Christine Desmedt
@ChristineDesme2
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Head Laboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, KU Leuven. Committed to personalize treatment for patients with breast cancer.
Leuven, Belgium
Joined December 2017
📣 #ESMOBreast26: Are you ready to have a global impact in breast cancer research? Submit your abstract and be part of the change! Your contribution will be key to driving progress and advancing patient care worldwide. ⏰ Deadline 27 January 2026 🔗 https://t.co/lFjFUZoYry
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📢📕New publication in the European Journal of Cancer: Prognostic relation of body mass index on extended aromatase inhibition treatment in postmenopausal pts with ER+ #breastcancer: A retrospective analysis of the #SOLE trial 🔗 https://t.co/eF32NYO7Ql
@OncologyAdvance
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Just wanted to let you know that I also just moved to BlueSky! 🦋 You can find me under @christinedesmedt.bsky.social See you there! 👋
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Co-organization and great interactions with patient advocates ☺️ @LobularBCUK @LobularBCA @lobbccanada @LobularIreland @hiplinemedia @tonelien @GRASPtweets @TanjaSpanic @jackel626
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Thanks a lot for the fantastic edition of the #ilcsymposium 2024 in Leuven! What an amazing community! Step by step moving together in the right direction for patients with #lobular breast cancer @elbcc @PWBDerksen @oesterreichs @aftimosp @AVincentSalomon
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If you're in Leuven for the ILC Conference, be sure to sign up for our in-person GRASP Poster Walkthrough! We're recruiting both patients and scientists — so register today! https://t.co/m0EDvMpPvI
#GRASP #PosterWalkthrough #GRASPatILC #GRASPinAction #ILCSymposium
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Registration will close on the 1st of September! Few seats still available! Looking forward to seeing you there! @elbcc @OncoAlert @PWBDerksen @oesterreichs @AVincentSalomon @LobularIreland @LobularBCUK @LobularBCA
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Don't forget to register for the ILC Symposium 2024 (only 40 seats still available)! Deadline abstract submission extended to 24th of August. @oncoalert @elbcc @PWBDerksen @aftimosp @oesterreichs @AVincentSalomon @LobularBCUK @LobularIreland @LobularBCA
ilcsymposium.com
This international symposium will be featuring the latest in invasive lobular breast cancer (ILC) science from leading researchers around the world.
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Don’t forget to register and submit an abstract for the ILC symposium! Deadline abstract submission= July 27. Looking forward to all seeing you there! @elbcc @PWBDerksen @aftimosp @oesterreichs @AVincentSalomon @ELBCAdvocates @LobularBCA @LobularBCUK @GRASPtweets @LobularIreland
Registration is now open for the annual invasive #lobular breast cancer symposium ( https://t.co/kBqV5sOMt5) which will take place in Leuven, Belgium, this year on September 23-25! Register now as places are limited. @OncoAlert
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Check the amazing speakers lined-up!🌟 Anwesha Dey @CBrisken
@ChristineDesme2
@ColindaScheele
@eriksahailab
@jchrismarine
@deVisserKarin
@valientelab Thomas Brabletz @LeilaAkkari1
@LabMassague Federic de Sauvage Have you already registered? https://t.co/jbGD01z7fG
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Obesity➡️ worse prognosis & different biology #breastcancer. Still, BMI is only reported in 8% of 495 trials we reviewed. More research needed to study impact of BMI on treatment efficacy and toxicity🙏 ! @Josephine_VC @VanBaelenKaren @OncoAlert
https://t.co/5oRStoBQP5
breast-cancer-research.biomedcentral.com
Background The proportion of patients with breast cancer and obesity is increasing. While the therapeutic landscape of breast cancer has been expanding, we lack knowledge about the potential differ...
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Everyone interested in #metastasis research, please check out this exciting conference organized by our fantastic @evomet_itn students. https://t.co/12FVQKtLxt
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At #ESMOBreast24 @ChristineDesme2 presents an analysis of germline BRCA1/2 mut and uncommon somatic alterations from pts enrolled in monarchE ➡️Consistent abemaciclib benefit for all muts except somatic RB1 and BRCA2 Small sample size requires cautious interpretation‼️ @OncoAlert
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We welcome all clinical and scientific disciplines, as well as patient advocates to this truly multidisciplinary conference @ILCSYMPOSIUM
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Beautiful line-up of speakers (@lab_kok, @IcrLordLab, @FresiaPareja, R Bose, @TanjaSpanic, @FatimaMechta, FC Bidard, M. Covington, @PWBDerksen, @oesterreichs ...), interactive breakout sessions, GRASP posterwalk @GRASPtweets, opportunities for abstract presentation...
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Registration is now open for the annual invasive #lobular breast cancer symposium ( https://t.co/kBqV5sOMt5) which will take place in Leuven, Belgium, this year on September 23-25! Register now as places are limited. @OncoAlert
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A milestone has just been published! Recommendations and a SOP from the COST action #Lobsterpot to correctly diagnose #ILC is out @ModernPathology. Onwards and upwards toward a WHO guideline! https://t.co/kKe2rGVn2j
@AVincentSalomon @ChristineDesme2 @PWBDerksen @COSTprogramme
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Thank you to all collaborators (and there are many!), the patients and their families 🙏and all funding bodies supporting research on #UPTIDER (@Onco_KULeuven, @UZLeuven, @FondationFcc, @FWOVlaanderen). We are extremely grateful and more committed than ever 🌺
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This program represents a unique opportunity to generate experimental models, also for patients with #lobular breast cancer and rare subtypes. 🙏 @PWBDerksen @CBrisken @sflomos @thommen_ds @ColindaScheele @LeucciLRCB
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Proud to present our post-mortem tissue donation program #UPTIDER dedicated to advance research on metastatic breast cancer! https://t.co/QwKV2pdldi
@GeukensTatjana @MaxiMDpath @VanBaelenKaren @FendtLab @DiLa_lab @kevinpunie @HansWildiers #FRichard #GFloris #bcsm @OncoAlert
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