Kristel van Asselt

Kristel van Asselt is a general practitioner and associate professor at the Julius Center, Department of General Practice and Nursing Science, UMC Utrecht. Her research focuses on the pivotal role of primary care in cancer prevention, early detection, and survivorship. She has contributed to studies using routine care data to map the diagnostic pathways from initial symptoms to cancer diagnoses.

More recently, artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques have been explored into general practice notes to predict cancer at an earlier stage. AI-based algorithms have shown potential in supporting earlier detection of lung cancer using free text data, though prospective clinical evaluation remains essential to validate its value in real-world practice.