Dr. T.E. Buffart (1980) is sinds 2021 internist-oncoloog met als aandachtsgebied colorectaal carcinoom in het Amsterdam UMC. Ze studeerde medische biologie en geneeskunde. In 2008 promoveerde ze op onderzoek naar DNA-afwijkingen in maagtumoren.

Laurien M Buffart 1 , Joeri Kalter 2 , Maike G Sweegers 3 , Kerry S Courneya 4 , Robert U Newton 5 , Neil K Aaronson 6 , Paul B Jacobsen 7 , Anne M May 8 , Daniel A Galvão 9 , Mai J Chinapaw 10 , Karen Steindorf 11 , Melinda L Irwin 12 , Martijn M Stuiver 13 , Sandi Hayes 14 , Kathleen A Griffith 15 , Alejandro Lucia 16 , Ilse Mesters 17 ...

Physical activity during and after cancer treatment has beneficial effects on a number of physical and psychosocial outcomes. This paper aims to discuss the existing physical activity guidelines for cancer survivors and to describe future research directions to optimize prescriptions.

Numerous randomized controlled trials have evaluated the effects of physical activity or psychosocial interventions on health-related quality of life of cancer survivors, with generally small sample sizes and modest effects. Better targeted interventions may result in larger effects.

In my research I am committed to understanding of colorectal cancer and to optimize treatment for patients with colorectal cancer, including biomarkers for treatment response and new therapeutic strategies. I have special interest in patients with early-onset colorectal cancer.

Laurien Buffart is a group leader / principal investigator of the Exercise Oncology research group at Radboudumc, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. She is a human movement scientist and epidemiologist by training.

Apr 17, 2015 · In this article, we extended our initial findings regarding physical fitness and function and generic HRQoL 6 by reporting the effects of a 12-month resistance and endurance exercise program on cancer-specific HRQoL in physically inactive, older long-term survivors of prostate cancer.

Aug 15, 2015 · Conclusions: Aerobic and resistance exercise appears to have beneficial effects on HRQoL among older, long-term survivors of prostate cancer. Effects were moderated by marital status, time since diagnosis, and use of bisphosphonates, and were mediated by lower body functional performance.

Oct 14, 2013 · Mediating mechanisms of a 12-week group-based exercise intervention on cancer survivors' quality of life (QoL) were examined to inform future exercise intervention development.

With this knowledge, we aim to develop, evaluate and implement personalized exercise medicine for patients with cancer in order to optimize treatment outcome and quality of life.