Publications by authors named "Elsemieke D Scheepers"

Purpose: The OlympiA randomized phase III trial compared 1 year of olaparib (OL) or placebo (PL) as adjuvant therapy in patients with germline , high-risk human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative early breast cancer after completing (neo)adjuvant chemotherapy ([N]ACT), surgery, and radiotherapy. The patient-reported outcome primary hypothesis was that OL-treated patients may experience greater fatigue during treatment.

Methods: Data were collected before random assignment, and at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months.

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AURORA aims to study the processes of relapse in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) by performing multi-omics profiling on paired primary tumors and early-course metastases. Among 381 patients (primary tumor and metastasis pairs: 252 targeted gene sequencing, 152 RNA sequencing, 67 single nucleotide polymorphism arrays), we found a driver role for and somatic mutations. Metastases were enriched in , and mutations; and amplifications; and deletions.

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Article Synopsis
  • This study examined the effectiveness and safety of lucitanib, a drug targeting certain receptors, in patients with HR/HER2 metastatic breast cancer, focusing on three groups based on genetic amplification.
  • A total of 76 patients were enrolled; the primary endpoint of overall response rate (ORR) was met in the amplified cohort (19%), but not in the other two cohorts, which reported ORRs of 0% and 15%.
  • While lucitanib showed some activity, it also had notable side effects like hypertension (87%) and hypothyroidism (45%), with exploratory analyses hinting that patients with high genetic amplification or FGFR1 expression may benefit more from the treatment.*
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Unlabelled: In the Netherlands, the recommended priming immunization schedule for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio (DTaP-IPV) is at 2, 3 and 4 months of age. We evaluated the compliance with the recommended schedule, as well as its characteristics. We included all infants born between 2007 and 2012 who received minimally one DTaP-IPV vaccination (n = 1,061,578).

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