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Hendrik Van Poppel

Hendrik Van Poppel

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D-Index
93
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35723
World Ranking
10792
National Ranking
128

Overview

Hendrik Van Poppel is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a significant body of work in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, Oncology, Economics and Econometrics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans over 323 publications in these areas.

The main topics of Van Poppel's research include:

  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Renal cell carcinoma treatment
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

Van Poppel has contributed extensively to several venues, especially in European Urology, where they have published 43 papers. Other frequent publication venues include European Urology Open Science (24 papers), The Journal of Urology (20 papers), European Urology Oncology (6 papers), and Nature Reviews Urology (5 papers).

Recent papers by Van Poppel include:

  • Prostate-specific Antigen Testing as Part of a Risk-Adapted Early Detection Strategy for Prostate Cancer: European Association of Urology Position and Recommendations for 2021, European Urology, 2021
  • Serum PSA-based early detection of prostate cancer in Europe and globally: past, present and future, Nature Reviews Urology, 2022

Other notable recent publications featuring related research topics, though not authored by Van Poppel, include:

  • Epidemiology of Renal Cell Carcinoma: 2022 Update, European Urology, 2022
  • European Association of Urology Guidelines Office Rapid Reaction Group: An Organisation-wide Collaborative Effort to Adapt the European Association of Urology Guidelines Recommendations to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Era, European Urology, 2020
  • Long-term Outcomes of Salvage Lymph Node Dissection for Nodal Recurrence of Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy: Not as Good as Previously Thought, European Urology, 2020

Frequent co-authors working alongside Van Poppel include Steven Joniau, Gaëtan Devos, Alberto Briganti, Gert De Meerleer, and Francesco Montorsi. These collaborations reflect a broad network within urology and related oncology research.

Best Publications

  • Abiraterone in Metastatic Prostate Cancer without Previous Chemotherapy

    Charles J. Ryan;Matthew R. Smith;Johann S. De Bono;Arturo Molina

  • Radical nephrectomy plus interferon-alfa-based immunotherapy compared with interferon alfa alone in metastatic renal-cell carcinoma: a randomised trial

    G H J Mickisch;A Garin;H van Poppel;L de Prijck

  • Postoperative radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy: a randomised controlled trial (EORTC trial 22911)

    Michel Bolla;Hendrik Van Poppel;Laurence Collette;Paul van Cangh

  • Retropubic, Laparoscopic, and Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: A Systematic Review and Cumulative Analysis of Comparative Studies

    Vincenzo Ficarra;Giacomo Novara;Walter Artibani;Andrea Cestari

  • A Prospective Randomized EORTC Intergroup Phase 3 Study Comparing the Complications of Elective Nephron-Sparing Surgery and Radical Nephrectomy for Low-Stage Renal Cell Carcinoma

    Hendrik Van Poppel;Luigi Da Pozzo;Walter Albrecht;Vsevolod Matveev

  • Denosumab and bone-metastasis-free survival in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer : results of a phase 3, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.

    Matthew R Smith;Fred Saad;Robert Coleman;Neal Shore

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of perioperative outcomes and complications after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

    Giacomo Novara;Vincenzo Ficarra;Raymond C. Rosen;Walter Artibani

  • Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Studies Reporting Oncologic Outcome After Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy

    Giacomo Novara;Vincenzo Ficarra;Simone Mocellin;Thomas E. Ahlering

  • Renal function after nephron-sparing surgery versus radical nephrectomy: results from EORTC randomized trial 30904.

    Emil Scosyrev;Edward M. Messing;Richard Sylvester;Steven Campbell

  • Clinical utility of the PCA3 urine assay in European men scheduled for repeat biopsy.

    Alexander Haese;Alexandre de la Taille;Hendrik van Poppel;Michael Marberger

  • Assessing the Impact of Ischaemia Time During Partial Nephrectomy

    Frank Becker;Hendrik Van Poppel;Oliver W Hakenberg;Christian Stief

  • Radical Nephrectomy with and without Lymph-Node Dissection: Final Results of European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Randomized Phase 3 Trial 30881

    Jan H M Blom;Hendrik Van Poppel;Jean M Maréchal;Didier Jacqmin

  • Effect of pelvic-floor re-education on duration and degree of incontinence after radical prostatectomy: a randomised controlled trial

    M Van Kampen;W de Weerdt;H Van Poppel;D De Ridder

  • Effect of Nightly versus On-Demand Vardenafil on Recovery of Erectile Function in Men Following Bilateral Nerve-Sparing Radical Prostatectomy

    Francesco Montorsi;Gerald Brock;Jay Lee;JoAnn Shapiro

  • Identification of Patients With Prostate Cancer Who Benefit From Immediate Postoperative Radiotherapy: EORTC 22911

    Theodorus H. Van der Kwast;Michel Bolla;Hendrik Van Poppel;Paul Van Cangh

  • Renal Ischemia and Function After Partial Nephrectomy: A Collaborative Review of the Literature

    Alessandro Volpe;Michael L. Blute;Vincenzo Ficarra;Inderbir S. Gill

  • Best Practices in Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Recommendations of the Pasadena Consensus Panel

    Francesco Montorsi;Timothy G Wilson;Raymond C Rosen;Thomas E Ahlering

  • Updated interim efficacy analysis and long-term safety of abiraterone acetate in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients without prior chemotherapy (COU-AA-302)

    Dana E. Rathkopf;Matthew R. Smith;Johann S. De Bono;Christopher J. Logothetis

  • Guidelines for target volume definition in post-operative radiotherapy for prostate cancer, on behalf of the EORTC Radiation Oncology Group

    Philip Poortmans;Alberto Bossi;Katia Vandeputte;Mathieu Bosset

  • Positive surgical margin appears to have negligible impact on survival of renal cell carcinomas treated by nephron-sparing surgery.

    Karim Bensalah;Allan J. Pantuck;Nathalie Rioux-Leclercq;Rodolphe Thuret

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Joniau
Steven Joniau KU Leuven
Francesco Montorsi
Francesco Montorsi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Alberto Briganti
Alberto Briganti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Tania Roskams
Tania Roskams KU Leuven
Shahrokh F. Shariat
Shahrokh F. Shariat Medical University of Vienna
Bertrand Tombal
Bertrand Tombal Université Catholique de Louvain
Dirk De Ridder
Dirk De Ridder University of Otago
Peter F.A. Mulders
Peter F.A. Mulders Radboud University
Axel Heidenreich
Axel Heidenreich University of Cologne

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