Eveline Bleiker
Professor by special appointment
- Name
- Prof. dr. E.M.A. Bleiker
- Telephone
- 071 5268033
- e.bleiker@nki.nl
- ORCID iD
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Eveline Bleiker is professor at the department of Clinical Genetics of the Leiden University Medical Centre. She is also group leader at the division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology of the Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek in Amsterdam.
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Psychology of Clinical Genetics
In the next years, dealing with the increasing number and types of genetic test results, including results of panel testing and polygenic risk scores, will be a challenge for counselors and patients. This research will investigate how counselors and patients can benefit most from these new developments.
Risk communication, shared decision making, the use of decision aids, and timely identification of psychosocial problems in those at risk for cancer are central themes within this research line on the “Psychology of Clinical Genetics, specifically in onco-genetics”.
Acadamic career
Eveline Bleiker graduated in 1990 in clinical- and health psychology at the University of Leiden.
She obtained her PhD-degree at the Vrije University of Amsterdam in 1995, with her thesis entitled: “Personality factors and breast cancer. A prospective study of the relationship between psychological factors and the development of breast cancer”. In the same year, she received a fellowship of the Dutch Cancer Society on Psychosocial aspects of presymptomatic DNA-testing in individuals at increased risk of cancer.
Since 1997, she has been working as a researcher at the Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek in Amsterdam. She became a group leader within the Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology in 2008.
On 1 July 2018, she was appointed professor in Psychology of Clinical Genetics, in particular Oncogenetics , at the department of Clinical Genetics of the Leiden University Medical Center.
Professor by special appointment
- Faculty of Medicine
- LUMC
Contact
- Onnekink, A.M.; Klatte, D.C.F.; Hooft, J.E. van; Berg, S.H. van den; Zwaan, S.M.S. van der; Doorn, R. van; Hinnen, S.C.H.; Potjer, T.P.; Bleiker, E.M.A. & Leerdam, M.E. van (2025), Psychological distress and quality of life in families with a germline CDKN2A pathogenic variant, Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine 13(2).
- Spoor, J.; Mureau, M.A.M.; Tissier, R.L.M.; Hommes, J.; Rakhorst, H.; Boer, M. de; Oldenburg, H.S.A.; Heuts, E.M.; Vissers, Y.L.J.; Dassen, A.E.; Evers, D.J.; Koppert, L.B.; Zaal, L.H.; Linn, S.C.; Jong, D. de; Hulst, R.R.W.J. van der; Peeters, M.J.T.F.D.V.; Bleiker, E.M.A. & Leeuwen, F.E. van (2025), Breast implant illness after reconstruction with silicone breast implants, Journal of the National Cancer Institute 117(8): 1717-1728.
- Vlaming, M.; Ausems, M.G.E.M.; Kiemeney, L.A.L.M.; Schijven, G.; Melick, H.H.E. van; Noordzij, M.A.; Somford, D.M.; Poel, H.G. van der; Wijburg, C.J.; Wijsman, B.P.; Hoekstra, R.J.; Moorselaar, R.J.A. van; Bezooijen, B.P.J. van; Meijer, R.P.; Busstra, M.B.; Berg, H.P. van den; Robbrecht, D.G.J.; Doornweerd, B.H.J.; Bleiker, E.M.A. & Oort, I.M. van (2025), Experience of urologists, oncologists and nurse practitioners with mainstream genetic testing in metastatic prostate cancer, Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases 28(3): 789-794.
- Mol, M.J.; Bouchiba, H.; Aelvoet, A.S.; Evertsz, F.B.; Duijkers, F.A.M.; Karstensen, J.G.; Bastiaansen, B.A.J.; Dekker, E. & Bleiker, E.M.A. (2025), Mental Health in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: A Systematic Review, Psycho-Oncology 34(5).
- Stege, J.A.T.; Engelhardt, E.G.; Woerdeman, L.A.E.; Oldenburg, H.S.A.; Kieffer, J.M.; Hahn, D.E.E.; Duijnhoven, F.H. van; Huizum, M.A. van; The, R.; Karssen, K.; Kuenen, M.; Gerritsma, M.A.; Ruhe, Q.; Krabbe-Timmerman, I.S.; Riet, M.V.; Kimmings, N.; Corten, E.M.L.; Sherman, K.A.; Witkamp, A.J. & Bleiker, E.M.A. (2025), Patients' and plastic surgeons' experiences with an online patient decision aid for breast reconstruction: considerations for nationwide implementation, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 25(1).
- Vlaming, M.; Koole, W.; Moorselaar, R.J.A. van; Bleiker, E.M.A.; Geer, E. van de; Deutekom, H.W.M. van; Ligtenberg, M.J.L.; Engelen, K. van; Kets, C.M.; Kolk, L.E. van der; Schijven, G.; Mehra, N.; Noordzij, M.A.; Meijer, R.P.; Oort, I.M. van; Kiemeney, L.A.L.M. & Ausems, M.G.E.M. (2025), Prevalence of germline pathogenic variants in 779 patients with metastatic prostate cancer, BJU International 136(6): 1137-1144.
- Sztankay, M.; Wheelwright, S.; Vassiliou, V.; Bleiker, E.M.A.; Rahman, B.; Holzner, B.; Yener, A.; Engele, V.; Oberguggenberger, A.S. & EORTC Quality Life Grp (2025), Quality of Life in Adult Individuals Living With or at Risk of a Hereditary Cancer Predisposition Syndrome: A Scoping Review of the Qualitative Literature, Cancer Medicine 14(18).
- Starreveld, D.E.J.; Daniels, L.A.; Kieffer, J.M.; Valdimarsdottir, H.B.; Geus, J. de; Lanfermeijer, M.; Someren, E.J.W. van; Habers, G.E.A.; Bosch, J.A.; Janus, C.P.M.; Spronsen, D.J. van; Weijer, R.J. de; Marijt, E.W.A.; Jongh, E. de; Zijlstra, J.M.; Bohmer, L.H.; Houmes, M.; Kersten, M.J.; Korse, C.M.; Rossum, H.H. van; Redd, W.H.; Lutgendorf, S.K.; Ancoli-Israel, S.; Leeuwen, F.E. van & Bleiker, E.M.A. (2021), Light therapy for cancer-related fatigue in (non-)Hodgkin lymphoma survivors, Cancers 13(19).
- Velthuizen, M.E.; Luijt, R.B. van der; Vries, B.J. de; Koudijs, M.J.; Bleiker, E.M.A. & Ausems, M.G.E.M. (2021), Recontacting non-BRCA1/2 breast cancer patients for germline CHEK2 c.1100del pathogenic variant testing, Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice 19(1).
- Stege, J.A. ter; Oldenburg, H.S.A.; Woerdeman, L.A.E.; Witkamp, A.J.; Kieffer, J.M.; Huizum, M.A. van; Duijnhoven, F.H. van; Hahn, D.E.E.; Gerritsma, M.A.; Kuenen, M.A.; Kimmings, N.A.N.; Ruhe, Q.P.Q.; Krabbe-Timmerman, I.S.; van't Riet, M.; Corten, E.M.L.; Sherman, K.A. & Bleiker, E.M.A. (2021), Decisional conflict in breast cancer patients considering immediate breast reconstruction, The Breast 55.
- Byng, D.; Retel, V.P.; Engelhardt, E.G.; Groothuis-Oudshoorn, C.G.M.; Til, J.A. van; Schmitz, R.S.J.M.; Duijnhoven, F. van; Wesseling, J.; Bleiker, E.; Harten, W.H. van & Grand Challenge Precision Consorti (2021), Preferences of treatment strategies among women with low-risk DCIS and oncologists, Cancers 13(16).
- Kieffer, J.M.; Starreveld, D.E.; Boekhout, A. & Bleiker, E.M. (2021), A questionable factor structure of the multidimensional fatigue inventory in the general Dutch population, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 137: 266-276.
- Terra, L.; Hooning, M.J.; Heemskerk-Gerritsen, B.A.M.; Beurden, M. van; Lennep, J.E.R. van; Doorn, H.C. van; Hullu, J.A. de; Mom, C.; Dorst, E.B.L. van; Mourits, M.J.E.; Slangen, B.F.M.; Gaarenstroom, K.N.; Zillikens, M.C.; Leiner, T.; Kolk, L. van der; Collee, M.; Wevers, M.; Ausems, M.G.E.M.; Engelen, K. van; Berger, L.P.; Asperen, C.J. van; Gomez-Garcia, E.B.; Beek, I. van de; Rookus, M.A.; Hauptmann, M.; Bleiker, E.M.; Schagen, S.B.; Aaronson, N.K.; Maas, A.H.E.M. & Leeuwen, F.E. van (2021), Long-term morbidity and health after early menopause due to oophorectomy in women at increased risk of ovarian cancer, JMIR Research Protocols 10(1).
- Stege, J.A. ter; Raphael, D.B.; Oldenburg, H.S.A.; Huizum, M.A. van; Duijnhoven, F.H. van; Hahn, D.E.E.; The, R.; Karssen, K.; Corten, E.M.L.; Krabbe-Timmerman, I.S.; Huikeshoven, M.; Ruhe, Q.P.Q.; Kimmings, N.A.N.; Maarse, W.; Sherman, K.A.; Witkamp, A.J.; Woerdeman, L.A.E. & Bleiker, E.M.A. (2021), Development of a patient decision aid for patients with breast cancer who consider immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy, Health Expectations 25(1).
- Bokkers, K.; Zweemer, R.P.; Koudijs, M.J.; Stehouwer, S.; Velthuizen, M.E.; Bleiker, E.M.A. & Ausems, M.G.E.M. (2021), Positive experiences of healthcare professionals with a mainstreaming approach of germline genetic testing for women with ovarian cancer, Familial Cancer.
- Starreveld, D.E.J.; Habers, G.E.A.; Valdimarsdottir, H.B.; Kessels, R.; Daniels, L.A.; Leeuwen, F.E. van & Bleiker, E.M.A. (2021), Cancer-related fatigue in relation to chronotype and sleep quality in (non-)Hodgkin lymphoma survivors, Journal of Biological Rhythms 36(1): 71-83.
- Scheelings Pernilla C., Pijpe Anouk, Rookus Matti A., van Asperen Christi J., Jenner Denise J., Bootsma Tom, Witkamp Arjen J. & Bleiker Eveline M. A. (2018), Patient's and doctor's delay in men with breast cancer, Psycho-Oncology 27: 74-74.
- Groepsleider binnen de afdeling Psychosociaal Onderzoek en Epidemiologie (PSOE)