Mark van Heijl

Summary

Affiliation: Academic Medical Center
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi Accuracy and reproducibility of 3D-CT measurements for early response assessment of chemoradiotherapy in patients with oesophageal cancer
    M van Heijl
    Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Eur J Surg Oncol 37:1064-71. 2011
  2. ncbi Influence of ROI definition, partial volume correction and SUV normalization on SUV-survival correlation in oesophageal cancer
    Mark van Heijl
    Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Nucl Med Commun 31:652-8. 2010
  3. ncbi Diagnostic strategies for pre-treatment staging of patients with oesophageal cancer
    Mark van Heijl
    Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Dig Surg 26:149-55. 2009
  4. ncbi Neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by surgery versus surgery alone for patients with adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (CROSS)
    M van Heijl
    Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    BMC Surg 8:21. 2008
  5. ncbi Unique case of esophageal rupture after a fall from height
    Mark van Heijl
    Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    BMC Emerg Med 9:24. 2009
  6. ncbi Chemotherapy followed by surgery versus surgery alone in patients with resectable oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: long-term results of a randomized controlled trial
    Jurjen J Boonstra
    Department of Pathology, Josephine Nefkens Institute, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    BMC Cancer 11:181. 2011
  7. ncbi Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for evaluating early response during neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with potentially curable esophageal cancer
    Mark van Heijl
    Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Ann Surg 253:56-63. 2011
  8. ncbi Inter- and intraobserver variation in the histopathological evaluation of early oesophageal adenocarcinoma
    Brechtje A Grotenhuis
    Department of Surgery, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    J Clin Pathol 63:978-81. 2010
  9. ncbi Lymphatic micrometastases in patients with early esophageal adenocarcinoma
    Brechtje A Grotenhuis
    Department of Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    J Surg Oncol 102:863-7. 2010
  10. ncbi [Outcomes of 16 years of oesophageal surgery: low postoperative mortality and improved long-term survival]
    Mark van Heijl
    Academisch Medisch Centrum, afd Chirurgie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 154:A1156. 2010

Detail Information

Publications13

  1. ncbi Accuracy and reproducibility of 3D-CT measurements for early response assessment of chemoradiotherapy in patients with oesophageal cancer
    M van Heijl
    Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Eur J Surg Oncol 37:1064-71. 2011
    ..The aim of the present study was to determine whether 3D-CT volumetry is able to differentiate between responding and non-responding oesophageal tumours early in the course of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy...
  2. ncbi Influence of ROI definition, partial volume correction and SUV normalization on SUV-survival correlation in oesophageal cancer
    Mark van Heijl
    Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Nucl Med Commun 31:652-8. 2010
    ..The primary aim of this study was to examine the influence of using different methodologies on SUV-survival correlation...
  3. ncbi Diagnostic strategies for pre-treatment staging of patients with oesophageal cancer
    Mark van Heijl
    Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Dig Surg 26:149-55. 2009
    ..Our aim was to determine an efficient strategy for pre-treatment staging of patients with oesophageal cancer...
  4. ncbi Neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by surgery versus surgery alone for patients with adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (CROSS)
    M van Heijl
    Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    BMC Surg 8:21. 2008
    ..The concept that this neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy regimen improves overall survival has, however, to be proven in a randomized phase III trial...
  5. ncbi Unique case of esophageal rupture after a fall from height
    Mark van Heijl
    Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    BMC Emerg Med 9:24. 2009
    ..Traumatic ruptures of the esophagus are relatively rare. This condition is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Most traumatic ruptures occur after motor vehicle accidents...
  6. ncbi Chemotherapy followed by surgery versus surgery alone in patients with resectable oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: long-term results of a randomized controlled trial
    Jurjen J Boonstra
    Department of Pathology, Josephine Nefkens Institute, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    BMC Cancer 11:181. 2011
    ..Initial results reported only in abstract form in 1997, demonstrated an advantage for overall survival in the CS group. The results of this trial have been updated and discussed in the timeframe in which this study was performed...
  7. ncbi Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for evaluating early response during neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with potentially curable esophageal cancer
    Mark van Heijl
    Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Ann Surg 253:56-63. 2011
    ..The aim of the present study was to determine whether FDG-PET could differentiate between responding and nonresponding esophageal tumors early in the course of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy...
  8. ncbi Inter- and intraobserver variation in the histopathological evaluation of early oesophageal adenocarcinoma
    Brechtje A Grotenhuis
    Department of Surgery, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    J Clin Pathol 63:978-81. 2010
    ..However, the reproducibility of this classification in terms of inter- and intraobserver variability is unclear...
  9. ncbi Lymphatic micrometastases in patients with early esophageal adenocarcinoma
    Brechtje A Grotenhuis
    Department of Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    J Surg Oncol 102:863-7. 2010
    ..The study aim was to investigate whether the presence of occult tumor cells in lymph nodes could explain this variation...
  10. ncbi [Outcomes of 16 years of oesophageal surgery: low postoperative mortality and improved long-term survival]
    Mark van Heijl
    Academisch Medisch Centrum, afd Chirurgie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 154:A1156. 2010
    ..To assess trends in patient characteristics and treatment outcomes in a large cohort of patients who underwent oesophagectomy for oesophageal carcinoma in a tertiary referral centre over a period of 16 years...
  11. ncbi Preoperative and early postoperative quality of life predict survival in potentially curable patients with esophageal cancer
    Mark van Heijl
    Department of Surgery, G4 115, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Ann Surg Oncol 17:23-30. 2010
    ..In patients with esophageal cancer, evidence for prognostic significance of preoperative quality of life (QoL) is limited, while the prognostic significance of postoperative QoL has not been investigated at all...
  12. ncbi Value of bronchoscopy after EUS in the preoperative assessment of patients with esophageal cancer at or above the carina
    Jikke M T Omloo
    Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Gastrointest Surg 12:1874-9. 2008
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  13. ncbi Risk factors for development of benign cervical strictures after esophagectomy
    Mark van Heijl
    Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Ann Surg 251:1064-9. 2010
    ..To identify independent risk factors for development of benign cervical anastomotic strictures in general and specifically for refractory strictures after esophagectomy in a large series of patients...