Transforming growth factor-β plasma dynamics and post-irradiation lung injury in lung cancer patients

A Novakova-Jiresova, MM Van Gameren… - Radiotherapy and …, 2004 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To investigate the relevance of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) dynamics in
plasma for identification of patients at low risk for developing pneumonitis as a complication …

Radiation damage to the heart enhances early radiation-induced lung function loss

P van Luijk, A Novakova-Jiresova, H Faber… - Cancer research, 2005 - AACR
In many thoracic cancers, the radiation dose that can safely be delivered to the target volume
is limited by the tolerance dose of the surrounding lung tissue. It has been hypothesized …

Prospective study of serial 18F-FDG PET and 18F-fluoride PET to predict time to skeletal-related events, time to progression, and survival in patients with bone …

…, QV Wu, A Novakova-Jiresova… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
Assessing therapy response of breast cancer bone metastases is challenging. In retrospective
studies, serial 18 F-FDG PET was predictive of time to skeletal-related events (tSRE) and …

Pulmonary radiation injury: identification of risk factors associated with regional hypersensitivity

A Novakova-Jiresova, P van Luijk, H van Goor… - Cancer research, 2005 - AACR
Effective radiation treatment of thoracic tumors is often limited by radiosensitivity of surrounding
tissues. Several experimental studies have suggested variations in radiosensitivity of …

Changes in expression of injury after irradiation of increasing volumes in rat lung

A Novakova-Jiresova, P van Luijk, H van Goor… - International Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Purpose: To improve the cure rates of thoracic malignancies by radiation dose escalation,
very accurate insight is required in the dose delivery parameters that maximally spare normal …

18F-Fluoroestradiol PET imaging in a phase II trial of vorinostat to restore endocrine sensitivity in ER+/HER2− metastatic breast cancer

…, BF Kurland, F Yan, A Novakova-Jiresova… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) may overcome endocrine resistance in estrogen
receptor–positive (ER+) metastatic breast cancer. We tested whether 18 F-fluoroestradiol PET …

Test–retest reproducibility of 18F-FDG PET/CT uptake in cancer patients within a qualified and calibrated local network

…, JH Lee, DW Byrd, A Novakova-Jiresova… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
Calibration and reproducibility of quantitative 18 F-FDG PET measures are essential for
adopting integral 18 F-FDG PET/CT biomarkers and response measures in multicenter clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Multimodal prediction of neoadjuvant treatment outcome by serial FDG PET and MRI in women with locally advanced breast cancer

…, LM Peterson, I Jenkins, A Novakova-Jiresova… - Breast Cancer …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose To investigate combined MRI and 18 F-FDG PET for assessing breast tumor
metabolism/perfusion mismatch and predicting pathological response and recurrence-free survival …

[HTML][HTML] 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET or 18F-fluorothymidine (FLT) PET to assess early response to aromatase inhibitors (AI) in women with ER+ operable …

…, BF Kurland, DW Byrd, A Novakova-Jiresova… - Breast Cancer …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose This study evaluated the ability of 18 F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and 18 F-Fluorothymidine
(FLT) imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) to measure early …

Regorafenib for metastatic colorectal cancer: an analysis of a registry-based cohort of 555 patients

A Novakova-Jiresova, K Kopeckova… - Cancer Management …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Regorafenib is an oral multikinase inhibitor approved for the therapy of previously
treated metastatic colorectal carcinoma (mCRC). The aim of the present study was to analyze …