Piet Ost

18.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
249 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Piet Ost is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Piet Ost has authored 249 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 191 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 67 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 55 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Piet Ost's work include Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (153 papers), Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (131 papers) and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (54 papers). Piet Ost is often cited by papers focused on Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (153 papers), Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (131 papers) and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (54 papers). Piet Ost collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Italy and United Kingdom. Piet Ost's co-authors include Gert De Meerleer, Valérie Fonteyne, Karel Decaestecker, Nicolaas Lumen, Geert Villeirs, Bieke Lambert, Louke Delrue, Bertrand Tombal, Alberto Briganti and Steven Joniau and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Piet Ost

232 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Surveillance or Metastasis-Directed Therapy for Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer Recurrence: A Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Phase II Trial

2017 831 citations Piet Ost, Dries Reynders et al. profile →
Characterisation and classification of oligometastatic disease: a European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology and European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer consensus recommendation

2020 631 citations Piet Ost et al. profile →
Prostate cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

2020 577 citations Piet Ost et al. profile →
Metastasis-directed Therapy of Regional and Distant Recurrences After Curative Treatment of Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Literature

2014 256 citations Piet Ost, Karel Decaestecker et al. profile →
Epidemiology of spinal metastases, metastatic epidural spinal cord compression and pathologic vertebral compression fractures in patients with solid tumors: A systematic review

2022 92 citations Piet Ost et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Piet Ost Belgium	44	5.9k	2.2k	1.7k	1.4k	1.4k	249	7.9k
Thomas M. Pisansky United States	51	7.2k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	2.3k 1.6×	2.8k 2.0×	215	9.8k
Gert De Meerleer Belgium	35	4.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	724 0.4×	839 0.6×	1.9k 1.4×	168	5.5k
D. Azria France	46	2.8k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	3.4k 2.0×	2.3k 1.6×	1.2k 0.9×	372	7.6k
Christian Rübe Germany	38	3.4k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	795 0.6×	936 0.7×	150	7.0k
Alan Horwich United Kingdom	45	5.6k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	2.6k 1.6×	2.4k 1.7×	1.0k 0.7×	140	10.4k
Kathryn Winter United States	52	5.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	2.6k 1.6×	4.0k 2.8×	2.7k 1.9×	163	10.3k
Jürgen Dunst Germany	45	3.0k 0.5×	877 0.4×	1.8k 1.0×	2.4k 1.7×	863 0.6×	234	6.9k
Lorenzo Livi Italy	36	2.6k 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	391	6.0k
Michelle DeSilvio United States	28	3.8k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	853 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	64	5.4k
André Konski United States	44	4.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	3.7k 2.2×	3.5k 2.4×	1.7k 1.2×	228	8.8k

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Andrews, Jack R., Aurélie De Bruycker, Ryan Phillips, et al.. (2025). PSMA+ Extracellular Vesicles Are a Biomarker for SABR in Oligorecurrent Prostate Cancer: Analysis from the STOMP-like and ORIOLE Trial Cohorts. Clinical Cancer Research. 31(6). 1142–1149. 5 indexed citations

Claessens, Michaël, et al.. (2025). Incorporating indirect MRI information in a CT-based deep learning model for prostate auto-segmentation. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 206. 110806–110806. 1 indexed citations

Ost, Piet, Wesley Verla, Wouter Everaerts, et al.. (2025). Feasibility of randomisation to radical prostatectomy or standard care in patients with metastatic prostate cancer. British Journal of Urology. 136(6). 1121–1127.

Slevin, Finbar, Sarah Brown, Piet Ost, & Ann Henry. (2025). The POINTER-PC Study-determining Optimal Radiotherapy for Pelvic Nodal Recurrence in Prostate Cancer. Clinical Oncology. 46. 103912–103912. 1 indexed citations

Vandekerkhove, Gillian, Andrew J. Murtha, David C. Müller, et al.. (2024). Abstract A007: Circulating tumor DNA and tissue staining analyses reveal heterogeneous ERBB2/HER2 status in urothelial cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 30(10_Supplement). A007–A007.

Ost, Piet, et al.. (2023). Accuracy and reliability of a commercial treatment planning system in nontarget regions in modern prostate radiotherapy. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics. 24(8). e14003–e14003. 2 indexed citations

Guévelou, Jennifer Le, Nicolas Magné, Felipe Couñago, et al.. (2023). Stereotactic body radiation therapy after radical prostatectomy: current status and future directions. World Journal of Urology. 41(11). 3333–3344. 2 indexed citations

Sundahl, Nora, Eva Hulstaert, Vibeke Krüse, et al.. (2021). Checkpoint inhibition in combination with an immunoboost of external beam radiotherapy in solid tumors (CHEERS): study protocol for a phase 2, open-label, randomized controlled trial. BMC Cancer. 21(1). 514–514. 14 indexed citations

Vandekerkhove, Gillian, Jean‐Michel Lavoie, Matti Annala, et al.. (2021). Plasma ctDNA is a tumor tissue surrogate and enables clinical-genomic stratification of metastatic bladder cancer. Nature Communications. 12(1). 184–184. 109 indexed citations

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Meireson, Annabel, Liesbeth Ferdinande, Marc Haspeslagh, et al.. (2021). Clinical Relevance of Serum Kyn/Trp Ratio and Basal and IFNγ-Upregulated IDO1 Expression in Peripheral Monocytes in Early Stage Melanoma. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 736498–736498. 10 indexed citations

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Crippa, Alessio, Bram De Laere, Andrea Discacciati, et al.. (2020). The ProBio trial: molecular biomarkers for advancing personalized treatment decision in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Trials. 21(1). 579–579. 19 indexed citations

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Bruycker, Aurélie De, Phuoc T. Tran, Ariel H. Achtman, & Piet Ost. (2020). Clinical perspectives from ongoing trials in oligometastatic or oligorecurrent prostate cancer: an analysis of clinical trials registries. World Journal of Urology. 39(2). 317–326. 17 indexed citations

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Tran, Phuoc T. & Piet Ost. (2019). Developments in oligometastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. World Journal of Urology. 37(12). 2545–2547.

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Draulans, Cédric, Steven Joniau, Valérie Fonteyne, et al.. (2018). Benefits of Elective Para-Aortic Radiotherapy for pN1 Prostate Cancer Using Arc Therapy (Intensity-Modulated or Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy): Protocol for a Nonrandomized Phase II Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 7(12). e11256–e11256. 11 indexed citations

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Krüse, Vibeke, Max Schreuer, Karim Vermaelen, et al.. (2017). The ION-Ghent guidelines for the management of immune related adverse events (irAE's). Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Claeys, Tom, Nicolaas Lumen, Candy Kumps, et al.. (2017). The independent oncological role for cytoreductive nephrectomy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: Prognostic features in the era of targeted therapies. Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations. 35(4). 152.e13–152.e22. 2 indexed citations

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Visschere, Pieter J. L. De, Alberto Briganti, Jurgen J. Fütterer, et al.. (2016). Role of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging in early detection of prostate cancer. Insights into Imaging. 7(2). 205–214. 43 indexed citations

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Visschere, Pieter J. L. De, Hebert Alberto Vargas, Piet Ost, Gert O. De Meerleer, & Geert Villeirs. (2013). Imaging treated prostate cancer. Abdominal Imaging. 38(6). 1431–1446. 10 indexed citations

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Fonteyne, Valérie, Nicolaas Lumen, Piet Ost, et al.. (2013). Hypofractionated intensity-modulated arc therapy for lymph node metastasized prostate cancer: Early late toxicity and 3-year clinical outcome. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 109(2). 229–234. 27 indexed citations

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Praet, Charles Van, Nicolaas Lumen, Bart De Troyer, et al.. (2012). Surgical outcome of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy after a training program in a high-volume robotic centre. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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