Early diagnostic protein biomarkers for breast cancer: how far have we come?

AWJ Opstal-van Winden, RCH Vermeulen… - Breast cancer research …, 2012 - Springer
Many studies have used surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass
spectrometry or matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry to …

Air pollution from livestock farms, and asthma, allergic rhinitis and COPD among neighbouring residents

…, AWJ Opstal-van Winden… - Occupational and …, 2014 - oem.bmj.com
Objectives There is an ongoing debate regarding environmental health risks of exposures to
dust and microbial agents from livestock farming in the Netherlands. The aims of the study …

[HTML][HTML] Q fever and pneumonia in an area with a high livestock density: a large population-based study

…, F van der Sman-de Beer, AWJ Opstal-van Winden… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Concerns about public health risks of intensive animal production in the Netherlands continue
to rise, in particular related to outbreaks of infectious diseases. The aim was to investigate …

[HTML][HTML] Searching for early breast cancer biomarkers by serum protein profiling of pre-diagnostic serum; a nested case-control study

AWJ Opstal-van Winden, EJM Krop, MH Kåredal… - BMC cancer, 2011 - Springer
Background Serum protein profiles have been investigated frequently to discover early
biomarkers for breast cancer. So far, these studies used biological samples collected at or after …

[HTML][HTML] A bead-based multiplexed immunoassay to evaluate breast cancer biomarkers for early detection in pre-diagnostic serum

AWJ Opstal-van Winden, W Rodenburg… - International journal of …, 2012 - mdpi.com
This study investigates whether a set of ten potential breast cancer serum biomarkers and
cancer antigens (osteopontin (OPN), haptoglobin, cancer antigen 15-3 (CA15-3), …

The second round of the Dutch colorectal cancer screening program: Impact of an increased fecal immunochemical test cut‐off level on yield of screening

…, AWJ Opstalvan Winden… - … Journal of Cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Dutch colorectal cancer (CRC) screening program started in 2014, inviting the target
population biennially to perform a fecal immunochemical test (FIT). We obtained prospectively …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence of interval colorectal cancer after negative results from first-round fecal immunochemical screening tests, by cutoff value and participant sex and age

…, MCW Spaander, AWJ Opstal-van Winden… - Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & Aims We evaluated the incidence of interval cancers between the first and
second rounds of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening with the FOB-Gold fecal immunochemical …

Breast cancer risk after radiation therapy for Hodgkin lymphoma: influence of gonadal hormone exposure

IM Krul, AWJ Opstalvan Winden, BMP Aleman… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Young women treated with chest radiation therapy (RT) for Hodgkin lymphoma
(HL) experience a strongly increased risk of breast cancer (BC). It is unknown whether …

Genetic susceptibility to radiation-induced breast cancer after Hodgkin lymphoma

AWJ Opstal-van Winden, HG De Haan… - Blood, The Journal …, 2019 - ashpublications.org
Female Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) patients treated with chest radiotherapy (RT) have a very
high risk of breast cancer. The contribution of genetic factors to this risk is unclear. We …

[HTML][HTML] Colonoscopy-Related Mortality in a Fecal Immunochemical Test–Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Program

…, E Toes-Zoutendijk, AWJ Opstal-van Winden… - Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Many countries have introduced colorectal cancer (CRC) screening
programs with fecal immunochemical tests (FITs), and follow-up colonoscopies for individuals …