Personal profile
Research interests
- Prolong life with a brain tumor: translation of experimental treatment to clinical practice, e.g. electrotherapy
- Improve life with a brain tumor: translation of new interventions to improve quality of life , e.g. reduce fatigue, anxiety/depressive symptoms, and cognitive symptoms
- Evaluate quality of clinical care: outcomes research for efficacy and morbidity of brain tumor treatments
Activities
- Full professor of translational neuro-oncology
- Oncological neurosurgeon, dedicated to awake tumour resections with intraoperative stimulation mapping
- Member of Cancer Center Amsterdam Research Board
- Chair Tumour Section of Dutch Society for Neurosurgery
- Board member Dutch Workgroup for Neuro-Oncology
- Member Scientific Committee of Dutch Workgroup for Neuro-Oncology
- Member of American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, AANS/CNS Section on Tumours, European Low-Grade Glioma Network, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, Society for NeuroOncology, European Association of Neuro-Oncology
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Research output
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Baseline factors relating to depressive symptoms at one year postoperative in patients with diffuse glioma
Belgers, V., Tolver, A., Klein, M., Douw, L., Niers, J. M., Piil, K. & de Witt Hamer, P. C., 1 Feb 2025, In: Neuro-oncology practice. 12, 1, p. 122-130 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Bayesian Adaptive Randomized Trial of Blended Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Severe Fatigue in Stable Diffuse Glioma
Gorter, M., Röttgering, J. G., Belgers, V., Blom, M. E. C., Thomassen, B., De Witt Hamer, P. C., Niers, J. M., Kouwenhoven, M. C. M., Bienfait, H. P., Gathier, C. S., Compter, A., Geurts, M., Snijders, T. J., Van De Ven, P. M., Douw, L., Knoop, H. & Klein, M., 9 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Neuro-oncology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Between-hospital variation in biopsy indication for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma in the Dutch Quality Registry for Neurosurgery
Viozzi, I., Hannink, G., Ardon, H., Balvers, R. K., Bosscher, L., van Geest, S., Ho, V. K. Y., Hovinga, K., Kwee, L., Tewarie, R. N., Robe, P. A., van der Veer, O., Wagemakers, M., ter Laan, M. & de Witt Hamer, P. C., May 2025, In: Journal of neuro-oncology. 172, 3, p. 625-632 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Cannabis use among Dutch patients with a primary brain tumor
Belgers, V., Rietveld, N. A., de Witt Hamer, P. C. & Niers, J. M., 1 Aug 2025, In: Neuro-oncology practice. 12, 4, p. 714-722 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Distant brain failure after stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases in patients receiving novel systemic treatments
van Schie, P., Huisman, R. G., Wiersma, T., Knegjens, J. L., Jansen, E. P. M., Brandsma, D., Compter, A., de Witt Hamer, P. C., Post, R. & Borst, G. R., 1 Jan 2025, In: Neuro-oncology advances. 7, 1, vdaf027.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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