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Demi de Winter

MD PhD student
Bone toxicity and body composition during and after treatment for childhood cancer.

The survival rates of patients with childhood cancer have substantially improved over the last decades. The number of long-term childhood cancer survivors has increased, therefore insights in the long-term sequelae of childhood cancer survivors become increasingly important. Osteonecrosis and low bone mineral density (BMD) are serious osteogenic side effects that can occur during or after acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment. Moreover, childhood cancer survivors also carry an increased risk for dysregulation of body-composition, which contributes to metabolic syndrome and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. During this PhD project, we focus on the direct and long-term bone toxicity and altered body composition following childhood cancer treatment.

  • The influence of genetic variation on late effects in childhood cancer survivors

    • dec. 2025
    • Melissa, Bolier, et al
    • Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology
  • Genetic Contribution to Treatment-Related Dyslipidemia in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer

    • nov. 2025
    • Melissa, Bolier, et al
    • Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
  • Prevalence and Determinants of Diabetes Mellitus in 2338 Long-Term Dutch Childhood Cancer Survivors (DCCS-LATER2 Study)

    • okt. 2025
    • Melissa, Bolier, et al
    • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Prevalence and Determinants of Impaired Bone Mineral Density and Fractures in the First National Dutch Wilms Tumor Survivor Cohort, a National DCCSS-LATER Study

    • sep. 2025
    • Francis S.P.L., Wens, et al
    • Cancer Medicine
  • Prevalence and determinants of metabolic syndrome in 2338 childhood cancer survivors

    • jan. 2025
    • Melissa, Bolier, et al
    • Cancer
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