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Pieter E. Postmus

Researcher at Leiden University Medical Center

Publications -  390
Citations -  26022

Pieter E. Postmus is an academic researcher from Leiden University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lung cancer & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 81, co-authored 384 publications receiving 24039 citations. Previous affiliations of Pieter E. Postmus include Vanderbilt University Medical Center & VU University Medical Center.

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Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation in Extensive Small-Cell Lung Cancer

TL;DR: Prophylactic cranial irradiation reduces the incidence of symptomatic brain metastases and prolongs disease-free and overall survival and did not have a clinically significant effect on global health status.
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Allele-Specific HLA Loss and Immune Escape in Lung Cancer Evolution

Nicholas McGranahan, +219 more
- 30 Nov 2017 - 
TL;DR: It is found that HLA LOH occurs in 40% of non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) and is associated with a high subclonal neoantigen burden, APOBEC-mediated mutagenesis, upregulation of cytolytic activity, and PD-L1 positivity.
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Prognostic value of right ventricular mass, volume, and function in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.

TL;DR: The RV contains prognostic information in IPAH and a large RV volume, low SV, and a reduced LV volume are strong independent predictors of mortality and treatment failure.