Purpose or objectives The FLAME trial (NCT01168479) showed that by adding a focal boost
to conventional fractionated EBRT in the treatment of localized prostate cancer, the five-…

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 …

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 …

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 …

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-…

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 …

… Verkooijen HM, Fioretta G, Chappuis PO, et al: Set-up of a population-based familial
breast cancer registry in Geneva, Switzerland: Validation of first results. Ann Oncol 15:350-353 …

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…

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 …

Stereotactic large‐core needle biopsy is increasingly applied for the diagnosis of
nonpalpable breast disease. Our study examines whether this minimally invasive technique is …