Projects
ACTION: Advance care planning – een innovative palliative care intervention to improve quality of life in oncology Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Ecology, systematics and evolutionary biology of frog blood parasites in northern KwaZulu-Natal KU Leuven
Blood parasites have been recorded in a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate hosts, inhabiting both aquatic and terrestrial environments. Until this study, only a few blood parasite surveys had been carried out on frogs in sub-Saharan Africa. Thus information on the diversity of these parasites remained limited. To increase our knowledge of frog blood parasites, a large multi-approach study on the diversity, evolutionary biology, and ...
International Joint Reseach Group: Research Consortium on Functional Ecology and Conservation of Cerrado Plants Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The ecology of competition law. University of Antwerp
A new photoelectrochemical singlet oxygen-based detection platform for a panel of cancer biomarkers in tissue and liquid biopsies (SOCAN). University of Antwerp
The effect of pelvic floor muscle training on bowel symptoms after low anterior resection for colorectal cancer KU Leuven
Colorectal cancer is a serious heath problem in industrialized countries. Worldwide it is the second most common cancer in women and the third in men. Approximately 35% of these tumors originated in the rectum. There are several treatment strategies for rectal cancer, depending on the location and the stage of the tumor. Since amny years, low anterior resection (LAR) of the rectum with total mesorectal excision (TME) is the gold standard for ...
Optimalization of radiotherapy for head and neck cancer KU Leuven
In head-and-neck cancer (HNC), radiotherapy (RT) is an important part of the treatment possibilities. It can be recommended as definitive treatment with or without chemotherapy, adjuvantly after surgery, or in the treatment of local failure after surgery. RT allows organ preservation and improved function preservation compared to surgery and can therefore be an elegant solution. However, radiation of HNC is often complex due to large planning ...