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An ongoing international trial to improve the assessment of lower limb lymphedema in clinical practice

A small recap of the cancer research day at the University of Antwerp. Pictures inside.

The Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment commissioned and funded a project group to create a multidisciplinary good clinical practice guideline on oncology aftercare in primary care. This blog provides a brief overview of this brand new upcoming guideline.

In this blog post the InBody 770 bio-impedance analysis device is explained and compared to the SOZO bio-impedance spectroscopy device. Additionally, two predoctoral researchers of the CarEdOn research group explain how the InBody device is used in their research project.

Is exercise promising to improve quality of life of head and neck cancer patients during and after their treatment?

This blogpost will help you find the right compression garment for edema at the lower leg.

A small recap of our first half of 2022 as a research group. Pictures inside!

Biomarkers. What are they? How can we measure them? How can we apply them in pain research? What's the catch?

Lymphoedema occurs in about 16 per cent of people after breast cancer. According to the recommendations of the International Society of Lymphology (ISL), lymphoedema needs to be treated with decongestive lymphatic therapy (DLT), which consists of skin care, manual lymph drainage (MLD), compression therapy and exercise therapy. However, the value of the MLD as a component in this regimen is uncertain.

Midline oedema is defined as lymphoedema of the face, head and neck, breast, torso and genitalia which is a reported side-effect of pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND). This blogpost will further discuss the cause, prevalence and assessment of midline oedema in light of my doctorate project.

A summary blogpost of the 12th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC.

Maybe you have heard this saying before: ‘movement is medicine’. But is this true? Read about it here!

This blogpost is in Dutch and directed to Dutch speaking people who might be interested in participating in clinical research.

This blogposts discusses changes in scapular kinematics in breast cancer survivors

Blogpost about the impact of Covid-19 on the care and quality of life of patients with lymphedema.

This blogpost is about the complexity of pain in general and how we should navigate through this complexity.

A blog on how empathy can help in cancer care