Risk of death from cardiovascular disease following breast cancer: a systematic review

SAM Gernaat, PJ Ho, N Rijnberg, MJ Emaus… - Breast cancer research …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Breast cancer incidence and survival is high, which results in high prevalence of
breast cancer survivors. The risk of (death from) cardiovascular disease (CVD) is higher in …

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

M Huisman, MAAJ van den Bosch… - 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 …

SCE Diepstraten, AR Sever, CFM Buckens… - 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 …

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-…

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

H Miao, HM Verkooijen, KS Chia… - Journal of Clinical …, 2011 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Male breast cancer is a rare disease with an incidence rate less than 1% of that of
female breast cancer. Given its low incidence, few studies have assessed risk and prognosis. …

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 - ascopubs.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

M Wondergem, MLJ Smits, M Elschot… - 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…

Diagnostic accuracy of large-core needle biopsy for nonpalpable breast disease: a meta-analysis

HM Verkooijen, PHM Peeters, E Buskens… - British journal of …, 2000 - nature.com
For the evaluation of non-palpable lesions of the breast, image-guided large-core needle
biopsies are increasingly replacing needle-localized open breast biopsies. In this study, the …

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

SGM van Velzen, N Lessmann, BK Velthuis, IEM Bank… - 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 …

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 …