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ReviewSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2026

Remote blood collection among cancer patients and age- and sex-matched controls for biomarker and genetic analyses using the PROFILES registry.

Floortje Mols, Sandra van Cappellen-van Maldegem, Meeke Hoedjes, Nicole Horevoorts, Simone Oerlemans, Belle H de Rooij, Nicole Ezendam, Chiel de Theije, Geja Hageman, Dounya Schoormans

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Review in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Floortje MolsCoRPS-Center of Research On Psychological Disorders and Somatic Diseases, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands. F.Mols@tilburguniversity.edu.
Sandra van Cappellen-van MaldegemCoRPS-Center of Research On Psychological Disorders and Somatic Diseases, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Meeke HoedjesCoRPS-Center of Research On Psychological Disorders and Somatic Diseases, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Nicole HorevoortsCoRPS-Center of Research On Psychological Disorders and Somatic Diseases, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Simone OerlemansDepartment of Research & Development, Netherlands, Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL) , Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Belle H de RooijDepartment of Research & Development, Netherlands, Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL) , Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Nicole EzendamCoRPS-Center of Research On Psychological Disorders and Somatic Diseases, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Chiel de TheijeCentral Biobank MUMC+, Department of Central Research Facilities (COV), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Geja HagemanDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Research Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Dounya SchoormansCoRPS-Center of Research On Psychological Disorders and Somatic Diseases, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) among cancer survivors are increasing but are most often limited to PRO and clinical data. To better understand the underlying biological mechanisms that mediate a decline in health after cancer, several PROFILES-registry studies were enriched with biological data. This paper summarizes lessons learned from collecting blood samples to obtain biomarker data among survivors and controls in large-scale ambulatory cohort studies. These lessons address financial challenges, ethical issues, insurance, legal matters, standardization of assessment, recruitment, communication with participants, lab facilities and protocols, transportation, the need for a biobank, and the value of a normative population. We also describe our experiences with collecting remote blood samples in these studies among cancer patient populations and a study in our normative population to illustrate these issues further.

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Biomarkers, TumorBlood Specimen CollectionNeoplasmsCancer SurvivorsCase-Control StudiesCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMalePatient Reported Outcome MeasuresRegistriesBiomarkers, TumorAmbulatory monitoringBiomarkersBlood collectionCancerMechanismsPROFILESSurvivorship

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PMID41484399

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