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Jelle Wesseling is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands and has a substantial research output in the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work primarily focuses on oncology, with significant contributions to cancer research, radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, molecular biology, and pathology.

The scientist's recent publications include studies published in prominent journals exploring breast cancer and its various aspects. Selected papers are:

  • "Personalized early detection and prevention of breast cancer: ENVISION consensus statement," 2020, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
  • "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnosis, stage, and initial treatment of breast cancer in the Netherlands: a population-based study," 2021, Journal of Hematology & Oncology
  • "The impact of the temporary suspension of national cancer screening programmes due to the COVID-19 epidemic on the diagnosis of breast and colorectal cancer in the Netherlands," 2020, Journal of Hematology & Oncology
  • "Three-Year Follow-up of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without Anthracyclines in the Presence of DualERBB2Blockade in Patients WithERBB2-Positive Breast Cancer," 2021, JAMA Oncology
  • "Prognostic Value of Stromal Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Young, Node-Negative, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients Who Did Not Receive (neo)Adjuvant Systemic Therapy," 2022, Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)

Their extensive collaboration network includes multiple frequent co-authors, such as:

  • Esther H. Lips
  • Marjanka K. Schmidt
  • Alastair M. Thompson
  • Gabe S. Sonke
  • Lodewyk F.A. Wessels

Jelle Wesseling's publications are frequently found in leading oncology and cancer research journals, reflecting the focal points of their research. Common venues include:

  • Cancer Research
  • European Journal of Cancer
  • npj Breast Cancer
  • Clinical Cancer Research
  • British Journal of Cancer

The primary fields of study encompass:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader fields, subfields addressed by their work comprise:

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Breast Lesions and Carcinomas
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
  • AI in cancer detection

Best Publications

  • Subtyping of breast cancer by immunohistochemistry to investigate a relationship between subtype and short and long term survival: a collaborative analysis of data for 10,159 cases from 12 studies

    Fiona M. Blows;Kristy E. Driver;Marjanka K. Schmidt;Annegien Broeks

  • Reversible and adaptive resistance to BRAF(V600E) inhibition in melanoma

    Chong Sun;Liqin Wang;Sidong Huang;Guus J. J. E. Heynen

  • Episialin (MUC1) overexpression inhibits integrin-mediated cell adhesion to extracellular matrix components.

    J Wesseling;S W van der Valk;H L Vos;A Sonnenberg

  • A mechanism for inhibition of E-cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion by the membrane-associated mucin episialin/MUC1.

    J Wesseling;S W van der Valk;J Hilkens

  • Marking axillary lymph nodes with radioactive iodine seeds for axillary staging after neoadjuvant systemic treatment in breast cancer patients: the MARI procedure.

    Mila Donker;Marieke E. Straver;Jelle Wesseling;Claudette E. Loo

  • Feasibility of a prospective, randomised, open-label, international multicentre, phase III, non-inferiority trial to assess the safety of active surveillance for low risk ductal carcinoma in situ - The LORD study

    Lotte E. Elshof;Konstantinos Tryfonidis;Leen Slaets;A. Elise van Leeuwen-Stok

  • Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.

    Roger L Milne;Roger L Milne;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley

  • Increased risk of fundic gland polyps during long-term proton pump inhibitor therapy.

    Mathilde Jalving;Jan Koornstra;J. Wesseling;Hendrika Boezen

  • Somatic mutations in the chromatin remodeling gene ARID1A occur in several tumor types.

    Siân Jones;Meng Li;D. Williams Parsons;Xiaosong Zhang

  • Use of 70-gene signature to predict prognosis of patients with node-negative breast cancer: a prospective community-based feasibility study (RASTER)

    Jolien M. Bueno-de-Mesquita;Wim H. van Harten;Valesca P. Retel;Laura J. van't Veer

  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging Response Monitoring of Breast Cancer During Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Relevance of Breast Cancer Subtype

    Claudette E. Loo;Marieke E. Straver;Sjoerd Rodenhuis;Sara H. Muller

  • The 70-gene signature as a response predictor for neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer

    Marieke E. Straver;Annuska M. Glas;Juliane Hannemann;Jelle Wesseling

  • Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without anthracyclines in the presence of dual HER2 blockade for HER2-positive breast cancer (TRAIN-2): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial

    Mette S van Ramshorst;Anna van der Voort;Erik D van Werkhoven;Ingrid A Mandjes

  • A prospective evaluation of a breast cancer prognosis signature in the observational RASTER study

    C.A. Drukker;J.M. Bueno-de-Mesquita;V.P. Retèl;W.H. van Harten

  • Personalized early detection and prevention of breast cancer: ENVISION consensus statement.

    Nora Pashayan;Antonis C. Antoniou;Urska Ivanus;Laura J. Esserman

  • Tissue distribution of the death ligand TRAIL and its receptors

    Diana C. Spierings;Elisabeth G. de Vries;Edo Vellenga;Fiona A. van den Heuvel

  • Receptor conversion in distant breast cancer metastases

    Laurien D.C. Hoefnagel;Marc J. van de Vijver;Henk Jan van Slooten;Pieter Wesseling

  • Triple-negative breast cancer: BRCAness and concordance of clinical features with BRCA1-mutation carriers.

    E H Lips;L Mulder;A Oonk;L E van der Kolk

  • Ductal carcinoma in situ: to treat or not to treat, that is the question

    Maartje van Seijen;Esther H. Lips;Alastair M. Thompson;Serena Nik-Zainal

  • Tumour-specific proline vulnerability uncovered by differential ribosome codon reading

    Fabricio Loayza-Puch;Koos Rooijers;Levi C. M. Buil;Jelle Zijlstra

Frequent Co-Authors

Sjoerd Rodenhuis
Sjoerd Rodenhuis Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Emiel J. Th. Rutgers
Emiel J. Th. Rutgers Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Marjanka K. Schmidt
Marjanka K. Schmidt Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Lodewyk F. A. Wessels
Lodewyk F. A. Wessels Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Jos Jonkers
Jos Jonkers Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Paul J. van Diest
Paul J. van Diest Utrecht University
Marc J. van de Vijver
Marc J. van de Vijver University of Amsterdam
Annegien Broeks
Annegien Broeks Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Anna Sapino
Anna Sapino University of Turin
Flora E. van Leeuwen
Flora E. van Leeuwen Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital

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