Search Results - "de Caluwé, Alex"
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Immunotherapy in breast cancer: an overview of current strategies and perspectives
Published in NPJ breast cancer (13-02-2023)“…Recent progress in immunobiology has led the way to successful host immunity enhancement against breast cancer. In triple-negative breast cancer, the…”
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PRIMMO study protocol: a phase II study combining PD-1 blockade, radiation and immunomodulation to tackle cervical and uterine cancer
Published in BMC cancer (28-05-2019)“…Immunotherapeutic approaches have revolutionized oncological practice but are less evaluated in gynecological malignancies. PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in…”
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Neo-CheckRay: radiation therapy and adenosine pathway blockade to increase benefit of immuno-chemotherapy in early stage luminal B breast cancer, a randomized phase II trial
Published in BMC cancer (06-08-2021)“…Residual breast cancer after neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) predicts disease outcome and is a surrogate for survival in aggressive breast cancer (BC)…”
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Individualising radiation therapy decisions in breast cancer patients based on tumour infiltrating lymphocytes and genomic biomarkers
Published in Breast (Edinburgh) (01-10-2023)“…Radiation therapy (RT) has long been fundamental for the curative treatment of breast cancer. While substantial progress has been made in the anatomical and…”
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Delineation guidelines for the lymphatic target volumes in ‘prone crawl’ radiotherapy treatment position for breast cancer patients
Published in Scientific reports (18-11-2021)“…Our recently developed prone crawl position (PCP) for radiotherapy of breast cancer patients with lymphatic involvement showed promising preliminary data and…”
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Split-VMAT technique to control the deep inspiration breath hold time for breast cancer radiotherapy
Published in Radiation oncology (London, England) (20-04-2021)“…To improve split-VMAT technique by optimizing treatment delivery time for deep-inspiration breath hold (DIBH) radiotherapy in left-sided breast cancer…”
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Inter-fraction heart displacement during voluntary deep inspiration breath hold radiation therapy without visual feedback measured by daily CBCT
Published in Frontiers in oncology (18-08-2022)“…Purpose/ObjectiveDeep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) is now considered as the standard of care for many breast cancer patients. However, there are still…”
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Radiation therapy for young women with early breast cancer: Current state of the art
Published in Critical reviews in oncology/hematology (01-05-2019)“…[Display omitted] •Additional attention to the local treatment of breast cancer arising in young women should be given.•Young patients seem to receive the…”
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Predictive Biomarkers for Response to Immunotherapy in Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Promises and Challenges
Published in Journal of clinical medicine (26-01-2023)“…Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly heterogeneous disease with a poor prognosis and a paucity of therapeutic options. In recent years,…”
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Dose-response in choroidal melanoma
Published in Radiotherapy and oncology (01-06-2018)“…In choroidal melanoma the radiation threshold dose for local control remains largely unknown. The present study examined a group of patients that received a…”
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Pembrolizumab, radiotherapy, and an immunomodulatory five-drug cocktail in pretreated patients with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical or endometrial carcinoma: Results of the phase II PRIMMO study
Published in Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy (01-02-2023)“…A phase II study (PRIMMO) of patients with pretreated persistent/recurrent/metastatic cervical or endometrial cancer is presented. Patients received an…”
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The incidence of symptomatic brain metastases from extra-pulmonary small cell carcinoma: Is there a role for prophylactic cranial irradiation in a clinically relevant population cohort?
Published in Radiotherapy and oncology (01-07-2017)“…To examine the incidence and outcomes of patients with brain metastases from extra-pulmonary small cell carcinoma (EPSCC) and assess the indication for…”
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Boost modalities in cervical cancer: dosimetric comparison between intracavitary BT vs. intracavitary + interstitial BT vs. SBRT
Published in Radiation oncology (London, England) (28-06-2023)“…This study compares the dosimetric plans of three distinct boost modalities in cervical cancer (CC): intracavitary (IC) with tandem/ovoids brachytherapy (BT),…”
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Post-Neoadjuvant Treatment Strategies for Patients with Early Breast Cancer
Published in Cancers (01-11-2022)“…Pre-surgical treatments in patients with early breast cancer allows a direct estimation of treatment efficacy, by comparing the tumor and the treatment…”
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EGFR MUTATION STATUS ON BRAIN METASTASES FROM NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Published in Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (01-06-2016)“…Highlights • A higher incidence of brain metastases with EGFR mutation positive lung cancer. • Age and EGFR mutation status are risk factors for developing…”
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Intraoperative electron radiotherapy in early invasive ductal breast cancer: 6-year median follow-up results of a prospective monocentric registry
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (23-11-2022)“…Background Intraoperative electron radiotherapy (IOERT) can be used to treat early breast cancer during the conservative surgery thus enabling shorter overall…”
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Automated segmentation in planning-CT for breast cancer radiotherapy: A review of recent advances
Published in Radiotherapy and oncology (01-01-2025)“…•Literature review of recent auto-contouring methods in breast cancer radiotherapy.•Auto-contouring of most organs-at-risk and the breast are clinically…”
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First-in-human study of SBRT and adenosine pathway blockade to potentiate the benefit of immunochemotherapy in early-stage luminal B breast cancer: results of the safety run-in phase of the Neo-CheckRay trial
Published in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer (06-12-2023)“…BackgroundLuminal B breast cancer (BC) presents a worse prognosis when compared with luminal A BC and exhibits a lower sensitivity to chemotherapy and a lower…”
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Associations of the gut microbiome with outcomes in cervical and endometrial cancer patients treated with pembrolizumab: Insights from the phase II PRIMMO trial
Published in Gynecologic oncology (01-12-2024)“…The phase II PRIMMO trial investigated a pembrolizumab-based regimen in patients with recurrent and/or metastatic cervical (CC) or endometrial (EC) carcinoma…”
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