4,406 results on '"Leemans, A."'
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2. Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity
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Johan Leemans, Geert Roskam, and Peter van Deun
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- 2024
3. Author Correction: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (Nature Reviews Disease Primers, (2020), 6, 1, (92), 10.1038/s41572-020-00224-3)
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Johnson, Daniel E., Burtness, Barbara, Leemans, C. Rene, Lui, Vivian Wai Yan, Bauman, Julie E., Grandis, Jennifer R., CCA - Cancer biology and immunology, CCA - Cancer Treatment and quality of life, AII - Cancer immunology, and Otolaryngology / Head & Neck Surgery
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In the version of this article initially published, there was an error in Fig. 7, where the decision points below “
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- 2023
4. Colloidal CdSe/CdS Core/Crown Nanoplatelets for Efficient Blue Light Emission and Optical Amplification
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Carmelita Rodà, Alessio Di Giacomo, Lucía Camila Tasende Rodríguez, Chandra Sekhar M, Jari Leemans, Zeger Hens, Pieter Geiregat, and Iwan Moreels
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Mechanical Engineering ,General Materials Science ,Bioengineering ,General Chemistry ,Condensed Matter Physics - Published
- 2023
5. Understanding and predicting the performance of passive heat and moisture exchangers using a numerical model
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Maartje Leemans, Maarten J. A. van Alphen, Wim Vallenduuk, Richard Dirven, Michiel W. M. van den Brekel, Sara H. Muller, Graduate School, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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Otorhinolaryngology ,HME ,numerical simulation ,numerical model ,heat and moisture exchanger ,performance ,pulmonary rehabilitation - Abstract
Background: To improve the understanding of the thermodynamics and performance of small passive hygroscopic Heat and Moisture Exchangers (HMEs), a computer model simulating HME function is required. Methods: We developed a numerical HME model to calculate the HME's water and heat exchange. The model was tuned and verified with experimental data and validated by applying it to HME design variations. Results: Verification of the model's results to the experimental data shows that the tuned model yields reliable results. The mass of the core, which determines the HME's total heat capacity, is the most important parameter influencing the performance of passive HMEs. Conclusions: Increasing the HME's diameter is an effective way to improve an HME, as it yields higher performance and lowers breathing resistance. HMEs intended for use in warm or dry climates should contain more and those for use in cold humid climates should contain less hygroscopic salt.
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- 2023
6. Reconstruction of the Corticospinal Tract in Patients with Motor-Eloquent High-Grade Gliomas Using Multilevel Fiber Tractography Combined with Functional Motor Cortex Mapping
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A. Zhylka, N. Sollmann, F. Kofler, A. Radwan, A. De Luca, J. Gempt, B. Wiestler, B. Menze, A. Schroeder, C. Zimmer, J.S. Kirschke, S. Sunaert, A. Leemans, S.M. Krieg, J. Pluim, Medical Image Analysis, and EAISI Health
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Neurology (clinical) - Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Tractography of the corticospinal tract is paramount to presurgical planning and guidance of intraoperative resection in patients with motor-eloquent gliomas. It is well-known that DTI-based tractography as the most frequently used technique has relevant shortcomings, particularly for resolving complex fiber architecture. The purpose of this study was to evaluate multilevel fiber tractography combined with functional motor cortex mapping in comparison with conventional deterministic tractography algorithms. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty-one patients (mean age, 61.5 [SD, 12.2] years) with motor-eloquent high-grade gliomas underwent MR imaging with DWI (TR/TE = 5000/78 ms, voxel size = 2 × 2 × 2 mm3, 1 volume at b = 0 s/mm2, 32 volumes at b = 1000 s/mm2). DTI, constrained spherical deconvolution, and multilevel fiber tractography-based reconstruction of the corticospinal tract within the tumor-affected hemispheres were performed. The functional motor cortex was enclosed by navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation motor mapping before tumor resection and used for seeding. A range of angular deviation and fractional anisotropy thresholds (for DTI) was tested. RESULTS: For all investigated thresholds, multilevel fiber tractography achieved the highest mean coverage of the motor maps (eg, angular threshold = 60°; multilevel/constrained spherical deconvolution/DTI, 25% anisotropy threshold = 71.8%, 22.6%, and 11.7%) and the most extensive corticospinal tract reconstructions (eg, angular threshold = 60°; multilevel/constrained spherical deconvolution/DTI, 25% anisotropy threshold = 26,485 mm3, 6308 mm3, and 4270 mm3). CONCLUSIONS: Multilevel fiber tractography may improve the coverage of the motor cortex by corticospinal tract fibers compared with conventional deterministic algorithms. Thus, it could provide a more detailed and complete visualization of corticospinal tract architecture, particularly by visualizing fiber trajectories with acute angles that might be of high relevance in patients with gliomas and distorted anatomy. ispartof: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY vol:44 issue:3 pages:283-290 ispartof: location:United States status: published
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- 2023
7. More than the Name of the Rose
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Marieke van Erp, William Tullett, Vincent Christlein, Thibault Ehrhart, Ali Hürriyetoğlu, Inger Leemans, Pasquale Lisena, Stefano Menini, Daniel Schwabe, Sara Tonelli, Raphaël Troncy, and Mathias Zinnen
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Archeology ,History ,Museology - Published
- 2023
8. A process mining impacts framework
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Azumah Mamudu, Wasana Bandara, Sander J.J. Leemans, and Moe Thandar Wynn
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Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) ,Business and International Management - Abstract
PurposeProcess mining (PM) specialises in extracting insights from event logs to facilitate the improvement of an organisation's business processes. Industry trends show the proliferation and continued growth of PM techniques. To address the minimal attention given to developing empirically supported frameworks to assess the nature of impact in the PM domain, this study proposes a framework that identifies the key categories of PM impacts and their interrelationships.Design/methodology/approachThe qualitatively derived framework is built, re-specified and validated from a diverse collection of 62 PM case reports. With multiple rounds of coding supported by coder corroborations, inductively extracted concepts relating to impact from a first set of 12 case reports were grouped into themes and sub-themes to derive an a-priori framework by adopting the balanced scorecard as a theoretical lens. Concepts from the remaining 50 case reports were deductively grouped to re-specify and validate the proposed PM impacts framework. Further analysis identified interrelationships between impacts, which extends our understanding of the identified PM impacts.FindingsThe proposed framework captures PM impacts in four main categories: (a) impact on the process, (b) customer impact, (c) financial impact, and (d) impact on innovation and learning. The authors extended this analysis to identify the interrelationships between these categories, which vividly demonstrates how impact on the process mediates the attainment of the other three impact types.Originality/valueThe need for a deeper understanding of PM impacts within the context of contemporary PM practice is addressed by this work. The PM impacts framework provides a classification of PM impacts into four categories with 19 subcategories. It also identifies direct, moderating and mediating relationships between categories and subcategories whilst highlighting the role of impact on the process as a precursor to the other types of PM impact.
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- 2023
9. Surface Chemistry of InP Quantum Dots, Amine–Halide Co-Passivation, and Binding of Z-Type Ligands
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Kim Corinna Dümbgen, Jari Leemans, Vic De Roo, Matthias Minjauw, Christophe Detavernier, and Zeger Hens
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General Chemical Engineering ,Materials Chemistry ,General Chemistry - Published
- 2023
10. Short-term positive effects of a mandibular advancement device in a selected phenotype of patients with moderate obstructive sleep apnea: a prospective study
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Bertien Buyse, Pham Anh Hong Nguyen, Joke Leemans, Veroniek Verhaeghe, Marleen Peters, Simon Strobbe, Isabelle Van Valckenborgh, Catharina Belge, and Dries Testelmans
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,Sleep Apnea, Obstructive ,supine position ,mandibular advancement ,Polysomnography ,Occlusal Splints ,daytime sleepiness ,personalized medicine ,Treatment Outcome ,Phenotype ,Neurology ,drug-induced sleep endoscopy ,Humans ,Prospective Studies ,Neurology (clinical) ,Mandibular Advancement ,obstructive sleep apnea ,snoring - Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To evaluate (determinants of) treatment success of mandibular advancement device application in a selected phenotype of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). METHODS: Ninety nonobese patients with moderate OSA (obstructive apnea-hypopnea index [OAHI] ≥ 15 and < 30 events/h) without comorbidities were prospectively included. Polysomnography was performed at baseline and with a mandibular advancement device. A drug-induced sleep endoscopy with jaw thrust was performed in 83%. RESULTS: OAHI reduction ≥ 50% was observed in 73%, OAHI reduction ≥ 50% with OAHI < 10 events/h in 70%, and complete OSA resolution (OAHI < 5 events/h) in 40%. Patients with nonpositional OSA showed a significantly higher rate of complete OSA resolution: Posttest probability increased to 67%. In patients with total disappearance of collapse at velum level and at all levels during drug-induced sleep endoscopy with jaw thrust, the drop in OAHI was impressive with an infinitively high positive likelihood ratio. However, the proportion of patients having nonpositional OSA or the drug-induced sleep endoscopy characteristics as described above was < 20%. The change in snoring disturbance based on a visual analog scale was 76% (interquartile range 40-89%, P < .001) and a statistically significant amelioration in Epworth Sleepiness Scale (especially in somnolent subjects) was observed. High adherence was reported. CONCLUSIONS: In this predefined OSA phenotype, a mandibular advancement device was effective in reduction of OAHI and in amelioration of symptoms. Stratification by nonpositional OSA and findings on drug-induced sleep endoscopy with jaw thrust increased treatment success defined as reduction in OAHI. However, the clinical relevance can be questioned because only a small number of patients demonstrated these characteristics. CITATION: Buyse B, Nguyen PAH, Leemans J, et al. Short-term positive effects of a mandibular advancement device in a selected phenotype of patients with moderate obstructive sleep apnea: a prospective study. J Clin Sleep Med. 2023;19(1):5-16. ispartof: J Clin Sleep Med vol:19 issue:1 pages:5-16 ispartof: location:United States status: published
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- 2023
11. Clozapine (Leponex®): an effective treatment but not without risk!
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C Leemans, Y Ramdani, and M Hein
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General Medicine - Published
- 2023
12. FLASHlab@PITZ: New R&D platform with unique capabilities for electron FLASH and VHEE radiation therapy and radiation biology under preparation at PITZ
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Frank Stephan, Matthias Gross, Anna Grebinyk, Zakaria Aboulbanine, Zohrab Amirkhanyan, Volker Budach, Vincent Henrique Ehrhardt, Angeles Faus-Golfe, Marcus Frohme, Jean-Francois Germond, James David Good, Florian Grüner, David Kaul, Mikhail Krasilnikov, Ron Leavitt, Wim Leemans, Xiangkun Li, Gregor Loisch, Frieder Müller, Georg Müller, Frank Obier, Anne Oppelt, Sebastian Philipp, Houjun Qian, Judith Reindl, Felix Riemer, Martin Sack, Michael Schmitz, Tobias Schnautz, Andreas Schüller, Theresa Staufer, Christian Stegmann, Gohar Tsakanova, Marie-Catherine Vozenin, Hans Weise, Steven Worm, and Daniel Zips
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Biophysics ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,General Medicine - Published
- 2022
13. Neurological soft signs in adolescents are associated with brain structure
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Elena M Bonke, Michaela V Bonfert, Stefan M Hillmann, Johanna Seitz-Holland, Malo Gaubert, Tim L T Wiegand, Alberto De Luca, Kang Ik K Cho, Stian B Sandmo, Eukyung Yhang, Yorghos Tripodis, Caroline Seer, David Kaufmann, Elisabeth Kaufmann, Marc Muehlmann, Jolien Gooijers, Alexander P Lin, Alexander Leemans, Stephan P Swinnen, Roald Bahr, Martha E Shenton, Ofer Pasternak, Uta Tacke, Florian Heinen, and Inga K Koerte
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Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ,Cognitive Neuroscience - Abstract
Neurological soft signs (NSS) are minor deviations in motor performance. During childhood and adolescence, NSS are examined for functional motor phenotyping to describe development, to screen for comorbidities, and to identify developmental vulnerabilities. Here, we investigate underlying brain structure alterations in association with NSS in physically trained adolescents. Male adolescent athletes (n = 136, 13–16 years) underwent a standardized neurological examination including 28 tests grouped into 6 functional clusters. Non-optimal performance in at least 1 cluster was rated as NSS (NSS+ group). Participants underwent T1- and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. Cortical volume, thickness, and local gyrification were calculated using Freesurfer. Measures of white matter microstructure (Free-water (FW), FW-corrected fractional anisotropy (FAt), axial and radial diffusivity (ADt, RDt)) were calculated using tract-based spatial statistics. General linear models with age and handedness as covariates were applied to assess differences between NSS+ and NSS− group. We found higher gyrification in a large cluster spanning the left superior frontal and parietal areas, and widespread lower FAt and higher RDt compared with the NSS− group. This study shows that NSS in adolescents are associated with brain structure alterations. Underlying mechanisms may include alterations in synaptic pruning and axon myelination, which are hallmark processes of brain maturation.
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- 2022
14. Factors Associated With the Development of Tinnitus and With the Degree of Annoyance Caused by Newly Developed Tinnitus
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Thadé Goderie, Marieke F. van Wier, Birgit I. Lissenberg-Witte, Paul Merkus, Cas Smits, C. René Leemans, Sophia E. Kramer, Ear, Nose and Throat, APH - Quality of Care, APH - Aging & Later Life, Otolaryngology / Head & Neck Surgery, Epidemiology and Data Science, APH - Methodology, and APH - Societal Participation & Health
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Adult ,Tinnitus/epidemiology ,Incidence ,Longitudinal studies ,Prevention ,Tinnitus annoyance ,Follow-up studies ,Audiometry/speech recognition ability ,Speech and Hearing ,Tinnitus ,Hyperacusis ,Otorhinolaryngology ,Risk factors ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,Humans ,Adults ,Prospective Studies ,Hearing Loss - Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Tinnitus is highly prevalent, but only a few risk factors for developing tinnitus are known and little is known about factors associated with the degree of annoyance of new-onset tinnitus. Longitudinal analysis can reveal risk factors associated with the development of tinnitus and might lead to targeted prevention. The aim of this study is twofold. (1) To identify risk factors that are longitudinally associated with the odds of developing tinnitus 5 years later. (2) To identify factors that are cross-sectionally associated with tinnitus annoyance in adults with new-onset tinnitus. METHODS: Baseline, 5-year, and 10-year follow-up data of participants in the Netherlands Longitudinal Study on Hearing (NL-SH) were used. The NL-SH is a web-based prospective cohort study, which started in 2006 and includes both normal hearing and hearing-impaired adults aged 18 to 70 years at baseline. The NL-SH uses an online digit-triplet speech-in-noise test to asses speech recognition ability in noise, and online questionnaires on various aspects of life. At follow-up, participants are asked (1) if they suffer from tinnitus and (2) to rate tinnitus annoyance on a 0 to 100 numeric rating scale. We investigated whether demographic (age, sex, living arrangement, educational level), lifestyle (history of tobacco smoking, alcohol use), health (asthma, severe heart disease, hypertension, history of stroke, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and migraine), hearing (speech recognition ability in noise, hyperacusis, and occupational noise exposure), and psychological variables (distress, somatization, depression, and anxiety) were potential risk factors for new-onset tinnitus, or associated with annoyance caused by new-onset tinnitus. Generalized estimating equations were used to longitudinally analyze the association between potential risk factors and new-onset tinnitus measured 5 years later. A multivariable association model was constructed using a forward selection procedure with p < 0.05 for model entry. Linear regression analysis was used to cross-sectionally analyze the association between potential factors and tinnitus annoyance in new-onset tinnitus. For this purpose, a multivariable association model was constructed using a forward selection procedure with p
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- 2022
15. Grégoire de Nysse, Trois oraisons funèbres, written by Mélèce, Flacilla, Pulchérie
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Johan Leemans
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Cultural Studies ,Linguistics and Language ,History ,Archeology ,Religious studies ,Language and Linguistics - Published
- 2023
16. Tropical tree growth driven by dry-season climate variability
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Pieter A. Zuidema, Flurin Babst, Peter Groenendijk, Valerie Trouet, Abrham Abiyu, Rodolfo Acuña-Soto, Eduardo Adenesky-Filho, Raquel Alfaro-Sánchez, José Roberto Vieira Aragão, Gabriel Assis-Pereira, Xue Bai, Ana Carolina Barbosa, Giovanna Battipaglia, Hans Beeckman, Paulo Cesar Botosso, Tim Bradley, Achim Bräuning, Roel Brienen, Brendan M. Buckley, J. Julio Camarero, Ana Carvalho, Gregório Ceccantini, Librado R. Centeno-Erguera, Julián Cerano-Paredes, Álvaro Agustín Chávez-Durán, Bruno Barçante Ladvocat Cintra, Malcolm K. Cleaveland, Camille Couralet, Rosanne D’Arrigo, Jorge Ignacio del Valle, Oliver Dünisch, Brian J. Enquist, Karin Esemann-Quadros, Zewdu Eshetu, Ze-Xin Fan, M. Eugenia Ferrero, Esther Fichtler, Claudia Fontana, Kainana S. Francisco, Aster Gebrekirstos, Emanuel Gloor, Daniela Granato-Souza, Kristof Haneca, Grant Logan Harley, Ingo Heinrich, Gerd Helle, Janet G. Inga, Mahmuda Islam, Yu-mei Jiang, Mark Kaib, Zakia Hassan Khamisi, Marcin Koprowski, Bart Kruijt, Eva Layme, Rik Leemans, A. Joshua Leffler, Claudio Sergio Lisi, Neil J. Loader, Giuliano Maselli Locosselli, Lidio Lopez, María I. López-Hernández, José Luís Penetra Cerveira Lousada, Hooz A. Mendivelso, Mulugeta Mokria, Valdinez Ribeiro Montóia, Eddy Moors, Cristina Nabais, Justine Ngoma, Francisco de Carvalho Nogueira Júnior, Juliano Morales Oliveira, Gabriela Morais Olmedo, Mariana Alves Pagotto, Shankar Panthi, Gonzalo Pérez-De-Lis, Darwin Pucha-Cofrep, Nathsuda Pumijumnong, Mizanur Rahman, Jorge Andres Ramirez, Edilson Jimmy Requena-Rojas, Adauto de Souza Ribeiro, Iain Robertson, Fidel Alejandro Roig, Ernesto Alonso Rubio-Camacho, Ute Sass-Klaassen, Jochen Schöngart, Paul R. Sheppard, Franziska Slotta, James H. Speer, Matthew D. Therrell, Benjamin Toirambe, Mario Tomazello-Filho, Max C. A. Torbenson, Ramzi Touchan, Alejandro Venegas-González, Ricardo Villalba, Jose Villanueva-Diaz, Royd Vinya, Mart Vlam, Tommy Wils, Zhe-Kun Zhou, Zuidema, P. A., Babst, F., Groenendijk, P., Trouet, V., Abiyu, A., Acuna-Soto, R., Adenesky-Filho, E., Alfaro-Sanchez, R., Aragao, J. R. V., Assis-Pereira, G., Bai, X., Barbosa, A. C., Battipaglia, G., Beeckman, H., Botosso, P. C., Bradley, T., Brauning, A., Brienen, R., Buckley, B. M., Camarero, J. J., Carvalho, A., Ceccantini, G., Centeno-Erguera, L. R., Cerano-Paredes, J., Chavez-Duran, A. A., Cintra, B. B. L., Cleaveland, M. K., Couralet, C., D'Arrigo, R., del Valle, J. I., Dunisch, O., Enquist, B. J., Esemann-Quadros, K., Eshetu, Z., Fan, Z. -X., Ferrero, M. E., Fichtler, E., Fontana, C., Francisco, K. S., Gebrekirstos, A., Gloor, E., Granato-Souza, D., Haneca, K., Harley, G. L., Heinrich, I., Helle, G., Inga, J. G., Islam, M., Jiang, Y. -M., Kaib, M., Khamisi, Z. H., Koprowski, M., Kruijt, B., Layme, E., Leemans, R., Leffler, A. J., Lisi, C. S., Loader, N. J., Locosselli, G. M., Lopez, L., Lopez-Hernandez, M. I., Lousada, J. L. P. C., Mendivelso, H. A., Mokria, M., Montoia, V. R., Moors, E., Nabais, C., Ngoma, J., Nogueira Junior, F. C., Oliveira, J. M., Olmedo, G. M., Pagotto, M. A., Panthi, S., Perez-De-Lis, G., Pucha-Cofrep, D., Pumijumnong, N., Rahman, M., Ramirez, J. A., Requena-Rojas, E. J., Ribeiro, A. S., Robertson, I., Roig, F. A., Rubio-Camacho, E. A., Sass-Klaassen, U., Schongart, J., Sheppard, P. R., Slotta, F., Speer, J. H., Therrell, M. D., Toirambe, B., Tomazello-Filho, M., Torbenson, M. C. A., Touchan, R., Venegas-Gonzalez, A., Villalba, R., Villanueva-Diaz, J., Vinya, R., Vlam, M., Wils, T., Zhou, Z. -K., and Earth and Climate
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SECA ,WIMEK ,Environmental Systems Analysis ,Milieusysteemanalyse ,SDG 13 - Climate Action ,Life Science ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Water Systems and Global Change ,Bosecologie en Bosbeheer ,PE&RC ,Forest Ecology and Forest Management - Abstract
Interannual variability in the global land carbon sink is strongly related to variations in tropical temperature and rainfall. This association suggests an important role for moisture-driven fluctuations in tropical vegetation productivity, but empirical evidence to quantify the responsible ecological processes is missing. Such evidence can be obtained from tree-ring data that quantify variability in a major vegetation productivity component: woody biomass growth. Here we compile a pantropical tree-ring network to show that annual woody biomass growth increases primarily with dry-season precipitation and decreases with dry-season maximum temperature. The strength of these dry-season climate responses varies among sites, as reflected in four robust and distinct climate response groups of tropical tree growth derived from clustering. Using cluster and regression analyses, we find that dry-season climate responses are amplified in regions that are drier, hotter and more climatically variable. These amplification patterns suggest that projected global warming will probably aggravate drought-induced declines in annual tropical vegetation productivity. Our study reveals a previously underappreciated role of dry-season climate variability in driving the dynamics of tropical vegetation productivity and consequently in influencing the land carbon sink.
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17. Disease outcome and associated factors after definitive platinum based chemoradiotherapy for advanced stage HPV-negative head and neck cancer
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Reinout H. de Roest, Martijn van der Heijden, Frederik W.R. Wesseling, Emma J. de Ruiter, Martijn W. Heymans, Chris Terhaard, Marije R. Vergeer, Jan Buter, Lot A. Devriese, Jan Paul de Boer, Arash Navran, Ann Hoeben, Conchita Vens, Michiel van den Brekel, Ruud H. Brakenhoff, C. René Leemans, Frank Hoebers, Radiotherapie, RS: GROW - R3 - Innovative Cancer Diagnostics & Therapy, Interne Geneeskunde, MUMC+: MA Medische Oncologie (9), Maxillofacial Surgery (AMC), Graduate School, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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Advanced stage ,Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck ,HPV-negative ,Papillomavirus Infections ,Hematology ,Chemoradiotherapy ,HNSCC ,Oropharyngeal Neoplasms ,Oncology ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,Head and Neck Neoplasms ,Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ,Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Cisplatin ,Retrospective Studies ,Platinum - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Definitive concomitant cisplatin-based chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is the current gold standard for most patients with advanced stage head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) of the pharynx and larynx. Since previous meta-analysis on CRT outcomes in HNSCC have been reported, advances have been made in radiotherapy techniques and clinical management, while HPV-status has been identified as a strong confounding prognostic factor in oropharyngeal cancer. Here, we present real-world outcome data from a large multicenter cohort of HPV-negative advanced stage HNSCC treated with CRT using contemporary IMRT-based techniques.METHOD: Retrospective data were collected from a multicenter cohort of 513 patients treated with definitive concurrent platinum-based CRT with curative intent between January 2009 and August 2017. Only patients with HPV-negative advanced stage (III-IV) HNSCC were included. A prognostic model for outcome was developed based on clinical parameters and compared to TNM.RESULTS: Nearly half of the 513 patients (49%) had an oropharyngeal tumor, often locally advanced (73.3% T3-T4b) and with involvement of the regional lymph nodes (84%). Most patients (84%) received cisplatin as single agent. 66% received the planned number of cycles and 75% reached a cumulative cisplatin dose of ≥200 mg/m2. Locoregional control was achieved in 324 (63%) patients during follow-up, and no association with tumor sites was observed (p = 0.48). Overall survival at 5 year follow-up was 47%, with a better survival for laryngeal cancer (p = 0.02) compared to other sites. A model with clinical variables (gender, high pre-treatment weight loss, N2c/N3-stage and CONCLUSION: Despite advances in clinical management, more than a third of patients with HPV-negative HNSCC do not complete CRT treatment protocols due to cisplatin toxicity. A model that consists of clinical variables and treatment parameters including cisplatin dose provided the strongest association with overall survival. Since cisplatin toxicity is a major obstacle in completing definitive CRT, the development of alternative and less toxic radiosensitizers is therefore warranted to improve treatment results. The association of RT-boost technique with distant metastasis is an important finding and requires further study.
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18. Psychoneurological Symptoms and Biomarkers of Stress and Inflammation in Newly Diagnosed Head and Neck Cancer Patients
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Angelina M. M. Santoso, Femke Jansen, Carel F. W. Peeters, Robert J. Baatenburg de Jong, Ruud H. Brakenhoff, Johannes A. Langendijk, C. René Leemans, Robert P. Takes, Chris H. J. Terhaard, Annemieke van Straten, Irma M. Verdonck-de Leeuw, Otolaryngology / Head & Neck Surgery, CCA - Cancer Treatment and quality of life, APH - Mental Health, CCA - Imaging and biomarkers, AII - Inflammatory diseases, APH - Personalized Medicine, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Clinical Psychology, Political Science and Public Administration, Guided Treatment in Optimal Selected Cancer Patients (GUTS), and Damage and Repair in Cancer Development and Cancer Treatment (DARE)
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Hydrocortisone ,cortisol ,Wiskundige en Statistische Methoden - Biometris ,Head and Neck Neoplasms/complications ,C-Reactive Protein/analysis ,All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders ,Humans ,pain ,Mathematical and Statistical Methods - Biometris ,network analysis ,Inflammation ,sleep quality ,depression ,anxiety ,fatigue ,biomarker ,inflammation ,head and neck cancer ,Interleukin-6 ,Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ,Interleukin-10 ,C-Reactive Protein ,Head and Neck Neoplasms ,SDG 1 - No Poverty ,Fatigue/etiology ,Biomarkers ,Rare cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 9] - Abstract
Psychoneurological symptoms are commonly reported by newly diagnosed head and neck cancer (HNC) patients, yet there is limited research on the associations of these symptoms with biomarkers of stress and inflammation. In this article, pre-treatment data of a multi-center cohort of HNC patients were analyzed using a network analysis to examine connections between symptoms (poor sleep quality, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and oral pain), biomarkers of stress (diurnal cortisol slope), inflammation markers (c-reactive protein [CRP], interleukin [IL]-6, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor alpha [TNF-α]), and covariates (age and body mass index [BMI]). Three centrality indices were calculated: degree (number of connections), closeness (proximity of a variable to other variables), and betweenness (based on the number of times a variable is located on the shortest path between any pair of other variables). In a sample of 264 patients, poor sleep quality and fatigue had the highest degree index; fatigue and CRP had the highest closeness index; and IL-6 had the highest betweenness index. The model yielded two clusters: a symptoms—cortisol slope—CRP cluster and a IL-6—IL-10—TNF-α—age—BMI cluster. Both clusters were connected most prominently via IL-6. Our findings provide evidence that poor sleep quality, fatigue, CRP, and IL-6 play an important role in the interconnections between psychoneurological symptoms and biomarkers of stress and inflammation in newly diagnosed HNC patients.
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19. Sensory processing sensitivity and axonal microarchitecture: identifying brain structural characteristics for behavior
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Alexander Leemans, Anneriet M. Heemskerk, Arthur Aron, Lucy L. Brown, Szabolcs David, and Elaine N. Aron
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Histology ,Sensory processing ,medicine.medical_treatment ,General Neuroscience ,Superior longitudinal fasciculus ,Ventromedial prefrontal cortex ,Precuneus ,Brain ,Corpus callosum ,White Matter ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Diffusion Tensor Imaging ,nervous system ,Supramarginal gyrus ,Fractional anisotropy ,medicine ,Arcuate fasciculus ,Humans ,Anisotropy ,Perception ,Anatomy ,Psychology ,Neuroscience - Abstract
Previously, researchers used functional MRI to identify regional brain activations associated with sensory processing sensitivity (SPS), a proposed normal phenotype trait. To further validate SPS as a behavioral entity, to characterize it anatomically, and to test the usefulness in psychology of methodologies that assess axonal properties, the present study correlated SPS proxy questionnaire scores (adjusted for neuroticism) with diffusion tensor imaging measures. Participants (n=408) from the Young Adult Human Connectome Project that are free of neurologic and psychiatric disorders were investigated. We computed mean diffusivity (MD), radial diffusivity (RD), axial diffusivity (AD) and fractional anisotropy (FA). A voxelwise, exploratory analysis showed that MD and RD correlated positively with SPS proxy scores in the right and left subcallosal and anterior ventral cingulum bundle, and the right forceps minor of the corpus callosum (peak Cohen’s D effect size = 0.269). Further analyses showed correlations throughout the entire right and left ventromedial prefrontal cortex, including the superior longitudinal fasciculus, inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, uncinate and arcuate fasciculus. These prefrontal regions are generally involved in emotion, reward and social processing. FA was negatively correlated with SPS proxy scores in white matter of the right premotor/motor/somatosensory/supramarginal gyrus regions, which are associated with empathy, theory of mind, primary and secondary somatosensory processing. Region of interest (ROI) analysis, based-on previous fMRI results and Freesurfer atlas-defined areas, showed small effect sizes, (+0.151 to -0.165) in white matter of the precuneus and inferior frontal gyrus. Other ROI effects were found in regions of the dorsal and ventral visual pathways and primary auditory cortex. The results reveal that in a large, diverse group of participants axonal microarchitectural differences can be identified with SPS traits that are subtle and in the range of typical behavior. The results suggest that the heightened sensory processing in people who show SPS may be influenced by the microstructure of white matter in specific neocortical regions. Although previous fMRI studies had identified most of these general neocortical regions, the DTI results put a new focus on brain areas related to attention and cognitive flexibility, empathy, emotion and low-level sensory processing, as in the primary sensory cortex. Psychological trait characterization may benefit from diffusion tensor imaging methodology by identifying influential brain systems for traits.
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20. Immunometabolic rewiring of tubular epithelial cells in kidney disease
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Sanne van der Rijt, Jaklien C. Leemans, Sandrine Florquin, Riekelt H. Houtkooper, and Alessandra Tammaro
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Kidney Tubules ,Nephrology ,Humans ,Apoptosis ,Epithelial Cells ,Acute Kidney Injury - Abstract
Kidney tubular epithelial cells (TECs) have a crucial role in the damage and repair response to acute and chronic injury. To adequately respond to constant changes in the environment, TECs have considerable bioenergetic needs, which are supported by metabolic pathways. Although little is known about TEC metabolism, a number of ground-breaking studies have shown that defective glucose metabolism or fatty acid oxidation in the kidney has a key role in the response to kidney injury. Imbalanced use of these metabolic pathways can predispose TECs to apoptosis and dedifferentiation, and contribute to lipotoxicity and kidney injury. The accumulation of lipids and aberrant metabolic adaptations of TECs during kidney disease can also be driven by receptors of the innate immune system. Similar to their actions in innate immune cells, pattern recognition receptors regulate the metabolic rewiring of TECs, causing cellular dysfunction and lipid accumulation. TECs should therefore be considered a specialized cell type - like cells of the innate immune system - that is subject to regulation by immunometabolism. Targeting energy metabolism in TECs could represent a strategy for metabolically reprogramming the kidney and promoting kidney repair.
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21. Assessing the prognostic value of tumor-infiltrating CD57+ cells in advanced stage head and neck cancer using QuPath digital image analysis
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Emma J. de Ruiter, Sangeeta K. Bisheshar, Reinout H. de Roest, Frederik W. R. Wesseling, Frank J. P. Hoebers, Mari F. C. M. van den Hout, C. René Leemans, Ruud H. Brakenhoff, Remco de Bree, Chris H. J. Terhaard, Stefan M. Willems, Radiotherapie, RS: GROW - R3 - Innovative Cancer Diagnostics & Therapy, MUMC+: DA Pat Pathologie (9), RS: GROW - R2 - Basic and Translational Cancer Biology, Damage and Repair in Cancer Development and Cancer Treatment (DARE), Guided Treatment in Optimal Selected Cancer Patients (GUTS), Otolaryngology / Head & Neck Surgery, CCA - Cancer biology and immunology, CCA - Imaging and biomarkers, and General practice
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LYMPHOCYTES PREDICT ,Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) ,Cell Biology ,General Medicine ,NK cells ,NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY ,PERIPHERAL-BLOOD ,Pathology and Forensic Medicine ,Prognostic biomarkers ,QuPath ,Digital pathology ,SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA ,CD8(+) ,Molecular Biology ,CD57 ,Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) - Abstract
This study aimed to assess the prognostic value of intratumoral CD57+ cells in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and to examine the reproducibility of these analyses using QuPath. Pretreatment biopsies of 159 patients with HPV-negative, stage III/IV HNSCC treated with chemoradiotherapy were immunohistochemically stained for CD57. The number of CD57+ cells per mm2 tumor epithelium was quantified by two independent observers and by QuPath, software for digital pathology image analysis. Concordance between the observers and QuPath was assessed by intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC). The correlation between CD57 and clinicopathological characteristics was assessed; associations with clinical outcome were estimated using Cox proportional hazard analysis and visualized using Kaplan-Meier curves. The patient cohort had a 3-year OS of 65.8% with a median follow-up of 54 months. The number of CD57+ cells/mm2 tumor tissue did not correlate to OS, DFS, or LRC. N stage predicted prognosis (OS: HR 0.43, p = 0.008; DFS: HR 0.41, p = 0.003; LRC: HR 0.24, p = 0.007), as did WHO performance state (OS: HR 0.48, p = 0.028; LRC: 0.33, p = 0.039). Quantification by QuPath showed moderate to good concordance with two human observers (ICCs 0.836, CI 0.805–0.863, and 0.741, CI 0.692–0.783, respectively). In conclusion, the presence of CD57+ TILs did not correlate to prognosis in advanced stage, HPV-negative HNSCC patients treated with chemoradiotherapy. Substantial concordance between human observers and QuPath was found, confirming a promising future role for digital, algorithm driven image analysis.
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22. MRI-based radiomic prognostic signature for locally advanced oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma:development, testing and comparison with genomic prognostic signatures
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Corti, Anna, De Cecco, Loris, Cavalieri, Stefano, Lenoci, Deborah, Pistore, Federico, Calareso, Giuseppina, Mattavelli, Davide, de Graaf, Pim, Leemans, C René, Brakenhoff, Ruud H, Ravanelli, Marco, Poli, Tito, Licitra, Lisa, Corino, Valentina, and Mainardi, Luca
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BACKGROUND: . At present, the prognostic prediction in advanced oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC) is based on the tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging system, and the most used imaging modality in these patients is magnetic resonance image (MRI). With the aim to improve the prediction, we developed an MRI-based radiomic signature as a prognostic marker for overall survival (OS) in OCSCC patients and compared it with published gene expression signatures for prognosis of OS in head and neck cancer patients, replicated herein on our OCSCC dataset.METHODS: For each patient, 1072 radiomic features were extracted from T1 and T2-weighted MRI (T1w and T2w). Features selection was performed, and an optimal set of five of them was used to fit a Cox proportional hazard regression model for OS. The radiomic signature was developed on a multi-centric locally advanced OCSCC retrospective dataset (n = 123) and validated on a prospective cohort (n = 108).RESULTS: The performance of the signature was evaluated in terms of C-index (0.68 (IQR 0.66-0.70)), hazard ratio (HR 2.64 (95% CI 1.62-4.31)), and high/low risk group stratification (log-rank p CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the present study suggests that MRI signatures, containing non-invasive and cost-effective remarkable information, could be exploited as prognostic tools.
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23. From lines and nodes to edges and dialogues in the dispersed territory. The case of former railway line 87 in the Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk- Tournai
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Leemans, Sophie, Van Daele, erik, and Gheysen, Maarten
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ispartof: pages:96-109 ispartof: Beyond Metropolization: Exploring New Hybrids pages:96-109 ispartof: 10th International U&U PhD Seminar location:Lille, France date:28 Jun - 30 Jun 2023 status: published
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24. Post-compression of multi-mJ picosecond pulses to few-cycles approaching the terawatt regime
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Rajhans, Supriya, Escoto, Esmerando, Khodakovskiy, Nikita, Velpula, Praveen K., Farace, Bonaventura, Grosse-Wortmann, Uwe, Shalloo, Rob J., Arnold, Cord L., Põder, Kristjan, Osterhoff, Jens, Leemans, Wim P., Hartl, Ingmar, and Heyl, Christoph M.
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FOS: Physical sciences ,Optics (physics.optics) ,Physics - Optics - Abstract
Advancing ultrafast high-repetition-rate lasers to shortest pulse durations comprising only a few optical cycles while pushing their energy into the multi-millijoule regime opens a route towards terawatt-class peak powers at unprecedented average power. We explore this route via efficient post-compression of high-energy 1.2 ps pulses from an Ytterbium InnoSlab laser to 9.6 fs duration using gas-filled multi-pass cells (MPCs) at a repetition rate of 1 kHz. Employing dual-stage compression with a second MPC stage supporting a close-to-octave-spanning bandwidth enabled by dispersion-matched dielectric mirrors, a record compression factor of 125 is reached at 70% overall efficiency, delivering 6.7 mJ pulses with a peak power of about 0.3 TW. Moreover, we show that post-compression can improve the temporal contrast at picosecond delay by at least one order of magnitude. Our results demonstrate efficient conversion of multi-millijoule picosecond lasers to high-peak-power few-cycle sources, opening up new parameter regimes for laser plasma physics, high energy physics, biomedicine and attosecond science.
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25. Enjoy the Silence: Analysis of Stochastic Petri Nets with Silent Transitions
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Leemans, Sander J. J., Maggi, Fabrizio M., and Montali, Marco
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FOS: Computer and information sciences ,Computer Science - Logic in Computer Science ,Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) ,Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence ,Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO) - Abstract
Capturing stochastic behaviors in business and work processes is essential to quantitatively understand how nondeterminism is resolved when taking decisions within the process. This is of special interest in process mining, where event data tracking the actual execution of the process are related to process models, and can then provide insights on frequencies and probabilities. Variants of stochastic Petri nets provide a natural formal basis for this. However, when capturing processes, such nets need to be labelled with (possibly duplicated) activities, and equipped with silent transitions that model internal, non-logged steps related to the orchestration of the process. At the same time, they have to be analyzed in a finite-trace semantics, matching the fact that each process execution consists of finitely many steps. These two aspects impede the direct application of existing techniques for stochastic Petri nets, calling for a novel characterization that incorporates labels and silent transitions in a finite-trace semantics. In this article, we provide such a characterization starting from generalized stochastic Petri nets and obtaining the framework of labelled stochastic processes (LSPs). On top of this framework, we introduce different key analysis tasks on the traces of LSPs and their probabilities. We show that all such analysis tasks can be solved analytically, in particular reducing them to a single method that combines automata-based techniques to single out the behaviors of interest within a LSP, with techniques based on absorbing Markov chains to reason on their probabilities. Finally, we demonstrate the significance of how our approach in the context of stochastic conformance checking, illustrating practical feasibility through a proof-of-concept implementation and its application to different datasets.
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26. Diffusion MRI Data Processing and Analysis: A Practical Guide with ExploreDTI
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Michael Connaughton, Alexander Leemans, Erik O’Hanlon, and Jane McGrath
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This chapter introduces neuroimaging researchers to the concepts and techniques of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging data processing. Using the freely available ExploreDTI software, we provide a step-by-step guide for processing multi-shell High Angular Resolution Diffusion Imaging data and generating tractography based on constrained deconvolution. Brief explanations of the rationale behind each processing step are provided to aid the researcher in understanding the concepts and principles involved. Potential processing pitfalls will be discussed, and tips for troubleshooting common issues will be provided. An addtional step-by-step guide for processing DTI data using the open-access AOMIC data set is also provided, demonstrating command-line that can also be applied to process other large neuroimaging datasets.
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27. Emergence of transdisciplinarity in global environmental change research: moving from system understanding to systemic sustainability solutions
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Rik Leemans and Karen Fortuin
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28. Unmet supportive care needs among informal caregivers of patients with head and neck cancer in the first 2 years after diagnosis and treatment: a prospective cohort study
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Kira S. van Hof, Arta Hoesseini, Maarten C. Dorr, Irma M. Verdonck - de Leeuw, Femke Jansen, C. Réne Leemans, Robert P. Takes, Chris H. J. Terhaard, Robert J. Baatenburg de Jong, Aniel Sewnaik, Marinella P. J. Offerman, Otolaryngology / Head & Neck Surgery, APH - Mental Health, APH - Personalized Medicine, CCA - Cancer Treatment and quality of life, AII - Cancer immunology, CCA - Cancer biology and immunology, and Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
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All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center ,Oncology ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,Rare cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 9] - Abstract
Objective Informal caregivers of head and neck cancer (HNC) patients have a high caregiver burden and often face complex practical caregiving tasks. This may result in unmet supportive care needs, which can impact their quality of life (QoL) and cause psychological distress. In this study, we identify caregivers’ unmet needs during long-term follow-up and identify caregivers prone to unmet supportive care needs. Methods Data were used from the multicenter prospective cohort study NETherlands QUality of life and Biomedical cohort studies In Cancer (NET-QUBIC). The unmet supportive care needs, psychological distress, caregiver burden, and QoL were measured for 234 informal caregivers and their related patients at baseline, 3, 6, 12, and 24 months after. Mixed effect models for repeated measurements were used. Results At baseline, most caregivers (70.3%) reported at least one unmet supportive care need, with most of the identified needs in the “healthcare & illness” domain. During the follow-up period, caregivers’ unmet needs decreased significantly in all domains. Nevertheless, 2 years after treatment, 28.3% were still reporting at least one unmet need. Financial problems were increasingly associated with unmet needs over time. Furthermore, caring for a patient who themselves had many unmet needs, an advanced tumor stage, or severe comorbidity was associated with significantly more unmet needs in caregivers. Conclusions The current study shows the strong likelihood of caregivers of HNC patients facing unmet supportive care needs and the interaction between the needs of patients and caregivers. It is important to optimally support informal caregivers by involving them from the start when counseling patients, by providing them with relevant and understandable information, and by referring vulnerable caregivers for (psychosocial) support.
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29. Endometrial ablation plus levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system versus endometrial ablation alone in women with heavy menstrual bleeding
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Tamara J. Oderkerk, Pleun Beelen, Peggy M. A. J. Geomini, Malou C. Herman, Jaklien C. Leemans, Ruben G. Duijnhoven, Judith E. Bosmans, Justine N. Pannekoek, Thomas J. Clark, Ben Willem J. Mol, Marlies Y. Bongers, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, APH - Methodology, Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, APH - Mental Health, RS: GROW - R4 - Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine, Obstetrie & Gynaecologie, and MUMC+: MA Medische Staf Obstetrie Gynaecologie (9)
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ADENOMYOSIS ,RESECTION ,MENORRHAGIA ,Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system ,Levonorgestrel ,Hysterectomy ,Female/therapeutic use ,PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS ,Pelvic pain ,Contraceptive Agents ,Levonorgestrel/therapeutic use ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,QUALITY-OF-LIFE ,Contraceptive Agents, Female ,FAILURE ,Humans ,Multicenter Studies as Topic ,Pelvic Pain/etiology ,VERSION ,Endometrial ablation ,Endometrial Ablation Techniques/methods ,Endometrial Ablation Techniques ,Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ,WORK ,Heavy menstrual bleeding ,Intrauterine Devices, Medicated ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Dysmenorrhoea ,General Medicine ,Menorrhagia/surgery ,Contraceptive Agents, Female/therapeutic use ,DYSMENORRHEA ,Reproductive Medicine ,Medicated ,Quality of Life ,THERMAL BALLOON ABLATION ,Female ,Intrauterine Devices - Abstract
Background It is estimated that between 12 to 25% of women who undergo an endometrial ablation for heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) are dissatisfied after two years because of recurrent menstrual bleeding and/or cyclical pelvic pain, with around 15% of these women ultimately having a hysterectomy. The insertion of a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) immediately after endometrial ablation may inactivate residual untreated endometrium and/or inhibit the regeneration of endometrial tissue. Furthermore, the LNG-IUS may prevent agglutination of the uterine walls preventing intrauterine adhesion formation associated with endometrial ablation. In these ways, insertion of an LNG-IUS immediately after endometrial ablation might prevent subsequent hysterectomies because of persisting uterine bleeding and cyclical pelvic pain or pain that arises de novo. Hence, we evaluate if the combination of endometrial ablation and an LNG-IUS is superior to endometrial ablation alone in terms of reducing subsequent rates of hysterectomy at two years following the initial ablative procedure. Methods/design We perform a multicentre randomised controlled trial in 35 hospitals in the Netherlands. Women with heavy menstrual bleeding, who opt for treatment with endometrial ablation and without contraindication for an LNG-IUS are eligible. After informed consent, participants are randomly allocated to either endometrial ablation plus LNG-IUS or endometrial ablation alone. The primary outcome is the hysterectomy rate at 24 months following endometrial ablation. Secondary outcomes include women’s satisfaction, reinterventions, complications, side effects, menstrual bleeding patterns, quality of life, societal costs. Discussion The results of this study will help clinicians inform women with HMB who opt for treatment with endometrial ablation about whether concomitant use of the LNG-IUS is beneficial for reducing the need for hysterectomy due to ongoing bleeding and/or pain symptoms. Trial registration Dutch Trial registration: NL7817. Registered 20 June 2019, https://www.trialregister.nl/trial/7817.
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30. Whiffstory
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Inger Leemans, William Tullett, Cecilia Bembibre, and Lizzie Marx
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31. Evaluation of subclasses for <scp>T4</scp> ‐classified squamous cell carcinoma of the external auditory canal
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Cindy H. Nabuurs, Wietske Kievit, C. René Leemans, Conrad F. G. M. Smit, Michiel W. M. van den Brekel, Robert J. Pauw, Bernard F. A. M. van der Laan, Jeroen C. Jansen, Martin Lacko, Weibel W. Braunius, Chunfu Dai, Xunbei Shi, Giovanni Danesi, Jan Bouček, Robert P. Takes, Henricus P. M. Kunst, MUMC+: MA Keel Neus Oorheelkunde (9), RS: GROW - R2 - Basic and Translational Cancer Biology, KNO, RS: MHeNs - R1 - Cognitive Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, Man, Biomaterials and Microbes (MBM), Damage and Repair in Cancer Development and Cancer Treatment (DARE), Otolaryngology / Head & Neck Surgery, CCA - Cancer Treatment and quality of life, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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squamous cell carcinoma ,disease-free survival ,treatment ,RADICAL SURGERY ,Healthcare improvement science Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 18] ,CONCOMITANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY ,stomatognathic diseases ,Treatment Outcome ,Otorhinolaryngology ,SURGICAL-TREATMENT ,TEMPORAL BONE RESECTION ,SURVIVAL OUTCOMES ,Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ,MANAGEMENT ,Humans ,temporal bone ,neoplasm staging ,Ear Canal ,Ear Neoplasms ,Retrospective Studies ,Rare cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 9] ,RADIOTHERAPY - Abstract
Contains fulltext : 273921.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) BACKGROUND: T4-classified squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of external auditory canal (EAC) can potentially involve different anatomical structures, which could translate into different treatment strategies and survival outcomes within one classification. Our aim is to evaluate the clinical added value of T4-subclasses proposed by Lavieille and by Zanoletti. METHODS: Retrospective data, including patients with primary operated cT4-classified EAC SCC, was obtained from 12 international hospitals. We subclassified according to the T4-subclasses. The treatment strategies, disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival per subclass were calculated. RESULTS: A total of 130 T4-classified EAC SCC were included. We found commonly used treatment strategies per subclass according to Lavieille and the DFS seems also to differ per subclass. Subclass according to Zanoletti showed comparable treatment strategies and survival outcomes per subclass. CONCLUSION: Our study suggests that the subclass according Lavieille might have added value in clinical practice to improve care of T4-classified EAC SCC.
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32. Neuromuscular complications after COVID-19 vaccination: a series of eight patients
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Wouter Leemans, Sofie Antonis, Wouter De Vooght, Robin Lemmens, and Philip Van Damme
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Science & Technology ,COVID-19 Vaccines ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Vaccination ,Clinical Neurology ,Neurosciences ,COVID-19 ,CIDP ,General Medicine ,Guillain-Barre Syndrome ,Neuromuscular ,Guillain-Barre ,Humans ,Neurosciences & Neurology ,Paresthesia ,Neurology (clinical) ,Life Sciences & Biomedicine ,Vaccine ,Retrospective Studies - Abstract
Background Several neurologic complications have been reported in close temporal association with both severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and following vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. Specifically, several cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) have been reported in temporal relationship with COVID-19 vaccination, with two small case series describing a specific phenotype with bifacial weakness and paresthesia in the limbs. Methods We retrospectively collected patients who developed a new-onset neuromuscular disorder in the first 6 weeks after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine (either first or second dose). The patients were collected from one tertiary care centre and one secondary care centre from February to July 2021. Results We report eight patients who developed phenotypically diverse neuromuscular disorders in the weeks following COVID-19 vaccination, with a presumed immune-mediated etiology. In our case series, we report three patients with classical GBS, one patient with bifacial weakness with paresthesia variant of GBS, two patients with subacute-onset chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), one patient with brachial plexopathy and one patient with subacute axonal sensorimotor polyneuropathy. Conclusions New-onset neuromuscular disorders with onset in the weeks after COVID-19 vaccination can include diverse phenotypes. A causal relationship between these disorders and the vaccine cannot be proven at present, and further epidemiological studies are needed to further investigate this association.
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33. Psychological Problems among Head and Neck Cancer Patients in Relation to Utilization of Healthcare and Informal Care and Costs in the First Two Years after Diagnosis
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Florie E. van Beek, Femke Jansen, Rob J. Baatenburg de Jong, Johannes A. Langendijk, C. René Leemans, Johannes H. Smit, Robert P. Takes, Chris H. J. Terhaard, José A. E. Custers, Judith B. Prins, Birgit I. Lissenberg-Witte, Irma M. Verdonck-de Leeuw, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology / Head & Neck Surgery, CCA - Cancer Treatment and quality of life, APH - Mental Health, Psychiatry, APH - Methodology, Amsterdam Neuroscience - Complex Trait Genetics, Amsterdam Neuroscience - Mood, Anxiety, Psychosis, Stress & Sleep, Epidemiology and Data Science, APH - Personalized Medicine, Guided Treatment in Optimal Selected Cancer Patients (GUTS), and Damage and Repair in Cancer Development and Cancer Treatment (DARE)
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Quality of Life/psychology ,Psychological/diagnosis ,Stress ,psychology ,mental health ,healthcare use ,costs ,informal care ,head and neck cancer ,Women's cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 17] ,Cohort Studies ,Head and Neck Neoplasms/complications ,All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,Head and Neck Neoplasms ,Quality of Life ,Stress, Psychological/diagnosis ,Humans ,Patient Care ,Delivery of Health Care ,Stress, Psychological ,Rare cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 9] - Abstract
BACKGROUND: To investigate associations between psychological problems and the use of healthcare and informal care and total costs among head and neck cancer (HNC) patients.METHOD: Data were used of the NETherlands QUality of Life and Biomedical Cohort study. Anxiety and depression disorder (diagnostic interview), distress, symptoms of anxiety and depression (HADS), and fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) and cancer worry scale (CWS) were measured at baseline and at 12-month follow-up. Care use and costs (questionnaire) were measured at baseline, 3-, 6-, 12-, and 24-month follow-up. Associations between psychological problems and care use/costs were investigated using logistic and multiple regression analyses.RESULTS: Data of 558 patients were used. Distress, symptoms of anxiety or depression, FCR, and/or anxiety disorder at baseline were significantly associated with higher use of primary care, supportive care, and/or informal care (odds ratios (ORs) between 1.55 and 4.76). Symptoms of anxiety, FCR, and/or depression disorder at 12-month follow-up were significantly associated with use of primary care, supportive care, and/or informal care (ORs between 1.74 and 6.42). Distress, symptoms of anxiety, and FCR at baseline were associated with higher total costs.DISCUSSION: HNC patients with psychological problems make more use of healthcare and informal care and have higher costs. This is not the result of worse clinical outcomes.
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34. Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis in a patient with <scp>COVID</scp> ‐19 infection
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L. De Brucker, L. Seyler, G. Leemans, J. Gutermuth, and M. Grosber
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35. Faster functional performance recovery after individualized nutrition therapy combined with a patient-tailored physical rehabilitation program versus standard physiotherapy in patients with long COVID: a pilot study for a randomized, controlled single-center trial
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Stijn Roggeman, Berenice Jimenez Garcia, Lynn Leemans, Joy Demol, Janne Geers, Ann De Smedt, Koen Putman, Marc Schiltz, David Beckwée, and Elisabeth De Waele
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Background Long COVID is suggested to be present in 14 to 43% of COVID 19-survivors. Literature on this new condition states a need for a multidisciplinary approach including physical exercise and nutrition. The aim of the current UNLOCK study is to investigate the feasibility of the proposed protocol to prepare for a randomized controlled study that addresses the effectiveness of a personalized multimodal treatment compared to standard physiotherapy. Methods This is a protocol of a pragmatic, single-center, randomized controlled pilot trial with two groups. Patients with persisting symptoms related to a proven SARS-CoV-2 infection will be recruited from the Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Belgium. Patients will receive either standard physiotherapy or an individualized physical exercise program combined with nutritional counseling. They will be followed-up at 6, 12 and 18 weeks after randomization. Discussion a multidisciplinary approach for dealing with long COVID is needed. Because of the lack of clear data and the fact that this is a very heterogenic group, we aim to prepare and optimize a randomized controlled study that addresses the effectiveness of a personalized multimodal treatment. Protocol version number and date Version number: 2.0 Version date: 10 June 2022 Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05254301 (since February 24, 2022)
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36. De dagelijkse rente van de koe
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Leemans, Inger, Cornips, Leonie, Hendriksen, Marieke, Mak, Geertje, and Meertens Instituut
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37. Interacting with Neural Radiance Fields in Immersive Virtual Reality
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Ke Li, Tim Rolff, Susanne Schmidt, Reinhard Bacher, Wim Leemans, and Frank Steinicke
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38. Acousto-Optic Modulation in Ambient Air
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Schrödel, Yannick, Hartmann, Claas, Lang, Tino, Zheng, Jiaan, Steudel, Max, Rutsch, Matthias, Salman, Sarper H., Kellert, Martin, Pergament, Mikhail, Hahn-Jose, Thomas, Suppelt, Sven, Dörsam, Jan Helge, Harth, Anne, Leemans, Wim P., Kärtner, Franz X., Hartl, Ingmar, Kupnik, Mario, and Heyl, Christoph M.
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FOS: Physical sciences ,Optics (physics.optics) ,Physics - Optics - Abstract
Control over intensity, shape, direction, and phase of coherent light is essential in numerous fields, reaching from gravitational wave astronomy over quantum metrology and ultrafast sciences to semi-conductor fabrication. Modern laser optics, however, frequently demands parameter regimes where either the wavelength or the optical power restricts control due to linear absorption, light-induced damage or optical nonlinearity. The properties of solid media, upon which most photonic control schemes rely, impose these limitations. We propose to circumvent these constraints using gaseous media tailored by high-intensity ultrasound waves. We demonstrate a first implementation of this approach by deflecting ultrashort laser pulses using ultrasound waves in ambient air, entirely omitting transmissive solid media. At optical peak powers of 20 GW exceeding previous limits of solid-based acousto-optic modulation by about three orders of magnitude, we reach a deflection efficiency greater than 50% while preserving excellent beam quality. Our approach is not limited to laser pulse deflection via acousto-optic modulation: gas-phase photonic schemes controlled by sonic waves can prospectively be translated to various optical methods, e.g., lenses or waveguides, rendering them effectively invulnerable against damage and opening up new spectral regions., 23 pages, including 9 pages of main text and 9 pages of Methods and Extended Data, 3 figures, 3 Extended Data figures, 1 Extended Data table
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39. Data from Microarray Analysis of Bleomycin-Exposed Lymphoblastoid Cells for Identifying Cancer Susceptibility Genes
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Boudewijn J.M. Braakhuis, Ruud H. Brakenhoff, C. René Leemans, Bauke Ylstra, Paul van den IJssel, Mireille H.J. Snel, Wim P.H. de Boer, and Jacqueline Cloos
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The uncovering of genes involved in susceptibility to the sporadic cancer types is a great challenge. It is well established that the way in which an individual deals with DNA damage is related to the chance to develop cancer. Mutagen sensitivity is a phenotype that reflects an individual's susceptibility to the major sporadic cancer types, including colon, lung, and head and neck cancer. A standard test for mutagen sensitivity is measuring the number of chromatid breaks in lymphocytes after exposure to bleomycin. The aim of the present study was to search for the pathways involved in mutagen sensitivity. Lymphoblastoid cell lines of seven individuals with low mutagen sensitivity were compared with seven individuals with a high score. RNA was isolated from cells exposed to bleomycin (4 hours) and from unexposed cells. Microarray analysis (19K) was used to compare gene expression of insensitive and sensitive cells. The profile of most altered genes after bleomycin exposure, analyzed in all 14 cell lines, included relatively many genes involved in biological processes, such as cell growth and/or maintenance, proliferation, and regulation of cell cycle, as well as some genes involved in DNA repair. When comparing the insensitive and sensitive individuals, other differentially expressed genes were found that are involved in signal transduction and cell growth and/or maintenance (e.g., BUB1 and DUSP4). This difference in expression profiles between mutagen-sensitive and mutagen-insensitive individuals justifies further studies aimed at elucidating the genes responsible for the development of sporadic cancers. (Mol Cancer Res 2006;4(2):71–7)
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40. Supplementary Table S5 from The FA/BRCA Pathway Identified as the Major Predictor of Cisplatin Response in Head and Neck Cancer by Functional Genomics
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Ruud H. Brakenhoff, Boudewijn J.M. Braakhuis, Victor W. van Beusechem, C. René Leemans, Dennis E. te Beest, Renée X. de Menezes, Ida H. van der Meulen, Arjen Brink, and Sanne R. Martens-de Kemp
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Supplementary Table S5. Characteristics of the patient groups extracted from Wichmann et al.(64) and used in Figure 4. Patients were selected on basis of a negative HPV test result as HPV will confound the prognostic associations. All patients were treated with multimodality therapy regimens with curative intent.
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41. Supplementary Table S1 from Microarray Analysis of Bleomycin-Exposed Lymphoblastoid Cells for Identifying Cancer Susceptibility Genes
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Boudewijn J.M. Braakhuis, Ruud H. Brakenhoff, C. René Leemans, Bauke Ylstra, Paul van den IJssel, Mireille H.J. Snel, Wim P.H. de Boer, and Jacqueline Cloos
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Gene list: bleo comparison
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42. Supplementary figures from The FA/BRCA Pathway Identified as the Major Predictor of Cisplatin Response in Head and Neck Cancer by Functional Genomics
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Ruud H. Brakenhoff, Boudewijn J.M. Braakhuis, Victor W. van Beusechem, C. René Leemans, Dennis E. te Beest, Renée X. de Menezes, Ida H. van der Meulen, Arjen Brink, and Sanne R. Martens-de Kemp
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Supplementary figures S1-S4
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43. Figure S2 from Establishment and Genetic Landscape of Precancer Cell Model Systems from the Head and Neck Mucosal Lining
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Ruud H. Brakenhoff, C. René Leemans, Elisabeth Bloemena, Bauke Ylstra, Keith D. Hunter, Marijke Stigter-van Walsum, Marijke Buijze, Arjen Brink, and D. Vicky de Boer
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Frequency plots of CNAs detected in tumor and precancer samples. (A) A frequency plot of the 22 tumor cell lines. Note that almost all samples contained a loss at chromosome 3p and a gain at 3q. (B) The same plot was made for 12 precancer cultures originating from the margins, including VU-preSCC-M3 (HN439-M1 was excluded). Although the number of samples is low, there is a clear peak visible at chromosome 9p, where CDKN2A is located. (C) A similar plot was made for the five (erythro)leukoplakia cultures. Again the numbers are low, but a trend towards HNSCC-associated CNAs is clearly visible. All graphs represent the frequency of losses and gains in the group of samples, where blue represent gains and red losses.
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44. Data from The FA/BRCA Pathway Identified as the Major Predictor of Cisplatin Response in Head and Neck Cancer by Functional Genomics
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Ruud H. Brakenhoff, Boudewijn J.M. Braakhuis, Victor W. van Beusechem, C. René Leemans, Dennis E. te Beest, Renée X. de Menezes, Ida H. van der Meulen, Arjen Brink, and Sanne R. Martens-de Kemp
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Patients with advanced stage head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) are often treated with cisplatin-containing chemoradiation protocols. Although cisplatin is an effective radiation sensitizer, it causes severe toxicity and not all patients benefit from the combination treatment. HNSCCs expectedly not responding to cisplatin may better be treated with surgery and postoperative radiation or cetuximab and radiation, but biomarkers to personalize chemoradiotherapy are not available. We performed an unbiased genome-wide functional genetic screen in vitro to identify genes that influence the response to cisplatin in HNSCC cells. By siRNA-mediated knockdown, we identified the Fanconi anemia/BRCA pathway as the predominant pathway for cisplatin response in HNSCC cells. We also identified the involvement of the SHFM1 gene in the process of DNA cross-link repair. Furthermore, expression profiles based on these genes predict the prognosis of radiation- and chemoradiation-treated head and neck cancer patients. This genome-wide functional analysis designated the genes that are important in the response of HNSCC to cisplatin and may guide further biomarker validation. Cisplatin imaging as well as biomarkers that indicate the activity of the Fanconi anemia/BRCA pathway in the tumors are the prime candidates. Mol Cancer Ther; 16(3); 540–50. ©2016 AACR.
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45. Figure S4 from Establishment and Genetic Landscape of Precancer Cell Model Systems from the Head and Neck Mucosal Lining
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Ruud H. Brakenhoff, C. René Leemans, Elisabeth Bloemena, Bauke Ylstra, Keith D. Hunter, Marijke Stigter-van Walsum, Marijke Buijze, Arjen Brink, and D. Vicky de Boer
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Supplementary Figure S4: CN profiles of cultures HN539-M2 and HN433-M1. (A) HN539-M2 is one of the cultures with only CNAs and no mutations. Cells of this culture contained a focal loss at chromosome 7q, however targeted sequencing revealed no mutations in any of the genes of our cancer-panel. (B) CN profile of HN433-M1 made at passage 3, with 6 PDs. We also generated a CN profile when the cells reached 30 PDs (Figure 2B). In both profiles a similar gain at chromosome 5q, a loss of chromosome 9p and a gain at the same arm were detected.
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46. supplementary figure S3 from Noninvasive Molecular Screening for Oral Precancer in Fanconi Anemia Patients
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Ruud H. Brakenhoff, Boudewijn J.M. Braakhuis, C. René Leemans, Jean Soulier, Dorly J.H. Deeg, Marijke Buijze, Arjen Brink, Thijs Wu, Ralf Dietrich, Eunike Velleuer, and Stephanie E. Smetsers
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Figure S3. Visible lesions in non-transplanted FA patients. Visible lesions were found in 27 of 110 patients (25%) with follow-up. Five patients with visible lesions (4 with LOH, 1 without LOH) developed HNSCC.
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47. Data from Noninvasive Molecular Screening for Oral Precancer in Fanconi Anemia Patients
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Ruud H. Brakenhoff, Boudewijn J.M. Braakhuis, C. René Leemans, Jean Soulier, Dorly J.H. Deeg, Marijke Buijze, Arjen Brink, Thijs Wu, Ralf Dietrich, Eunike Velleuer, and Stephanie E. Smetsers
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LOH at chromosome arms 3p, 9p, 11q, and 17p are well-established oncogenetic aberrations in oral precancerous lesions and promising biomarkers to monitor the development of oral cancer. Noninvasive LOH screening of brushed oral cells is a preferable method for precancer detection in patients at increased risk for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), such as patients with Fanconi anemia. We determined the prevalence of LOH in brushed samples of the oral epithelium of 141 patients with Fanconi anemia and 144 aged subjects, and studied the association between LOH and HNSCC. LOH was present in 14 (9.9%) nontransplanted patients with Fanconi anemia, whereas LOH was not detected in a low-risk group (n = 50, >58 years, nonsmoking/nonalcohol history) and a group with somewhat increased HNSCC risk (n = 94, >58 years, heavy smoking/excessive alcohol use); Fisher exact test, P = 0.023 and P = 0.001, respectively. Most frequent genetic alteration was LOH at 9p. Age was a significant predictor of LOH (OR, 1.13, P = 0.001). Five patients with Fanconi anemia developed HNSCC during the study at a median age of 39.6 years (range, 24.8–53.7). LOH was significantly associated with HNSCC (Fisher exact test, P = 0.000). Unexpectedly, the LOH assay could not be used for transplanted patients with Fanconi anemia because donor DNA in brushed oral epithelium, most likely from donor leukocytes present in the oral cavity, disturbed the analysis. Noninvasive screening using a LOH assay on brushed samples of the oral epithelium has a promising outlook in patients with Fanconi anemia. However, assays need to be adapted in case of stem cell transplantation, because of contaminating donor DNA. Cancer Prev Res; 8(11); 1102–11. ©2015 AACR.
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48. Supplementary Table S3 from Microarray Analysis of Bleomycin-Exposed Lymphoblastoid Cells for Identifying Cancer Susceptibility Genes
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Boudewijn J.M. Braakhuis, Ruud H. Brakenhoff, C. René Leemans, Bauke Ylstra, Paul van den IJssel, Mireille H.J. Snel, Wim P.H. de Boer, and Jacqueline Cloos
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Supplementary Table S3 from Microarray Analysis of Bleomycin-Exposed Lymphoblastoid Cells for Identifying Cancer Susceptibility Genes
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49. Table S3 from Establishment and Genetic Landscape of Precancer Cell Model Systems from the Head and Neck Mucosal Lining
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Ruud H. Brakenhoff, C. René Leemans, Elisabeth Bloemena, Bauke Ylstra, Keith D. Hunter, Marijke Stigter-van Walsum, Marijke Buijze, Arjen Brink, and D. Vicky de Boer
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Genetic characterization of the five established tumor cultures. The five tumor cultures we generated contained multiple CNAs, three samples showed a loss of CDKN2A and all contained a mutation in TP53.
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50. supplementary figure S2 from Noninvasive Molecular Screening for Oral Precancer in Fanconi Anemia Patients
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Ruud H. Brakenhoff, Boudewijn J.M. Braakhuis, C. René Leemans, Jean Soulier, Dorly J.H. Deeg, Marijke Buijze, Arjen Brink, Thijs Wu, Ralf Dietrich, Eunike Velleuer, and Stephanie E. Smetsers
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Figure S2. Picture of a FA patient (F06-84) with squamous cell carcinoma of the gingiva LOH at chromosome arm 9p in brush C was detected in the first brush of patient F06-84.
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