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The handle http://hdl.handle.net/1887/3176520 holds various files of this Leiden University dissertation.
Author: Rijkmans, E.C.
Title: Brachytherapy for rectal cancer
Issue date: 2021-06-08
Brachytherapy for rectal cancer
Eva Cornelia Rijkmans
Brachytherapy for rectal cancer
© Eva C. Rijkmans, 2021, Leiden, The Netherlands. All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any forms or by any means, without prior permission of the author.
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van rector magnificus prof.dr.ir. H. Bijl, volgens besluit van het college voor promoties
te verdedigen op dinsdag 8 juni 2021 klokke 13.45 uur
door
Eva Cornelia Rijkmans geboren te Amsterdam
op 19 maart 1988
Brachytherapy for
rectal cancer
Promotores: Prof. dr. C.A.M. Marijnen
Prof. dr. R.A. Nout, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Co-promotor: Dr. F.P. Peters, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Amsterdam Promotiecommissie: Prof. dr. C.L. Creutzberg
Prof. dr. G.L. Beets, Universiteit Maastricht Dr. M. Berbée, Universiteit Maastricht Dr. Ir. E. M. Kerkhof
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Introduction and outline thesis 7
Chapter 2 Gastrointestinal toxicity in chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer: 27 comparison of three bowel contouring methods and evaluation of
dose-response and risk-factors Submitted
Chapter 3 Endorectal brachytherapy boost after external beam radiotherapy in 53 elderly or medically inoperable patients with rectal cancer: Primary
outcomes of the phase I HERBERT study
International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology and Physics 2017 Jul 15;98(4):908-917
Chapter 4 Evaluation of clinical and endoscopic toxicity after external beam 73 radiotherapy and endorectal brachytherapy in elderly patients with
rectal cancer treated in the HERBERT study Radiotherapy and Oncology 2018;126(3):417-423
Chapter 5 Predictive factors for response and toxicity after brachytherapy for 97 rectal cancer; results from the HERBERT study
Radiotherapy and oncology 2019;133:176-182
Chapter 6 Benefit of adaptive CT-based treatment planning in high-dose-rate 117 endorectal brachytherapy for rectal cancer
Brachytherapy 2018;17(1):78-85
Chapter 7 EUS-guided fiducial marker placement for radiotherapy in rectal 133 cancer: feasibility of two placement strategies and four fiducial types
Endoscopy international open 2019;7(11):E1357-e64
Chapter 8 Summary 149
Chapter 9 General discussion 155
Appendices Nederlandse samenvatting 184
List of publications 190
Author affiliations 192
Dankwoord 196
Curriculum Vitae 198
