| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Survival for eight major cancers and all cancers combined for European adults diagnosed in 1995–99: results of the EUROCARE-4 study | Lancet Oncology, The | 2007 | 718 |
| 2 | Differences in Risk Factors for Local and Distant Recurrence After Breast-Conserving Therapy or Mastectomy for Stage I and II Breast Cancer: Pooled Results of Two Large European Randomized Trials | Journal of Clinical Oncology | 2001 | 504 |
| 3 | Quality of life among long-term breast cancer survivors: A systematic review | European Journal of Cancer | 2005 | 475 |
| 4 | Peritoneal carcinomatosis of gastric origin: A population‐based study on incidence, survival and risk factors | International Journal of Cancer | 2014 | 404 |
| 5 | Prognostic impact of increasing age and co-morbidity in cancer patients: A population-based approach | Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology | 2005 | 333 |
| 6 | The Patient Reported Outcomes Following Initial treatment and Long term Evaluation of Survivorship registry: Scope, rationale and design of an infrastructure for the study of physical and psychosocial outcomes in cancer survivorship cohorts | European Journal of Cancer | 2011 | 322 |
| 7 | Predictors and survival of synchronous peritoneal carcinomatosis of colorectal origin: A population‐based study | International Journal of Cancer | 2011 | 284 |
| 8 | The changing epidemiology of lung cancer in Europe | Lung Cancer | 2003 | 259 |
| 9 | Controversies of total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer in elderly patients | Lancet Oncology, The | 2008 | 250 |
| 10 | Stage at diagnosis is a key explanation of differences in breast cancer survival across Europe | International Journal of Cancer | 2003 | 241 |
| 11 | Adrenocortical carcinoma: A population-based study on incidence and survival in the Netherlands since 1993 | European Journal of Cancer | 2013 | 241 |
| 12 | Understanding variations in survival for colorectal cancer in Europe: a EUROCARE high resolution study | Gut | 2000 | 234 |
| 13 | Comorbidity in older surgical cancer patients: Influence on patient care and outcome | European Journal of Cancer | 2007 | 220 |
| 14 | Progress in colorectal cancer survival in Europe from the late 1980s to the early 21st century: The EUROCARE study | International Journal of Cancer | 2012 | 216 |
| 15 | Socioeconomic status and changing inequalities in colorectal cancer? A review of the associations with risk, treatment and outcome | European Journal of Cancer | 2010 | 203 |
| 16 | Epidemiology of unknown primary tumours; incidence and population-based survival of 1285 patients in Southeast Netherlands, 1984–1992 | European Journal of Cancer | 2002 | 199 |
| 17 | Less extensive treatment and inferior prognosis for breast cancer patient with comorbidity: A population-based study | European Journal of Cancer | 2005 | 197 |
| 18 | Co-morbidity leads to altered treatment and worse survival of elderly patients with colorectal cancer | British Journal of Surgery | 2005 | 196 |
| 19 | Serious Co-morbidity Among Unselected Cancer Patients Newly Diagnosed in the Southeastern Part of The Netherlands in 1993–1996 | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 1999 | 181 |
| 20 | Risk, severity and predictors of physical and psychological morbidity after axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer | European Journal of Cancer | 2001 | 181 |
| 21 | Effect of comorbidity on the treatment and prognosis of elderly patients with non-small cell lung cancer | Thorax | 2004 | 177 |
| 22 | Breast cancer in elderly compared to younger patients in the Netherlands: stage at diagnosis, treatment and survival in 127,805 unselected patients | Breast Cancer Research and Treatment | 2010 | 175 |
| 23 | The rise in incidence of lymphomas in Europe 1985–1992 | European Journal of Cancer | 1999 | 174 |
| 24 | Trends in incidence and prognosis of the histological subtypes of lung cancer in North America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe | Lung Cancer | 2001 | 170 |
| 25 | Normative data for the EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC-sexuality items in the general Dutch population | European Journal of Cancer | 2011 | 170 |
| 26 | Well-being, posttraumatic growth and benefit finding in long-term breast cancer survivors | Psychology and Health | 2009 | 164 |
| 27 | Breast carcinoma survival in Europe and the United States | Cancer | 2004 | 163 |
| 28 | Clinical Relevance of Conditional Survival of Cancer Patients in Europe: Age-Specific Analyses of 13 Cancers | Journal of Clinical Oncology | 2010 | 159 |
| 29 | Improving outcome for patients with pancreatic cancer through centralization | British Journal of Surgery | 2011 | 143 |
| 30 | A 50% higher prevalence of life-shortening chronic conditions among cancer patients with low socioeconomic status | British Journal of Cancer | 2010 | 141 |
| 31 | Variation in survival of patients with lung cancer in Europe, 1985–1989 | European Journal of Cancer | 1998 | 135 |
| 32 | Cancer survival increases in Europe, but international differences remain wide | European Journal of Cancer | 2001 | 135 |
| 33 | Internet use by cancer survivors: current use and future wishes | Supportive Care in Cancer | 2008 | 130 |
| 34 | No improvement in median survival for patients with metastatic gastric cancer despite increased use of chemotherapy | Annals of Oncology | 2013 | 126 |
| 35 | Lymphoedema and reduced shoulder function as indicators of quality of life after axillary lymph node dissection for invasive breast cancer | British Journal of Surgery | 2003 | 124 |
| 36 | Metachronous peritoneal carcinomatosis after curative treatment of colorectal cancer | European Journal of Surgical Oncology | 2014 | 123 |
| 37 | Survival analysis of endometrial carcinoma associated with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer | International Journal of Cancer | 2002 | 119 |
| 38 | Elderly patients with rectal cancer have a higher risk of treatment-related complications and a poorer prognosis than younger patients: A population-based study | European Journal of Cancer | 2006 | 117 |
| 39 | Health‐related quality of life among thyroid cancer survivors: a systematic review | Clinical Endocrinology | 2011 | 116 |
| 40 | Survival differences between European and US patients with colorectal cancer: role of stage at diagnosis and surgery | Gut | 2005 | 114 |
| 41 | Clinical management of women with metastatic breast cancer: a descriptive study according to age group | BMC Cancer | 2006 | 114 |
| 42 | Uncommon breast tumors in perspective: Incidence, treatment and survival in the Netherlands | International Journal of Cancer | 2007 | 114 |
| 43 | Half of breast cancer patients discontinue tamoxifen and any endocrine treatment before the end of the recommended treatment period of 5 years: a population-based analysis | Breast Cancer Research and Treatment | 2010 | 112 |
| 44 | Relative survival in elderly European cancer patients: evidence for health care inequalities | Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology | 2000 | 110 |
| 45 | Recent trends in cancer survival across Europe between 2000 and 2004: A model-based period analysis from 12 cancer registries | European Journal of Cancer | 2008 | 101 |
| 46 | Breast cancer survival in the US and Europe: A CONCORD high‐resolution study | International Journal of Cancer | 2013 | 100 |
| 47 | Quality of life among long-term non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors | Cancer | 2007 | 98 |
| 48 | Improved survival of colon cancer due to improved treatment and detection: a nationwide population-based study in The Netherlands 1989–2006 | Annals of Oncology | 2010 | 98 |
| 49 | Comorbidity has negligible impact on treatment and complications but influences survival in breast cancer patients | British Journal of Cancer | 2004 | 97 |
| 50 | Influence of Comorbidity and Age on 1-, 2-, and 3-Month Postoperative Mortality Rates in Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients | Annals of Surgical Oncology | 2013 | 97 |
