patients. Cnossen IC. Posterpresentation International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII). Amsterdam, October 2009.
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Psychosocial aspects in patients treated with radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Verdonck-de Leeuw IM. Workshop Toxicity of radiotherapy in the head and neck area. UCMG, Groningen, March 27, 2009.
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Evaluation of an exercise protocol during radiotherapy to prevent speech, swallowing and shoulder problems in postoperative oral and oropharyngeal cancer patients. Cnossen IC. University Medical Center Groningen, workshop “Toxicity after radiotherapy in the head and neck area”, Groningen, March 27, 2009.
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Spraakanalyse van hoofd-halskanker patiënten: een objectieve basis voor het meten van de effectiviteit van (logopedische) interventie. de Bruijn MJ. University air Medical Center Groningen, workshop “Toxicity after radiotherapy in the head and neck area”, Groningen, March 27, 2009.
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A survey on the need for and use of psychosocial care, peer support, and e-healht in head and neck cancer patients and their spouses. Oskam IM. KNO-vergadering 2009.
News flashes
12 april 2013: KWF Kankerbestrijding / Alpe d’HuZes has granted the research proposal Netherlands Quality of life and Biomedical Cohort Studies in Cancer (NET-QUBIC).
Marieke de Bruijn will defend her PhD thesis on 10 juni 2013 at 15.45 pm.
Support our bicycle team for Alpe d'HuZes 2013!
On 6 June 2013 our team living together with cancer will cycle the Alpe d'HuZes! This in the fight against cancer. At this moment there is already more than 1500 euro donated. Do you support us too?
The 15th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology and Psychosocial Academy will be held in Rotterdam, 4-8 November 2013. www.ipos-society.org/ipos2013/.
29 January 2013. Pink Ribbon has granted a project to develop and evaluate an online training for cancer patients with insomnia (Annemieke van Straten), and a project to develop and evaluate a breast cancer module for the OncoKompas (Nelly van Uden).
Charity Symposium "Living with cancer"
On December 19, 2012 there will be a Symposium ''Living with Cancer''. This is a charity symposium on meaning centered psychotherapy for cancer patients. Read more about it at the tab News at the left.
15 November 2012: Hoe?Zo! Radio interview with Irma Verdonck on stress and cancer.
October 2012: Interview with Irma Verdonck in Psychologie Magazine.
September 9, 2012. Interview Hans van Willigenburg with Irma Verdonck on Radio 5.
August 2012. Five students finish their MSc thesis and graduate as MSc in Clinical PSychology.
June 28-30, 2012: International symposium on Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC ISOO) at New York. Kevin Yap and Irma Verdonck organise a workshop on e-health and supportive care.
Record for Alpe d'HuZes 2012. The sponsor action Alpe d'HuZes (6 and 7 June) 2012 has already yielded the record amount of 28.5 million euros.
June 6-8, 2012: Our research group contributes to Alpe d'HuZes as volunteers.
April 20, 2012: Nelly van Uden will give a presentation about OncoKompas at a conference about ICT in health care in Barcelona.
March 16, 2012: NVPO congress in Utrecht, we contribute with 2 oral and 2 poster presentations and a workshop.
January 1, 2012: The project POLARIS project has officially started.
December 22, 2011: Radio program DeGids.fm, Felix Meurders interviews Corien Eeltink on sexuality and cancer.
November 2, 2011: KWF / Alpe d'HuZes funds a grant for the development and evaluation of an online intervention for informal caregivers of cancer patients.
October 30, 2011 In the national television program "Gesprek op 2", Daphne Bunskoek interviewed Irma Verdonck on living with cancer.
October 28, 2011: www.oncokompas.nl is online!
October 23, 2011: Alpe d'HuZes hands over more than 20 million euros to the Dutch Cancer Society!
Team work
Our research projects are embedded in the two largest research institutes of VU University in Amsterdam: VUmc CCA-VICI (Cancer Center Amsterdam) www.vumc.nl/afdelingen/CCA-V-ICI/ and EMGO+ (Institute for Health and Care Research emgo.nl
We work closely with patients and their caregivers and with researchers and physicians at VU University and VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam and other research institutes and hospitals in the Netherlands and worldwide. Team work is crucial improving research and translating results into clinical practice.
