Consumer wearables health data may reflect the impact of pancreatic cancer and its treatment on cardiorespiratory fitness and the subsequent recovery after treatment. The patient is a 65-year-old male treated for borderline resectable pancreatic cancer. Treatment consisted of four courses of FOLFIRINOX …

Low muscle mass is associated with adverse outcomes after surgery. This study examined whether facial muscles, such as the masseter muscle, could be used as a proxy for generalized low muscle mass and could be associated with deviant outcomes after carotid endarterectomy (CEA). As a part of the Vascular …

Background Surgical resection is currently the cornerstone of hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) cancer treatment. A low preoperative aerobic fitness level has been identified as a modifiable risk factor associated with complications after major abdominal surgery. A person’s aerobic fitness is influenced …

Op woensdag 20 september 2017 promoveerde Fons Klaase aan de Universiteit voor Humanistiek. In zijn onderzoek vertrekt hij vanuit sociale rechtvaardigheid als de centrale waarde van het sociaal werk. Om deze waarde optimaal te dienen is zijns inziens een zogeheten parrèsiastische praktijk in het sociaal …