Publications by authors named "Wilfred Truin"
Background: Differences in estrogen (ER) and progesterone (PR) expression between invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) and invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) could be an underlying reason for the difference in chemo-sensitivity and response to hormonal therapy between ILC and IDC. The aim of this study was to investigate the differences in ER and PR expression levels between postmenopausal patients with hormonal receptor-positive ILC and IDC.
Methods: We included all ER and/or PR receptor-positive ILC and IDC, diagnosed between January 2011 and December 2013 from the population-based Netherlands Cancer Registry.
Introduction: This study describes the differences between the two largest histological breast cancer subtypes (invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) and invasive (mixed) lobular carcinoma (ILC) with respect to patient and tumor characteristics, treatment-choices and outcome in metastatic breast cancer.
Results: Patients with ILC were older at diagnosis of primary breast cancer and had more often initial bone metastasis (46.5% versus 34.
Article Synopsis
- Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is the standard method for staging axillary lymph nodes in invasive breast cancer, with advancements in pathology and TNM classification influencing outcomes.
- From 1998 to 2013, a study analyzed the effects of SLN biopsy on axillary node status in patients with invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) compared to invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC).
- The results revealed that patients with ILC were more likely to have isolated tumor cells (ITCs) in their axillary nodes than those with IDC, indicating a need for further research to understand the clinical implications of these findings.
Introduction: To investigate the effect of adjuvant chemotherapy on long term survival in addition to hormonal therapy in the systemic treatment of hormonal receptor positive breast cancer patients.
Methods: All patients with primary non-metastatic hormonal receptor positive invasive lobular (mixed) (=ILC) and invasive ductal (=IDC) breast cancer operated on between 1986 and 2007 were identified from a population based cohort. Four hundred ninety-eight patients with lobular (mixed) and sixteen hundred seventeen with ductal cancer were eligible.
The role of video-assisted thoracic surgery in the surgical treatment of superior sulcus tumors.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
October 2010
The surgical resection of sulcus superior tumors, also referred to as Pancoast tumors, remains a challenging surgical procedure. A patient presented with a superior sulcus tumor situated anterior in the thoracic inlet. The tumor was resected through a transmanubrial approach of Grunenwald combined with a video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of postoperative complications and the presence of a stoma on long-term quality of life in patients with rectal cancer.
Methods: Consecutive patients with an adenocarcinoma of the rectum who underwent surgery at Maastricht University Medical Center or VieCuri Medical Center between 2003 and 2005 were included in this study. Data on surgical treatment and complications were collected.