Prof. Dr. med. Walter Weber

Montagna, Giacomo, Laws, Alison, Ferrucci, Massimo, Mrdutt, Mary M., Sun, Susie X., Bademler, Suleyman, Balbaloglu, Hakan, Balint-Lahat, Nora, Banys-Paluchowski, Maggie, Barrio, Andrea V., Benson, John, Bese, Nuran, Boughey, Judy C., Boyle, Marissa K., Diego, Emilia J., Eden, Claire, Eller, Ruth, Goldschmidt, Maite, Hlavin, Callie, et al. (2024). Nodal Burden and Oncologic Outcomes in Patients With Residual Isolated Tumor Cells After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (ypN0i+): The OPBC-05/ICARO Study [Journal-article]. Journal of Clinical Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.24.01052

Heidinger, Martin, Loesch, Julie M., Levy, Jeremy, Maggi, Nadia, Eller, Ruth S., Schwab, Fabienne D., Kurzeder, Christian, & Weber, Walter P. (2024). Association of relative resection volume with patient-reported outcomes applying different levels of oncoplastic breast conserving surgery – A retrospective cohort study. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 50(9), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2024.108478

Weber, W. P., Hanson, S. E., Wong, D. E., Heidinger, M., Montagna, G., Cafferty, F. H., Kirby, A. M., & Coles, C. E. (2024). Personalizing Locoregional Therapy in Patients With Breast Cancer in 2024: Tailoring Axillary Surgery, Escalating Lymphatic Surgery, and Implementing Evidence-Based Hypofractionated Radiotherapy [Journal-article]. American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book, 44(3). https://doi.org/10.1200/edbk_438776

Heidinger, M., & Weber, W. P. (2024). Axillary Surgery for Breast Cancer in 2024. Cancers, 16(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16091623

Grašič Kuhar, Cvetka, Geiger, James, Schwab, Fabienne Dominique, Heinzelmann-Schwartz, Viola, Vetter, Marcus, Weber, Walter Paul, & Kurzeder, Christian. (2024). Prognostic Importance of Axillary Lymph Node Response to Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy on Axillary Surgery in Breast Cancer—A Single Center Experience. Cancers, 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16071306

Montagna, G., Mrdutt, M. M., Sun, S. X., Hlavin, C., Diego, E. J., Wong, S. M., Barrio, A. V., van den Bruele, A. B., Cabioglu, N., Sevilimedu, V., Rosenberger, L. H., Hwang, E. S., Ingham, A., Papassotiropoulos, B., Nguyen-Sträuli, B. D., Kurzeder, C., Aybar, D. D., Vorburger, D., Matlac, D. M., et al. (2024). Omission of Axillary Dissection Following Nodal Downstaging With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. JAMA Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.0578

Weber, W. P., Heidinger, M., Hayoz, S., Matrai, Z., Tausch, C., Henke, G., Zwahlen, D. R., Gruber, G., Zimmermann, F., Montagna, G., Andreozzi, M., Goldschmidt, M., Schulz, A., Mueller, A., Ackerknecht, M., Tampaki, E. C., Bjelic-Radisic, V., Kurzeder, C., Sávolt, Á., et al. (2024). Impact of Imaging-Guided Localization on Performance of Tailored Axillary Surgery in Patients with Clinically Node-Positive Breast Cancer: Prospective Cohort Study Within TAXIS (OPBC-03, SAKK 23/16, IBCSG 57-18, ABCSG-53, GBG 101). Annals of Surgical Oncology, 31, 344–355. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-023-14404-4

Gomes NV, Polutak A, Schindler C, Weber WP, Steiner LA, Rosenthal R, & Dell-Kuster S. (2023). Discrepancy in Reporting of Perioperative Complications: A Retrospective Observational Study. Annals of Surgery, 278(5), e981–e987. https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0000000000005807

Maggi N., Rais D., Nussbaumer R., Levy J., Schwab F.D., Kurzeder C., Heidinger M., & Weber W.P. (2023). The American Society of Breast Surgeons classification system for oncoplastic breast conserving surgery independently predicts the risk of delayed wound healing. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 49(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2023.107032

Heidinger M, Maggi N, Dutilh G, Mueller M, Eller RS, Loesch JM, Schwab FD, Kurzeder C, & Weber WP. (2023). Use of sentinel lymph node biopsy in elderly patients with breast cancer - 10-year experience from a Swiss university hospital. World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 21(1), 176. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-023-03062-1

Heidinger M, Knauer M, Tausch C, & Weber WP. (2023). Tailored axillary surgery - A novel concept for clinically node positive breast cancer. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland), 69, 281–289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2023.03.005

Tausch, Christoph, Däster, Kavitha, Hayoz, Stefanie, Matrai, Zoltan, Fitzal, Florian, Henke, Guido, Zwahlen, Daniel R., Gruber, Günther, Zimmermann, Frank, Andreozzi, Mariacarla, Goldschmidt, Maite, Schulz, Alexandra, Maggi, Nadia, Saccilotto, Ramon, Heidinger, Martin, Mueller, Andreas, Tampaki, Ekaterini Christina, Bjelic-Radisic, Vesna, Sávolt, Ákos, et al. (2023). Trends in use of neoadjuvant systemic therapy in patients with clinically node-positive breast cancer in Europe: prospective TAXIS study (OPBC-03, SAKK 23/16, IBCSG 57-18, ABCSG-53, GBG 101). Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 201, 215–225. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-023-06999-9

Weber, Walter P, Davide Gentilini, Oreste, Morrow, Monica, Montagna, Giacomo, de Boniface, Jana, Fitzal, Florian, Wyld, Lynda, Rubio, Isabel T., Matrai, Zoltan, King, Tari A., Saccilotto, Ramon, Galimberti, Viviana, Maggi, Nadia, Andreozzi, Mariacarla, Sacchini, Virgilio, Castrezana López, Liliana, Loesch, Julie, Schwab, Fabienne D., Eller, Ruth, et al. (2023). Uncertainties and controversies in axillary management of patients with breast cancer. Cancer Treatment Reviews, 117, 102556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctrv.2023.102556

Weber, Walter P., Matrai, Zoltan, Hayoz, Stefanie, Tausch, Christoph, Henke, Guido, Zimmermann, Frank, Montagna, Giacomo, Fitzal, Florian, Gnant, Michael, Ruhstaller, Thomas, Muenst, Simone, Mueller, Andreas, Lelièvre, Loïc, Heil, Jörg, Knauer, Michael, Egle, Daniel, Sávolt, Ákos, Heidinger, Martin, Kurzeder, Christian, et al. (2023). Association of Axillary Dissection with Systemic Therapy in Patients with Clinically Node-Positive Breast Cancer. JAMA Surgery, 158, 1013–1021. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2023.2840

Zwimpfer, Tibor A., Schwab, Fabienne D., Steffens, Daniel, Kaul, Felix, Schmidt, Noemi, Geiger, James, Geissler, Franziska, Heinzelmann-Schwarz, Viola, Weber, Walter P., & Kurzeder, Christian. (2023). Contralateral lymph node metastasis in recurrent ipsilateral breast cancer with Lynch syndrome: a locoregional event. World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-023-02918-w

Restivo G, Tastanova A, Balázs Z, Panebianco F, Diepenbruck M, Ercan C, Preca BT, Hafner J, Weber WP, Kurzeder C, Vetter M, Soysal SM, Beisel C, Bentires-Alj M, Piscuoglio S, Krauthammer M, & Levesque MP. (2022). Live slow-frozen human tumor tissues viable for 2D, 3D, ex vivo cultures and single-cell RNAseq. Communications Biology, 5(1), 1144. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04025-0

Kaidar-Person O, Weber WP, Kühn T, & Poortmans P. (2022). The forgotten node: Axillary surgery mandates expertise. European Journal of Surgical Oncology : The Journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology, 48(9), 1922–1924. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2022.05.012

Diamantopoulou Z, Castro-Giner F, Schwab FD, Foerster C, Saini M, Budinjas S, Strittmatter K, Krol I, Seifert B, Heinzelmann-Schwarz V, Kurzeder C, Rochlitz C, Vetter M, Weber WP, & Aceto N. (2022). The metastatic spread of breast cancer accelerates during sleep. Nature, 607(7917), 156–162. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04875-y

Weber Walter Paul, Shaw Jane, Pusic Andrea, Wyld Lynda, Morrow Monica, King Tari, Mátrai Zoltán, Heil Jörg, Fitzal Florian, Potter Shelley, Rubio Isabel T., Cardoso Maria-Joao, Gentilini Oreste Davide, Galimberti Viviana, Sacchini Virgilio, Rutgers Emiel J.T., Benson John, Allweis Tanir M., Haug Martin, et al. (2022). Oncoplastic breast consortium recommendations for mastectomy and whole breast reconstruction in the setting of post-mastectomy radiation therapy. The Breast, 63, 123–139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2022.03.008

Gnant M, Curigliano G, Senn H, Thürlimann B, & Weber WP. (2022). Customizing early breast cancer therapies - The 2021 St. Gallen International Breast Cancer Consensus Conference. (Patent No. Suppl 1). 62 Suppl 1(Suppl 1), Article Suppl 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2022.03.009

Maggi N, Nussbaumer R, Holzer L, & Weber WP. (2022). Axillary surgery in node-positive breast cancer. Breast, 62(Suppl 1), S50–S53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2021.08.018

Steffens D, Kappos EA, Lunger A, Schwab FD, Zehnpfennig L, Weber WP, Haug M, Heinzelmann-Schwarz V, & Kurzeder C. (2022). The double S technique to achieve aesthetic flat closure after conventional mastectomy. World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 20(1), 42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-022-02515-3

Fitzal F, Bolliger M, Dunkler D, Geroldinger A, Gambone L, Heil J, Riedel F, de Boniface J, Andre C, Matrai Z, Pukancsik D, Paulinelli RR, Ostapenko V, Burneckis A, Ostapenko A, Ostapenko E, Meani F, Harder Y, Bonollo M, et al. (2022). ASO Visual Abstract: Retrospective Multicenter Analysis Comparing Conventional with Oncoplastic Breast-Conserving Surgery: Oncological and Surgical Outcomes in Women with High-Risk Breast Cancer from the OPBC-01/iTOP2 Study. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 29(2), 1073–1075. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-10898-y

Fitzal F, Bolliger M, Dunkler D, Geroldinger A, Gambone L, Heil J, Riedel F, de Boniface J, Andre C, Matrai Z, Pukancsik D, Paulinelli RR, Ostapenko V, Burneckis A, Ostapenko A, Ostapenko E, Meani F, Harder Y, Bonollo M, et al. (2022). Retrospective, Multicenter Analysis Comparing Conventional with Oncoplastic Breast Conserving Surgery: Oncological and Surgical Outcomes in Women with High-Risk Breast Cancer from the OPBC-01/iTOP2 Study. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 29(2), 1061–1070. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-10809-1

Kopp Lugli A, Marti WR, Salm L, Mujagic E, Bundi M, von Strauss M, Bucheli Laffer E, Landin J, Fux CA, Coslovsky M, Weber WP, & Kindler C. (2022). The Role of HbA1c as a Positive Perioperative Predictor of Surgical Site and Other Postoperative Infections: An Explorative Analysis in Patients Undergoing Minor to Major Surgery. World Journal of Surgery, 46(2), 391–399. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-021-06368-x

Montagna G, Weber WP, Geroldinger A, & Fitzal F. (2022). ASO Author Reflections: Impact of Resection Volume on Risk of Local Recurrence—The OPBC-01/iTOP2 Study. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 29(2), 1071–1072. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-10862-w

Kopp Lugli, Andrea, Marti, Walter R., Salm, Lilian, Mujagic, Edin, Bundi, Marcel, von Strauss, Marco, Bucheli Laffer, Evelin, Landin, Julia, Fux, Christoph A., Coslovsky, Michael, Weber, Walter Paul, & Kindler, Christoph. (2022). Erratum: Correction to: The Role of HbA1c as a Positive Perioperative Predictor of Surgical Site and Other Postoperative Infections: An Explorative Analysis in Patients Undergoing Minor to Major Surgery (World journal of surgery (2022) 46 2 (391-399)). World Journal of Surgery, 46(2), 400. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-021-06392-x

Ritter, Mathilde, Oberhauser, Ida, Montagna, Giacomo, Zehnpfennig, Lea, Schaefer, Kristin, Ling, Barbara M., Levy, Jeremy, Soysal, Savas D., Müller, Madleina, López, Liliana Castrezana, Schwab, Fabienne D., Kurzeder, Christian, Haug, Martin, Kappos, Elisabeth A., & Weber, Walter P. (2022). Comparison of patient-reported outcomes among different types of oncoplastic breast surgery procedures. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 75, 3068–3077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2022.04.051

Vlajnic, Tatjana, Baur, Fabienne, Soysal, Savas D., Weber, Walter P., Piscuoglio, Salvatore, & Muenst, Simone. (2022). PD-L1 Expression in Triple-negative Breast Cancer - A Comparative Study of 3 Different Antibodies. Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology, 30, 726–730. https://doi.org/10.1097/pai.0000000000001062

Vulin, Milica, Jehanno, Charly, Sethi, Atul, Correia, Ana Luísa, Obradović, Milan M. S., Couto, Joana Pinto, Coissieux, Marie-May, Diepenbruck, Maren, Preca, Bogdan-Tiberius, Volkmann, Katrin, der Maur, Priska Auf, Schmidt, Alexander, Münst, Simone, Sauteur, Loïc, Kloc, Michal, Palafox, Marta, Britschgi, Adrian, Unterreiner, Vincent, Galuba, Olaf, et al. (2022). A high-throughput drug screen reveals means to differentiate triple-negative breast cancer. Oncogene, 41, 4459–4473. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-022-02429-0

Zehnpfennig, Lea, Ritter, Mathilde, Montagna, Giacomo, Handschin, Tristan M, Ling, Barbara M, Oberhauser, Ida, Lévy, Jérémy, Schaefer, Kristin Marit, Maggi, Nadia, Soysal, Savas D, Castrezana López, Liliana, Müller, Madleina M, Schwab, Fabienne D, Haug, Martin, Weber, Walter P, Kurzeder, Christian, & Kappos, Elisabeth A. (2022). The impact of delayed wound healing on patient-reported outcomes after breast cancer surgery. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 75, 4125–4132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2022.06.106

Correia AL, Guimaraes JC, Auf der Maur P, De Silva D, Trefny MP, Okamoto R, Bruno S, Schmidt A, Mertz K, Volkmann K, Terracciano L, Zippelius A, Vetter M, Kurzeder C, Weber WP, & Bentires-Alj M. (2021). Author Correction: Hepatic stellate cells suppress NK cell-sustained breast cancer dormancy. (Patent No. 7887). 600(7887), Article 7887. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04104-y

Weber WP, Matrai Z, Hayoz S, Tausch C, Henke G, Zwahlen DR, Gruber G, Zimmermann F, Seiler S, Maddox C, Ruhstaller T, Muenst S, Ackerknecht M, Kuemmel S, Bjelic-Radisic V, Kurzeder C, Újhelyi M, Vrieling C, Satler R, et al. (2021). Tailored axillary surgery in patients with clinically node-positive breast cancer: Pre-planned feasibility substudy of TAXIS (OPBC-03, SAKK 23/16, IBCSG 57-18, ABCSG-53, GBG 101). Breast, 60, 98–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2021.09.004

Burstein HJ, Curigliano G, Thürlimann B, Weber WP, Poortmans P, Regan MM, Senn HJ, Winer EP, Gnant M, & Panelists of the St Gallen Consensus Conference. (2021). Customizing local and systemic therapies for women with early breast cancer: the St. Gallen International Consensus Guidelines for treatment of early breast cancer 2021 (Patent No. 10). 32(10), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2021.06.023

Oberhauser I, Zeindler J, Ritter M, Levy J, Montagna G, Mechera R, Soysal SD, Castrezana López L, D’Amico V, Kappos EA, Schwab FD, Müller M, Kurzeder C, Haug M, & Weber WP. (2021). Impact of Oncoplastic Breast Surgery on Rate of Complications, Time to Adjuvant Treatment, and Risk of Recurrence. Breast Care, 16(5), 452–460. https://doi.org/10.1159/000511728

Kappos EA, Schulz A, Regan MM, Moffa G, Harder Y, Ribi K, Potter S, Pusic AL, Fehr MK, Hemkens LG, Holzbach T, Farhadi J, Simonson C, Knauer M, Verstappen R, Bucher HC, Zwahlen D, Zimmermann F, Schwenkglenks M, et al. (2021). Prepectoral versus subpectoral implant-based breast reconstruction after skin-sparing mastectomy or nipple-sparing mastectomy (OPBC-02/ PREPEC): A pragmatic, multicentre, randomised, superiority trial. BMJ Open, 11(9), e045239. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045239

Krol I, Schwab FD, Carbone R, Ritter M, Picocci S, De Marni ML, Stepien G, Franchi GM, Zanardi A, Rissoglio MD, Covelli A, Guidi G, Scarinci D, Castro-Giner F, Mazzarella L, Doglioni C, Borghi F, Milani P, Kurzeder C, et al. (2021). Detection of clustered circulating tumour cells in early breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 125(1), 23–27. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-021-01327-8

Ritter M, Ling BM, Oberhauser I, Montagna G, Zehnpfennig L, Lévy J, Soysal SD, Castrezana LL, Müller M, Schwab FD, Kurzeder C, Haug M, Weber WP, & Kappos EA. (2021). The impact of age on patient-reported outcomes after oncoplastic versus conventional breast cancer surgery. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 187(2), 437–446. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-021-06126-6

Montagna G, Tong Y, Ritter M, Levi J, Weber WP, Chen X, & Shen K. (2021). Predictors of Nodal Pathological Complete Response in Asian Women with Stage II-III Node-Positive Breast Cancer. Oncology (Switzerland), 99(6), 359–365. https://doi.org/10.1159/000513454

Salm L, Marti WR, Stekhoven DJ, Kindler C, Von Strauss M, Mujagic E, & Weber WP. (2021). Impact of bodyweight-adjusted antimicrobial prophylaxis on surgical-site infection rates. BJS Open, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zraa027

Correia, Ana Luísa, Guimaraes, Joao C., Auf der Maur, Priska, De Silva, Duvini, Trefny, Marcel P., Okamoto, Ryoko, Bruno, Sandro, Schmidt, Alexander, Mertz, Kirsten, Volkmann, Katrin, Terracciano, Luigi, Zippelius, Alfred, Vetter, Marcus, Kurzeder, Christian, Weber, Walter Paul, & Bentires-Alj, Mohamed. (2021). Hepatic stellate cells suppress NK cell-sustained breast cancer dormancy. Nature, 594(7864), 566–571. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03614-z

Dubsky P, Pinker K, Cardoso F, Montagna G, Ritter M, Denkert C, Rubio IT, de Azambuja E, Curigliano G, Gentilini O, Gnant M, Günthert A, Hauser N, Heil J, Knauer M, Knotek-Roggenbauerc M, Knox S, Kovacs T, Kuerer HM, et al. (2021). Breast conservation and axillary management after primary systemic therapy in patients with early-stage breast cancer: the Lucerne toolbox. 22, e18–e28. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30580-5

Kappos, Elisabeth A, Schulz, Alexandra, Regan, Meredith M, Moffa, Giusi, Harder, Yves, Ribi, Karin, Potter, Shelley, Pusic, Andrea L, Fehr, Mathias K, Hemkens, Lars G, Holzbach, Thomas, Farhadi, Jian, Simonson, Colin, Knauer, Michael, Verstappen, Ralph, Bucher, Heiner C, Zwahlen, Daniel, Zimmermann, Frank, Schwenkglenks, Matthias, et al. (2021). Prepectoral versus subpectoral implant-based breast reconstruction after skin-sparing mastectomy or nipple-sparing mastectomy (OPBC-02/ PREPEC): a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised, superiority trial. BMJ Open, 11(9), e045239. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045239

Pfob A, Sidey-Gibbons C, Lee HB, Tasoulis MK, Koelbel V, Golatta M, Rauch GM, Smith BD, Valero V, Han W, MacNeill F, Weber WP, Rauch G, Kuerer HM, & Heil J. (2021). Identification of breast cancer patients with pathologic complete response in the breast after neoadjuvant systemic treatment by an intelligent vacuum-assisted biopsy. European Journal of Cancer, 143, 134–146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2020.11.006

Ritter M, Paradiso V, Widmer P, Garofoli A, Quagliata L, Eppenberger-Castori S, Soysal SD, Muenst S, Ng CKY, Piscuoglio S, Weber W, & Weber WP. (2020). Identification of Somatic Mutations in Thirty-year-old Serum Cell-free DNA From Patients With Breast Cancer: A Feasibility Study. Clinical Breast Cancer, 20(5), 413–421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clbc.2020.04.005

Mujagic E, Hoffmann H, Soysal S, Delko T, Mechera R, Coslovsky M, Zeindler J, Salm L, Marti WR, & Weber WP. (2020). Teaching in the operating room: A risk for surgical site infections? American Journal of Surgery, 220(2), 322–327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.12.029

Weber WP, Morrow M, Boniface J, Pusic A, Montagna G, Kappos EA, Ritter M, Haug M, Kurzeder C, Saccilotto R, Schulz A., Benson J, Fitzal F, Matrai Z, Shaw J, Peeters MV, Potter S, Heil J, Oncoplastic Breast Consortium., & Oncoplastic Breast Consortium. (2020). Knowledge gaps in oncoplastic breast surgery. The Lancet Oncology, 21(8), e375–e385. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(20)30084-x

Kappos EA, Weber WP, de Boniface J, Harder Y, Heil J, Fitzal F, & Matrai Z. (2020). Immediate Breast Reconstruction. Breast Care, 15(2), 188–191. https://doi.org/10.1159/000505176

Jackson HW, Fischer JR, Zanotelli VRT, Ali HR, Mechera R, Soysal SD, Moch H, Muenst S, Varga Z, Weber WP, & Bodenmiller B. (2020). The single-cell pathology landscape of breast cancer. Nature, 578(7796), 615–620. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1876-x

Potter S, Davies C, Holcombe C, Weiler-Mithoff E, Skillman J, Vidya R, Masannat Y, Weber W, Heil J, Wilson S, Thrush S, Whisker L, Blazeby J, Metcalfe C, & Avery K. (2020). International development and implementation of a core measurement set for research and audit studies in implant-based breast reconstruction: a study protocol. BMJ Open, 10(1), e035505. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035505

Donato, Cinzia, Kunz, Leo, Castro-Giner, Francesc, Paasinen-Sohns, Aino, Strittmatter, Karin, Szczerba, Barbara Maria, Scherrer, Ramona, Di Maggio, Nunzia, Heusermann, Wolf, Biehlmaier, Oliver, Beisel, Christian, Vetter, Marcus, Rochlitz, Christoph, Weber, Walter Paul, Banfi, Andrea, Schroeder, Timm, & Aceto, Nicola. (2020). Hypoxia Triggers the Intravasation of Clustered Circulating Tumor Cells. Cell reports, 32(10), 108105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108105

Haefliger, Simon, Muenst, Simone, Went, Philip, Bihl, Michel, Dellas, Sophie, Weber, Walter Paul, & Vlajnic, Tatjana. (2020). Tall cell carcinoma of the breast with reversed polarity (TCCRP) with mutations in the IDH2 and PIK3CA genes: a case report. Molecular Biology Reports, 47, 4917–4921. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-020-05553-w

Montagna G, Schneeberger AR, Rossi L, Reina H, Schwab FD, Schoetzau A, Eichholzer M, Pagani O, Weber WP, Kurzeder C, Güth U, & Huber CG. (2020). The impact of depression on adherence to organized and opportunistic breast cancer screening. European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 29(1), 53–59. https://doi.org/10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000520

Von Strauss M., Marti W.R., Mujagic E., Coslovsky M., Diernberger K., Hall P., Zeindler J., Salm L.A., Soysal S.D., Mechera R., Von Holzen U., & Weber W.P. (2019). The impact of surgical site infections on hospital contribution margin-A European prospective observational cohort study. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 40(12), 1374–1379. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2019.273

Montagna G, Ritter M, & Weber WP. (2019). News in surgery of patients with early breast cancer [Churchill Livingstone]. 48, S2–S6. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0960-9776(19)31114-2

Bertschi D, Weber WP, Zeindler J, Stekhoven D, Mechera R, Salm L, Kralijevic M, Soysal SD, von Strauss M, Mujagic E, & Marti WR. (2019). Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Redosing Reduces Surgical Site Infection Risk in Prolonged Duration Surgery Irrespective of Its Timing. World Journal of Surgery, 43(10), 2420–2425. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-019-05075-y

Zeindler J, Angehrn F, Droeser R, Däster S, Piscuoglio S, Ng CKY, Kilic E, Mechera R, Meili S, Isaak A, Weber WP, Muenst S, & Soysal SD. (2019). Infiltration by myeloperoxidase-positive neutrophils is an independent prognostic factor in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 177(3), 581–589. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-019-05336-3

Stolpner I, Heil J, Feißt M, Karsten MM, Weber WP, Blohmer JU, Forster T, Golatta M, Schütz F, Sohn C, & Hennigs A. (2019). Clinical Validation of the BREAST-Q Breast-Conserving Therapy Module. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 26(9), 2759–2767. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07456-y

Zeindler J, Soysal SD, Piscuoglio S, Ng CKY, Mechera R, Isaak A, Weber WP, Muenst S, & Kurzeder C. (2019). Nectin-4 Expression Is an Independent Prognostic Biomarker and Associated With Better Survival in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Frontiers in Medicine, 6, 200. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2019.00200

Soysal, Savas D., Ng CKY, Costa L, Weber WP, Paradiso V, Piscuoglio S, & Muenst, Simone. (2019). Genetic Alterations in Benign Breast Biopsies of Subsequent Breast Cancer Patients. Frontiers in Medicine, 6, 166. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2019.00166

Wagner J, Rapsomaniki MA, Chevrier S, Anzeneder T, Langwieder C, Dykgers A, Rees M, Ramaswamy A, Muenst, Simone, Soysal, Savas Deniz, Jacobs A, Windhager J, Silina K, van den Broek M, Dedes KJ, Rodríguez Martínez M, Weber WP, & Bodenmiller B. (2019). A Single-Cell Atlas of the Tumor and Immune Ecosystem of Human Breast Cancer. Cell, 177(5), 1330–1345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2019.03.005

Szczerba BM, Castro-Giner F, Vetter M, Krol I, Gkountela S, Landin J, Scheidmann MC, Donato C, Scherrer R, Singer J, Beisel C, Kurzeder C, Heinzelmann-Schwarz V, Rochlitz C, Weber WP, Beerenwinkel N, & Aceto N. (2019). Neutrophils escort circulating tumour cells to enable cell cycle progression. Nature, 566(7745), 553–557. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-0915-y

Gkountela S, Castro-Giner F, Szczerba BM, Vetter M, Vetter M, Landin J, Scherrer R, Krol I, Scheidmann MC, Beisel C, Stirnimann CU, Kurzeder C, Heinzelmann-Schwarz V, Rochlitz C, Weber WP, & Aceto N. (2019). Circulating Tumor Cell Clustering Shapes DNA Methylation to Enable Metastasis Seeding. Cell, 176(1-2), 98–112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2018.11.046

Mechera, Robert, Soysal, Savas D., Piscuoglio, Salvatore, Ng, Charlotte K. Y., Zeindler, Jasmin, Mujagic, Edin, Däster, Silvio, Glauser, Philippe, Hoffmann, Henry, Kilic, Ergin, Droeser, Raoul A., Weber, Walter P., & Muenst, Simone. (2019). Expression of RET is associated with Oestrogen receptor expression but lacks prognostic significance in breast cancer. BMC cancer, 19(1), 41. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-018-5262-0

Montagna, Giacomo, Ng, Charlotte K. Y., Vlajnic, Tatjana, Paradiso, Viola, Dellas, Sophie, Reina, Hubertina, Kind, André, Weber, Walter P., Piscuoglio, Salvatore, & Kurzeder, Christian. (2019). Fibroepithelial Breast Lesion: When Sequencing Can Help to Make a Clinical Decision. A Case Report. Clinical breast cancer, 19(1), e1–e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clbc.2018.10.007

Henke, Guido, Knauer, Michael, Ribi, Karin, Hayoz, Stefanie, Gérard, Marie-Aline, Ruhstaller, Thomas, Zwahlen, Daniel R, Muenst, Simone, Ackerknecht, Markus, Hawle, Hanne, Fitzal, Florian, Gnant, Michael, Mátrai, Zoltan, Ballardini, Bettina, Gyr, Andreas, Kurzeder, Christian, & Weber, Walter P. (2018). Tailored axillary surgery with or without axillary lymph node dissection followed by radiotherapy in patients with clinically node-positive breast cancer (TAXIS): study protocol for a multicenter, randomized phase-III trial. Trials, 19(1), 667. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-3021-9

Weber WP. (2018). ASO Author Reflections: Abandoning the Drains by Eliminating the Radical Procedures Necessitating the Drains. (Patent No. Suppl 3). 25(Suppl 3), Article Suppl 3. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-6965-9

Vetter M, Landin J, Szczerba BM, Castro-Giner F, Gkountela S, Donato C, Krol I, Scherrer R, Balmelli C, Malinovska A, Zippelius A, Kurzeder C, Heinzelmann-Schwarz V, Weber WP, Rochlitz C, & Aceto N. (2018). Denosumab treatment is associated with the absence of circulating tumor cells in patients with breast cancer. Breast cancer research : BCR, 20(1), 141. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-018-1067-y

Weber WP, Tausch C, Hayoz S, Fehr MK, Ribi K, Hawle H, Lupatsch JE, Matter-Walstra K, Chiesa F, Dedes KJ, Berclaz G, Lelièvre L, Hess T, Güth U, Pioch V, Sarlos D, Leo C, Canonica C, Gabriel N, et al. (2018). Impact of a Surgical Sealing Patch on Lymphatic Drainage After Axillary Dissection for Breast Cancer: The SAKK 23/13 Multicenter Randomized Phase III Trial. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 25(9), 2632–2640. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-018-6556-9

Mujagic, Edin, Marti, Walter R., Coslovsky, Michael, Soysal, Savas D., Mechera, Robert, von Strauss, Marco, Zeindler, Jasmin, Saxer, Franziska, Müller, Alexandra, Fux, Christoph A., Kindler, Christoph, Gurke, Lorenz, & Weber, Walter P. (2018). Associations of Hospital Length of Stay with Surgical Site Infections. World Journal of Surgery, 9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-018-4733-4

Mujagic, Edin, Mujagic, Edin, Marti, Walter R., Coslovsky, Michael, Zeindler, Jasmin, Staubli, Sebastian, Marti, Regula, Mechera, Robert, Soysal, Savas D., Gürke, Lorenz, & Weber, Walter P. (2018). The role of preoperative blood parameters to predict the risk of surgical site infection. American Journal of Surgery, 215(4), 651–657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.08.021

Mujagic, Edin, Zeindler, Jasmin, Coslovsky, Michael, Hoffmann, Henry, Soysal, Savas D., Mechera, Robert, von Strauss, Marco, Delko, Tarik, Saxer, Franziska, Glaab, Richard, Kraus, Rebecca, Mueller, Alexandra, Curti, Gaudenz, Gurke, Lorenz, Jakob, Marcel, Marti, Walter R., & Weber, Walter P. (2018). The association of surgical drains with surgical site infections - A prospective observational study. American Journal of Surgery, 7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.06.015

Weber, Walter P., Haug, Martin, Kurzeder, Christian, Bjelic-Radisic, Vesna, Koller, Rupert, Reitsamer, Roland, Fitzal, Florian, Biazus, Jorge, Brenelli, Fabricio, Urban, Cicero, Paulinelli, Régis Resende, Blohmer, Jens-Uwe, Heil, Jörg, Hoffmann, Jürgen, Matrai, Zoltan, Catanuto, Giuseppe, Galimberti, Viviana, Gentilini, Oreste, Barry, Mitchel, et al. (2018). Oncoplastic Breast Consortium consensus conference on nipple-sparing mastectomy. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 172(3), 523–537. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-018-4937-1

Weber WP, Soysal SD, El-Tamer M, Sacchini V, Knauer M, Tausch C, Hauser N, Günthert A, Harder Y, Kappos EA, Schwab F, Fitzal F, Dubsky P, Bjelic-Radisic V, Reitsamer R, Koller R, Heil J, Hahn M, Blohmer JU, et al. (2017). First international consensus conference on standardization of oncoplastic breast conserving surgery. (Patent No. 1). 165(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-017-4314-5

Weber WP, Soysal SD, Zeindler J, Kappos EA, Babst D, Schwab F, Kurzeder C, & Haug M. (2017). Current standards in oncoplastic breast conserving surgery. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland), 34 Suppl 1, S78–S81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2017.06.033

Kappos EA, Weber WP, Soysal SD, Schwab F, Kurzeder C, & Haug MD. (2017). Die Rolle der onkoplastischen Chirurgie in der Behandlung des Mammakarzinoms. Praxis, 106(25), 1378–1382. https://doi.org/10.1024/1661-8157/a002852

Muenst, Simone, Mechera, Robert, Däster, Silvio, Piscuoglio, Salvatore, Ng, Charlotte K. Y., Meier-Abt, Fabienne, Weber, Walter P., & Soysal, Savas D. (2017). Pregnancy at early age is associated with a reduction of progesterone-responsive cells and epithelial Wnt signaling in human breast tissue. Oncotarget, 8(14), 22353–22360. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.16023

Muraro, Manuele G, Muenst, Simone, Mele, Valentina, Quagliata, Luca, Iezzi, Giandomenica, Tzankov, Alexandar, Weber, Walter P, Spagnoli, Giulio C, & Soysal, Savas D. (2017). Ex-vivo assessment of drug response on breast cancer primary tissue with preserved microenvironments. Oncoimmunology, 6(7), e1331798. https://doi.org/10.1080/2162402x.2017.1331798

Weber, Walter P., Mujagic, Edin, Mujagic, Edin, Zwahlen, Marcel, Bundi, Marcel, Hoffmann, Henry, Soysal, Savas D., Kraljević, Marko, Delko, Tarik, von Strauss, Marco, Iselin, Lukas, Da Silva, Richard X. Sousa, Zeindler, Jasmin, Rosenthal, Rachel, Misteli, Heidi, Kindler, Christoph, Müller, Peter, Saccilotto, Ramon, Lugli, Andrea Kopp, et al. (2017). Timing of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis: a phase 3 randomised controlled trial. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 17(6), 605–614. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(17)30176-7

Weber, Walter P., Soysal, Savas D., Fulco, Ilario, Barandun, Marina, Babst, Doris, Kalbermatten, Daniel F., Schaefer, Dirk J., Oertli, Daniel, Kappos, Elisabeth A., & Haug, Martin. (2017). Standardization of oncoplastic breast conserving surgery. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 43(7), 1236–1243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2017.01.006

Soysal, S. D., Muraro, M. G., Spagnoli, G. C., Mele, V., Oertli, D., Weber, W. P., & Muenst, S. (2016). Culture of breast cancer tissue specimens in perfused bioreactors allows personalized assessment of therapeutic treatments in complex tumor microenvironments. 103, 23. WILEY-BLACKWELL.

Muraro, M. G., Muenst, S., Mele, V., Spagnoli, G. C., Oertli, D., Weber, W. P., & Soysal, S. D. (2016). Primary breast cancer culture in a perfusion-based bioreactor suitable for in vitro testing of immune blockade therapy [AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH]. 76. https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs15-p4-04-19

Landin, Julia, & Weber, Walter. (2016). Etiological Observations in Seven Patients with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (PNETs). IN VIVO, 30, 146–147.

Landin, Julia, & Weber, Walter P. (2016). Lymph Node Surgery - Stepwise Retirement for the Breast Surgeon? BREAST CARE, 11, 282–286. https://doi.org/10.1159/000448697

Tampaki EC, Nakopoulou L, Tampakis A, Kontzoglou K, Weber WP, & Kouraklis G. (2014). Nestin involvement in tissue injury and cancer--a potential tumor marker? Cellular oncology (Dordrecht), 37(5), 305–315. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13402-014-0193-5

Muenst S, Schaerli AR, Gao F, Däster S, Trella E, Droeser RA, Muraro MG, Zajac P, Zanetti R, Gillanders WE, Weber WP, & Soysal SD. (2014). Expression of programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) is associated with poor prognosis in human breast cancer. Breast cancer research and treatment, 146(1), 15–24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-014-2988-5

Mujagic, Edin, Zwimpfer, Tibor, Marti, Walter R., Zwahlen, Marcel, Hoffmann, Henry, Kindler, Christoph, Fux, Christoph, Misteli, Heidi, Iselin, Lukas, Lugli, Andrea Kopp, Nebiker, Christian A., von Holzen, Urs, Vinzens, Fabrizio, von Strauss, Marco, Reck, Stefan, Kraljević, Marko, Widmer, Andreas F., Oertli, Daniel, Rosenthal, Rachel, & Weber, Walter P. (2014). Evaluating the optimal timing of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 15, 188. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-188

Amann E, Huang DJ, Weber WP, Eppenberger-Castori S, Schmid SM, Hess TH, & Güth U. (2013). Disease-related surgery in patients with distant metastatic breast cancer. European Journal of Surgical Oncology : The Journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology, 39(11), 1192–1198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2013.08.015

Muenst,Simone, Obermann,Ellen C, Gao,Feng, Oertli,Daniel, Viehl,Carsten T, Weber,Walter P, Fleming,Timothy, Gillanders,William E, & Soysal,Savas D. (2013). Src homology phosphotyrosyl phosphatase-2 expression is an independent negative prognostic factor in human breast cancer. Histopathology, 63(1), 74–82. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.12140

Muenst S, Däster S, Obermann EC, Droeser RA, Weber WP, von Holzen U, Gao F, Viehl C, Oertli D, & Soysal SD. (2013). Nuclear expression of snail is an independent negative prognostic factor in human breast cancer. Disease markers, 35(5), 337–344. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/902042

Misteli H, Widmer AF, Weber WP, Bucher E, Dangel M, Reck S, Oertli D, Marti WR, & Rosenthal R. (2012). Successful implementation of a window for routine antimicrobial prophylaxis shorter than that of the World Health Organization standard. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 33(9), 912–916. https://doi.org/10.1086/667374

Barry M, Weber WP, Lee S, Mazzella A, & Sclafani LM. (2012). Enhancing the clinical pathway for patients undergoing axillary lymph node dissection. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland), 21(4), 440–443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2011.10.002

Güth U, Myrick ME, Viehl CT, Schmid SM, Obermann EC, & Weber WP. (2012). The post ACOSOG Z0011 era: does our new understanding of breast cancer really change clinical practice? European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology, 38(8), 645–650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2012.04.018

Barry JM, Weber WP, & Sacchini V. (2012). The evolving role of axillary lymph node dissection in the modern era of breast cancer management. Surgical oncology, 21(2), 143–145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.suronc.2011.02.004

Olino K, Edil BH, Meckel KF, Pan X, Thuluvath A, Pardoll DM, Schulick RD, Yoshimura K, & Weber WP. (2012). Glycolipid antigens for treating hepatic colorectal cancer metastases and their effect on the therapeutic efficacy of live attenuated Listeria monocytogenes. Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 147(5), 480–482. https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2011.2206

Güth U, Myrick ME, Viehl CT, Weber WP, Lardi AM, & Schmid SM. (2012). Increasing rates of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy - a trend made in USA? European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology, 38(4), 296–301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2011.12.014

Junker, Till, Mujagic, Edin, Hoffmann, Henry, Rosenthal, Rachel, Misteli, Heidi, Zwahlen, Marcel, Oertli, Daniel, Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah, Widmer, Andreas F, Marti, Walter R, & Weber, Walter P. (2012). Prevention and control of surgical site infections : review of the Basel Cohort Study. Swiss Medical Weekly, 142, w13616. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2012.13616

Weber, Walter P, Barry, Mitchel, Stempel, Michelle M, Junqueira, Manuela J, Eaton, Anne A, Patil, Sujata M, Morrow, Monica, & Cody, Hiram S. (2012). A 10-year trend analysis of sentinel lymph node frozen section and completion axillary dissection for breast cancer: are these procedures becoming obsolete? Annals of Surgical Oncology, 19(1), 225–232. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-011-1823-z

Misteli, Heidi, Widmer, Andreas F, Rosenthal, Rachel, Oertli, Daniel, Marti, Walter R, & Weber, Walter P. (2011). Spectrum of pathogens in surgical site infections at a Swiss university hospital. Swiss Medical Weekly, 140, w13146. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2011.13146

Weber, W P, Barry, M, Junqueira, M J, Lee, S S, Mazzella, A M, & Sclafani, L M. (2011). Initial experiences with a multidisciplinary approach to decreasing the length of hospital stay for patients undergoing unilateral mastectomy. European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 37(11), 944–949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2011.08.001