Dr. Tom Bootsma is a postdoctoral fellow with a medical background at the Department of Public Health at Erasmus MC, where he is part of the Medical Decision-Making research team. Since 2021, he has been a member of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Group, working as a study coordinator for the health-related quality of life sarcoma project and collaborating on several other international projects.
His current international research, funded by the EORTC Quality of Life Group, focuses on assessing health-related quality of life among sexual and gender minority cancer patients, including what to measure (content) and how to measure it (language). He was selected to participate in the 2024 Sexual & Gender Minority Curricula to Advance Research and Education Workshop in Houston, Texas.
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DIVERSITY-QOL EORTC Quality of Life Group ECI Fellowship:
Health-Related Quality of Life Assessment within Sexual and Gender Minority Cancer Population
RESPECT EORTC Quality of Life Group commissioned call:
Rethinking EORTC Quality of Life Measures to Embrace and Support Transgender, Gender Diverse and Intersex People with Cancer
Member of POCON working group Equity
Member WO working group NVPO
Member of MASCC
Member of LGBTQI workstream European Organization of Cancer
Publications list
Most relevant publications
Exploring the interconnectedness of fatigue, depression, anxiety and potential risk and protective factors in cancer patients: a network approach.
J Behav Med
Experiencing and responding to chronic cancer-related fatigue: A meta-ethnography of qualitative research.
Psychooncology
Unmet information needs of men with breast cancer and health professionals.
Psychooncology
Forming new habits in the face of chronic cancer-related fatigue: An interpretative phenomenological study.
Support Care Cancer.
Navigating severe chronic cancer-related fatigue: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.
Psychol Health.
Personalizing Psychological Care for Chronic Cancer-Related Fatigue: A Case Study on Symptom Dynamics.
J Pers Oriented Res.
Switching the scope from "how to identify cancer survivors" to "who is participating in cancer survivorship research": A proposal for a new focus.
Cancer
Using smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment and personalized feedback for patients with chronic cancer-related fatigue: A proof-of-concept study.
Internet Interv.
Exploring the interconnectedness between health-related quality of life factors among long-term adolescent and young adult cancer survivors (AYAs): a network analysis.
Support Care Cancer.
'There is still a part of me that would love to be the old me again', how do adolescents and young adults (AYA) experience cancer-related bodily changes: a phenomenological interview study.
J Cancer Surviv.