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The handle http://hdl.handle.net/1887/3176524 holds various files of this Leiden
University dissertation.
Author: Buikhuisen, W.A.
Title: Angiogenesis in mesothelioma
Issue date: 2021-06-02
Angiogenesis in Mesothelioma
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© Wieneke Buikhuisen 2021
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means, without prior permission of the author, or, when applicable, of the publishers of the scientific papers.
Angiogenesis in Mesothelioma
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van rector magnificus prof.dr.ir. H. Bijl, volgens besluit van het college voor promoties
te verdedigen op woensdag 2 juni 2021 klokke 13.45 uur
door
Wieneke Alexandra Buikhuisen
geboren te LeidenPromotor
Prof.dr. P. Baas
Copromotor
Dr. J.A. Burgers (Antoni van Leeuwenhoek)
Leden promotiecommissie
Prof.dr. P.S. Hiemstra Prof.dr. C.A.M. Marijnen
Prof.dr. J.P. Van Meerbeeck (Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, België) Prof. S. Popat (Royal Marsden Fulham Road, London, Verenigd Koninkrijk)
Chapter 1 General introduction and outline of the thesis 7 Chapter 2 Second-line therapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma:
a systematic review
25 Chapter 3 Thalidomide versus active supportive care for maintenance
in patients with malignant mesothelioma after first-line chemotherapy (NVALT 5): an open label, multicenter, randomised phase 3 study
59
Chapter 4 A randomised phase 2 study adding axitinib to pemetrexed-cisplatin in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma: a single center trial combining clinical and translational outcomes
81
Chapter 5 Optimisation of response classification criteria for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma, a validation study
107 Chapter 6 Antiangiogenic therapies for mesothelioma. What is the role
in mesothelioma treatment?
113
Chapter 7 Discussion and future perspectives 127
Appendices Nederlandse samenvatting List of publications Dankwoord Curriculum vitae 141 149 157 163