Publications by authors named "Cornelis Haasbeek"

Background: Maintaining a sufficient health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is important in the palliative treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The ORCHESTRA trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01792934) is designed to prospectively evaluate overall survival benefit and impact on HRQoL of tumor debulking when added to first-line palliative systemic therapy in patients with multiorgan mCRC.

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Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MR)-guided radiotherapy permits continuous intrafraction visualization and use of automatic triggered beam delivery, with use of smaller planning target volumes (PTV). We report on long-term clinical outcomes following MR-guided single fraction (SF) lung SABR on a 0.35 T linac.

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Background: Although microwave ablation (MWA) has a low complication rate and good efficacy for small-size (≤ 3 cm) colorectal liver metastases (CRLM), local control decreases with increasing size. Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is gaining interest as a potential means to treat intermediate-size CRLM and might be less susceptible to increasing volume. The objective of this study is to compare the efficacy of MWA to SBRT in patients with unresectable, intermediate-size (3-5 cm) CRLM.

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Background And Purpose: Intra-fraction motion management is key in Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) gated delivery. This study assessed the accuracy of automatic tumor segmentation in the delivery of MR-guided radiotherapy (MRgRT) by comparing it to manual delineations performed by experienced observers.

Materials And Methods: Twenty patients previously treated with MR-guided SABR for thoracic and abdominal tumors were included.

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Purpose: Long-term randomized data assessing the effect of ablative therapies in patients with oligometastases are lacking. The Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for the Comprehensive Treatment of Oligometastases (SABR-COMET) randomized phase 2 trial was originally designed with 5 years of follow-up, but the trial was amended in 2016 to extend follow-up to 10 years. Herein we report oncologic outcomes beyond 5 years.

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  • Thermal ablation is considered the best method for treating small unresectable colorectal liver metastases (CRLM), but its effectiveness decreases as tumor size increases, creating uncertainty for intermediate-size tumors (3-5 cm).
  • A systematic review found no comparative studies on the safety and effectiveness of local ablative treatments (thermal ablation, irreversible electroporation, and stereotactic ablative body-radiotherapy) for intermediate-size CRLM, revealing a wide range of local control rates (22-90%).
  • Although all techniques are generally safe and can lead to long-term control, there is insufficient evidence to assert the superiority of one method over another, highlighting the need for future studies to compare treatment outcomes more thoroughly.
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We studied treatment patterns for adrenal metastases using surgery or SABR at a single institution during a 10-year period. The number of patients undergoing SABR doubled since 2016, without a change in numbers undergoing surgery. Both treatments resulted in low rates of acute toxicity and similar survivals.

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Concurrent chemoradiotherapy (cCRT) is the preferred treatment for stage III NSCLC because surgery containing multimodality treatment is often not appropriate. Alternatives, often for less fit patients, include sequential CRT and RT alone. Many reports describing the relationship between overall survival (OS), toxicity, and dosimetry are based on clinical trials, with strict criteria for patient selection.

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Introduction: Treatment patterns in stage III NSCLC can vary considerably between countries. The PACIFIC trial reported improvements in progression-free and overall survival with adjuvant durvalumab after concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). We studied treatment decision-making by three Dutch regional thoracic multidisciplinary tumor boards between 2015 and 2019, to identify changes in practice when adjuvant durvalumab became available.

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Thermal ablation and stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) are techniques to eradicate colorectal liver metastases (CRLM). This study compares the safety, efficacy and long-term oncological outcomes of these treatment methods. All prospectively registered patients (AmCORE registry) treated with thermal ablation or SABR alone for unresectable CRLM between 2007 and 2020 were analyzed using multivariate Cox-proportional hazard regression.

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Background: A uniform treatment strategy for patients suffering from early recurrence after local treatment of CRLM is currently lacking. The aim of this observational cohort study was to assess the potential survival benefit of repeat local treatment compared to systemic therapy in patients suffering from early recurrence of CRLM.

Patients And Methods: Patients who developed recurrent CRLM within 12 months after initial local treatment with curative intent were retrospectively identified in Amsterdam University Medical Centers between 2009-2019.

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Background And Purpose: Single-fraction stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) is an effective treatment for early-stage lung cancer, but concerns remain about the accurate delivery of SABR in a single session. We evaluated the delivery of single-fraction lung SABR using magnetic resonance (MR)-guidance.

Materials And Methods: An MR-simulation was performed in 17 patients, seven of whom were found to be unsuitable, largely due to unreliable tracking of small tumors.

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Purpose: Although various studies have reported that stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for liver metastases has high local control rates and relatively low toxicity, most series included a small number of patients. We aimed to validate these outcomes in a large multi-institution patient cohort treated in accordance with a common protocol.

Methods And Materials: A shared web-based registry of patients with liver metastases treated with SBRT was developed by 13 centers (12 in the Netherlands and 1 in Belgium).

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Objectives: Treatment patterns in patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) vary considerably between countries, for reasons that are not well understood. We studied factors influencing treatment decision-making at thoracic multidisciplinary tumor boards (MDT's) and outcome for patients treated between 2015-2017, at a regional network comprising 5 hospitals.

Materials And Methods: Details of all patients, including comorbidities, with stage III NSCLC were collected in an ethics-approved database.

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Delivery of breath-hold MR-guided SABR is time-consuming, and the use of real-time tumor-tracking in a sagittal plane may fail to detect out-of-plane displacements of organs-at-risk. Analysis of daily MR-scans performed pre- and post-SABR revealed frequent decreases in stomach volumes, and in the planned stomach doses.

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The guidelines for metastatic colorectal cancer crudely state that the best local treatment should be selected from a 'toolbox' of techniques according to patient- and treatment-related factors. We created an interdisciplinary, consensus-based algorithm with specific resectability and ablatability criteria for the treatment of colorectal liver metastases (CRLM). To pursue consensus, members of the multidisciplinary COLLISION and COLDFIRE trial expert panel employed the RAND appropriateness method (RAM).

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Introduction: Local treatment of metastases is frequently performed in patients with multiorgan metastatic colorectal carcinoma (mCRC) analogous to selected patients with oligometastatic disease for whom this is standard of care. The ORCHESTRA trial (NCT01792934) was designed to prospectively evaluate overall survival benefit from tumor debulking in addition to chemotherapy in patients with multiorgan mCRC. Here, we report the preplanned safety and feasibility evaluation after inclusion of the first 100 patients.

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  • The study explores the oligometastatic paradigm, proposing that patients with a limited number of metastases may benefit from aggressive treatment like stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) to achieve long-term control or possible cure.
  • Researchers enrolled 99 patients with a controlled primary cancer and 1-5 metastatic lesions, randomly assigning them to receive either standard-of-care treatment alone or standard care plus SABR, with primary and secondary outcomes focusing on overall survival, progression-free survival, and quality of life.
  • Results showed significantly better 5-year overall survival (42.3% vs. 17.7%) and progression-free survival (17.3% vs. not reached) in the SABR plus SOC group
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Purpose: Magnetic resonance (MR)-guided SABR was performed for patients with lung tumors in whom treatment delivery was challenging owing to tumor location, motion, or pulmonary comorbidity. Because stereotactic MR-guided adaptive radiation therapy (SMART) is a novel approach, we studied clinical outcomes in these high-risk lung tumors.

Methods And Materials: Fifty consecutive patients (54 lung tumors) underwent SMART between 2016 and 2018 for either a primary lung cancer (29 patients) or for lung metastases (21 patients).

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Background And Purpose: We studied the benefits of using stereotactic MR-guided adaptive radiation therapy (SMART) for delivery of SABR in peripherally located lung tumors.

Methods And Materials: Twenty-three patients (25 peripheral lung tumors) underwent SMART in 3-8 fractions on an MR Linac or Cobalt-60 system. Before each fraction, a breath-hold MR scan was acquired, followed by on-table plan adaptation based on the anatomy-of-the-day.

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  • The study aimed to evaluate the long-term quality of life (QoL) effects of stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR) in patients with oligometastatic cancer, as previous data was lacking.
  • Ninety-nine patients with controlled primary cancers and limited metastatic lesions were randomized to receive either standard care alone or standard care plus SABR, with QoL assessed over time using a specific cancer therapy evaluation tool.
  • The results indicated that while QoL declined over time for all patients, there were no significant differences in QoL scores between the SABR and standard care groups, suggesting that neither treatment led to clinically meaningful improvements in QoL.
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Background: Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) has emerged as a new treatment option for patients with oligometastatic disease. SABR delivers precise, high-dose, hypofractionated radiotherapy, and achieves excellent rates of local control for primary tumors or metastases. A recent randomized phase II trial evaluated SABR in a group of patients with a small burden of oligometastatic disease (mostly with 1-3 metastatic lesions), and found that SABR was associated with benefits in progression-free survival and overall survival.

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Purpose: Use of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is increasing in patients with localized prostate cancer, but concerns about early and late gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary (GU) toxicity exist after moderately or extremely hypofractionated radiation therapy schemes. Magnetic resonance guided radiation therapy (MRgRT) was clinically introduced in 2014. MrgRT allows for SBRT delivery with smaller uncertainty margins and permits daily adaptive planning.

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Background: The oligometastatic paradigm suggests that some patients with a limited number of metastases might be cured if all lesions are eradicated. Evidence from randomised controlled trials to support this paradigm is scarce. We aimed to assess the effect of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) on survival, oncological outcomes, toxicity, and quality of life in patients with a controlled primary tumour and one to five oligometastatic lesions.

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Purpose: As patients with centrally located lung tumors are at increased risk of toxicity with stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR), we performed stereotactic magnetic resonance (MR)-guided adaptive radiation therapy (SMART) for such patients. We retrospectively analyzed the benefits of daily on-table plan adaptation.

Methods And Materials: Twenty-five patients with central lung tumors underwent a total of 182 fractions of video-assisted, respiration-gated SMART on the MRIdian (ViewRay, Inc).

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