Mick van de Wiel

TL;DR: A correlation with prognosis in favour of Evans et al’ definition as a tool for cachexia diagnosis is presented, which means that weight loss and BMI decline are both key factors in patients with cancer leading to cachexia but less decisive as stated by Fearon et al.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the questions why, when and which regimen to use for patients with locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) with the introduction of the platina derivatives in neoadjuvant trials.

TL;DR: Bvacizumab should be included in upfront treatment regimens for all mCRC patients independently of RAS status, unless contraindicated, and anti-VEGF treatment has a well-documented role in this approach.

TL;DR: In this paper , a survey compromising a custom-built PC knowledge test and a self-confidence assessment of communicative skills used in end-of-life conversations was conducted with two cohorts of second master's year MD students at the University of Antwerp.

TL;DR: It is concluded that sex is an important but often overlooked factor in modern-day thoracic oncology practice and women should be specifically targeted in smoking cessation campaigns and sex-specific barriers should be addressed.