2023
Castelo-Branco, L., Pellat, A., Martins-Branco, D., Valachis, A., Derksen, J.W.G., Suijkerbuijk, K.P.M., Dafni, U., Dellaporta, T., Vogel, A., Prelaj, A., Groenwold, R.H.H., Martins, H., Stahel, R., Bliss, J., Kather, J., Ribelles, N., Perrone, F., Hall, P.S., Dienstmann, R., Booth, C.M., Pentheroudakis, G., Delaloge, S., Koopman, M. ESMO Guidance for Reporting Oncology real-World evidence (GROW). Annals of Oncology, 2023, 34 (12), pp. 1097-1112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2023.10.001
Homicsko K, Zygoura P, Norkin M, Tissot S, Shakarishvili N, Popat S, Curioni-Fontecedro A, O’Brien M, Pope A, Shah R, Fisher P, Spicer J, Roy A, Gilligan D, Rusakiewicz S, Fortis E, Marti N, Kammler R, Finn SP, Coukos G, Dafni U, Peters S, Stahel RA. PD-1-expressing macrophages and CD8 T cells are independent predictors of clinical benefit from PD-1 inhibition in advanced mesothelioma. J Immunother Cancer. 2023 Oct; 11(10):e007585. https://doi.org/10.1136/jitc-2023-007585
Martins‑Branco D, Kassapian M, Debien V, Caparica R, Eiger D, Dafni U, Andriakopoulou C, El‑Abed S, Ellard S, Izquierdo M, Vicente M, Chumsri S, Piccart‑Gebhart M, Moreno‑Aspitia A, Søegaard Knop A, Lombard J, De Azambuja E. The impact of erythropoiesis‑stimulating agents administration concomitantly with adjuvant anti‑HER2 treatments on the outcomes of patients with early breast cancer: a sub‑analysis of the ALTTO study. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 2023 October; DOI: 10.1007/s10549-023-07159-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-023-07159-9
Kiesewetter B, Dafni U, de Vries EGE, Barriuso J, Curigliano G, González-Calle V, Galotti M, Gyawali B, Huntly BJP, Jäger U, Latino NJ, Malcovati L, Oosting SF, Ossenkoppele G, Piccart M, Raderer M, Scarfò L, Trapani D, Zielinski CC, Wester R, Zygoura P, Macintyre E, Cherny NI, ESMO-MCBS Working Group and Extended Working Group. ESMO-Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale for haematological malignancies (ESMO-MCBS:H) version 1.0. Ann Oncol. 2023 Sep;34(9):734-771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2023.06.002
Opitz I, Bille A, Dafni U, Nackaerts K, Ampollini L, de Perrot M, Brcic L, Nadal E, Syrigos K, Gray SG, Aerts J, Curioni-Fontecedro A, Rüschoff JH, Monkhorst K, Weynand B, Silini EM, Bavaghar-Zaeimi F, Jakopovic M, Llatjos R, Tsimpouki S, Finn SP, von der Thüsen J, Marti N, Dimopoulou G, Kammler R, Peters S, Stahel RA, Falcoz PE, Brunelli A, Baas P, for theETOP Mesoscape and ESTS consortia. European Epidemiology of Pleural Mesothelioma – Real-life data from a joint analysis of the Mesoscape database of the European Thoracic Oncology Platform and the European Society of Thoracic Surgery Mesothelioma database. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2023 June; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2023.06.011
Martin P, Tsourti Z, Ribeiro J, Castelo-Branco L, de Azambuja E, Gennatas S, Rogado J, Sekacheva M, Šušnjar S, Viñal D, Lee R, Khallaf S, Dimopoulou G, Pradervand S, Whisenant J, Choueiri TK, Arnold D, Harrington K, Punie K, Oliveira J, Michielin O, Dafni U, Peters S, Pentheroudakis G, Romano E. COVID-19 in cancer patients: Update from the joint analysis of the ESMO-CoCARE, BSMO, and PSMO international databases. ESMO Open 2023 May; DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2023.101566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esmoop.2023.101566
Zarkavelis G, Amylidi AL, Verbaanderd C, Cherny NI, Metaxas Y, de Vries EGE, Zygoura P, Amaral T, Jordan K, Strijbos M, Dafni U, Latino N, Galotti M, Lordick F, Giuliani R, Pignatti F, Pentheroudakis G. Off-label despite high-level evidence: a clinical practice review of commonly used off-patent cancer medicines. ESMO Open. 2023 Feb; 8(1):100604.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100604
Peters, S., Letovanec, I., Mauer, M., Dafni, U., Ejedepang, D., Biernat, W., Bubendorf, L., Warth, A., Pokharel, S., Reinmuth, N., Majem Tarruella, M., Casas-Martin, J., Tsourti, Z., Marti, N., Kammler, R., Danson, S., O’Brien, M., Stahel, R.A. Assessment of RANK/RANK-L prevalence and clinical significance in NSCLC European Thoracic Oncology Platform Lungscape cohort and SPLENDOUR randomized clinical trial, Lung Cancer, 2023, 175, pp. 141-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2022.12.004
2022
Bubendorf L, Zoche M, Dafni U, Hendrik Rüschoff J, Savic Prince S, Marti N, Stavrou A, Kammler R, Finn S, Mochb H, Peters S, Stahel R. Prognostic impact of tumour mutational burden in resected stage I and II lung adenocarcinomas from a European Thoracic Oncology Platform Lungscape cohort. Lung Cancer 2022 October; DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2022.09.014 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2022.09.014
O’Brien M, Paz-Ares L, Marreaud S, Dafni U, Oselin K, Havel L, Esteban Gonzalez E, Isla D, Martinez Marti A, Faehling M, Tsuboi M, Lee J, Nakagawa K, Yang J, Samkari A, Keller S, Mauer M, Jha N, Stahel R, Besse B, Peters S. Pembrolizumab versus placebo as adjuvant therapy for completely resected stage IB-IIIA non-small-cell lung cancer (PEARLS/KEYNOTE-091): an interim analysis of a randomised, triple-blind, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2022;23(10): 1274-1286. doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(22)00518-6.
Rüschoff JH, Haberecker M, Tsourti Z, Nackaerts K, de Perrot M, Brcic L, Nadal E, Tsimpoukis S, Gray SG, Ampollini L, Aerts JG, Felley-Bosco E, Kirschner MB, Monkhorst K, Weynand B, Bavaghar-Zaeimi F, Samarzija M, Llatjos R, Finn SP, Silini E, von der Thüsen J, Marti N, Vervita K, Kammler R, Peters S, Stahel RA, Baas P & Opitz I for the ETOP Mesoscape consortium. Expression of phosphorylated ribosomal protein S6 in mesothelioma patients – correlation with clinico-pathological characteristics and outcome: results from the European Thoracic Oncology Platform (ETOP) Mesoscape project. ; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41379-022-01145-0
Cortellini, A., Dettorre, G.M., Dafni, U., Aguilar-Company, J., Castelo-Branco, L., Lambertini, M., Gennatas, S., Angelis, V., Sita-Lumsden, A., Rogado, J., Pedrazzoli, P., Viñal, D., Prat, A., Rossi, M., Berardi, R., Alonso-Gordoa, T., Grisanti, S., Dimopoulou, G., Queirolo, P., Pradervand, S., Bertuzzi, A., Bower, M., Arnold, D., Salazar, R., Tucci, M., Harrington, K.J., Mazzoni, F., Mukherjee, U., Tsourti, Z., Michielin, O., Pommeret, F., Brunet, J., Vincenzi, B., Tonini, G., Patriarca, A., Biello, F., Krengli, M., Tabernero, J., Pentheroudakis, G., Gennari, A., Peters, S., Romano, E., Pinato, D.J. Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy and outcomes from SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with cancer: a joint analysis of OnCovid and ESMO-CoCARE registries. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, 2022, 10 (11), art. no. e005732 https://doi.org/10.1136/jitc-2022-005732
Nader-Marta G, Debien V, Eiger D, Tsourti Z, Caparica R, Kassapian M, Napoleone S, Hultsch S, Korde L, Wang Y, Chumsri S, Pritchard KI, Untch M, Bellet-Ezquerra M, Dornelles Rosa D, Moreno-Aspitia A, Piccart M, Dafni U, de Azambuja E. Outcomes of patients with small and node-negative HER2-positive early breast cancer treated with adjuvant chemotherapy and anti-HER2 therapy—a sub-analysis of the ALTTO study. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41416-022-01963-8
Felip E, Smit EF, Molina-Vila MA, Dafni U, Massuti B, Berghmans T, De Marinis F, Passiglia F, Dingemans AM C, Cobo M, Viteri S, Britschgi C, Cuffe S, Provencio M, Merkelbach-Bruse S, Andriakopoulou C, Kammler R, Ruepp B, Roschitzki-Voser H, Peters S, Wolf J, Stahel R, on behalf of the ETOP 12-17 ALERT -lung Collaborators. Alectinib for the treatment of pretreated RET-rearranged advanced NSCLC: Results of the ETOP ALERT-lung trial. Lung Cancer, August 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2022.08.008
Castelo-Branco L, Tsourti Z, Gennatas S, Rogado J, Sekacheva M, Viñal D, Lee R, Croitoru A, Vitorino M, Khallaf S, Šušnjar S, Soewoto W, Cardeña A, Djerouni M, Rossi M, Alonso-Gordoa T, Ngelangel C, Whisenant JG, Choueiri TK, Dimopoulou G, Pradervand S, Arnold D, Harrington K, Michielin O, Dafni U, Pentheroudakis G, Peters S, Romano E. COVID-19 in patients with cancer: first report of the ESMO international, registry-based, cohort study (ESMO-CoCARE). ESMO Open 2022 June; DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100499
Dafni U, Soo RA, Peters S, Tsourti Z, Zygoura P, Vervita K, Han JY, De Castro J, Coate L, Früh M, Hashemi SMS, Nadal E, Carcereny E, Sala MA, Bernabé R, Provencio M, Cuffe S, Roschitzki-Voser H, Ruepp B, Rosell R, Stahel RA. Impact of smoking status on the relative efficacy of the EGFR TKI/angiogenesis inhibitor combination therapy in advanced NSCLC; a systematic review and meta-analysis. ESMO Open 2022 June; 7(3):100507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100507
Banna GL, Addeo A, Zygoura P, Tsourti Z, Popat S, Curioni-Fontecedro S, Nadal E, Shah R, Pope A, Fisher P, Spicer J, Roy A, Gilligan D, Gautschi O, Janthur WD, López-Castro R, Roschitzki-Voser H, Dafni U, Peters S, Stahel RA. A prognostic score for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) receiving second-line immunotherapy or chemotherapy in the ETOP 9–15 PROMISE-meso phase III trial. Lung Cancer 2022 May; 169: 77-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2022.05.018
Cherny NI, Dafni U, Pentheroudakis G, Piccart M, Zygoura P, Gyawali B, de Vries EGE. “The first ones now, will later be last”: understanding the importance of historical context when reading ESMO-MCBS scores. ESMO Open 2022 March; 7 (2):100413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100413
Razis E, Kassapian M, Andriakopoulou C, Martei YM, Zurn SJ, Hammad N, Romero Y, Dafni U, Ilbawi AM, Trapani D. Essential medicines list in national cancer control plans: a secondary analysis from a global study. The Lancet Oncology, March,2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00706-3
Pérol M, Felip E, Dafni U, Polito L, Pal N, Tsourti Z, Ton TGN, Merritt D, Morris S, Stahel RA, Peters S. Effectiveness of PD-(L)1 Inhibitors Alone or in Combination With Platinum-Doublet Chemotherapy in First-Line (1L) Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (nsq-NSCLC) With PD-L1–High Expression Using Real-World Data. Annals of Oncology, Feb 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2022.02.008
Lazor-Blanchet C, Zygoura P, Dafni U, Lamoth F, Tsourti Z, Lobritz MA, Regina J, Grandbastien B, Fenwick C, Pantaleo G, Calandra T, Meylan S. Low neutralizing antibody titers after asymptomatic or non-severe SARS-CoV-2 infection over a 6-month assessment period. J Infect. 2022 Feb 5:S0163-4453(22)00062-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.02.001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2022.02.001
Peters S, Pujol JL, Dafni U, Dómine M, Popat S, Reck M, Andrade J, Becker A, Moro-Sibilot D, Curioni-Fontecedro A, Molinier O, Nackaerts K, Insa Mollá A, Gervais R, López Vivanco G, Madelaine J, Mazieres J, Faehling M, Griesinger F, Majem M, González Larriba JL, Provencio Pulla M, Vervita K, Roschitzki-Voser H, Ruepp B, Mitchell P, Stahel RA, Le Pechoux C, De Ruysscher D, ETOP/IFCT 4-12 STIMULI Collaborators. Consolidation nivolumab and ipilimumab versus observation in limited-disease small-cell lung cancer after chemo-radiotherapy – results from the randomised phase II ETOP/IFCT 4-12 STIMULI trial. Annals of Oncology 2022 Jan; 33(1):67-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2021.09.011
2021
Soo RA, Han JY, Dafni U, Cho BC, Yeo CM, Nadal E, Carcereny E, de Castro J, Sala MA, Bernabé R, Coate L, Provencio Pulla M, Garcia Campelo R, Cuffe S, Hashemi SMS, Früh M, Massuti B, Garcia-Sanchez J, Dómine M, Majem M, Sanchez-Torres JM, Britschgi C, Pless M, Dimopoulou G, Roschitzki-Voser H, Ruepp B, Rosell R, Stahel RA, Peters S, ETOP 10-16 BOOSTER Collaborators. A randomised phase II study of osimertinib and bevacizumab versus osimertinib alone as second-line targeted treatment in advanced NSCLC with confirmed EGFR and acquired T790M mutations: the European Thoracic Oncology Platform (ETOP 10-16) BOOSTER trial. Ann Oncol. 2021 November; S0923-7534(21)04825-0. DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.11.010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2021.11.010
Berghoff AS, Sessa C, Yang JC-H, Tsourti Z, Tsang J, Tabernero J, Peters S, Linardou H, Letsch A, Haanen J, Garralda E, Garassino MC, Furness AJC, Felip E, Dimopoulou G, Dafni U, Choo SP, Banerjee S, Bajpai J, Adjei AA, Garrido P. Female leadership in oncology—has progress stalled? Data from the ESMO W4O authorship and monitoring studies. ESMO Open 2021 October; DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100281
Peters S, Danson S, Ejedepang D, Dafni U, Hasan B, Radcliffe HS, Bustin F, Crequit J, Coate L, Guillot M, Surmont V, Rauch D, Rudzki J, O’Mahony D, Aranda IB, Scherz A, Tsourti Z, Roschitzki-Voser H, Pochesci A, Demonty G, Stahel RA, O’Brien M. Combined, patient-level, analysis of two randomised trials evaluating the addition of denosumab to standard first-line chemotherapy in advanced NSCLC – The ETOP/EORTC SPLENDOUR and AMGEN-249 trials. Lung cancer 161, 76-85. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2021.09.002
Meylan S, Dafni U, Lamoth F, Tsourti Z, Lobritz MA, Regina J, Bressin P, Senn L, Grandbastien B, Andre C, Fenwick C, D’Acremont V, Croxatto A, Guilleret I, Greub G, Manuel O, Calandra T, Pantaleo G, Lazor-Blanchet C. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in healthcare workers of a Swiss tertiary care centre at the end of the first wave: a cross-sectional study. BMJ open 11 (7), e049232. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049232
Gyawali B, de Vries EGE, Dafni U, Amaral T, Barriuso J, Bogaerts J, Calles A, Curigliano G, Gomez-Roca C, Kiesewetter B, Oosting S, Passaro A, Pentheroudakis G, Piccart M, Roitberg F, Tabernero J, Tarazona N, Trapani D, Wester R, Zarkavelis G, Zielinski C, Zygoura P, Cherny NI. Biases in study design, implementation, and data analysis that distort the appraisal of clinical benefit and ESMO-Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale (ESMO-MCBS) scoring. ESMO Open 2021 June; 6 (3):100117. doi: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100117. Epub 2021 Apr 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100117
Finn SP, Addeo A, Dafni U, Thunnissen E, Bubendorf L, Madsen LB, Biernat W, Verbeken E, Hernandez-Losa J, Marchetti A, Cheney R, Warth A, Speel EJM, Quinn AM, Monkhorst K, Jantus-Lewintre E, Tischler V, Marti N, Dimopoulou G, Molina-Vila MA, Kammler R, Kerr KM, Peters S, Stahel RA, European Thoracic Oncology Platform Lungscape Investigators.Prognostic Impact of KRAS G12C Mutation in Patients With NSCLC: Results from the European Thoracic Oncology Platform Lungscape Project. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2021 June; 16(6): 990-1002; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.02.016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2021.02.016
2020
Popat S, Curioni-Fontecedro A, Dafni U, Shah R, O’Brien M, Pope A, Fisher P, Spicer J, Roy A, Gilligan D, Gautschi O, Nadal E, Janthur WD, López Castro R, García Campelo R, Rusakiewicz S, Letovanec I, Polydoropoulou V, Roschitzki-Voser H, Ruepp B, Gasca-Ruchti A, Peters S, Stahel RA. A multicentre randomised phase III trial comparing pembrolizumab versus single-agent chemotherapy for advanced pre-treated malignant pleural mesothelioma: the European Thoracic Oncology Platform (ETOP 9-15) PROMISE-meso trial. Ann Oncol 2020;31(12):1734-1745. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.09.009.
Peters S, Felip E, Dafni U, Tufman A, Guckenberger M, Álvarez R, Nadal E, Becker A, Vees H, Pless M, Martinez-Marti A, Lambrecht M, Andratschke N, Tsourti Z, Piguet AC, Roschitzki-Voser H, Gasca-Ruchti A, Vansteenkiste J, Stahel RA, De Ruysscher D. Progression-Free and Overall Survival for Concurrent Nivolumab With Standard Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Stage IIIA-B NSCLC: Results From the European Thoracic Oncology Platform NICOLAS Phase II Trial (European Thoracic Oncology Platform 6-14). Journal of Thoracic Oncology 16 (2), 278-288 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2020.10.129
Paluch-Shimon S, Cherny NI, de Vries EGE, Dafni U, Piccart MJ, Latino NJ, Cardoso F. Application of the ESMO-Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale (V.1.1) to the field of early breast cancer therapies. ESMO Open 2020 September; 5 (5): e000743. https://doi.org/10.1136/esmoopen-2020-000743
Knapen DG, Cherny NI, Zygoura P, Latino NJ, Douillard JY, Dafni U, de Vries EGE, de Groot DJ. Lessons learnt from scoring adjuvant colon cancer trials and meta-analyses using the ESMO-Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale V.1.1. ESMO Open 2020 September; 5 (5):e000681. doi: 10.1136/esmoopen-2020-000681. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/esmoopen-2020-000681
Peters S, Danson S, Hasan B, Dafni U, Reinmuth N, Majem M, Tournoy KG, Mark MT, Pless M, Cobo M, Rodriguez-Abreu D, Falchero L, Moran T, Ortega Granados AL, Monnet I, Mohorcic K, Sureda BM, Betticher D, Demedts I, Macias JA, Cuffe S, Luciani A, Sanchez JG, Curioni-Fontecedro A, Gautschi O, Price G, Coate L, von Moos R, Zielinski C, Provencio M, Menis J, Ruepp B, Pochesci A, Roschitzki-Voser H, Besse B, Rabaglio M, O’Brien MER, Stahel RA. A Randomized Open-Label Phase III Trial Evaluating the Addition of Denosumab to Standard First-Line Treatment in Advanced NSCLC: The European Thoracic Oncology Platform (ETOP) and European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) SPLENDOUR Trial . J Thorac Oncol 2020;15(10):1647-1656. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2020.06.011.
Stahel RA, Curioni-Fontecedro A, Rohrmann S, Dafni U, Sandner U, Opitz I, Andratschke N, Franzen D, Dimopoulou G, Matthes KL, Kohler M, Guckenberger M, Weder W. Survival outcome of non-small cell lung cancer patients: Comparing results between the database of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Zürich and the Epidemiological Cancer Registry Zurich and Zug. Lung Cancer 2020 August; 146: 217-223; DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2020.05.037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2020.05.037
Kiesewetter B, Cherny NI, Boissel N, Cerisoli F, Dafni U, de Vries EGE, Ghia P, Gökbuget N, González-Calle V, Huntly B, Jäger U, Latino NJ, Douillard JY, Malcovati L, Mateos MV, Ossenkoppele GJ, Porkka K, Raderer M M.D, Ribera JM, Scarfò L, Wester R, Zygoura P, Sonneveld P.
EHA evaluation of the ESMO-Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale version 1.1 (ESMO-MCBS v1.1) for haematological malignancies.
ESMO Open 2020 January; 5 (1) pii: e000611. doi: 10.1136/esmoopen-2019-000611.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/esmoopen-2019-000611
2019
Molina-Vila MA, Stahel RA, Dafni U, Jordana-Ariza N, Balada-Bel A, Garzón-Ibáñez M, García-Peláez B, Mayo-de-Las-Casas C, Felip E, Fontecedro AC, Gautschi O, Peters S, Massutí B, Palmero R, Aix SP, Carcereny E, Früh M, Pless M, Popat S, Cuffe S, Bidoli P, Kammler R, Roschitzki-Voser H, Tsourti Z, Karachaliou N, Rosell R; results from the European Thoracic Oncology Platform (ETOP) BELIEF trial.
Evolution and clinical impact of EGFR mutations in circulating free DNA in the BELIEF trial.
Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2019 December; pii: S1556-0864(19)33715-3.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2019.11.023
Wagner A D, Oertelt-Prigione S, Adjei A, Buclin T, Cristina V, Csajka C, Coukos G, Dafni U, Dotto GP, Ducreux M, Fellay J, Haanen J, Hocquelet A, Lemmens V, Letsch A, Mauer M, Moehler M, Peters S, Özdemir B C.
Gender Medicine and Oncology: A call for learning from each other. Report and consensus of an ESMO Workshop.
Annals of Oncology 2019 December; 30 (12): 1914-1924. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdz414.
https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdz414
Thunnissen E, Kerr K M, Dafni U, Bubendorf L, Finn S P, Soltermann A, Biernat W, Cheney R, Verbeken E, Warth A, Marchetti A, Speel E M, Pokharel S, Quinn A M, Monkhorst K, Navarro A, Madsen L B, Tsourti Z, Geiger T, Kammler R, Peters S, Stahel R, for the Lungscape Consortium.
Programmed death-ligand 1 expression influenced by tissue sample size. Scoring based on tissue microarrays’ and cross-validation with resections, in patients with, stage I-III, non-small cell lung carcinoma of the European Thoracic Oncology Platform Lungscape cohort. Modern Pathology 2019 November; doi: 10.1038/s41379-019-0383-9.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41379-019-0383-9
Dafni U, Cherny N, de Vries E.
Correcting the Conclusion in a Study of Frameworks for Measurement of Absolute or Relative Clinical Survival Benefit.
JAMA Oncology 2019 October; 5 (12): 1807. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.4091.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.4091
Dafni U, Tsourti Z, Alatsathianos I.
Breast Cancer Statistics in the European Union: Incidence and Survival across European Countries.
Breast Care 2019 October; 14: 344-352. doi: 10.1159/000503219.
https://doi.org/10.1159/000503219
Dafni U, Tsourti Z, Vervita K, Peters S.
Immune checkpoint inhibitors, alone or in combination with chemotherapy, as first-line treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
A systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Lung Cancer 2019 August; 134: 127-140. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2019.05.029.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2019.05.029
Peters S, Felip E, Dafni U, Belka C, Guckenberger M, Irigoyen A, Nadal E, Becker A, Vees H, Pless M, Martinez-Marti A, Tufman A, Lambrecht M, Andratschke N, Piguet AC, Kassapian M, Roschitzki-Voser H, Rabaglio-Poretti M, Stahel RA, Vansteenkiste J, De Ruysscher D.
Safety evaluation of nivolumab added concurrently to radiotherapy in a standard first line chemo-radiotherapy regimen in stage III non-small cell lung cancer – The ETOP NICOLAS trial.
Lung Cancer 2019 July; 133: 83-87. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2019.05.001.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2019.05.001
Kerr KM, Thunnissen E, Dafni U, Finn SP, Bubendorf L, Soltermann A, Verbeken E, Biernat W, Warth A, Marchetti A, Speel EM, Pokharel S, Quinn AM, Monkhorst K, Navarro A, Madsen LB, Radonic T, Wilson J, De Luca G, Gray SG, Cheney R, Savic S, Martorell M, Muley T, Baas P, Meldgaard P, Blackhall F, Dingemans AM, Dziadziuszko R, Vansteenkiste J, Weder W, Polydoropoulou V, Geiger T, Kammler R, Peters S, Stahel R; Lungscape Consortium.
A retrospective cohort study of PD-L1 prevalence, molecular associations and clinical outcomes in patients with NSCLC: Results from the European Thoracic Oncology Platform (ETOP) Lungscape Project. Lung Cancer 2019 May; 131: 95-103. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2019.03.012.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2019.03.012
Dziadziuszko R, Smit EF, Dafni U, Wolf J, Wasąg B, Biernat W, Finn SP, Kammler R, Tsourti Z, Rabaglio M, Ruepp B, Roschitzki-Voser H, Stahel RA, Felip E, Peters S.
Afatinib in non-small cell lung cancer with HER2 mutations: results of the prospective, open-label phase II NICHE trial of European Thoracic Oncology Platform (ETOP).
J Thorac Oncol. 2019 Feb; pii: S1556-0864(19)30148-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.02.017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2019.02.017
Cherny NI, de Vries EGE, Dafni U, Garrett-Mayer E, McKernin SE, Piccart M, Latino NJ, Douillard JY, Schnipper LE, Somerfield MR, Bogaerts J, Karlis D, Zygoura P, Vervita K, Pentheroudakis G, Tabernero J, Zielinski Ch, Wollins DS, Schilsky RL.
Comparative Assessment of Clinical Benefit Using the ESMO-Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale Version 1.1 and the ASCO Value Framework Net Health Benefit Score.
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2019 Feb; 37 (4): 336-349. doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.00729.
http://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.18.00729
Peters S, Dafni U, Boyer M, De Ruysscher D, Faivre-Finn C, Felip E, Garrido P, Girard N, Guckenberger M, Haanen J, Le Pechoux C, Mornex F, Ozsahin M, Paz-Ares L, Planchard D, Raben D, Ramalingam S, Reck M, Smit E, Stahel R, Stenzinger A, Swanton C, Vallone S, Garassino MC. Position of a panel of international lung cancer experts on the approval decision for use of durvalumab in stage III non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP). Ann Oncol 2019 February 1; 30(2):161-165. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdy553. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdy553
2018
Banerjee S, Dafni U, Allen T, Arnold D, Curigliano G, Garralda E, Garassino MC, Haanen J, Hofstädter-Thalmann E, Robert C, Sessa C, Tsourti Z, Zygoura P, Peters S.
Gender-related challenges facing oncologists: the results of the ESMO Women for Oncology Committee survey.
ESMO Open 2018 Sep 21; 3 (6): e000422. doi: 10.1136/esmoopen-2018-000422.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/esmoopen-2018-000422
Hofstädter-Thalmann E, Dafni U, Allen T, Arnold A, Banerjee S, Curigliano G, Garralda E, Garassino MC, Haanen J, Robert C, Sessa C, Tsourti Z, Zygoura P, Peters S.
Report on the status of women occupying leadership roles in oncology.
ESMO Open 2018 Sep 21; 3 (6): e000423. doi: 10.1136/esmoopen-2018-000423.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/esmoopen-2018-000423
Rulle U, Tsourti Z, Casanova R, Deml KF, Verbeken E, Thunnissen E, Warth A, Cheney R, Sejda A, Speel EJ, Madsen LB, Nonaka D, Navarro A, Sansano I, Marchetti A, Finn SP, Monkhorst K, Kerr KM, Haberecker M, Wu C, Zygoura P, Kammler R, Geiger T, Gendreau S, Schulze K, Vrugt B, Wild P, Moch H, Weder W, Ciftlik AT, Dafni U, Peters S, Bubendorf L, Stahel RA, Soltermann A.
Computer-based intensity measurement assists pathologists in scoring PTEN immunohistochemistry – Clinical associations in NSCLC patients of the ETOP Lungscape cohort
J Thorac Oncol. 2018 Dec; 13 (12): 1851-1863. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.08.2034.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2018.08.2034
Bellali T, Giannopoulou I, Tsourti Z, Malliarou M, Sarafis P, Minasidou E, Papadatou D.
Psychometric Properties of the Revised Death Attitude Profile in a Greek Sample of Nurses.
Journal of Nursing Measurement 2018, 26(2):264-277. doi: 10.1891/1061-3749.26.2.264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1061-3749.26.2.264
Cherny NI, Dafni U, Piccart M, Latino NJ, Douillard JY, Bogaerts J, Karlis D, Zygoura P, Pentheroudakis G, Tabernero J, Zielinski C, de Vries EGE.
Reply to the letter to the editor “ESMO-MCBS v1.1: statistical and patient relevant shortcomings” by Emprechtinger et al.
Annals of Oncology 2018 May 1, 29 (5):1335-1338. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdy108.
https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdy108
Cherny NI, Dafni U, Bogaerts J, Latino NJ, Pentheroudakis G, Douillard JY, Tabernero J, Zielinski C, Piccart MJ, de Vries EGE.
RE: Magnitude of Clinical Benefit of Cancer Drugs Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.
J Natl Cancer Inst. 2018 Oct 1; 110 (10): 1142-1143. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djy029.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djy029
Cherny NI, Dafni U, Bogaerts J, Latino NJ, Pentheroudakis G, Douillard JY, Tabernero J, Zielinski C, Piccart MJ, de Vries EGE.
Reply to the letter to the editor “Re-aligning the ASCO and ESMO clinical benefit frameworks or modern cancer therapies”.
Annals of Oncology 2018 Mar 1, 29 (3):774-775. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdx747.
https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdx747
Filipits M, Dafni U, Gnant M, Polydoropoulou V, Hills M, Kiermaier A, De Azambuja E, Larsimont DP, Rojo F, Viale G, Toi M, Harbeck N, Pritchard KI, Gelber RD, Dinh P, Zardavas D, Leyland-Jones B, Piccart-Gebhart M, Dowsett M.
Association of p27 and cyclin D1 expression and benefit from adjuvant trastuzumab treatment in HER2-positive early breast cancer: a TransHERA study.
Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Jul 1;24(13):3079-3086. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-3473.
https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-3473
Letovanec I, Finn S, Zygoura P, Smyth P, Soltermann A, Bubendorf L, Speel EJ, Marchetti A, Nonaka D, Monkhorst K, Hager H, Martorell M, Sejda A, Cheney R, Hernandez-Losa J, Verbeken E, Weder W, Savic S, Di Lorito A, Navarro A, Felip E, Warth A, Baas P, Meldgaard P, Blackhall F, Dingemans AM, Dienemann H, Dziadziuszko R, Vansteenkiste J, O’Brien C, Geiger T, Sherlock J, Schageman J, Dafni U, Kammler R, Kerr KM, Thunnissen E, Stahel R, Peters S; ETOP Lungscape Consortium.
Evaluation of NGS and RT-PCR methods for ALK rearrangement in European NSCLC patients: Results from the ETOP Lungscape Project.
Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2018; 13 (3): 413-425. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2017.11.117.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2017.11.117
Cherny NI, Dafni U, Bogaerts J, Latino NJ, Pentheroudakis G, Douillard JY, Tabernero J, Zielinski C, Piccart MJ, de Vries EGE.
Reply to the letter to the editor ‘Toxicity adjustment in the ESMO-MCBS: a Gestalt approach?’ by Del Paggio.
Annals of Oncology 2018 Feb 1; 29 (2): 521-522. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdx649.
https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdx649
Kerr KM, Dafni U, Schulze K, Thunnissen E, Bubendorf L, Hager H, Finn S, Biernat W, Vliegen L, Losa JH, Marchetti A, Cheney R, Warth A, Speel EJ, Blackhall F, Monkhorst K, Jantus Lewintre E, Tischler V, Clark C, Bertran-Alamillo J, Meldgaard P, Gately K, Wrona A, Vandenberghe P, Felip E, De Luca G, Savic S, Muley T, Smit EF, Dingemans AC, Priest L, Baas P, Camps C, Weder W, Polydoropoulou V, Geiger TR, Kammler R, Sumiyoshi T, Molina MA, Shames DS, Stahel RA, Peters S; ETOP Lung-scape Consortium.
Prevalence and clinical association of gene mutations through multiplex mutation testing in patients with NSCLC: results from the ETOP Lungscape Project.
Annals of Oncology 2018 Jan 1; 29 (1): 200-208. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdx629.
https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdx629
2017
Dafni U, Karlis D, Pedeli X, Bogaerts J, Pentheroudakis G, Tabernero J, Zielinski CC, Piccart MJ, de Vries EGE, Latino NJ, Douillard JY, Cherny NI.
Detailed statistical assessment of the characteristics of the ESMO Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale (ESMO-MCBS) threshold rules.
ESMO Open 2017; 2 (4): e000216.
https://doi.org/10.1136/esmoopen-2017-000216
Cherny NI, Dafni U, Bogaerts J, Latino NJ, Pentheroudakis G, Douillard JY, Tabernero J, Zielinski C, Piccart MJ, de Vries EGE.
ESMO-Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale Version 1.1.
Annals of Oncology 2017; 28 (10): 2340-2366.
https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdx310
Bubendorf L, Dafni U, Schobel M, Finn SP, Tischler V, Sejda A, Marchetti A, Thunnissen E, Verbeken EK, Warth A, Sansano I, Cheney T, Speel EJM, Daisuke Nonaka D, Monkhorst K, Hager H, Martorell M, Savic S, Kerr KM, Tan Q, Tsourti Z, Geiger TR, Kammler R, Schulze K, Das-Gupta A, Shames D, Peters S, Stahel RA; Lungscape Consortium.
Prevalence and clinical association of MET gene overexpression and amplification in patients with NSCLC: Results from the European Thoracic Oncology Platform (ETOP) Lungscape project.
Lung Cancer 2017; 111: 143-149.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2017.07.021
Rosell R, Dafni U, Felip E, Curioni-Fontecedro A, Gautschi O, Peters S, Massuti B, Palmero R, Ponce Aix, S, Carcereny E, Fruh M, Pless M, Popat S, Kotsakis A, Cuffe S, Bidoli P, Favaretto A, Froesch P, Reguart N, Puente J, Coate L, Barlesi F, Rauch D, Thomas M, Camps, C, Gomez-Codina J, Majem M, Porta R, Shah R, Hanrahan, E. Kammler R, Ruepp B, Rabaglio M, Kassapian M, Karachaliou N, Tam R, Shames DS, Molina-Vila MA, Stahel RA;
BELIEF collaborative group.
Erlotinib and bevacizumab in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer and activating EGFR mutations (BELIEF): an international, multicentre, single-arm, phase 2 trial.
Lancet Respiratory Medicine 2017; 5 (5): 435-444.
http://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(17)30129-7
Peters S, Stahel RA, Dafni U, Ponce Aix S, Massuti B, Gautschi O, Coate L, Lopez Martin A, van Heemst R, Berghmans T, Meldgaard P, Cobo Dols M, Garde Noguera J, Curioni-Fontecedro A, Rauch D, Mark MT, Cuffe S, Biesma B, van Henten AMJ, Juan Vidal O, Palmero Sanchez R, Villa Guzmanu JC, Collado Martin R, Peralta S, Insa A, Summers Y, Lang I, Horgan A, Ciardiello F, de Hosson S, Pieterman R, Groen HJM, van den Berg PM, Zielinski CC, Chittazhathu Kurian Kuruvilla Y, Gasca-Ruchti A, Kassapian M, Novello S, Torri V, Tsourti Z, Gregorc V, Smit EF; EMPHASIS-lung collaborative group.
Randomized phase III trial of erlotinib versus docetaxel in patients with advanced squamous cell non-small cell lung cancer failing first line platinum-based doublet chemotherapy stratified by Veristrat good versus Veristrat poor. The European Thoracic Oncology Platform (ETOP) EMPHASIS-lung trial.
Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2017; 12 (4): 752-762.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2016.12.017
2016
Gomez G, Plana-Ripoll O, Dafni U.
Selection of the primary end point in an observational cohort study.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2016; 70 (10): 950-953.
https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2015-206656
Loi S, Dafni U, Karlis D, Polydoropoulou V, Young BM, Willis S, Long B, de Azambuja E, Sotiriou C, Viale G, Ruschoff J, Piccart MJ, Dowsett M, Michiels S, Leyland-Jones B; August, 2016
Effects of Estrogen Receptor and Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2 Levels on the Efficacy of Trastuzumab: A Secondary Analysis of the HERA Trial.
JAMA Oncology 2016; 2 (8): 1040-1047.
http://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.0339
Rolfo C, Caglevic C, Bretel D, Hong D, Raez LE, Cardona AF, Oton AB, Gomez H, Dafni U, Vallejos C, Zielinski C.
Cancer clinical research in Latin America: current situation and opportunities. Expert opinion from the first ESMO workshop on clinical trials, Lima, 2015.
ESMO Open. 2016; 1 (4): e000055.
https://doi.org/10.1136/esmoopen-2016-000055
2015
Cherny NI, Sullivan R, Dafni U, Kerst JM, Sobrero A, Zielinski C, de Vries EG, Piccart MJ.
A standardised, generic, validated approach to stratify the magnitude of clinical benefit that can be anticipated from anti-cancer therapies: the European Society for Medical Oncology Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale (ESMO-MCBS).
Annals of oncology 2015; 26 (8): 1547-1573.
https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdv249
Psyrri A, Economopoulou P, Dafni U.
Reply to D. Adkins et al.
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2015; 33 (10): 1224-1225.
http://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2014.59.9449
2014
Peters S, Weder W, Dafni U, Kerr KM, Bubendorf L, Meldgaard P, O’Byrne KJ, Wrona A, Vansteenkiste J, Felip E, Marchetti A, Savic S, Lu S, Smit E, Dingemans AMC, Blackhall FH, Baas P, Camps C, Rosell R, and Stahel RA; ETOP Lungscape Investigators.
Lungscape: resected non-small cell lung cancer outcome by clinical and pathological parameters.
Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2014; 9 (11): 1675-1684.
https://doi.org/10.1097/JTO.0000000000000320
Blackhall FH, Peters S, Bubendorf L, Dafni U, Kerr KM, Hager H, Soltermann A, O’Byrne KJ, Dooms C, Sejda A, Hernandez-Losa J, Marchetti A, Savic S, Tan Q, Thunnissen E, Speel EJM, Cheney R, Nonaka D, de Jong J, Martorell M, Letovanec I, Rosell R, and Stahel RA.
Prevalence and Clinical Outcomes for Patients with ALK-Positive Resected Stage I to III Adenocarcinoma: Results from the European Thoracic Oncology Platform Lungscape Project.
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2014; 32 (25): 2780-2787.
https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2013.54.5921
Bakalidou D, Voumvourakis K., Tsourti Z, Papageorgiou E, Poulios A, Giannopoulos S.
Validity and reliability of the Greek version of the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale in multiple sclerosis patients.
International Journal of Rehabilitation Research 2014; 37 (3): 271-276.
https://doi.org/10.1097/MRR.0000000000000057
Poulopoulou S, Karlis D, Yiannoutsos CT, Dafni U.
Phase II design with sequential testing of hypotheses within each stage.
Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics 2014; 24 (4): 768-784.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10543406.2014.900784
Gomez G, Gomez-Mateu M, Dafni U.
Informed choice of composite end points in cardiovascular trials.
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2014; 7 (1): 170-1788.
https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000149
2013
Zabaglo L, Stoss O, Ruschoff J, Zielinski D, Salter J, Arfi M, Bradbury I, Dafni U, Piccart-Gebhart M, Procter M, Dowsett M, for the HERA Trial Study Team
HER2 staining intensity in HER2-positive disease: relationship with FISH amplification and clinical outcome in the HERA trial of adjuvant trastuzumab.
Annals of Oncology 2013; 24 (11): 2761–2766.
https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdt275
2011
Weder W, Stahel RA, Baas P, Dafni U, de Perrot M, McCaughan BC, Nakano T, Pass HI, Robinson BW, Rusch VW, Sugarbaker DJ, van Zandwijk N.
The MARS feasibility trial: conclusions not supported by data.
Lancet Oncology 2011; 12 (12): 1093-1094.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70307-2
Dafni U.
Landmark analysis at the 25-year landmark point.
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2011; 4 (3): 363-371.
https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.957951
Gianni L, Dafni U, Gelber R, Azambuja E, Muehlbauer S, Goldhirsch A, Untch M, Smith I, Baselga J, Jackisch C, Cameron D, Mano M, Pedrini J, Veronesi A, Mendiola C, Pluzanska A, Semiglazov V, Vrdoljak E, Eckart M, Shen Z, Skiadopoulos G, Procter M, Pritchard K, Piccart-Gebhart M, Bell R, for the Herceptin Adjuvant (HERA) Trial Study Team.
Treatment with trastuzumab for 1 year after adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer: a 4-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial.
Lancet Oncology 2011; 12(3): 236-244.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70033-X
2010
Procter M, Suter T, Azambuja E, Dafni U, Van Dooren V, Muehlbauer S, Climent MA, Rechberger E, Tsang-Wu Liu W, Toi M, Coombes C, Dodwell D, Pagani O, Madrid J, Hall M, Chen S, Focan C, Muschol M, Van Veldhuisen D, Piccart-Gebhart M.
Longer-Term Assessment of Trastuzumab-Related Cardiac Adverse Events in the Herceptin Adjuvant (HERA) Trial.
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2010; 28 (21): 3422-3428.
http://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JCO.2009.26.0463
Pectasides E, Egloff AM, Sasaki C, Kountourakis P, Burtness B, Fountzilas G, Dafni U, Zaramboukas T, Rampias T, Rimm D, Grandis J, Psyrri A.
Nuclear localization of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma is associated with a better prognosis.
Clinical Cancer Research 2010; 16 (8): 2427-2434.
https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-2658
2009
Briasoulis E, Pappas P, Puozzo C, Tolis C, Fountzilas G, Dafni U, Marselos M, Pavlidis N.
Dose-ranging study of metronomic oral vinorelbine in patients with advanced refractory cancer.
Clinical Cancer Research 2009; 15 (20): 6454-6461.
https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-0970
Dowsett M, Procter M, McCaskill-Stevens W, Azambuja E, Dafni U, Rueschoff J, Jordan B, Dolci S, Abramovitz M, Stoss O, Viale G, Gelber R, Piccart-Gebhart M, Leyland-Jones B.
Disease-Free Survival According to Degree of HER2 Amplification for Patients Treated with Adjuvant Chemotherapy with or without 1 Year of Trastuzumab The HERA Trial.
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2009; 27 (18): 2962-2969.
http://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JCO.2008.19.7939