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Geerard L. Beets is affiliated with the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to medical research, primarily focused on oncology and surgery. Their scholarly activity is characterized by a significant number of publications in the field of medicine, with 597 works recorded, including substantial contributions to subfields such as oncology, surgery, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and pathology and forensic medicine.

The scientist's research topics predominantly address colorectal cancer surgical treatments, colorectal and anal carcinomas, colorectal cancer screening and detection, radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, colorectal cancer treatments and studies, gastric cancer management and outcomes, as well as anorectal disease treatments and outcomes.

Geerard L. Beets's work has been published frequently in several reputable venues. These include the European Journal of Surgical Oncology (46 publications), British Journal of Surgery (18 publications), European Radiology (14 publications), Annals of Surgical Oncology (11 publications), and the Journal of Clinical Oncology (9 publications).

Collaborations have been an important aspect of their research, with frequent coauthors including Doenja M. J. Lambregts, Monique Maas, Regina G. H. Beets-Tan, Brechtje A. Grotenhuis, and Arend G. J. Aalbers.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Short-course radiotherapy followed by chemotherapy before total mesorectal excision (TME) versus preoperative chemoradiotherapy, TME, and optional adjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer (RAPIDO): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial, 2020, The Lancet Oncology
  • Neoadjuvant immunotherapy leads to pathological responses in MMR-proficient and MMR-deficient early-stage colon cancers, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy in Locally Advanced Mismatch Repair-Deficient Colon Cancer, 2024, New England Journal of Medicine
  • International consensus recommendations on key outcome measures for organ preservation after (chemo)radiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer, 2021, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
  • Conditional recurrence-free survival of clinical complete responders managed by watch and wait after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer in the International Watch & Wait Database: a retrospective, international, multicentre registry study, 2020, The Lancet Oncology

Geerard L. Beets has also authored a book published by Springer Nature titled Imaging and Interventional Radiology for Radiation Oncology in 2020, which has been cited in academic literature.

Best Publications

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

    Monique Maas;Patty J. Nelemans;Vincenzo Valentini;Prajnan Das

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

    Myriam Chalabi;Lorenzo F Fanchi;Krijn K Dijkstra;José G Van den Berg

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

    Monique Maas;Regina G.H. Beets-Tan;Doenja M.J. Lambregts;Guido Lammering

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

    Rgh Beets-Tan;GL Beets;Rfa Vliegen;Agh Kessels

  • Long-term outcomes of clinical complete responders after neoadjuvant treatment for rectal cancer in the International Watch & Wait Database (IWWD): an international multicentre registry study

    Maxime J M van der Valk;Maxime J M van der Valk;Denise E Hilling;Denise E Hilling;Esther Bastiaannet;Elma Meershoek-Klein Kranenbarg

  • Rectal Cancer: Review with Emphasis on MR Imaging

    Regina G H Beets-Tan;Geerard L Beets

  • Laparoscopic versus open total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer

    Sandra Vennix;Loeki Pelzers;Nicole Bouvy;Geerard L. Beets

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

    Joo Hee Kim;Geerard L. Beets;Myeong-Jin Kim;Alfons G.H. Kessels

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

    Kostan W. Reisinger;Jeroen L. A. van Vugt;Juul J. W. Tegels;Claire Snijders

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

    R.G.H. Beets-Tan;G.L. Beets;A.G. van der Hoop;A.G.H. Kessels

  • Neoadjuvant (Chemo)radiotherapy With Total Mesorectal Excision Only Is Not Sufficient to Prevent Lateral Local Recurrence in Enlarged Nodes: Results of the Multicenter Lateral Node Study of Patients With Low cT3/4 Rectal Cancer

    Atsushi Ogura;Atsushi Ogura;Atsushi Ogura;Tsuyoshi Konishi;Tsuyoshi Konishi;Chris Cunningham;Julio Garcia-Aguilar

  • Diffusion-Weighted MRI for Selection of Complete Responders After Chemoradiation for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: A Multicenter Study

    Doenja M. J. Lambregts;Vincent Vandecaveye;Brunella Barbaro;Frans C. H. Bakers

  • Imaging for Predicting the Risk Factors—the Circumferential Resection Margin and Nodal Disease—of Local Recurrence in Rectal Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

    M.J. Lahaye;S.M.E. Engelen;P.J. Nelemans;G.L. Beets

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

    M. Kusters;C.A.M. Marijnen;C.J.H. van de Velde;H.J.T. Rutten

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

    Milou H. Martens;Monique Maas;Luc A. Heijnen;Doenja M. J. Lambregts

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

    Monique Maas;Doenja M. J. Lambregts;Patty J. Nelemans;Luc A. Heijnen

  • Rectal Cancer: Assessment of Complete Response to Preoperative Combined Radiation Therapy with Chemotherapy—Conventional MR Volumetry versus Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging

    Luís Curvo-Semedo;Doenja M. J. Lambregts;Monique Maas;Thomas Thywissen

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

    Doenja M. J. Lambregts;Geerard L. Beets;Monique Maas;Luís Curvo-Semedo

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

    G. Beets;F. Penninckx;C. Schiepers;L. Filez

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

    Luís Curvo-Semedo;Doenja M.J. Lambregts;Monique Maas;Geerard L. Beets

Frequent Co-Authors

Regina G. H. Beets-Tan
Regina G. H. Beets-Tan Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Cornelis J.H. van de Velde
Cornelis J.H. van de Velde Leiden University Medical Center
Corrie A.M. Marijnen
Corrie A.M. Marijnen Leiden University Medical Center
Cornelis H.C. Dejong
Cornelis H.C. Dejong Maastricht University
Andrew G Renehan
Andrew G Renehan University of Manchester
Nils Kok
Nils Kok Maastricht University
Julio Garcia-Aguilar
Julio Garcia-Aguilar Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Pieter J. Tanis
Pieter J. Tanis University of Amsterdam
Philippe Lambin
Philippe Lambin Maastricht University
Walter H. Backes
Walter H. Backes Maastricht University

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