Heinz Becker
University of Göttingen
216 Papers
1.7K Citations
Heinz Becker is an academic researcher from University of Göttingen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Colorectal cancer. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 216 publications. Previous affiliations of Heinz Becker include University of Düsseldorf.
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Papers
Preoperative versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer
Rolf Sauer,Heinz Becker,Werner Hohenberger,Claus Rödel,Christian Wittekind,Rainer Fietkau,Peter Martus,Jörg Tschmelitsch,Eva Hager,Clemens F. Hess,Torsten Liersch,Heinz Schmidberger,Rudolf Raab +12 more
TL;DR: Preoperative chemoradiotherapy, as compared with postoperative cheMoradi therapy, improved local control and was associated with reduced toxicity but did not improve overall survival.
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Preoperative Versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Results of the German CAO/ARO/AIO-94 Randomized Phase III Trial After a Median Follow-Up of 11 Years
Rolf Sauer,Torsten Liersch,Susanne Merkel,Rainer Fietkau,Werner Hohenberger,Clemens F. Hess,Heinz Becker,Hans-Rudolf Raab,Marie-Therese Villanueva,Helmut Witzigmann,Christian Wittekind,Tim Beissbarth,Claus Rödel +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported long-term results with a median follow-up of 134 months, where they found a difference of 10% in 5-year overall survival as the primary end point.
Preoperative chemoradiotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy with fluorouracil and oxaliplatin versus fluorouracil alone in locally advanced rectal cancer: initial results of the German CAO/ARO/AIO-04 randomised phase 3 trial
Claus Rödel,Torsten Liersch,Heinz Becker,Rainer Fietkau,Werner Hohenberger,Torsten Hothorn,Torsten Hothorn,Ullrich Graeven,Dirk Arnold,Marga Lang-Welzenbach,Hans-Rudolf Raab,Heiko Sülberg,Christian Wittekind,Sergej Potapov,Ludger Staib,Clemens F. Hess,Karin Weigang-Köhler,Gerhard G. Grabenbauer,Hans Hoffmanns,Fritz Lindemann,Anke Schlenska-Lange,Gunnar Folprecht,Rolf Sauer +22 more
TL;DR: This phase 3 study integrated oxaliplatin into standard treatment in patients with histologically proven carcinoma of the rectum with clinically staged T3-4 or any node-positive disease to improve disease-free survival (DFS).
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Tumor Regression Grading After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Carcinoma Revisited: Updated Results of the CAO/ARO/AIO-94 Trial
Emmanouil Fokas,Torsten Liersch,Rainer Fietkau,Werner Hohenberger,Tim Beissbarth,Clemens F. Hess,Heinz Becker,Michael Ghadimi,Karl Mrak,Susanne Merkel,Hans-Rudolf Raab,Rolf Sauer,Christian Wittekind,Claus Rödel +13 more
TL;DR: Complete and intermediate tumor regressions were associated with improved long-term outcome in patients with rectal carcinoma after preoperative CRT independent of clinicopathologic parameters, and needs to be prospectively tested in multiple data sets to validate its reproducibility in a wider setting.
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Prognostic factors influencing surgical management and outcome of gastrointestinal stromal tumours.
TL;DR: The purpose of this study was to review surgical experience with gastrointestinal stromal tumours at a single tertiary university hospital, and to identify morphological and genetic prognostic markers of tumour progression.
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