• Distant metastasis dynamics following subsequent surgeries after primary breast cancer removal 

      Demicheli, Romano; Dillekås, Hanna; Straume, Oddbjørn; Biganzoli, Elia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: The aim of the research was to separate the distant metastasis (DM) enhancing effect due to breast tumour removal from that due to surgical manoeuvre by itself. Methods: DM dynamics following surgery for ...
    • Obesity-associated changes in molecular biology of primary breast cancer 

      Nguyen, Ha-Linh; Geukens, Tatjana; Maetens, Marion; Aparicio, Samuel; Bassez, Ayse; Borg, Ake; Brock, Jane; Broeks, Annegien; Caldas, Carlos; Cardoso, Fatima; De Schepper, Maxim; Delorenzi, Mauro; Drukker, Caroline A.; Glas, Annuska M.; Green, Andrew R.; Isnaldi, Edoardo; Eyfjörð, Jórunn; Khout, Hazem; Knappskog, Stian; Krishnamurthy, Savitri; Lakhani, Sunil R.; Langerød, Anita; Martens, John W. M.; McCart Reed, Amy E.; Murphy, Leigh; Naulaerts, Stefan; Nik-Zainal, Serena; Nevelsteen, Ines; Neven, Patrick; Piccart, Martine; Poncet, Coralie; Punie, Kevin; Purdie, Colin; Rakha, Emad A.; Richardson, Andrea; Rutgers, Emiel; Vincent-Salomon, Anne; Simpson, Peter T.; Schmidt, Marjanka K.; Sotiriou, Christos; Span, Paul N.; Tan, Kiat Tee Benita; Thompson, Alastair; Tommasi, Stefania; Van Baelen, Karen; Van de Vijver, Marc; Van Laere, Steven; van’t Veer, Laura; Viale, Giuseppe; Viari, Alain; Vos, Hanne; Witteveen, Anke T.; Wildiers, Hans; Floris, Giuseppe; Garg, Abhishek D.; Smeets, Ann; Lambrechts, Diether; Biganzoli, Elia; Richard, François; Desmedt, Christine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer (BC) and worse prognosis in BC patients, yet its impact on BC biology remains understudied in humans. This study investigates how the biology of ...
    • The recurrence pattern following delayed breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer suggests a systemic effect of surgery on occult dormant micrometastases 

      Dillekås, Hanna; Demicheli, Romano; Ardoino, Ilaria; Jensen, Svein Arthur; Biganzoli, Elia; Straume, Oddbjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      The purpose of this study was to characterize the recurrence dynamics in breast cancer patients after delayed reconstruction. We hypothesized that surgical reconstruction might stimulate dormant micrometastases and reduce ...