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EnCoRe study : Energy for life after ColoRectal cancer

 

A prospective cohort study on the role that lifestyle and related factors play in promoting quality of life, functioning, and prognosis of colorectal cancer survivors.

Recent publications
  • Holthuijsen, D. D. B., Rijnhart, J. J. M., van Roekel, E. H., Bours, M. J. L., Ueland, P. M., Breukink, S. O., Janssen-heijnen, M. L. G., Konsten, J. L., Keulen, E. T. P., McCann, A., Brezina, S., Gigic, B., Ose, J., Weijenberg, M. P., & Eussen, S. J. P. M. (2026). The mediating role of the kynurenine pathway in longitudinal associations between dietary intake and quality of life in colorectal cancer survivors up to 12 months posttreatment. International Journal of Cancer, 159(1), 122-143. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.70363
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  • Chong, M. Y., Koster, A., Meertens, R. M., Pot, G. K., Galan, B. E. D., Kallen, C. J. H. V. D., Savelberg, H. H. C. M., Bosma, H., Simons, S. O., Bours, M. J. L., Weijenberg, M. P., & Eussen, S. J. P. M. (2026). Associations of chrono-nutrition with sleep and quality of life: The Maastricht Study. Clinical Nutrition, 59, Article 106593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2026.106593
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  • Chong, M. Y., Henson, J., Bours, M. J. L., Bosma, H., de Galan, B. E., van der Kallen, C. J. H., Meertens, R. M., Savelberg, H. H. C. M., Schram, M. T., Weijenberg, M. P., Yates, T., Koster, A., & Eussen, S. J. P. M. (2026). Physical activity and meal timing alignment with chronotype and their associations with glucose metabolism: The Maastricht Study. Diabetes Obesity & Metabolism, 28(4), 3295-3304. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.70526
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  • Chong, M. Y., Eussen, S. J. P. M., van der Velde, J. H. P. M., de Galan, B. E., Savelberg, H. H. C. M., Bosma, H., Bours, M. J. L., Weijenberg, M. P., & Koster, A. (2026). Reallocating morning physical activity to later-day activity and its association with type 2 diabetes incidence: The Maastricht Study. Diabetes Obesity & Metabolism, 28(4), 2642-2650. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.70438
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  • Valente, M. J., Cao, B., Holthuijsen, D. D. B., Bours, M. J. L., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Weijenberg, M. P., & Rijnhart, J. J. M. (2026). Omission of main effects from regression models with a ratio variable as the focal exposure can result in bias and inflated type I error rates. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 190, Article 112092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.112092
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  • Frenken, K. G., Chong, M. Y., Breukink, S. O., Janssen-Heijnen, M., Keulen, E. T. P., Konsten, J., Bijnens, W., Buffart, L. M., Meijer, K., Scheer, F. A. J. L., Steindorf, K., de Vos-Geelen, J., Weijenberg, M. P., Bours, M. J. L., & van Roekel, E. H. (2025). Longitudinal Associations of Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity With Diurnal Rest-Activity Rhythms in Survivors of Colorectal Cancer Up to 5 Years Post-Treatment. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 40(6), 528-546. https://doi.org/10.1177/07487304251363674
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  • Boekhoudt, N. D., Mols, F., Simons, C., Querido, N. R., Breukink, S. O., Valkenburg-van Iersel, L., Janssen-Heijnen, M. L. G., Keulen, E. T. P., Weijenberg, M. P., & Bours, M. J. L. (2025). Longitudinal associations of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy with psychological distress and health-related quality of life in colorectal cancer survivors: a prospective cohort study. Journal of Cancer Survivorship-Research and Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-025-01906-1
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  • Margotto, L., van Roekel, E. H., Kenkhuis, M.-F., Breukink, S. O., Keulen, E. T. P., Janssen-Heijnen, M. L. G., Meertens, R., Weijenberg, M. P., & Bours, M. J. L. (2025). Longitudinal associations of body composition with sleep problems in the first two years after colorectal cancer treatment. Supportive Care in Cancer, 33(11), Article 946. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-025-10018-6
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  • Dinnessen, R., Beijer, S., Oerlemans, S., Husson, O., Mols, F., Bours, M. JL., & Ezendam, N. PM. (2025). Sleep quality and overall survival among cancer survivors in the Netherlands: A PROFILES registry study. Sleep Medicine, 131, Article 106488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2025.106488
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  • Holthuijsen, D. D. B., van Roekel, E. H., Bours, M. J. L., Ueland, P. M., Breukink, S. O., Janssen-Heijnen, M. L. G., Konsten, J. L., Keulen, E. T. P., McCann, A., Brezina, S., Gigic, B., Kok, D. E., Ulrich, C. M., Weijenberg, M. P., & Eussen, S. J. P. M. (2025). Modeling how iso-caloric macronutrient substitutions are longitudinally associated with plasma kynurenines in colorectal cancer survivors up to 12 months posttreatment. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 141, Article 109910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnutbio.2025.109910
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