Her main areas of clinical interest are abdominal and oncologic imaging. She leads research at the department, focusing on the assessment and prediction of cancer treatment response, with a special emphasis on MRI, Artificial Intelligence, imaging of immunotherapy, image-guided radiotherapy, and surgical treatment, including Interventional Oncology. She actively participates in the institutional translational research board.
She represents the Netherlands Cancer Institute in the imaging panel of Cancer Core Europe, a European network of comprehensive cancer centers. Her primary research focus is on multidisciplinary imaging of colorectal cancer, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams globally. From 2008-2009, she collaborated with the GI team of Professor H. Hricak at the Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC, NYC). She also serves on research panels of funding organizations in the Netherlands, including the Dutch Organization of Science and the Dutch Cancer Society.
Selected publications from PubMed
From resistance to reliance: A human-centered analysis of the spectrum of radiologists' trust in AI.
Chupetlovska K, Georganta E, Dignum W, Yadav S, Nguyen-Kim TDL, Beets-Tan R, Trebeschi S
Eur J Radiol Open. 2026 Dec;17:100780 doi: 10.1016/j.ejro.2026.100780.
Radiomics-based outcome prediction for irinotecan-TACE in colorectal liver metastases: advanced analysis from the prospective CIREL trial.
Bodalal Z, Mendoza Ferradás FJ, Maxouri O, Iezzi R, Gjoreski A, Spiliopoulos S, Bansaghi Z, Gonçalves B, Zeka B, Kaufmann N, Taieb J, Beets-Tan R, Pereira PL, Muñoz FG
Eur Radiol. 2026 Sep;36(9):6981-6996 doi: 10.1007/s00330-026-12573-w.
Unified definition of integrated diagnostics: a position statement of the EFLM.
Lennerz JK, Del Ben F, Stenzinger A, Frauenknecht KBM, Carobene A, Berishvili N, Guimarães JT, Martí-Bonmatí L, Buettner R, Haselmann V, Regge D, Salgado R, Plebani M, Vermeersch P, Bernardini S, Cadamuro J, Tung-Chen Y, Zerbe N, Cree IA, Neumaier M, Beets-Tan R, Fernandez-Calle P, Bredella MA, Ozben T, European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) Committee: Integrative Diagnostics
Clin Chem Lab Med. 2026 Oct 26;64(11):2398-2406 doi: 10.1515/cclm-2026-0949.
Improving membranous urethral length measurements on prostate MRI: a comparison of online training methods.
Goedegebuure EP, Boellaard TN, van Dijk-de Haan MC, Heijmink SWTPJ, Hagens MJ, Tissier R, van Griethuysen JJM, Khmelinkskii A, Beets-Tan RGH, Schoots IG, Lambregts DMJ, Membranous Urethral Length – Training and Interpretation (MUL-TI READ) collaborative
Eur Radiol. 2026 Aug;36(8):6419-6427 doi: 10.1007/s00330-026-12468-w.
Apparent diffusion coefficient metrics for treatment response assessment in soft tissue sarcoma: Reproducibility and prognostic value of whole-tumor and sub-regional analysis.
van der Loo I, Valentini V, Chupetlovska K, Ursprung S, van Houdt PJ, Bruining A, Beets-Tan RGH, Imholz ALT, Pizzi AD, Trebeschi S
Skeletal Radiol. 2026 Nov;55(11):2845-2855 doi: 10.1007/s00256-026-05318-9.
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