dr. Floortje Mols

Bio

In my doctoral research I investigated the quality of life of cancer survivors who were diagnosed with cancer 5-15 years ago. We wanted to know how much influence cancer still has on people who had cancer long ago. In 2007, this resulted in a dissertation, which showed that cancer survivors generally thought their quality of life was good, but that they often still suffered from side effects from the disease or its treatment. I continued with this research and it now has a broader scope. We currently include patients from diagnosis onwards and follow them for years. In addition to quality of life, we also investigate broader concepts such as depression and fatigue. Besides questionnaires, we now also collect data by means of blood samples, Actigraphs, Fitbits, online food diaries and scales. We are also investigating this in patients with rare tumors, such as thyroid cancer.

Courses

• Bachelor's Thesis: Clinical Psychology
• Clinical Health Psychology in Medical Science
• Clinical Health Psychology in Medical Science
• Bachelor's Thesis: Clinical Psychology
• Bachelor's Thesis: Medical Psychology
• Bachelor's Thesis: Medical Psychology
• Thesis Psychology and Health

Recent publications

1. Perioperative systemic therapy versus cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC…

   Dutch Peritoneal Oncology Group and the Dutch Colorectal Cancer Group (2023). Perioperative systemic therapy versus cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC alone for resectable colorectal peritoneal metastases: Patient reported outcomes of a randomized phase II trial. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 30(5), 2678-2688.

2. The impact of cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal …

   Bakkers, C., van de Vlasakker, V. C. J., Rovers, K. P. B., Lurvink, R. J., Nienhuijs, S. W., Burger, J. W. A., Creemers, G. M., Bonhof, C. S., Mols, F., & de Hingh, I. H. J. T. (2023). The impact of cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS-HIPEC) versus conventional surgery on patient-reported Outcomes: A comparative cohort study between the CAIRO6 trial and the PROCORE study. Cancers, 15(3), [788].

3. Association between peripheral neuropathy and sleep quality among col…

   Bonhof, C., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., de Hingh, I. H. J. T., Nefs, G. M., Vreugdenhil, G., & Mols, F. (2023). Association between peripheral neuropathy and sleep quality among colorectal cancer patients from diagnosis until 2-year follow-up: Results from the PROFILES registry. Journal of Cancer Survivorship.

4. Fluctuations in core depressive symptoms in colorectal cancer patient…

   Hinnen, C., & Mols, F. (2023). Fluctuations in core depressive symptoms in colorectal cancer patients. A prospective, population-based PROFILES-registry study. Psychology & Health.

5. Longitudinal associations of fast foods, red and processed meat, alco…

   Kenkhuis, M. F., Mols, F., van Roekel, E. H., Breedveld - Peters, J. J. L., Breukink, S. O., Janssen-Heijnen, M. G., Keulen, E. T. P., van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Weijenberg, M. P., & Bours, M. J. L. (2023). Longitudinal associations of fast foods, red and processed meat, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened drinks with quality of life and symptoms in colorectal cancer survivors up to 24 months post-treatment. British Journal of Nutrition.