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.


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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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Research groups contributing to this research program

Gynecologic oncology

Joanna de Hullu's research group develops, evaluates and implements personalized interventions to prevent gynaecological cancers and offers personalized care in patients with gynaecological cancer with focus on optimal quality of life (preservation of fertility and ovarian function).

Hereditary cancer

Nicoline Hoogerbrugge's research group conducts research on the genetic factors that lead to hereditary cancer predisposition.

Molecular microbiology

Willem Melchers's research group aims is to prevent, diagnose and treat infectious diseases. This group provides insight into the progressive behavior of cervical lesions and HPV infections to prevent cervical cancer and focus on the molecular mechanisms of azole resistance in Aspergillus. 

Spokesperson

dr. Joanne de Hullu

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Spokesperson

prof. dr. Rosella Hermens

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