dr. Desirée Dorleijn (MD, PhD)
CRIG member
Orthopedic surgeon, orthopedic oncology (UZ Gent)
Investigator in research on prosthetic limb salvage surgery for sarcoma
Research focus
Bone and soft tissue sarcomas are a very rare form of bone cancer affecting patients of all ages. Surgery is the key stone of treatment, combined with radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy.
Dr. Dorleijns goal is to improve outcome for sarcoma patient. She is experienced in performing clinical research in patients with bone and soft tissue tumours. She is specifically doing research on Atypical Cartilaginous Tumours (ACT), prehabilitation of sarcoma patients, quality of life of sarcoma patients and their loved-ones and bone reconstructions.
Research team
- Prof. Gwen Sys (MD, PhD) - orthopedic oncology professor
- dr. Ir. Stijn Herregodts - fundamental/translational researcher
- dr. Arne Burssens (MD, PhD) - main researcher standing CT scan at the Ghent University Hospital
- dr. Inge Bru (MD) - physical and rehabilitation medicine
- Prof. Gerard Bryan Gonzales (PhD) - principal investigator
Key publications
- Wait-and-scan: an alternative for curettage in atypical cartilaginous tumours of the long bones. The bone and Joint Journal, Bone Joint Journal 2024 Jan 1;106-B(1):86-92.
- Follow-up after curative surgical treatment of soft-tissue sarcoma for early detection of recurrence: which patients have more or fewer visits than advised in guidelines? Cancers (Basel) 2023 Sep 18;15(18):4617.
- Health-Related Quality of Life of Bone and Soft-Tissue Tumor Patients around the Time of Diagnosis. Cancers (Basel). 2023 May 17;15(10):2804
- Validation of a novel risk score to predict early and late recurrence in solitary fibrous tumour. Br J Cancer. 2022 Aug 27. doi: 10.1038/s41416-022-01959-4.
- Survival Analysis of 3 Different Age Groups and Prognostic Factors among 402 Patients with Skeletal High-Grade Osteosarcoma. Real World Data from a Single Tertiary Sarcoma Centre. Cancers. 2021 Jan 27;13(3):486. doi: 10.3390/cancers13030486
- Multimodality treatment of undifferentiated pleomorphic soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity (eUPS) in the elderly. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2022 May; 48(5)985-993. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2021.12.008.
Contact & links
- Dr. Dorleijn is involved in MOC sarcomas: multidisciplinary team involved in diagnosing and treating patients with bone and soft tissue sarcomas.
- Member of the Consortium for Sarcoma Research Ghent (ConSaRGhent)