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Pieterse, Q. D. (2007, September 13). Early stage cervical cancer : quality of cancer care
and quality of life. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/12312
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Early stage cervical cancer;
Quality of cancer care and Quality of life
Cover photography: Carla van de Puttelaar, Amsterdam
Lay-out and print: Optima Grafi sche Communicatie B.V.
Financial support for printing of this thesis was provided by:
Stichting Nationaal Fonds tegen Kanker-voor onderzoek naar reguliere en alternatieve therapieën.
J.E. Jurriaanse Stichting Sanofi Pasteur MSD N.V.
Ortho-Biotec, divisie van Janssen-Cilaq B.V.
Medical Dynamics
Smiths medical Nederland B.V.
Amgen B.V.
Nycomed Nederland B.V.
Early stage cervical cancer;
Quality of cancer care and Quality of life
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden,
op gezag van de Rector Magnifi cus prof.mr. P.F. van der Heijden,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties
te verdedigen op donderdag 13 september 2007
klokke 13:45 uur
door
Quirine Dionne Pieterse
geboren te Dordrecht in 1975
Co-promotor: Dr. M.M. ter Kuile
Referent: Dr. K. Bergmark (Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden)
Lid: Prof. Dr. G.J. Fleuren
Contents
Chapter 1 General introduction 7
Chapter 2 Postoperative radiation therapy improves prognosis in patients with adverse risk factors in localized, early-stage cervical cancer: a retrospec- tive comparative study.
(Int J Gynecol Cancer 2006; 16:1112-1118)
25
Chapter 3 The number of pelvic lymph nodes in the quality control and prognosis of radical hysterectomy for the treatment of cervical cancer.
(Eur J Surg Oncol 2007; 33:216-221)
39
Chapter 4 An individual prediction of the future (disease free) survival of patients with a history of early stage cervical cancer; multi-state model.
(Int J Gynecol Cancer 2007; in press)
53
Chapter 5 The Gynaecologic Leiden Questionnaire: psychometric properties of a self-report questionnaire of sexual function and vaginal changes for gynaecological cancer.
(Submitted for publication)
67
Chapter 6 An observational longitudinal study to evaluate miction, defecation and sexual function after radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy for early stage cervical cancer.
(Int J Gynecol Cancer 2006; 16:1119-1129)
85
Chapter 7 Vaginal blood fl ow after radical hysterectomy with and without nerve- sparing. A preliminary report.
(Int J Gynecol Cancer 2007; in press)
103
Chapter 8 Summary, discussion and future perspectives 119
Chapter 9 Nederlandse samenvatting 135
Abbreviations 147
Colour fi gures 149
Curriculum vitae 155
Dankwoord 157
Publications 159
