Complete excision of primary breast tumor improves survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer at diagnosis

E Rapiti, HM Verkooijen, G Vlastos… - Journal of clinical …, 2006 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Surgery of the primary tumor usually is not advised for patients with metastatic
breast cancer at diagnosis because the disease is considered incurable. In this population-…

[PDF][PDF] Lymph node ratio as an alternative to pN staging in node-positive breast cancer

V Vinh-Hung, HM Verkooijen, G Fioretta… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - nicer.org
Purpose In the current pTNM classification system, nodal status of breast cancer is based
on the number of involved lymph nodes and does not account for the total number of lymph …

99mTc-macroaggregated albumin poorly predicts the intrahepatic distribution of 90Y resin microspheres in hepatic radioembolization

…, HWAM de Jong, HM Verkooijen… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
In hepatic 90 Y radioembolization, pretreatment 99m Tc-macroaggregated albumin ( 99m Tc-MAA)
nuclear imaging is used for lung shunt analysis, evaluation of extrahepatic deposition…

[PDF][PDF] Incidence and outcome of male breast cancer: an international population-based study

H Miao, HM Verkooijen, KS Chia… - J Clin …, 2011 - access.archive-ouverte.unige.ch
… Teppo L, Pukkala E, Lehtonen M: Data quality and quality control of a population-based
cancer registry: Experience in Finland. Acta Oncol 33:365369, 1994 … Verkooijen HM …

Effectiveness of reirradiation for painful bone metastases: a systematic review and meta-analysis

…, YM van der Linden, HM Verkooijen - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Reirradiation of painful bone metastases in nonresponders or patients with
recurrent pain after initial response is performed in up to 42% of patients initially treated with …

Value of preoperative ultrasound-guided axillary lymph node biopsy for preventing completion axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer: a systematic review …

…, WPTM Mali, HM Verkooijen - Annals of surgical …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose This meta-analysis was designed to evaluate the utility of preoperative axillary
ultrasound combined with US-guided lymph node biopsy if indicated (AUS ± biopsy), in terms of …

Deep learning for automatic calcium scoring in CT: validation using multiple cardiac CT and chest CT protocols

…, JG Terry, JJ Carr, MA Viergever, HM Verkooijen… - Radiology, 2020 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Although several deep learning (DL) calcium scoring methods have achieved
excellent performance for specific CT protocols, their performance in a range of CT …

[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer in a multi-ethnic Asian setting: results from the Singapore–Malaysia hospital-based breast cancer registry

…, SC Lee, SE Lim, JEL Wong, HM Verkooijen… - The Breast, 2011 - Elsevier
… Nakul Saxena f , Philip Iau g , Awang M. Bulgiba a , Soo Chin Lee i , Siew Eng Lim i , John
EL Wong j , Helena M. Verkooijen f k , for Singapore–Malaysia Breast Cancer Working Group …

Diagnostic accuracy of stereotactic large‐core needle biopsy for nonpalpable breast disease: results of a multicenter prospective study with 95% surgical confirmation

HM Verkooijen - International journal of cancer, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Stereotactic large‐core needle biopsy is increasingly applied for the diagnosis of
nonpalpable breast disease. Our study examines whether this minimally invasive technique is …

[HTML][HTML] Preoperative imaging of colorectal liver metastases after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a meta-analysis

…, R van Hillegersberg, HM Verkooijen - Annals of surgical …, 2012 - Springer
Background Chemotherapy treatment induces parenchymal changes that potentially affect
imaging of CRLM. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to provide values of diagnostic …