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Philip Poortmans

Philip Poortmans

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81
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32250
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Overview

Philip Poortmans is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium and specializes in medical research focused on cancer, particularly breast cancer. Their scholarly contributions span a significant number of publications concentrated within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their research prominently involves studies related to breast cancer treatment, breast lesions and carcinomas, and breast implant and reconstruction. Other notable topics addressed in their work include global cancer incidence and screening, advanced radiotherapy techniques, oncology and radiotherapy advances, and cancer genomics and diagnostics.

Philip Poortmans has authored and co-authored several papers published in well-regarded journals. Some of the recent notable papers include:

  • "Breast cancer" (2021), published in The Lancet
  • "Customizing local and systemic therapies for women with early breast cancer: the St. Gallen International Consensus Guidelines for treatment of early breast cancer 2021" (2021), published in Annals of Oncology
  • "Early breast cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up" (2023), published in Annals of Oncology
  • "Trastuzumab for early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer: a meta-analysis of 13,864 women in seven randomised trials" (2021), published in The Lancet Oncology
  • "Internal mammary and medial supraclavicular lymph node chain irradiation in stage I-III breast cancer (EORTC 22922/10925): 15-year results of a randomised, phase 3 trial" (2020), published in The Lancet Oncology

The publication history of Philip Poortmans includes frequent appearances in a range of specialized journals such as:

  • Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • The Breast
  • The Lancet Oncology
  • Annals of Oncology
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

Their collaborative work involves regular coauthors, many of whom have contributed extensively alongside them. Notable frequent coauthors are:

  • Orit Kaidar-Person
  • Icro Meattini
  • Liesbeth Boersma
  • Birgitte Vrou Offersen
  • Giuseppe Curigliano

Their main academic domain consolidates work in medicine with a comprehensive focus on oncology and cancer research, alongside specialties such as radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, surgery, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. This multidisciplinary approach facilitates contributions to both clinical practice guidelines and long-term treatment outcome studies in breast cancer and related oncological fields.

Best Publications

  • Impact of a Higher Radiation Dose on Local Control and Survival in Breast-Conserving Therapy of Early Breast Cancer: 10-Year Results of the Randomized Boost Versus No Boost EORTC 22881-10882 Trial

    Harry Bartelink;Jean-Claude Horiot;Philip M. Poortmans;Henk Struikmans

  • Duration of androgen suppression in the treatment of prostate cancer.

    Michel Bolla;Theodorus M. de Reijke;Geertjan Van Tienhoven;Alphonsus C.M. Van den Bergh

  • Regional Nodal Irradiation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

    Timothy J. Whelan;Ivo A. Olivotto;Wendy R. Parulekar;Ida Ackerman

  • Recurrence rates after treatment of breast cancer with standard radiotherapy with or without additional radiation.

    Harry Bartelink;Jean-Claude Horiot;Philip Poortmans;Henk Struikmans

  • Internal mammary and medial supraclavicular irradiation in breast cancer

    P.M.P. Poortmans;S. Collette;C. Kirkove;E. van Limbergen

  • Report of an International Workshop to Standardize Baseline Evaluation and Response Criteria for Primary CNS Lymphoma

    Lauren E. Abrey;Tracy T. Batchelor;Andrés J.M. Ferreri;Mary Gospodarowicz

  • Long-term outcomes for neoadjuvant versus adjuvant chemotherapy in early breast cancer: meta-analysis of individual patient data from ten randomised trials

    Bernard Asselain;William Barlow;John Bartlett;Jonas Bergh

  • Whole-breast irradiation with or without a boost for patients treated with breast-conserving surgery for early breast cancer: 20-year follow-up of a randomised phase 3 trial

    Harry Bartelink;Philippe Maingon;Philip Poortmans;Caroline Weltens

  • Second Cancer Risk Up to 40 Years after Treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

    Michael Schaapveld;Berthe M.P. Aleman;Anna M. van Eggermond;Cécile P.M. Janus

  • Estimating the Benefits of Therapy for Early Stage Breast Cancer The St Gallen International Consensus Guidelines for the Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer 2019

    H.J. Burstein;G. Curigliano;S. Loibl;P. Dubsky

  • Customizing local and systemic therapies for women with early breast cancer: the St. Gallen International Consensus Guidelines for treatment of early breast cancer 2021.

    H J Burstein;G Curigliano;B Thürlimann;W P Weber

  • ESTRO consensus guideline on target volume delineation for elective radiation therapy of early stage breast cancer.

    Birgitte V. Offersen;Liesbeth J. Boersma;Carine Kirkove;Sandra Hol

  • Chemotherapy plus involved-field radiation in early-stage Hodgkin's disease

    Christophe Fermé;Houchingue Eghbali;Jacobus H. Meerwaldt;Chantal Rieux

  • The influence of patient, tumor and treatment factors on the cosmetic results after breast-conserving therapy in the EORTC 'boost vs. no boost' trial

    Conny Vrieling;Laurence Collette;Alain Fourquet;Willem J. Hoogenraad

  • Involved-node radiotherapy (INRT) in patients with early Hodgkin lymphoma: Concepts and guidelines

    Theodore Girinsky;Richard van der Maazen;Lena Specht;Berthe Aleman

  • High-Dose Methotrexate-Based Chemotherapy Followed by Consolidating Radiotherapy in Non–AIDS-Related Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Lymphoma Group Phase II Trial 20962

    Philip M.P. Poortmans;Hanneke C. Kluin-Nelemans;Hanny Haaxma-Reiche;Mars Van’t Veer

  • Increasing the dose intensity of chemotherapy by more frequent administration or sequential scheduling: a patient-level meta-analysis of 37 298 women with early breast cancer in 26 randomised trials

    Richard Gray;Rosie Bradley;Jeremy Braybrooke;Zulian Liu

  • 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

  • Regional Nodal Irradiation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer.

    Philip M Poortmans;Henk Struikmans;Harry Bartelink

  • O-113 Impact of a higher radiation dose on local control and survival in breast-conserving therapy of early breast cancer: 10-year results of the Randomized Boost Versus No Boost EORTC 22881–10882 Trial

    H. Struikmans;H. Bartelink;J.C. Horiot;P.M. Poortmans

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry Bartelink
Harry Bartelink Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Alain Fourquet
Alain Fourquet Institute Curie
Laurence Collette
Laurence Collette European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
Fatima Cardoso
Fatima Cardoso Champalimaud Foundation
Dirk De Ruysscher
Dirk De Ruysscher Maastricht University
Giuseppe Curigliano
Giuseppe Curigliano University of Milan
John Yarnold
John Yarnold Institute of Cancer Research
Jan Willem Coebergh
Jan Willem Coebergh Erasmus University Rotterdam
Reshma Jagsi
Reshma Jagsi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Martine Piccart
Martine Piccart Université Libre de Bruxelles

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