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List of works by Geerard L Beets

A Pattern-Based Approach Combining Tumor Morphology on MRI With Distinct Signal Patterns on Diffusion-Weighted Imaging to Assess Response of Rectal Tumors After Chemoradiotherapy

scientific article published on 23 January 2018

A comparison between the treatment of low rectal cancer in Japan and the Netherlands, focusing on the patterns of local recurrence

scientific article published on 01 February 2009

A multi-centred randomised trial of radical surgery versus adjuvant chemoradiotherapy after local excision for early rectal cancer

scientific article

A needle-localised open-breast biopsy for nonpalpable breast lesions should not be performed for diagnosis

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

A new paradigm for rectal cancer: Organ preservation: Introducing the International Watch & Wait Database (IWWD).

scientific article published on 20 October 2015

A phase I-II study on the combination of rapamycin and short course radiotherapy in rectal cancer

scientific article published on 4 August 2015

A systematic review of flap fixation techniques in reducing seroma formation and its sequelae after mastectomy

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Absence of tumor invasion into pelvic structures in locally recurrent rectal cancer: prediction with preoperative MR imaging.

scientific article published on July 2010

Accuracy of gadofosveset-enhanced MRI for nodal staging and restaging in rectal cancer

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging in prediction of tumour-free resection margin in rectal cancer surgery

scientific article published on 01 February 2001

Adjuvant chemotherapy for rectal cancer still controversial

scientific article published on 17 January 2014

Advanced imaging to predict response to chemotherapy in colorectal liver metastases - a systematic review

scientific article published on 28 November 2017

Arterial embolectomy. A long-term perspective

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

Assessment of Clinical Complete Response After Chemoradiation for Rectal Cancer with Digital Rectal Examination, Endoscopy, and MRI: Selection for Organ-Saving Treatment

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Associations of adipose and muscle tissue parameters at colorectal cancer diagnosis with long-term health-related quality of life

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Associations of sedentary time and patterns of sedentary time accumulation with health-related quality of life in colorectal cancer survivors.

scientific article published on July 2016

Automated Spectroscopic Tissue Classification in Colorectal Surgery

scientific article published on 03 February 2015

Automated and Semiautomated Segmentation of Rectal Tumor Volumes on Diffusion-Weighted MRI: Can It Replace Manual Volumetry?

scientific article published on 17 December 2015

Bassini repair compared with laparoscopic repair for primary inguinal hernia: a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 01 June 1998

CT texture analysis in colorectal liver metastases and the surrounding liver parenchyma and its potential as an imaging biomarker of disease aggressiveness, response and survival

scientific article published on 27 February 2018

CT texture analysis in colorectal liver metastases: A better way than size and volume measurements to assess response to chemotherapy?

scientific article published on 21 August 2015

Can an FDG-PET/CT predict tumor clearance of the mesorectal fascia after preoperative chemoradiation of locally advanced rectal cancer?

scientific article published on 19 September 2008

Can perfusion MRI predict response to preoperative treatment in rectal cancer?

scientific article published on 10 December 2014

Capecitabine in the treatment of rectal cancer

scientific article published on 01 June 2012

Carotid artery surgery in the presence of an occlusion of the contralateral carotid artery: perioperative risk analysis and follow-up

scientific article published on 01 February 1994

Clinical value of whole-body positron emission tomography with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose in recurrent colorectal cancer

scientific article published on 01 November 1994

Correlation between quantitative and semiquantitative parameters in DCE-MRI with a blood pool agent in rectal cancer: can semiquantitative parameters be used as a surrogate for quantitative parameters?

scientific article

Cost-effectiveness of open versus laparoscopic repair for primary inguinal hernia.

scientific article published on January 1998

Costs and effects of ultrasonography in the evaluation of palpable breast masses

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Critical appraisal of the ‘wait and see’ approach in rectal cancer for clinical complete responders after chemoradiation (Br J Surg 2012; 99: 897–909) ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 July 2012

DWI for Assessment of Rectal Cancer Nodes After Chemoradiotherapy: Is the Absence of Nodes at DWI Proof of a Negative Nodal Status?

scientific article published on 13 December 2016

Degradation of mesh coatings and intraperitoneal adhesion formation in an experimental model

scientific article published on 01 March 2009

Delaying surgery after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer has no influence in surgical approach or short-term clinical outcomes

scientific article published in February 2018

Diagnostic Accuracy of CT for Local Staging of Colon Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article

Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy as a tool for real-time tissue assessment during colorectal cancer surgery.

scientific article published in October 2017

Diffusion-weighted MR imaging in primary rectal cancer staging demonstrates but does not characterise lymph nodes.

scientific article published on 3 July 2013

Diffusion-weighted MRI for selection of complete responders after chemoradiation for locally advanced rectal cancer: a multicenter study.

scientific article

Diffusion-weighted MRI in rectal cancer: apparent diffusion coefficient as a potential noninvasive marker of tumor aggressiveness.

scientific article published on 23 January 2012

Diffusion-weighted MRI to assess response to chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer: main interpretation pitfalls and their use for teaching

scientific article published on 13 April 2017

Doppler-guided goal-directed fluid therapy does not affect intestinal cell damage but increases global gastrointestinal perfusion in colorectal surgery: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article

Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of radiation therapy-induced microcirculation changes in rectal cancer

scientific article published on 26 August 2005

ECCO Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care: Colorectal Cancer. A critical review ⬇️

scientific article published on 08 December 2016

Esophageal and Gastric Cancer Pearl: a nationwide clinical biobanking project in the Netherlands

scientific article published on 30 March 2015

Evaluation of short-course radiotherapy followed by neoadjuvant bevacizumab, capecitabine, and oxaliplatin and subsequent radical surgical treatment in primary stage IV rectal cancer†

scientific article published on 22 March 2013

FDG-PET provides the best correlation with the tumor specimen compared to MRI and CT in rectal cancer

scientific article published on 3 February 2011

FDG-PET-CT reduces the interobserver variability in rectal tumor delineation

scientific article published on 24 January 2012

First results after introduction of the four-armed da Vinci Surgical System in fully robotic laparoscopic cholecystectomy

scientific article published in January 2005

Flap Fixation Using Tissue Glue or Sutures Appears to Reduce Seroma Aspiration After Mastectomy for Breast Cancer.

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

Flap fixation reduces seroma in patients undergoing mastectomy: a significant implication for clinical practice.

scientific article published on 8 March 2016

Foreign body reactions to monofilament and braided polypropylene mesh used as preperitoneal implants in pigs

scientific article published on 01 October 1996

Functional compromise reflected by sarcopenia, frailty, and nutritional depletion predicts adverse postoperative outcome after colorectal cancer surgery.

scientific article published on February 2015

Gadofosveset-enhanced MRI for the assessment of rectal cancer lymph nodes: predictive criteria.

scientific article published in August 2013

Gas-induced susceptibility artefacts on diffusion-weighted MRI of the rectum at 1.5 T - Effect of applying a micro-enema to improve image quality.

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

Good and complete responding locally advanced rectal tumors after chemoradiotherapy: where are the residual positive nodes located on restaging MRI?

scientific article published on 27 January 2016

High-resolution MR imaging for nodal staging in rectal cancer: are there any criteria in addition to the size?

scientific article published in October 2004

High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging of the anorectal region without an endocoil

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

How to repair an adult indirect inguinal hernia?

scientific article published on 01 April 2000

Imaging for predicting the risk factors--the circumferential resection margin and nodal disease--of local recurrence in rectal cancer: a meta-analysis.

scientific article

Impact of radiotherapy on anorectal function in patients with rectal cancer following a watch and wait programme

scientific article published on 21 December 2018

Improving quality of life after treatment for rectal cancer

scientific article published on 07 June 2017

Interexamination variation of whole breast ultrasound

scientific article published in May 2003

Ischaemia-induced mucus barrier loss and bacterial penetration are rapidly counteracted by increased goblet cell secretory activity in human and rat colon

scientific article

Laparoscopic versus open total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer

scientific article (published 2014-04-15)

Light Physical Activity Is Associated with Quality of Life after Colorectal Cancer

scientific article published on 12 May 2015

Linitis plastica of the rectum secondary to bladder carcinoma: a report of two cases and its MR features

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Local staging of rectal cancer: a review of imaging.

scientific article published on May 2011

Locally advanced rectal cancer: MR imaging for restaging after neoadjuvant radiation therapy with concomitant chemotherapy. Part I. Are we able to predict tumor confined to the rectal wall?

scientific article published on 29 April 2009

Locally advanced rectal cancer: MR imaging for restaging after neoadjuvant radiation therapy with concomitant chemotherapy. Part II. What are the criteria to predict involved lymph nodes?

scientific article published on 29 April 2009

Location of involved mesorectal and extramesorectal lymph nodes in patients with primary rectal cancer: preoperative assessment with MR imaging

scientific article published on 26 November 2007

Long-term Outcome of an Organ Preservation Program After Neoadjuvant Treatment for Rectal Cancer

scientific article published on 10 August 2016

Long-term evaluation of adhesion formation and foreign body response to three new meshes

scientific article published on 01 November 2014

Long-term follow-up features on rectal MRI during a wait-and-see approach after a clinical complete response in patients with rectal cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy

scientific article published on 01 December 2011

Long-term outcome in patients with a pathological complete response after chemoradiation for rectal cancer: a pooled analysis of individual patient data

scientific article

Long-term quality of life in patients with rectal cancer: association with severe postoperative complications and presence of a stoma

scientific article published in July 2009

Long-term results of giant prosthetic reinforcement of the visceral sac for complex recurrent inguinal hernia

scientific article published on 01 February 1996

Longterm followup (12-15 years) of a randomized controlled trial comparing Bassini-Stetten, Shouldice, and high ligation with narrowing of the internal ring for primary inguinal hernia repair

scientific article published on 01 October 1997

MRI after chemoradiotherapy of rectal cancer: a useful tool to select patients for local excision.

scientific article published on July 2010

MRI and Diffusion-weighted MRI Volumetry for Identification of Complete Tumor Responders After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Rectal Cancer: A Bi-institutional Validation Study.

scientific article published on 10 September 2014

MRI and diffusion-weighted MRI to diagnose a local tumour regrowth during long-term follow-up of rectal cancer patients treated with organ preservation after chemoradiotherapy.

scientific article published on 30 October 2015

MRI for assessing and predicting response to neoadjuvant treatment in rectal cancer.

scientific article published on 25 March 2014

MRI surveillance for the detection of local recurrence in rectal cancer after transanal endoscopic microsurgery.

scientific article published on 30 June 2017

Magnetic resonance imaging of rectal cancer: what radiation oncologists need to know.

scientific article published in January 2004

Magnetization transfer imaging to assess tumour response after chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer.

scientific article

Magnetization transfer ratio: a potential biomarker for the assessment of postradiation fibrosis in patients with rectal cancer

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Management of Rectal Cancer Without Radical Resection

scientific article published on 09 September 2016

Management of complete response after chemoradiation in rectal cancer

scientific article published on 30 October 2013

Mandatory imaging cuts costs and reduces the rate of unnecessary surgeries in the diagnostic work-up of patients suspected of having appendicitis

scientific article published on 16 January 2015

Measurement of anal sphincter muscles: endoanal US, endoanal MR imaging, or phased-array MR imaging? A study with healthy volunteers

scientific article published in July 2001

Measuring the apparent diffusion coefficient in primary rectal tumors: is there a benefit in performing histogram analyses?

scientific article

Mesorectal fascia invasion after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer: accuracy of MR imaging for prediction

scientific article published in February 2008

Metachronous colorectal cancers result from missed lesions and non-compliance with surveillance.

scientific article published on 02 April 2015

Modeling how substitution of sedentary behavior with standing or physical activity is associated with health-related quality of life in colorectal cancer survivors

scientific article published on 18 February 2016

Modern multidisciplinary treatment of rectal cancer based on staging with magnetic resonance imaging leads to excellent local control, but distant control remains a challenge

scientific article published on 06 April 2013

Monitoring early changes in rectal tumor morphology and volume during 5 weeks of preoperative chemoradiotherapy - An evaluation with sequential MRIs

scientific article published on 15 January 2018

Neoadjuvant immunotherapy leads to pathological responses in MMR-proficient and MMR-deficient early-stage colon cancers

scientific article published on 06 April 2020

Nodal staging in rectal cancer: why is restaging after chemoradiation more accurate than primary nodal staging?

scientific article published on 7 April 2016

Non-invasive MR assessment of macroscopic and microscopic vascular abnormalities in the rectal tumour-surrounding mesorectum

scientific article published on 30 August 2015

Oral pemphigus as first sign of an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour in an 18-year-old male patient.

scientific article published on 28 October 2013

Organ Preservation in Rectal Cancer After Chemoradiation: Should We Extend the Observation Period in Patients with a Clinical Near-Complete Response?

scientific article published on 13 November 2017

Patterns of local recurrence in rectal cancer; a study of the Dutch TME trial.

scientific article published on 21 January 2010

Performance of gadofosveset-enhanced MRI for staging rectal cancer nodes: can the initial promising results be reproduced?

scientific article published on 20 September 2013

Perioperative nutrition and enhanced recovery after surgery in gastrointestinal cancer patients. A position paper by the ESSO task force in collaboration with the ERAS society (ERAS coalition).

scientific article published on 12 January 2018

Phase I trial of the combination of the Akt inhibitor nelfinavir and chemoradiation for locally advanced rectal cancer

scientific article published on 3 May 2013

Polypropylene meshes to prevent abdominal herniation. Can stable coatings prevent adhesions in the long term?

scientific article published on 25 November 2008

Pre-operative imaging of rectal cancer and its impact on surgical performance and treatment outcome

scientific article published on 01 August 2005

Preoperative MR imaging of anal fistulas: Does it really help the surgeon?

scientific article published in January 2001

Preoperative assessment of local tumor extent in advanced rectal cancer: CT or high-resolution MRI?

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

Preoperative estimation of the pathological breast tumour size by physical examination, mammography and ultrasound: a prospective study on 105 invasive tumours

scientific article

Preoperative staging of rectal tumors: what is the most optimal staging method?

scientific article published on 10 April 2008

Pretherapy imaging of rectal cancers: ERUS or MRI?

scientific article published on October 2010

Prevention of parastomal hernia. It is possible!

scientific article published on 01 October 2010

Prophylactic intraperitoneal mesh placement to prevent incisional hernia after stoma reversal: a feasibility study.

scientific article published on 20 December 2013

Prospective, Multicenter Validation Study of Magnetic Resonance Volumetry for Response Assessment After Preoperative Chemoradiation in Rectal Cancer: Can the Results in the Literature be Reproduced?

scientific article published on 15 September 2015

Pseudomyxoma peritonei in the pleural cavity: report of a case

scientific article

Quality of Life in Rectal Cancer Patients After Chemoradiation: Watch-and-Wait Policy Versus Standard Resection - A Matched-Controlled Study.

scientific article published in October 2017

Radiomics performs comparable to morphologic assessment by expert radiologists for prediction of response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy on baseline staging MRI in rectal cancer

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Randomized clinical trial on chronic pain after the transinguinal preperitoneal technique compared with Lichtenstein's method for inguinal hernia repair (Br J Surg 2012; 99: 1365–1373) ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

Recognition of the anterior peritoneal reflection at rectal MRI.

scientific article published in January 2013

Rectal cancer: MR imaging in local staging--is gadolinium-based contrast material helpful?

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Rectal cancer: assessment of complete response to preoperative combined radiation therapy with chemotherapy--conventional MR volumetry versus diffusion-weighted MR imaging.

scientific article published on 14 June 2011

Rectal cancer: how accurate can imaging predict the T stage and the circumferential resection margin?

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Rectovaginal fistula: a new technique and preliminary results using collagen matrix biomesh

scientific article published on 28 March 2014

Remarkable effects of imatinib in a family with young onset gastrointestinal stromal tumors and cutaneous hyperpigmentation associated with a germline KIT-Trp557Arg mutation: case report and literature overview

scientific article published on 14 July 2017

Report from a consensus meeting: response to chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer - predictor of cure and a crucial new choice for the patient: on behalf of the Champalimaud 2014 Faculty for 'Rectal cancer: when NOT to operate'

scientific article published on 01 May 2014

Reproducibility studies for experimental epitope detection in macrophages (EDIM).

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Response

scientific article published on 16 December 2016

Risk factors for adverse outcome in patients with rectal cancer treated with an abdominoperineal resection in the total mesorectal excision trial

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

Systematic review and meta-analysis of surgical interventions for high cryptoglandular perianal fistula

scientific article published on 10 December 2014

T-staging of rectal cancer: accuracy of 3.0 Tesla MRI compared with 1.5 Tesla.

scientific article published in June 2012

T2 weighted signal intensity evolution may predict pathological complete response after treatment for rectal cancer.

scientific article published on 10 July 2012

The 2017 Assisi Think Tank Meeting on rectal cancer: A positioning paper

scientific article published on 17 August 2019

The Authors Reply

The CARTS study: Chemoradiation therapy for rectal cancer in the distal rectum followed by organ-sparing transanal endoscopic microsurgery.

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The Human Colon Is More Resistant to Ischemia-reperfusion-induced Tissue Damage Than the Small Intestine: An Observational Study

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The additional diagnostic value of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of breast cancer

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

The applicability of the international classification of functioning, disability, and health to study lifestyle and quality of life of colorectal cancer survivors

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The disappointing quality of published studies on operative techniques for rectovaginal fistulas: a blueprint for a prospective multi-institutional study.

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The role of ultrasonography as an adjunct to mammography in the detection of breast cancer. a systematic review.

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Three-dimensional analysis of recurrence patterns in rectal cancer: the cranial border in hypofractionated preoperative radiotherapy can be lowered

scientific article published on 18 June 2010

Timing of Systemic Chemotherapy in Patients With Colorectal Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Treated With Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy

scientific article published on May 2017

Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery with or without Completion Total Mesorectal Excision for T2 and T3 Rectal Carcinoma

scientific article published on 23 May 2018

Treatment of Crohn's disease-related high perianal fistulas combining the mucosa advancement flap with platelet-rich plasma: a pilot study

scientific article published on 15 May 2015

Tumour ADC measurements in rectal cancer: effect of ROI methods on ADC values and interobserver variability.

scientific article published on 7 August 2011

USPIO-enhanced MR imaging for nodal staging in patients with primary rectal cancer: predictive criteria.

scientific article published on 14 January 2008

Value of ADC measurements for nodal staging after chemoradiation in locally advanced rectal cancer-a per lesion validation study

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Value of DCE-MRI for staging and response evaluation in rectal cancer: A systematic review

scientific article published on 12 August 2017

Value of MRI and diffusion-weighted MRI for the diagnosis of locally recurrent rectal cancer.

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Value of gadofosveset-enhanced MRI and multiplanar reformatting for selecting good responders after chemoradiation for rectal cancer.

scientific article published on 5 June 2014

Wait-and-See Policy for Clinical Complete Responders After Chemoradiation for Rectal Cancer ⬇️

scientific article published on November 7, 2011

What are We Going to Do with Complete Responses After Chemoradiation of Rectal Cancer?

scientific article published on 08 March 2016

What is the most accurate whole-body imaging modality for assessment of local and distant recurrent disease in colorectal cancer? A meta-analysis : imaging for recurrent colorectal cancer.

scientific article published on 6 April 2011

Which way is forward in the treatment of rectal cancer?

scientific article published on 11 December 2012

Whole liver CT texture analysis to predict the development of colorectal liver metastases-A multicentre study.

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Whole-liver CT texture analysis in colorectal cancer: Does the presence of liver metastases affect the texture of the remaining liver?

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Whole-liver diffusion-weighted MRI histogram analysis: effect of the presence of colorectal hepatic metastases on the remaining liver parenchyma

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Whole-volume vs. segmental CT texture analysis of the liver to assess metachronous colorectal liver metastases

scientific article published on 30 May 2017

[Loss of renal function due to deep infiltrating endometriosis; a complicated consideration in women who wish to have children]

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

[Pseudomyxoma peritonei]

scientific article published on 01 June 1997

[The 'Inguinal Hernia' guideline of the Association of Surgeons of the Netherlands]

scientific article published on 01 October 2003

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