Research Research programs Gynecologic oncology

Our purpose

Our aim is to prevent gynaecological cancers and deliver personalized care, tailored to women’s life phase.


Goals

See some of the most important goals for this research program.

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Goals

  • Cancer prevention: Developing, evaluating and implementing personalized interventions to prevent gynaecological cancers with maintaining quality of life;
  • Carcinogenesis: Understanding gynaecological cancer development and tumour behaviour with focus on the role of the female patient-environment (oestrogen-obesity-HPV), to develop personalized preventive and treatment methods;
  • Preservation of fertility and ovarian function: Developing, evaluating and implementing interventions to maintain fertility and ovarian function in young women;
  • Personalized care: Developing, evaluating and implementing interventions to improve personalized care and prevent late treatment effects, with a focus on profound psychosexual effects and quality of life in patients with gynaecological cancers.
  • We organize the Patient advisory board Women's Cancers.


Research groups contributing to this research program


Spokesperson

dr. Joanne de Hullu

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Spokesperson

prof. dr. Rosella Hermens

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