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  1. Correction: Prisciandaro et al. Anatomical Versus Non-Anatomical Pulmonary Metastasectomy: European Multicentre Analysis. Cancers 2026, 18, 1037

    Article • Cancers, May 2026, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini

  2. Refining Risk Stratification and Surveillance Strategies in Pleuropulmonary Solitary Fibrous Tumors—An International, Retrospective, Multicenter Analysis

    Article • Cancers, December 2025, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  3. Establishment and Validation of Patient-Derived Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Organoids as In Vitro Lung Cancer Models

    Article • Organoids, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  4. Preventive Aortic Stent Graft Implantation Prior to Thoracic Surgery: Early and Midterm Results

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  5. Outcome Analysis of Treatment Modalities for Thoracic Sarcomas

    Article • Cancers, October 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  6. Change in Right-to-Left Shunt Fraction in Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension after Pulmonary Endarterectomy

    Article • Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, October 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  7. Deletions of CDKN2A and MTAP Detected by Copy-Number Variation Array Are Associated with Loss of p16 and MTAP Protein in Pleural Mesothelioma

    Article • Cancers, October 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  8. Swiss Pilot Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening Study: First Baseline Screening Results

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, September 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  9. Cullin 4B Ubiquitin Ligase Is Important for Cell Survival and Regulates TGF-β1 Expression in Pleural Mesothelioma

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, August 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  10. Genomic and Transcriptomic Analyses of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) Samples Reveal Crucial Insights for Preclinical Testing

    Article • Cancers, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  11. 2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension

    Article • European Heart Journal, August 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz, Professor Yuriy M. Sirenko, Professor Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan, Alexander Mathioudakis

  12. Acute on Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Case Series and Review of Management

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  13. Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion with β-Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD+) Improves Ischemic Lung Function

    Article • Antioxidants, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  14. Dual-Energy CT Pulmonary Angiography for the Assessment of Surgical Accessibility in Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

    Article • Diagnostics, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  15. Sarcopenia, Precardial Adipose Tissue and High Tumor Volume as Outcome Predictors in Surgically Treated Pleural Mesothelioma

    Article • Diagnostics, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  16. Disease characteristics and clinical outcome over two decades from the Swiss pulmonary hypertension registry

    Article • Pulmonary Circulation, January 2022, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  17. Patient Selection for Local Aggressive Treatment in Oligometastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Article • Cancers, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  18. Evaluation and management of patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension - consensus statement from the ISHLT

    Article • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, November 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  19. Primary Lung Cancer Organoids for Personalized Medicine—Are They Ready for Clinical Use?

    Article • Cancers, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  20. Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion with K(ATP) Channel Modulators Antagonize Ischemia Reperfusion Injury

    Article • Cells, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  21. Perfluorocarbon-Based Oxygen Carriers and Subnormothermic Lung Machine Perfusion Decrease Production of Pro-Inflammatory Mediators

    Article • Cells, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  22. Subnormothermic Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion Temperature Improves Graft Preservation in Lung Transplantation

    Article • Cells, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  23. Importance of Cullin4 Ubiquitin Ligase in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

    Article • Cancers, November 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  24. Introduction of a national multidisciplinary CTEPH board to improve operability assessment

    Article • September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  25. Molecular Research in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, February 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  26. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

    Article • Swiss Medical Weekly, December 2018, SMW Supporting Association

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  27. Intraluminal EWSR1-CREB1 gene rearranged, low-grade myxoid sarcoma of the pulmonary artery resembling extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma (EMC)

    Article • Histopathology, December 2018, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  28. Moderne Aspekte der Lungenkrebschirurgie

    Article • Praxis, December 2018, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  29. Nonintubated surgical biopsy of undetermined interstitial lung disease: a multicentre outcome analysis

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, December 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  30. Surgery in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, November 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  31. Gemcitabine Synergizes with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Overcomes Resistance in a Preclinical Model and Mesothelioma Patients

    Article • Clinical Cancer Research, August 2018, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  32. Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging as an outcome predictor for lung-volume reduction surgery in patients with severe emphysema†

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, August 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  33. Improved postoperative lung function after sublobar resection of non-small-cell lung cancer combined with lung volume reduction surgery in patients with advanced emphysema

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, August 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  34. Lung volume reduction surgery beyond the NETT selection criteria

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, August 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  35. Pleural mesothelioma: is the surgeon still there?

    Article • Annals of Oncology, August 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  36. Pulmonary hypertension in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema patients: prevalence, therapeutic options and pulmonary circulatory effects of lung volume reduction surgery

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, August 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  37. The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: A Renewed Call to Participation

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, June 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  38. Heterogeneity in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  39. Mediastinitis After Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration of a Follicular Dendritic Cell Sarcoma

    Article • Archivos de Bronconeumología (English Edition), April 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  40. Lung volume reduction surgery in selected patients with emphysema and pulmonary hypertension†

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, March 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  41. Influence of inter-observer delineation variability on radiomics stability in different tumor sites

    Article • Acta Oncologica, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  42. Evaluation of NGS and RT-PCR Methods for ALK Rearrangement in European NSCLC Patients: Results from the European Thoracic Oncology Platform Lungscape Project

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, March 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  43. Live-Cell Mesothelioma Biobank to Explore Mechanisms of Tumor Progression

    Article • Frontiers in Oncology, February 2018, Frontiers

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  44. Single-center experience with intraoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation use in lung transplantation

    Article • The International Journal of Artificial Organs, February 2018, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  45. Outcome After Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in Patients With Severely Impaired Diffusion Capacity

    Article • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, February 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  46. Lung Transplantation with Controlled Donation after Circulatory Death Donors

    Article • Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, January 2018, Editorial Committee of Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  47. Lung transplantation in the elderly: Influence of age, comorbidities, underlying disease, and extended criteria donor lungs

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, December 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  48. Circulating complement component 4d (C4d) correlates with tumor volume, chemotherapeutic response and survival in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  49. Previous lung volume reduction surgery does not negatively affect survival after lung transplantation†

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, September 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  50. Management des pulmonalarteriellen Sarkoms

    Article • Praxis, September 2017, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  51. Treatment of limited disease small cell lung cancer: the multidisciplinary team

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, August 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz, Dr Ioannis Psallidas

  52. A nuanced view of extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, June 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  53. A benchmarking project on the quality of previous guidelines about the management of malignant pleural effusion from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Pleural Diseases Working Group

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, April 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  54. Propensity matched comparison of extrapleural pneumonectomy and pleurectomy/decortication for mesothelioma patients†

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, February 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  55. Curative resection for lung cancer in octogenarians is justified

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Disease, February 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  56. Current practices in the management of malignant pleural effusions: a survey among members of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons

    Article • Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, December 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz, Edward Caruana

  57. The IASLC Mesothelioma Staging Project: Improving Staging of a Rare Disease Through International Participation

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, December 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  58. The IASLC Mesothelioma Staging Project: Proposals for Revisions of the N Descriptors in the Forthcoming Eighth Edition of the TNM Classification for Pleural Mesothelioma

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, December 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  59. Extracorporeal Life Support as Bridge to Lung Retransplantation: A Multicenter Pooled Data Analysis

    Article • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, November 2016, Elsevier

    Christian Benden, Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  60. Imaging in pleural mesothelioma: A review of the 13th International Conference of the International Mesothelioma Interest Group

    Article • Lung Cancer, November 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  61. Patient-Derived Xenograft Establishment from Human Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

    Article • Clinical Cancer Research, September 2016, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  62. Circulating activin A is a novel prognostic biomarker in malignant pleural mesothelioma – A multi-institutional study

    Article • European Journal of Cancer, August 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  63. Low Merlin expression and high Survivin labeling index are indicators for poor prognosis in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

    Article • Molecular Oncology, June 2016, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  64. Diagnostic accuracy of sequential co-registered PET+MR in comparison to PET/CT in local thoracic staging of malignant pleural mesothelioma

    Article • Lung Cancer, April 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  65. Clinical Relevance of Our Multimodality Prognostic Score

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, March 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  66. Impact of time interval between donor brain death and cold preservation on long-term outcome in lung transplantation

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, February 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Christian Benden, Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  67. MicroRNA-223 controls the expression of histone deacetylase 2: a novel axis in COPD

    Article • Journal of Molecular Medicine, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  68. Antagonizing the Hedgehog Pathway with Vismodegib Impairs Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Growth In Vivo by Affecting Stroma

    Article • Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, February 2016, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  69. Surgical Treatment after Chemotherapy in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

    Article • February 2016, Bentham Science Publishers

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  70. Favorable outcome of children and adolescents undergoing lung transplantation at a European adult center in the new era

    Article • Pediatric Pulmonology, January 2016, Wiley

    Christian Benden, Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  71. Combined Genetic and Genealogic Studies Uncover a Large BAP1 Cancer Syndrome Kindred Tracing Back Nine Generations to a Common Ancestor from the 1700s

    Article • PLoS Genetics, December 2015, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  72. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and extrapleural pneumonectomy of malignant pleural mesothelioma with or without hemithoracic radiotherapy (SAKK 17/04): a randomised, international, multicentre phase 2 trial

    Article • The Lancet Oncology, December 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  73. Relapse pattern and second-line treatment following multimodality treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, November 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  74. A New Prognostic Score Supporting Treatment Allocation for Multimodality Therapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, November 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  75. Expression of the Stem Cell Factor Nestin in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Is Associated with Poor Prognosis

    Article • PLOS One, September 2015, PLOS

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  76. Surgery versus SABR for resectable non-small-cell lung cancer

    Article • The Lancet Oncology, August 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  77. Hedgehog Signaling in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

    Article • Genes, July 2015, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  78. Importance of excision repair cross-complementation group 1 and ribonucleotide reductase M1 as prognostic biomarkers in malignant pleural mesothelioma treated with platinum-based induction chemotherapy followed by surgery

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, June 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  79. Induction Therapy for Mesothelioma

    Article • Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, January 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  80. Use of Computed Tomography and Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography for Staging of Local Extent in Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

    Article • Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, January 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  81. Repeated lung volume reduction surgery is successful in selected patients

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, December 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  82. Corrigendum to ‘Biomolecular and clinical practice in malignant pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer: what thoracic surgeons should know’

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, December 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  83. Extrapleural Pneumonectomy After Induction Chemotherapy: Perioperative Outcome in 251 Mesothelioma Patients From Three High-Volume Institutions

    Article • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, November 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  84. Evaluation of imaging techniques for the assessment of tumour progression in an orthotopic rat model of malignant pleural mesothelioma†

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  85. GAS5 long non-coding RNA in malignant pleural mesothelioma

    Article • Molecular Cancer, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  86. Biomolecular and clinical practice in malignant pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer: what thoracic surgeons should know

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, March 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  87. CD74: a new prognostic factor for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

    Article • British Journal of Cancer, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  88. A Feasibility Study Evaluating Surgery for Mesothelioma After Radiation Therapy: The “SMART” Approach for Resectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, March 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  89. European guidelines on structure and qualification of general thoracic surgery

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, February 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  90. Multimodal management of malignant pleural mesothelioma: where are we today?

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, February 2014, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  91. PI3K/mTOR Signaling in Mesothelioma Patients Treated with Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Extrapleural Pneumonectomy

    Article • Journal of Thoracic Oncology, February 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  92. Perioperative Diclofenac Application during Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Pleurodesis Modulates Early Inflammatory and Fibrinolytic Processes in an Experimental Model

    Article • European Surgical Research, January 2013, Karger Publishers

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  93. Long-term outcomes of bilateral lobar lung transplantation

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, October 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  94. Minimally invasive resection of thymomas with the da Vinci(R) Surgical System

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, July 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  95. Diagnostik und Therapie des malignen Pleuramesothelioms - von der Palliationzur kurativen Intention

    Article • Therapeutische Umschau, July 2012, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  96. Role of Hedgehog Signaling in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

    Article • Clinical Cancer Research, June 2012, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  97. BRCA1 is an essential mediator of vinorelbine-induced apoptosis in mesothelioma

    Article • The Journal of Pathology, March 2012, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  98. Sleeve resections with unprotected bronchial anastomoses are safe even after neoadjuvant therapy

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, January 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  99. Pleural mesothelioma side populations have a precursor phenotype

    Article • Carcinogenesis, July 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  100. Automated ERCC1 Immunohistochemistry in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

    Article • Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology, March 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  101. Bioluminescence imaging for in vivo monitoring of local recurrence mesothelioma model

    Article • Lung Cancer, March 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  102. Volumetry: an alternative to assess therapy response for malignant pleural mesothelioma?

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, January 2011, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  103. Optimized intrapleural cisplatin chemotherapy with a fibrin carrier after extrapleural pneumonectomy: A preclinical study

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, January 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  104. Induction of senescence markers after neo-adjuvant chemotherapy of malignant pleural mesothelioma and association with clinical outcome: An exploratory analysis

    Article • European Journal of Cancer, January 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  105. Editorial commentMay cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), p21 and p27 expression affect prognosis and therapeutic strategy of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma?

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, September 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  106. Pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma after heart transplantation: a case report

    Article • Journal of Medical Case Reports, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  107. Prognostic significance of epithelial–mesenchymal transition in malignant pleural mesothelioma☆☆☆

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, March 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  108. Large mixed germ cell tumor in a young patient presenting as an intrapulmonary mass

    Article • Pathology - Research and Practice, August 2009, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  109. Multimodality Strategies in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

    Article • Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, June 2009, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  110. Functional inactivation of NF2/merlin in human mesothelioma

    Article • Lung Cancer, May 2009, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  111. Malignant pleural mesothelioma

    Article • Future Oncology, April 2009, Future Medicine

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  112. Immuno-chemotherapy reduces recurrence of malignant pleural mesothelioma: an experimental setting☆

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, March 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  113. Autologous fibrin sealant reduces the incidence of prolonged air leak and duration of chest tube drainage after lung volume reduction surgery: A prospective randomized blinded study

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, October 2008, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  114. PTEN expression is a strong predictor of survival in mesothelioma patients☆

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, March 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  115. Taurolidine and povidone-iodine induce different types of cell death in malignant pleural mesothelioma

    Article • Lung Cancer, June 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  116. Local recurrence model of malignant pleural mesothelioma for investigation of intrapleural treatment☆

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  117. Incidence of clinical pulmonary embolism after laparoscopic surgery

    Article • BJS, March 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  118. Instillation of Taurolidine/Heparin after Laparotomy Reduces Intraperitoneal Tumour Growth in a Colon Cancer Rat Model

    Article • European Surgical Research, January 2007, Karger Publishers

    Mr Hugo van der Veen, Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  119. Influence of Intraperitoneal Application of Taurolidine/Heparin on Expression of Adhesion Molecules and Colon Cancer in Rats Undergoing Laparoscopy

    Article • Journal of Surgical Research, January 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  120. Risk Factors for Perioperative Complications in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Analysis of 22,953 Consecutive Cases from the Swiss Association of Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Surgery Database

    Article • Journal of the American College of Surgeons, November 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  121. Incidence and management of complications after neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma☆

    Article • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, April 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  122. Intrapleural topical application of cisplatin with the surgical carrier Vivostat increases the local drug concentration in an immune-competent rat model with malignant pleuromesothelioma

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, March 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  123. Preclinical Comparison of mTHPC and Verteporfin for Intracavitary Photodynamic Therapy of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

    Article • European Surgical Research, January 2006, Karger Publishers

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  124. Bleeding remains a major complication during laparoscopic surgery: analysis of the SALTS database

    Article • Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery, February 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  125. Intraoperative photodynamic therapy of the chest cavity in malignant pleural mesothelioma bearing rats

    Article • Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, January 2005, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  126. The influence of adhesion prophylactic substances and taurolidine/heparin on local recurrence and intraperitoneal tumor growth after laparoscopic-assisted bowel resection of colon carcinoma in a rat model

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, April 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Hugo van der Veen, Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  127. Esophageal Necrosis and Perforation of the Left Main Bronchus Following Photodynamic Therapy of Esophageal Carcinoma

    Article • The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, April 2002, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  128. Rekonstruktion der aorto- iliacalen Etage und Resektion maligner Tumoren - ein- oder zweizeitiges Vorgehen?

    Article • Zentralblatt für Chirurgie - Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Viszeral- Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, January 2002, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  129. Laparoscopic esophagogastrostomy: an alternative minimally invasive treatment for achalasia stage III

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, November 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  130. Intragastrale Penetration eines justierbaren Magenbands

    Article • Der Chirurg, July 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  131. Symptomatisches Aneurysma der Arteria gastroepiploica dextra Fallbericht und Literaturübersicht

    Article • Der Chirurg, April 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  132. Inguinal Hernia Repair in the New Millennium: Plug and Patch Repair with Local Anesthesia

    Article • World Journal of Surgery, February 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz

  133. Das Aneurysma der Vena femoralis als Differentialdiagnose der Schenkelhernie

    Article • Zentralblatt für Chirurgie - Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Viszeral- Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, January 2001, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof. Dr. Isabelle Opitz