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Frequency of euthanasia, factors associated with end-of-life practices, and quality of end-of-life care in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the Netherlands: a population-based cohort study

van Eenennaam, Remko M; Kruithof, Willeke; Beelen, Anita; Bakker, Leonhard A; van Eijk, Ruben P A; Maessen, Maud; Baardman, Joost F; Visser-Meily, Johanna M A; Veldink, Jan H; van den Berg, Leonard H (Elsevier Limited, 2023-07)

BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive and lethal neurodegenerative disease that is at the forefront of debates on regulation of assisted dying. Since 2002, when euthanasia was legally regulated in the ...
Diagnostic accuracy of nerve excitability and compound muscle action potential scan-derived biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

García, D J L Stikvoort; Sleutjes, B T H M; van Schelven, L J; Goedee, H S; van den Berg, L H (Wiley-Blackwell, 2023-10)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The lack of reliable early biomarkers still causes substantial diagnostic delays in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The aim was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of a novel electrophysiological ...
Associations of height, body mass index, and weight gain with breast cancer risk in carriers of a pathogenic variant in BRCA1 or BRCA2: the BRCA1 and BRCA2 Cohort Consortium

EMBRACE Collaborators (BioMed Central Ltd., 2023-06-20)

INTRODUCTION: Height, body mass index (BMI), and weight gain are associated with breast cancer risk in the general population. It is unclear whether these associations also exist for carriers of pathogenic variants in the ...
Prognostic Value of [18F]FDG PET Radiomics to Detect Peritoneal and Distant Metastases in Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer-A Side Study of the Prospective Multicentre PLASTIC Study.

Pullen, Lieke C E; Noortman, Wyanne A; Triemstra, Lianne; de Jongh, Cas; Rademaker, Fenna J; Spijkerman, Romy; Kalisvaart, Gijsbert M; Gertsen, Emma C; de Geus-Oei, Lioe-Fee; Tolboom, Nelleke; de Steur, Wobbe O; Dantuma, Maura; Slart, Riemer H J A; van Hillegersberg, Richard; Siersema, Peter D; Ruurda, Jelle P; van Velden, Floris H P; Vegt, Erik; On Behalf Of The Plastic Study Group (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-05-23)

AIM: To improve identification of peritoneal and distant metastases in locally advanced gastric cancer using [ 18F]FDG-PET radiomics. METHODS: [ 18F]FDG-PET scans of 206 patients acquired in 16 different Dutch hospitals ...
A novel anatomical description of the esophagus: the supracarinal mesoesophagus

Cuesta, Miguel A; van Jaarsveld, Romy C; Mingol, Fernando; Bleys, Ronald L A W; van Hillegersberg, Richard; Padules, Carmen; Bruna, Marcos; Ruurda, Jelle P (Springer New York, 2023-09)

BACKGROUND: During thoracoscopic esophageal resection, while performing the supracarinal lymphadenectomy along the left recurrent laryngeal nerve (LRLN) from the aortic arch to the thoracic apex, we observed a not previously ...
Distal Versus Total D2-Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: a Secondary Analysis of Surgical and Oncological Outcomes Including Quality of Life in the Multicenter Randomized LOGICA-Trial

LOGICA study group (Springer New York, 2023-09)

Background: Distal gastrectomy (DG) for gastric cancer can cause less morbidity than total gastrectomy (TG), but may compromise radicality. No prospective studies administered neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and few assessed ...
The impact of injury of the chorda tympani nerve during primary stapes surgery or cochlear implantation on taste function, quality of life and food preferences: A study protocol for a double-blind prospective prognostic association study

Blijleven, Esther E.; Wegner, Inge; Stokroos, Robert J.; Thomeer, Hans G.X.M. (Public Library of Science, 2023-05)

Background The chorda tympani nerve (CTN) is a mixed nerve, which carries sensory and parasympathetic fibres. The sensory component supplies the taste sensation of the anterior two-thirds of the ipsilateral side of the ...
Identification of a unique intervillous cellular signature in chronic histiocytic intervillositis

Krop, Juliette; van der Meeren, Lotte E.; van der Hoorn, Marie Louise P.; Ijsselsteijn, Marieke E.; Dijkstra, Kyra L.; Kapsenberg, H.; van der Keur, C.; Cornish, Emily F.; Nikkels, Peter G.J.; Koning, Frits; Claas, Frans H.J.; Heidt, Sebastiaan; Eikmans, Michael; Bos, Manon (W.B. Saunders Ltd, 2023-08)

Introduction: Chronic histiocytic intervillositis (CHI) is a rare histopathological lesion in the placenta characterized by an infiltrate of CD68+ cells in the intervillous space. CHI is associated with adverse pregnancy ...
Transparent reporting of multivariable prediction models for individual prognosis or diagnosis: checklist for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (TRIPOD-SRMA)

Snell, Kym I.E.; Levis, Brooke; Damen, Johanna A.A.; Dhiman, Paula; Debray, Thomas P.A.; Hooft, Lotty; Reitsma, Johannes B.; Moons, Karel G.M.; Collins, Gary S.; Riley, Richard D. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2023-05-03)

Most clinical specialties have a plethora of studies that develop or validate one or more prediction models, for example, to inform diagnosis or prognosis. Having many prediction model studies in a particular clinical field ...
Effectiveness of FeNO-guided treatment in adult asthma patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Korevaar, Daniël A.; Damen, Johanna A.; Heus, Pauline; Moen, Maaike J.; Spijker, René; van Veen, Ilonka H.; Weersink, Els J.; van Kemenade, Geert Jan; van Hal, Peter Th W.; Hooft, Lotty (Wiley-Blackwell, 2023-08)

Objective: Asthma control is generally monitored by assessing symptoms and lung function. However, optimal treatment is also dependent on the type and extent of airway inflammation. Fraction of exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) ...
Accuracy of physicians' intuitive risk estimation in the diagnostic management of pulmonary embolism: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis

Maanen, Rosanne van; Martens, Emily S L; Takada, Toshihiko; Roy, Pierre-Marie; de Wit, Kerstin; Parpia, Sameer; Kraaijpoel, Noémie; Huisman, Menno V; Wells, Philip S; Le Gal, Grégoire; Righini, Marc; Freund, Yonathan; Galipienzo, Javier; van Es, Nick; Blom, Jeanet W; Moons, Karel G M; Rutten, Frans H; Smeden, Maarten van; Klok, Frederikus A; Geersing, Geert-Jan; Luijken, Kim (Wiley-Blackwell, 2023-10)

BACKGROUND: In patients clinically suspected of having pulmonary embolism (PE), physicians often rely on intuitive estimation ("gestalt") of PE presence. Although shown to be predictive, gestalt is criticized for its assumed ...
Multi-echo MR thermometry in the upper leg at 7 T using near-harmonic 2D reconstruction for initialization

Kikken, Mathijs W.I.; Steensma, Bart R.; van den Berg, Cornelis A.T.; Raaijmakers, Alexander J.E. (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2023-06)

Purpose: The aim of this work is the development of a thermometry method to measure temperature increases in vivo, with a precision and accuracy sufficient for validation against thermal simulations. Such an MR thermometry ...
Vendor Independent Coronary Calcium Scoring Improves Individual Risk Assessment: MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis)

van der Werf, Niels R; Dobrolinska, Magdalena M; Greuter, Marcel J W; Willemink, Martin J; Fleischmann, Dominik; Bos, Daniel; Slart, Riemer H J A; Budoff, Matthew; Leiner, Tim (Elsevier, 2023-12)

Background: Substantial variation in Agatston scores (AS) acquired with different computed tomography (CT) scanners may influence patient risk classification. Objectives: This study sought to develop a calibration tool for ...
Non-invasive Angiographic-based Fractional Flow Reserve: Technical Development, Clinical Implications, and Future Perspectives

Peper, Joyce; Bots, Michiel L; Leiner, Tim; Swaans, Martin J (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2023-06)

New non- and less-invasive techniques have been developed to overcome the procedural and operator related burden of the fractional flow reserve (FFR) for the assessment of potentially significant stenosis in the coronary ...
Influenza season influence on outcome of new nodules in the NELSON study

Lancaster, H L; Heuvelmans, M A; de Bock, G H; Du, Y; Mohamed Hoesein, F A A; Nackaerts, K; Walter, J E; Vliegenthart, R; Oudkerk, M (Nature Publishing Group, 2023-04-21)

We evaluated the impact of the influenza season on outcome of new lung nodules in a LDCT lung cancer screening trial population. NELSON-trial participants with ≥ 1 new nodule detected in screening rounds two and three were ...
Real world impact of added FFR-CT to coronary CT angiography on clinical decision-making and patient prognosis - IMPACT FFR study

Becker, Leonie M; Peper, Joyce; Verhappen, Bram J L A; Swart, Laurens A; Dedic, Admir; van Dockum, Willem G; van der Ent, Martin; Royaards, Kees-Jan; Niezen, André; Hensen, Jan-Hein J; van Kuijk, Jan-Peter; Mohamed Hoesein, Firdaus A A; Leiner, Tim; Bruning, Tobias A; Swaans, Martin J (Springer-Verlag, 2023-08)

Objectives: The addition of CT-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR-CT) increases the diagnostic accuracy of coronary CT angiography (CCTA). We assessed the impact of FFR-CT in routine clinical practice on clinical ...
Prognostic value of Lynch syndrome, BRAF V600E, and RAS mutational status in dMMR/MSI-H metastatic colorectal cancer in a pooled analysis of Dutch and French cohorts.

Zwart, Koen; van der Baan, Frederieke H; Cohen, Romain; Aparicio, Thomas; de la Fouchardiére, Christelle; Lecomte, Thierry; Punt, Cornelis J A; Sefrioui, David; Verheijden, Rik J; Vink, Geraldine R; Wensink, G Emerens; Zaanan, Aziz; Koopman, Miriam; Tougeron, David; Roodhart, Jeanine M L (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2023-08)

BACKGROUND: Current knowledge on prognostic biomarkers (especially BRAF V600E /RAS mutations) in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) is mainly based on mCRC patients with proficient mismatch repair (pMMR) tumors. It is ...
Systematic Review on Botulinum toxin injections as diagnostic or therapeutic tool in Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Kök, Mert; Schropp, Ludo; van der Schaaf, Irene C; Vonken, Evert-Jan; van Hattum, Eline S; de Borst, Gert J; Petri, Bart-Jeroen (Elsevier, 2023-10)

BACKGROUND: The optimal diagnostic and treatment algorithm for patients with suspected thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) remains challenging. Botulinum toxin (BTX) muscle injections have been suggested to shrink muscles in ...
Realizing the value of complex medical technology: Demonstrating cost-effectiveness is not enough

Hehakaya, C.; Frederix, G. W.J.; van der Voort van Zyp, J. RN; Grobbee, D. E.; Verkooijen, H. M. (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2023-07)

The main factors driving the value of medical treatments are proven effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. This is different for complex medical technologies that combine scientific disciplines, functions or tools in a ...
From once-weekly to semi-weekly whole prostate gland stereotactic radiotherapy with focal boosting: Primary endpoint analysis of the multicenter phase II hypo-FLAME 2.0 trial

De Cock, Lisa; Draulans, Cédric; Pos, Floris J; Isebaert, Sofie; De Roover, Robin; van der Heide, Uulke A; Smeenk, Robert J; Kunze-Busch, Martina; van der Voort van Zyp, Jochem; de Boer, Hans; Kerkmeijer, Linda G W; Haustermans, Karin (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2023-08)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The hypo-FLAME trial showed that once-weekly (QW) focal boosted prostate stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is associated with acceptable acute genitourinary (GU) and gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity. ...

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