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| Valery E LemmensSummaryAffiliation: Eindhoven Cancer Registry Country: The Netherlands Publications
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A systematic review of the evidence regarding efficacy of obesity prevention interventions among adultsV E P P Lemmens
Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Obes Rev 9:446-55. 2008..More research is urgently needed to extend the body of evidence...
Effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions among adults: a systematic review of reviewsValery Lemmens
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Eur J Cancer Prev 17:535-44. 2008..Comprehensive clean indoor laws increased quit rates by 12-38%. These results show and confirm that a wide array of effective smoking cessation intervention approaches and policies can have a large impact on smoking cessation rates...
Trends in colorectal cancer in the south of the Netherlands 1975-2007: rectal cancer survival levels with colon cancer survivalValery Lemmens
Eindhoven Cancer Registry, Comprehensive Cancer Centre South IKZ, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Acta Oncol 49:784-96. 2010..Investigating long-term trends is useful for clinicians and policy makers to evaluate the impact of changes in practice and will help predict future developments...
Improvements in population-based survival of patients presenting with metastatic rectal cancer in the south of the Netherlands, 1992-2008V E P P Lemmens
Department of Research, Comprehensive Cancer Centre South, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Clin Exp Metastasis 28:283-90. 2011..Stage migration as an effect of more effective imaging procedures is likely to be partly responsible for this improved survival...
Improving outcome for patients with pancreatic cancer through centralizationV E P P Lemmens
Eindhoven Cancer Registry, Comprehensive Cancer Centre South IKZ, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Br J Surg 98:1455-62. 2011..High-volume institutions are associated with improved clinical outcomes for pancreatic cancer. This study investigated the impact of centralizing pancreatic cancer surgery in the south of the Netherlands...
Lymph node examination among patients with gastric cancer: variation between departments of pathology and prognostic impact of lymph node ratioV E P P Lemmens
Comprehensive Cancer Centre South, Department of Research, 5600 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Eur J Surg Oncol 37:488-96. 2011..We evaluated nodal harvest and examined its relation to stage distribution and survival at a population-based level, including the value of N-ratio (metastatic/evaluated) as a staging modality...
Predictors and survival of synchronous peritoneal carcinomatosis of colorectal origin: a population-based studyValery E Lemmens
Eindhoven Cancer Registry, Comprehensive Cancer Centre South IKZ, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Int J Cancer 128:2717-25. 2011..The prognosis of synchronous peritoneal carcinomatosis remains poor with a median survival of 8 months and even worse if concomitant metastases in other organs are present...
Focus on extralevator perineal dissection in supine position for low rectal cancer has led to better quality of surgery and oncologic outcomeIngrid S Martijnse
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Ann Surg Oncol 19:786-93. 2012..In this study, a standardized supine APE with an increased focus on the perineal dissection (sPPD) is compared to the customary supine APE...
Nationwide improvement of only short-term survival after resection for pancreatic cancer in the NetherlandsSimon W Nienhuijs
Department of Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Pancreas 41:1063-6. 2012..Evaluation of incidence, treatment, and survival trends after resection of pancreatic cancer at a national level...
Improvable quality of diagnostic assessment of colorectal cancer in southern NetherlandsLiza N van Steenbergen
Eindhoven Cancer Registry, Comprehensive Cancer Centre South, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 21:570-5. 2009..To determine the extent of guideline implementation of the diagnostic approach in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) in southern Netherlands in 2005, with special focus on colonoscopy...
T3+ and T4 rectal cancer patients seem to benefit from the addition of oxaliplatin to the neoadjuvant chemoradiation regimenIngrid S Martijnse
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Ann Surg Oncol 19:392-401. 2012..A variety of schemes have been used. This study investigates which scheme had the best effect on these parameters...
