
Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Ruhstaller
Facharzt FMH für Medizinische OnkologieFacharzt FMH für Allgemeine Innere Medizin
Kernkompetenzen
Hochspezialisiert auf die medizinisch-onkologische Behandlung von Brustkrebs und gynäkologischen Tumoren
Langjährige wissenschaftliche Tätigkeit in nationalen und internationalen Projekten der klinischen Forschung
Engagiert in nationalen gesundheitspolitischen Gremien, sowie in Fortbildung und Weiterbildung von Fachpersonen
Werdegang
2022 – jetzt
Partner und CEO des Tumor- und Brustzentrums Ostschweiz und Belegarzt an der Klinik Stephanshorn, St.Gallen
2019-2022
Partner des Brustzentrums Ostschweiz und Belegarzt an der Klinik Stephanshorn, St.Gallen
2006-2019
Stv. Chefarzt und Fachbereichsleiter der Medizinischen Onkologie am Brustzentrum des Kantonsspitals St. Gallen (KSSG)
2006-2019
Leitender Arzt, Medizinische Onkologie/Hämatologie am KSSG (20%), spezialisiert für Ösophaguskarzinome
2004-2006
Leiter der klinisch-onkologischen Forschungsabteilung am KSSG
2003-2004
Consultant Medical Oncologist in Carlisle, North Cumbria, England
2000-2003
Oberarzt Medizinsche Onkologie am Kantonsspital Münsterlingen und am KSSG (je 50%)
1997-1999
Facharztausbildung Medizinische Onkologie KSSG
1991- 1997
Facharztausbildung Allgemeine Innere Medizin
- Chirurgie (Triemlistpital ZH)
- Innere Medizin (Triemlispital ZH)
- Innere Medizin (Universitätsspital ZH)
- Pädiatrie (Kinderspital ZH)
Weitere Tätigkeiten
Seit 2011
Lehrauftrag an der Universität Basel, seit 2018 Inhaber einer Titularprofessur
2016-2019
Panel Member des “Health Services Research in Oncology and Cancer Care” (Versorgungsforschung) der Krebsforschung Schweiz
2019
Mitglied der Arbeitsgruppe «Tumorboard» im Nationalen Krebsprogramm des Bundes
seit 2017
Organisator des Post-San Antonio Meetings in St. Gallen mit Schaltungen nach Bern/Basel/Zürich/Lugano
2017 – 2020
Vorstandsmitglied des «Swiss Hyperthermia Network», Zusammenschluss der Zentren für Hyperthermie-Behandlungen im Auftrag des BAG
2013-2019
Mitinitiator und Moderator der Initiative «Chicago in the Mountains»: Parallele Übertragung des amerikanischen Onkologie Kongresses (ASCO) in ein Schweizer Berghotel
2011- 2019
Mitglied des Programmkomitees des Jahreskongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hämatologie/Onkologie (DGHO), die schweizerischen und österreichischen Gesellschaften sind mitbeteiligt
2011 – 2017
Präsident der nationalen Forschungsgruppe «Breast Cancer» der Schweizerischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Klinische Krebsforschung (SAKK)
2011 – 2017
Board Member in der «Swiss Academy of Multidisciplinary Oncology» (SAMO), einer nationalen Fortbildungsorganisation
2013 -2015
gewähltes Mitglied der Arbeitsgruppe der SAKK für Beratung der IVHSM (Interkantonale Vereinbarung der Hochspezialisierten Medizin)
seit 2011
Associate Editor des BMC Cancer, peer-reviewed, aktueller 5y-Impact factor: 3.645
seit 2006
Mitorganisator von jährlichen Fortbildungen zum Thema Brustkrebs in St.Gallen (St.Galler Senologie Symposium, Post-San Antonio-Meeting, Deso-Fortbildungen, etc.)
2001 – 2022
Leitung aller nationalen, interdisziplinären Forschungsaktivitäten beim Ösophaguskarzinom (mehrere nationale Phase-ll-Studien und eine internationale Phase-lll-Studie) im Rahmen der SAKK
Mitgliedschaften
- SGMO Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Med. Onkologie
- SGS Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Senologie
- SAKK Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Klinische Krebsforschung
- IBCSG International Breast Cancer Study Group
- ESMO European Society for Medical Oncology
- ASCO American Society for Clinical Oncology
- FMH Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum
- Ärzteverein der Stadt St. Gallen
Publikationen
Nur Publikationen aus “peer-reviewed journals” (zitiert im PubMed)
Impact of axillary dissection on systemic therapy in clinically node-positive breast cancer: Pre-planned TAXIS study (OPBC-03, SAKK 23/16, IBCSG 57-18, ABCSG-53, GBG 101)
2023
Association of Axillary Dissection With Systemic Therapy in Patients With Clinically Node-Positive Breast Cancer
Walter P. Weber, MD, 1 , 2 Zoltan Matrai, MD, PhD, 3 Stefanie Hayoz, PhD, 4 Christoph Tausch, MD, 5 Guido Henke, MD, 6 , 7 Frank Zimmermann, MD, 2 , 8 Giacomo Montagna, MD, MPH, 9 Florian Fitzal, MD, 10 , 11 Michael Gnant, MD, 11 , 12 Thomas Ruhstaller, MD, 2 , 13 Simone Muenst, MD, 2 , 14 Andreas Mueller, MD, 4 , 15 Loïc Lelièvre, MD, 16 Jörg Heil, MD, 17 Michael Knauer, MD, PhD, 13 Daniel Egle, MD, 12 , 18 Ákos Sávolt, MD, 19 Martin Heidinger, MD, 1 , 2 Christian Kurzeder, MD, 1 , 2 and and the TAXIS Study Writing GroupDaniel R. Zwahlen, MD, 20 Günther Gruber, MD, 21 Markus Ackerknecht, PhD, 2 , 22 Sherko Kuemmel, MD, PhD, 23 , 24 Vesna Bjelic-Radisic, MD, PhD, 25 Viktor Smanykó, MD, 26 Conny Vrieling, MD, PhD, 27 Rok Satler, MD, 15 Daniela Hagen, MD, 15 Charles Becciolini, MD, 28 Susanne Bucher, MD, 29 Colin Simonson, MD, 30 Peter M. Fehr, MD, 31 Natalie Gabriel, MD, 32 Robert Maráz, MD, 33 Dimitri Sarlos, MD, 34 Konstantin J. Dedes, MD, 35 Cornelia Leo, MD, 36 Gilles Berclaz, MD, 37 Hisham Fansa, MD, 38 Christopher Hager, MD, 12 , 39 Klaus Reisenberger, MD, 12 , 40 Christian F. Singer, MD, 12 , 41 Sibylle Loibl, MD, 42 Jelena Winkler, MD, 43 Giang Thanh Lam, MD, 44 Mathias K. Fehr, MD, 45 Magdalena Kohlik, MD, 46 Karine Clerc, MD, 47 Valerijus Ostapenko, MD, 48 Nadia Maggi, MD, 1 , 2 Alexandra Schulz, 2 , 49 Mariacarla Andreozzi, PhD, 1 , 2 Maite Goldschmidt, 1 , 2 Ramon Saccilotto, MD, 2 , 49 and Pagona Markellou, MD 7
JAMA Surg . 2023 Oct 1;158(10):1013-1021. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.2840
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)“
Christoph Tausch; Kavitha Däster; Stephanie Hayoz; Zoltan Matrai; Florian Fitzal; Guido Henke; Daniel Zwahlen; Günther Gruber; Frank Zimmermann; Mariacarla Andreozzi; Maite Goldschmidt; Alexandra Schulz; Nadia Maggi; Ramon Saccilotto; Martin Heidinger; Andreas Mueller; Ekaterini Christina Tampaki; Vesna Bjelic-Radisic; Ákos Sávolt; Viktor Smanykó; Daniela Hagen; Dieter Müller; Michael Gnant; Sibylle Loibl; Pagona Markellou; Inga Bekes; Daniel Egle; Thomas Ruhstaller; Simone Muenst; Sherko Kuemmel; Conny Vrieling; Rok Satler; Charles Becciolini; Susanne Bucher; Christian Kurzeder; Colin Simonson; Peter Fehr; Natalie Gabriel; Robert Maráz; Dimitri Sarlos; Konstantin Dedes; Cornelia Leo; Gilles Berclaz; Hisham Fansa; Christopher Hager; Klaus Reisenberger; Christian Singer; Giacomo Montagna; Roland Reitsamer; Jelena Winkler; Giang Thanh Lam; Mathias Fehr; Tatiana Naydina; Magdalena Kohlik; Karine Clerc; Valerijus Ostapenko; Loïc Lelièvre; Jörg Heil; Michael Knauer; Walter Weber
Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2023 Sep;201(2):215-225. doi: 10.1007/s10549-023-06999-9.
Pagani O, Walley BA, Fleming GF, Colleoni M, Láng I, Gomez HL, Tondini C, Burstein HJ, Goetz MP, Ciruelos EM, Stearns V, Bonnefoi HR, Martino S, Geyer CE Jr, Chini C, Puglisi F, Spazzapan S, Ruhstaller T, Winer EP, Ruepp B, Loi S, Coates AS, Gelber RD, Goldhirsch A, Regan MM, Francis PA; SOFT and TEXT Investigators and the International Breast Cancer Study Group (a division of ETOP IBCSG Partners Foundation)
J Clin Oncol. 2023 Mar 1;41(7):1376-1382. doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.01064. Epub 2022 Dec 15.
2022
Panje C, Hayoz S, Eisterer W, Hess V, Thuss-Patience P, Schacher S, Dürr D, Wagner AD, Girschikofsky M, Eboulet E, Stahl M, Ruhstaller T.
Eur J Cancer. 2022 Dec;177:186-193. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.09.035. Epub 2022 Oct 5.
Eribulin as first-line treatment in older patients with advanced breast cancer: A multicenter phase II trial [SAKK 25/14]
- Hasler-Strub a,f,* , A. Mueller b , Q. Li c , B. Thuerlimann a , K. Ribi c,d , S. Gerber e , R. von Moosf , M. Fehr g , C. Rochlitz h , K. Zaman i , S. Aebi j , A. Hochstrasser k , U. Gick l , D. Baertschi c , S. Greuter m, A. Schreiber n , C. Caspar o , A. Trojan p , R. Condorelli q , T. Ruhstaller , for the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK)
J Geriatr Oncol. 2022 Sep 17:S1879-4068(22)00220-X.
Hitz F, Ribi K, Grote G, Kolbe M, Schmitz C, Lamb BW, Ruhstaller T, Berchtold P, Sevdalis N.
Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2022 Aug;5(8):e1541. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.1541. Epub 2021 Sep 28
von Holzen U, Schmidt S, Hayoz S, Steffen T, Grieder F, Bartsch D, Schnider A, Knoefel WT, Piessen G, Kettelhack C, Marti WR, Schäfer M, Függer R, Köigsrainer A, Gloor B, Furrer M, Gérard MA, Hawle H, Walz MK, Alesina P, Ruhstaller T; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK), the German Esophageal Cancer Study Group, the Austrian Arbeitsgemeinschaft Medikamentöse Tumortherapie (AGMT), the Fédération Francophone de Cancérologie Digestive (FFCD)/Fédération de Recherche en Chirurgie (FRENCH).
Ann Surg. 2022 Jun 1;275(6):1130-1136.
2021
Jerusalem G, Farah S, Courtois A, Chirgwin J, Aebi S, Karlsson P, Neven P, Hitre E, Graas MP, Simoncini E, Abdi E, Kamby C, Thompson A, Loibl S, Gavilá J, Kuroi K, Marth C, Müller B, O’Reilly S, Gombos A, Ruhstaller T, Burstein HJ, Rabaglio M, Ruepp B, Ribi K, Viale G, Gelber RD, Coates AS, Loi S, Goldhirsch A, Regan MM, Colleoni M; SOLE Investigators.
Ann Oncol. 2021 Oct;32(10):1256-1266.
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)
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, Meyer I, Becciolini C, Bucher S, Simonson C, Fehr PM, Gabriel N, Maráz R, Sarlos D, Dedes KJ, Leo C, Berclaz G, Dubsky P, Exner R, Fansa H, Hager C, Reisenberger K, Singer CF, Reitsamer R, Reinisch M, Winkler J, Lam GT, Fehr MK, Naydina T, Kohlik M, Clerc K, Ostapenko V, Fitzal F, Nussbaumer R, Maggi N, Schulz A, Markellou P, Lelièvre L, Egle D, Heil J, Knauer M.
Breast. 2021 Dec;60:98-110
Team functioning across different tumour types: Insights from a Swiss cancer center using qualitative and quantitative methods
Hitz, Felicitas; Ribi, Karin; Kolbe, Michaela; Ruhstaller, Thomas; Lamb, Benjamin W.; Schmitz, Christof; Grote, Gudela; Berchtold, Peter; Sevdalis, Nick
N.Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2021 Sep 28:e1541.
Expected Medium- and Long-Term Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Oncology.
Onesti CE, Tagliamento M, Curigliano G, Harbeck N, Bartsch R, Wildiers H, Tjan-Heijnen V, Martin M, Rottey S, Generali D, Campone M, Cristofanilli M, Pusztai L, Peeters M, Berchem G, Cortes J, Ruhstaller T, Ciruelos E, Rugo HS, Jerusalem G
JCO Glob Oncol. 2021 Feb;7:162-172
2020
Response to: Intrinsic subtype distribution should vary according to institutions.
Fischer Maranta A, Ruhstaller T.
Breast. 2020 Dec;54:350. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2020.11.003. Epub 2020 Nov 10 (Letter)
ASCO 2020, Expert Discussion
Bartsch R, Dieras V, Cortes J, Müller V, Ruhstaller T.
Breast Care (Basel). 2020 Aug;15(4):433-436. doi: 10.1159/000510051. Epub 2020 Jul 16.
Oncological care organisation during COVID-19 outbreak.
Onesti CE, Rugo HS, Generali D, Peeters M, Zaman K, Wildiers H, Harbeck N, Martin M, Cristofanilli M, Cortes J, Tjan-Heijnen V, Hurvitz SA, Berchem G, Tagliamento M, Campone M, Bartsch R, De Placido S, Puglisi F, Rottey S, Müller V, Ruhstaller T, Machiels JP, Conte P, Awada A, Jerusalem G.
ESMO Open. 2020 Aug;5(4):e000853
Fehr M, Hawle H, Hayoz S, Thuss-Patience P, Schacher S, Riera Knorrenschild J, Dürr D, Knoefel WT, Rumpold H, Bitzer M, Zweifel M, Samaras P, Mey U, Küng M, Winterhalder R, Eisterer W, Hess V, Gérard MA, Templeton A, Stahl M, Ruhstaller T; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK); German Esophageal Cancer Study Group; Austrian Arbeitsgemeinschaft Medikamentöse Tumortherapie (AGMT); Fédération Francophone de Cancérologie Digestive (FFCD) / Fédération de Recherche en Chirurgie (FRENCH).
BMC Cancer. 2020 Feb 28;20(1):166.
Meier-Girard D, Ribi K, Gerstenberg G, Ruhstaller T, Wolf U.
Trials. 2020 Jul 6;21(1):612.
Maranta AF, Broder S, Fritzsche C, Knauer M, Thürlimann B, Jochum W, Ruhstaller T.
Breast. 2020 Jun;51:120-126.
Eppenberger-Castori S, Klingbiel D, Ruhstaller T, Dietrich D, Rufle DA, Rothgiesser K, Pagani O, Thürlimann B.
BMC Cancer. 2020 Feb 11;20(1):114.
Ribi K, Luo W, Colleoni M, Karlsson P, Chirgwin J, Aebi S, Jerusalem G, Neven P, Di Lauro V, Gomez HL, Ruhstaller T, Abdi E, Biganzoli L, Müller B, Barbeaux A, Graas MP, Rabaglio M, Francis PA, Foukakis T, Pagani O, Graiff C, Vorobiof D, Maibach R, Di Leo A, Gelber RD, Goldhirsch A, Coates AS, Regan MM, Bernhard J; SOLE Investigators.
Br J Cancer. 2020 Mar;122(7):1119.
2019
CA125-Monitoring in der Nachsorge des Ovarialkarzinoms
Dr. med. Patrik Weder, Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Ruhstaller
Letter to: Gros L, Boulat O, Sarivalasis A. Der Nutzen des CA125-Tests
Forum Med Suisse. 2019;19(4344):722–4.
Steffen T, Dietrich D, Schnider A, Kettelhack C, Huber O, Marti WR, Furrer M, Gloor B, Schiesser M, Thierstein S, Brauchli P, Ruhstaller T; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK).Ann Surg. 2019 Jan;269(1):83-87.
Schmid S, Klingbiel D, Aebi S, Goldhirsch A, Mamot C, Munzone E, Nolè F, Oehlschlegel C, Pagani O, Pestalozzi B, Rochlitz C, Thürlimann B, von Moos R, Weder P, Zaman K, Ruhstaller T.
BMC Cancer. 2019 Sep 10;19(1):902
Ruhstaller T, Regan MM.
J Clin Oncol. 2019 Jun 10;37(17):1516-1517. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.00325.
Varga Z, Li Q, Jochum W, Perriard U, Rau T, Tille JC, Hawle H, Klingbiel D, Thuerlimann B, Ruhstaller T.
Sci Rep. 2019 Sep 19;9(1):13534. (Journal Impact Factor 4.011)
Panje CM, Höng L, Hayoz S, Baracos VE, Herrmann E, Garcia Schüler H, Meier UR, Henke G, Schacher S, Hawle H, Gérard MA, Ruhstaller T, Plasswilm L; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK).
Radiat Oncol. 2019 Sep 11;14(1):166
Quality of life under extended continuous versus intermittent adjuvant letrozole in lymph node-positive, early breast cancer patients: the SOLE randomized phase 3 trial
Karin Ribi, Weixiu Luo, Marco Colleoni, Per Karlsson, Jacquie Chirgwin, Stefan Aebi, Guy Jerusalem, Patrick Neven, Vincenzo Di Lauro, Henry Gómez, Thomas Ruhstaller, Ehtesham Abdi, Laura Biganzoli, Bettina Müller, Annelore Barbeaux, Marie-Pascale Graas, Manuela Rabaglio-Poretti, Prudence Francis, Theodoros Foukakis, Olivia Pagani, Claudio Graiff, Daniel Vorobiof, Rudolf Maibach, Angelo Di Leo, Richard Gelber, Aron Goldhirsch, Alan Coates, Meredith Regan, and Juerg Bernhard
Br J Cancer. 2019 Apr 10. doi: 10.1038/s41416-019-0435-4. [Epub ahead of print]
Gargiulo P, Dietrich D, Herrmann R, Bodoky G, Ruhstaller T, Scheithauer W, Glimelius B, Berardi S, Pignata S, Brauchli P.
Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2019 Jan 2;11:1758835918818351
Adjuvant Letrozole and Tamoxifen Alone or Sequentially for Postmenopausal Women with Hormone Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer: Long-Term Follow-Up of the BIG 1-98 Trial
Thomas Ruhstaller, Anita Giobbie-Hurder, Marco Colleoni, Maj-Britt Jensen, Bent Ejlertsen, Evandro de Azambuja, Patrick Neven, Istv´an L´ang, Erik Hugger Jakobsen, Laurence Gladieff, Herv´e Bonnefoi, Vernon J., Harvey, Simon Spazzapan, Carlo Tondini, Lucia Del Mastro, Corinne Veyret, Edda Simoncini, Lorenzo Gianni, Christoph Rochlitz, Elena Kralidis, Khalil Zaman, Jacek Jassem, Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Angelo Di Leo, Richard
- Gelber, Alan S. Coates, Aron Goldhirsch, Beat Thürlimann, and Meredith M. Regan, for the members of the BIG 1-98 Collaborative Group and the International Breast Cancer Study Group
J Clin Oncol. 2019 Jan 10;37(2):105-114.
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.
Guido Henke, MD; Michael Knauer, MD PhD; Karin Ribi, PhD; Stefanie Hayoz, PhD; Marie-Aline Gérard, PhD; Thomas Ruhstaller, MD; Daniel R Zwahlen, MD; Simone Münst Soysal, MD; Markus Ackerknecht, PhD; Hanne Hawle, MD; Florian Fitzal, MD; Michael Gnant, MD; Zoltan Matrai, MD PhD; Bettina Ballardini, MD; Andreas Gyr, MA; Christian Kurzeder, MD; Walter Paul Weber, M.D.
Trials. 2018 Dec 4;19(1):667
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by chemoradiation and surgery with and without cetuximab in patients with resectable esophageal cancer: a randomized, open-label, phase III trial (SAKK 75/08)
Ruhstaller T, Thuss-Patience P, Hayoz S, Schacher S, Knorrenschild JR, Schnider A, Plasswilm L, Budach W, Eisterer W, Hawle H, Mariette C, Hess V, Mingrone W, Montemurro M, Girschikofsky M, Schmidt SC, Bitzer M, Bedenne L, Brauchli P, Stahl M; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK), the German Esophageal Cancer Study Group, the Austrian ‘Arbeitsgemeinschaft Medikamentöse Tumortherapie’ (AGMT), and the Fédération Francophone de Cancérologie Digestive (FFCD)/Fédération de Recherche en Ch.
Ann Oncol. 2018 Jun 1;29(6):1386-1393
Interleukin 7-expressing fibroblasts promote breast cancer growth through sustenance of
tumor cell stemness
Maximilian Boesch, Lucas Onder, Hung-Wei Cheng, Mario Novkovic, Urs Mörbe, Sieghart Sopper, Guenther Gastl, Wolfram Jochum, Thomas Ruhstaller, Michael Knauer, Burkhard Ludewig
Oncoimmunology. 2018 Jan 3;7(4)
CDK4/6 inhibitors in the treatment of patients with breast cancer: summary of a multidisciplinary round-table discussion
Preusser M, De Mattos-Arruda L, Thill M, Criscitiello C, Bartsch R, Ruhstaller T, de Azambuja E, Zielinski CC
ESMO Open. 2018 Aug 20;3(5):e000368
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, Zeindler J, Cassoly E, Andrieu C, Soysal SD, Ruhstaller T, Fehr PM, Knauer M; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK).
Ann Surg Oncol. 2018 Jun 8. doi: 10.1245/s10434-018-6556-9. (Epub ahead of print)
Tailoring Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Premenopausal Breast Cancer.
Francis PA, Pagani O, Fleming GF, Walley BA, Colleoni M, Láng I, Gómez HL, Tondini C, Ciruelos E, Burstein HJ, Bonnefoi HR, Bellet M, Martino S, Geyer CE Jr, Goetz MP, Stearns V, Pinotti G, Puglisi F, Spazzapan S, Climent MA, Pavesi L, Ruhstaller T, Davidson NE, Coleman R, Debled M, Buchholz S, Ingle JN, Winer EP, Maibach R, Rabaglio-Poretti M, Ruepp B, Di Leo A, Coates AS, Gelber RD, Goldhirsch A, Regan MM; SOFT and TEXT Investigators and the International Breast Cancer Study Group.
N Engl J Med. 2018 Jul 12;379(2):122-137
Ruhstaller T, Langer R, Thuss-Patience P, Eisterer W, Stahl M.
Ann Oncol. 2018 Jul 9. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdy238. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
Munzone E, Gray KP, Fumagalli C, Guerini-Rocco E, Láng I, Ruhstaller T, Gianni L, Kammler R, Viale G, Di Leo A, Coates AS, Gelber RD, Regan MM, Goldhirsch A, Barberis M, Colleoni M.
Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2018 Jul;170(2):351-360 V
Vitamin D levels in Swiss breast cancer survivors
Baumann M, Dani SU, Dietrich D, Hochstrasser A, Klingbiel D, Mark MT, Riesen WF, Ruhstaller T, Templeton AJ, Thürlimann B
Swiss Med Wkly. 2018 Jan 16;148:w14576
Colleoni M, Luo W, Karlsson P, Chirgwin J, Aebi S, Jerusalem G, Neven P, Hitre E, Graas MP, Simoncini E, Kamby C, Thompson A, Loibl S, Gavilá J, Kuroi K, Marth C, Müller B, O’Reilly S, Di Lauro V, Gombos A, Ruhstaller T, Burstein H, Ribi K, Bernhard J, Viale G, Maibach R, Rabaglio-Poretti M, Gelber RD, Coates AS, Di Leo A, Regan MM, Goldhirsch A; SOLE Investigators
Lancet Oncol. 2018 Jan;19(1):127-138
2017
Interleukin 7-expressing fibroblasts promote breast cancer growth through sustenance of
tumor cell stemness
Maximilian Boesch, Lucas Onder, Hung-Wei Cheng, Mario Novkovic, Urs Mörbe, Sieghart Sopper, Guenther Gastl, Wolfram Jochum, Thomas Ruhstaller, Michael Knauer & Burkhard Ludewig
OncoImmunology, DOI: 10.1080/2162402X.2017.1414129
Steffen T, Dietrich D, Schnider A, Kettelhack C, Huber O, Marti WR, Furrer M, Gloor B, Schiesser M, Thierstein S, Brauchli P, Ruhstaller T; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK).
Ann Surg. 2017 Jul 24. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002435. [Epub ahead of print
Concurrent and sequential initiation of ovarian function suppression with chemotherapy in premenopausal women with endocrine-responsive early breast cancer: an exploratory analysis of TEXT and SOFT.
Regan MM, Walley BA, Francis PA, Fleming GF, Lang I, Gomez HL, Colleoni M, Tondini C, Pinotti G, Salim M, Spazzapan S, Parmar V, Ruhstaller T, Abdi EA, Gelber RD, Coates AS, Goldhirsch A, Pagani O.
Ann Oncol 0: 1-8, 2017. First published online July 29, 2017 (IBCSG 24-02 and 25-02) (Journal Impact Factor 11.855).
Adjuvant treatment recommendations for patients with ER-positive/HER2-negative early breast cancer by Swiss tumor boards using the 21-gene recurrence score (SAKK 26/10)
Bernhard C. Pestalozzi, Christoph Tausch, Konstantin J. Dedes, Christoph Rochlitz, Stefan Zimmermann, Roger von Moos, Ralph Winterhalder, Thomas Ruhstaller, Andreas Mueller, Katharina Buser, Markus Borner, Urban Novak, Catrina Uhlmann Nussbaum, Bettina Seifert, Martin Bigler, Vincent Bize, Simona Berardi Vilei, Christoph Rageth, Stefan Aebi, for the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK).
BMC Cancer, 2017 Apr 13;17(1):265
Pagani O, Klingbiel D, Ruhstaller T, Nolè F, Eppenberger S, Oehlschlegel C, Bernhard J, Brauchli P, Hess D, Mamot C, Munzone E, Pestalozzi B, Rabaglio M, Aebi S, Ribi K, Rochlitz C, Rothgiesser K, Thürlimann B, Moos RV, Zaman K, Goldhirsch A;
Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK)..
Ann Oncol. 2017 Feb 1;28(2):305-312
2016
Christoph Rochlitz , Martin Bigler, Roger von Moos, Jürg Bernhard, Klazien Matter-Walstra, Andreas Wicki, Khalil Zaman, Sandro Anchisi, Marc Küng, Kyung-Jae Na, Daniela Bärtschi, Markus Borner, Tamara Rordorf, Daniel Rauch, Andreas Müller, Thomas Ruhstaller, Marcus Vetter, Andreas Trojan, Ursula Hasler-Strub, Richard Cathomas, and Ralph Winterhalder on behalf of the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK)
SAKK 24/09: safety and tolerability of bevacizumab plus paclitaxel vs.bevacizumab plus metronomic cyclophosphamide and capecitabine as first-line therapy in patients with HER2-negative advanced stage breast cancer – a multicenter, randomized phase III trial
BMC Cancer (2016) 16:780
Pruneri G, Gray KP, Vingiani A, Viale G, Curigliano G, Criscitiello C, Láng I, Ruhstaller T, Gianni L, Goldhirsch A, Kammler R, Price KN, Cancello G, Munzone E, Gelber RD, Regan MM, Colleoni M.
Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are a powerful prognostic marker in patients with triple-negative breast cancer enrolled in the IBCSG phase III randomized clinical trial 22-00.
Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2016 Jul 2. [Epub ahead of print].
Matter-Walstra K, Ruhstaller T, Klingbiel D, Schwenkglenks M, Dedes KJ
Palbociclib as a first-line treatment in oestrogen receptor-positive,
HER2-negative, advanced breast cancer not cost-effective with current
pricing: a health economic analysis of the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer
Research (SAKK).
Breast Cancer Res Treat, 158 (1),51-7
Ribi K, Luo W, Bernhard J, Francis PA, Burstein HJ, Ciruelos E, Bellet M, Pavesi L, Lluch A, Visini M, Parmar V, Tondini C, Kerbrat P, Perelló A, Neven P, Torres R, Lombardi D, Puglisi F, Karlsson P, Ruhstaller T, Colleoni M, Coates AS, Goldhirsch A, Price KN, Gelber RD, Regan MM, Fleming GF.
J Clin Oncol. 2016 May 10;34(14):1601-10
Cattin S, Fellay B, Pradervand S, Trojan A, Ruhstaller T, Rüegg C, Fürstenberger G.
Oncotarget. 2016 Mar 8;7(10):11137-50 (IF 5.008)
2015
Zsuzsanna Varga, Estelle Cassoly, Qiyu Li, Christian Oehlschlegel, Coya Tapia,
Hans Anton Lehr, Dirk Klingbiel, Beat Thürlimann, Thomas Ruhstaller
Standardization for Ki-67 Assessment in Moderately Differentiated Breast Cancer. A
Retrospective Analysis of the SAKK 28/12 Study
PLoS One. 2015 Apr 17;10(4):e0123435
Jürg Bernhard, Weixiu Luo, Karin Ribi, Marco Colleoni, Harold J Burstein, Carlo Tondini, Graziella Pinotti, Simon Spazzapan, Thomas Ruhstaller, Fabio Puglisi, Lorenzo Pavesi, Vani Parmar, Meredith M Regan, Olivia Pagani, Gini F Fleming, Prudence A Francis, Karen N Price, Alan S Coates, Richard D Gelber, Aron Goldhirsch, Barbara A Walley
Patient-reported outcomes with adjuvant exemestane versus tamoxifen in premenopausal women with early breast cancer undergoing ovarian suppression (TEXT and SOFT): a combined analysis of two phase 3 randomised trials
Lancet Oncol 2015; 16:848-858
Paul Martin Putora, Laurent Bedenne, Wilfried Budach, Wolfgang Eisterer, Ate Van Der Gaast, Robert Jäger, J. Jan B. Van Lanschot, Christophe Mariette, Annelies Schnider, Michael Stahl and Thomas Ruhstaller
Oesophageal cancer: exploring controversies overview of experts’ opinions of Austria, 4 Germany, France, Netherlands and Switzerland
Radiat Oncol. 2015 May 21;10:116
2014
Pagani O, Regan MM, Walley BA, Fleming GF, Colleoni M, Láng I, Gomez HL, Tondini C, Burstein HJ, Perez EA, Ciruelos E, Stearns V, Bonnefoi HR, Martino S, Geyer CE Jr, Pinotti G, Puglisi F, Crivellari D, Ruhstaller T, Winer EP, Rabaglio-Poretti M, Maibach R, Ruepp B, Giobbie-Hurder A, Price KN, Bernhard J, Luo W, Ribi K, Viale G, Coates AS, Gelber RD, Goldhirsch A, Francis PA; TEXT and SOFT Investigators; International Breast Cancer Study Group.
Adjuvant exemestane with ovarian suppression in premenopausal breast cancer.
N Engl J Med. 2014 Jul 10;371(2):107-18
Templeton A, Ribi K, Surber C, Sun H, Hsu Schmitz S, Beyeler M, Dietrich D, Borner M, Winkler A, Müller A, von Rohr L, Winterhalder RC, Rochlitz C, von Moos R, Zaman K, Thürlimann B, Ruhstaller T
Prevention of palma-plantar erythrodysesthesia with and antiperspirant in breast cancer patients treated with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (SAKK 92/08)
The Breast 23 (2014) 244-249
Stahl M, Ruhstaller T.
Combined modality treatment of oesophageal cancer (Multimodale Therapie des Ösophaguskarzinoms).
Internist (Berl). 2014 Jan;55(1):7-8, 10-4
2013
Jonat W, Bachelot T, Ruhstaller T, Kuss I, Reimann U, Robertson JF.
Ann Oncol. 2013 Oct;24(10):2543-8.
Templeton AJ, Thürlimann B, Baumann M, Mark M, Stoll S, Schwizer M, Dietrich D, Ruhstaller T.
BMC Cancer. 2013 Mar 25;13:153.
2012
Lutz MP, Zalcberg JR, Ducreux M, Ajani JA, Allum W, Aust D, Bang YJ, Cascinu S, Hölscher A, Jankowski J, Jansen EP, Kisslich R, Lordick F, Mariette C, Moehler M, Oyama T, Roth A, Rueschoff J, Ruhstaller T, Seruca R, Stahl M, Sterzing F, van Cutsem E, van der Gaast A, van Lanschot J, Ychou M, Otto F; First St Gallen EORTC Gastrointestinal Cancer Conference 2012 Expert Panel.
Eur J Cancer. 2012 Nov;48(16):2941-53.
2011
Bolla D, Ruhstaller T, Diener PA, Lang F, Hornung R
Cervical and vaginal cancer in a woman with chronic graft-versus-host disease
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2011 Aug; 114(2): 159-60
Koeberle D, Ruhstaller T, Jost L, Pagani O, Zaman K, von Moos R, Oehlschlegel C, Crowe S, Pilop C, Thuerlimann B; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK)
Combination of trastuzumab and letrozole after resistance to sequential trastuzumab and aromatase inhibitor monotherapies in patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER-2-positive advanced breast cancer: a proof-of-concept trial (SAKK 23/03)
Endocr Relat Cancer. 2011 Mar 9;18(2):257-64
Ruhstaller T, Pless M, Dietrich D, Kranzbuehler H, von Moos R, Moosmann P, Montemurro M, Schneider PM, Rauch D, Gautschi O, Mingrone W, Widmer L, Inauen R, Brauchli P, Hess V
Cetuximab in combination with chemoradiotherapy before surgery in patients with resectable, locally advanced esophageal carcinoma: a prospective, multicenter phase IB/II Trial (SAKK 75/06)
J Clin Oncol. 2011 Feb 20;29(6):626-31
Rochlitz C, Ruhstaller T, Lerch S, Spirig C, Huober J, Suter T, Bühlmann M, Fehr M, Schönenberger A, von Moos R, Winterhalder R, Rauch D, Müller A, Mannhart-Harms M, Herrmann R, Cliffe B, Mayer M, Zaman K; on behalf of the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK)
Combination of bevacizumab and 2-weekly pegylated liposomal doxorubicin as first-line therapy for locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer. A multicenter, single-arm phase II trial (SAKK 24/06)
Ann Oncol. 2011 Jan;22(1):80-5
2010
von Moos R, Roth A, Ruhstaller T, Widmer L, Uhlmann C, Cathomas R, Köberle D, Simcock M, Lanz D, Popescu R
Oxaliplatin, Irinotecan and Capecitabine (OCX) for First-Line Treatment of Advanced/Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Phase I Trial (SAKK 41/03)
Onkologie 2010;33(6):295-299
Rao S, Starling N, Cunningham D, Sumpter K, Gilligan D, Ruhstaller T, Valladares-Ayerbes M, Wilke H, Archer C, Kurek R, Beadman C, Oates J
Matuzumab plus epirubicin, cisplatin and capecitabine (ECX) compared with epirubicin, cisplatin and capecitabine alone as first-line treatment in patients with advanced oesophago-gastric cancer: a randomised, multicentre open-label phase II study
Ann Oncol. 2010 Nov;21(11):2213-9
Ruhstaller T, Templeton A, Ribi K, Schuller JC, Borner M, Von Moos R, Kaspar C, Lohri A, Lombriser N, von Briel C, Köberle D, Popescu R
Intense Therapy in Patients with Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer beyond hope for surgical cure: Prospective, Multicenter Phase II Trial of the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK 76/02)
Onkologie 2010;33(5):222-8
Jost C, Binek J, Schuller JC, Bauerfeind P, Metzger U, Werth B, Knuchel J, Frossard
J-L, Bertschinger P, Brauchli P, Meyenberger C, Ruhstaller T
Endosonographic radial tumor thickness after neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy to predict response and survival in patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer: a prospective, multicenter phase ll study by the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK 75/02)
Gastrointest Endos 2010;71(7):1114-1121
2009
Ribi K, Koeberle D, Schuller JC, Honegger H, Roth A, Hess V, Moosmann P, von Moos R, Borner M, Lombriser N, Pestalozzi B, Ruhstaller T
Is a change in patient-reported dysphagia after induction chemotherapy in locally advanced oesophageal cancer a predictive factor for pathological response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation?
Support Care Cancer 2009;17:1109-16
Ruhstaller T, von Moos R, Rufibach K, Ribi K, Glaus A, Spaeti B, Koeberle D, Mueller U, Hoefliger M, Hess D, Boehme C, Thuerlimann B
Breast cancer patients on endocrine therapy reveal more symptoms when self-reporting than in pivotal trials: an outcome research study
Oncology 2009;76(2):142-8
Ruhstaller T, Widmer L, Schuller JC, Roth A, Hess V, Mingrone W, von Moos R, Borner M, Pestalozzi BC, Balmermajno S, Köberle D, Terraciano L, Schnider A, Bodis S, Popescu R; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK)
Multicenter Phase ll Trial of Preoperative Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Chemoradiation with Docetaxel and Cisplatin for Locally Advanced Esophageal Carcinoma (SAKK 75/02)
Ann Oncol 2009 Sep; 20(9):1522-8
Cathomas R, Köberle D, Ruhstaller T, Mayer G, Räss A, Mey U, von Moos R
Heated (37 degrees C) oxaliplatin infusion in combination with capecitabine for metastatic colorectal carcinoma: can it reduce neuropathy?
Support Care Cancer 2009 Okt; 18(19): 1263-70
Klaeser B, Nitzsche E, Schuller JC, Köberle D, Widmer L, Balmer-Majno S, Hany T, Cescato-Wenger C, Brauchl Pi, Zünd M, Pestalozzi PC, Caspar C, Albrecht S, von Moos R, Ruhstaller T
Limited predictive value of FDG-PET for response assessment in the preoperative treatment of esophageal cancer: Results of a prospective multi-center trial (SAKK 75/02)
Onkologie 2009; 32(12):724-30
Spirig C, Omlin A, D’Addario G, Loske KD, Esenwein P, Geismar JH, Ruhstaller T
Radiation recall dermatitis with soft tissue necrosis following pemetrexed therapy: a case report
J Med Case Reports 2009 Nov 2;3:93
2008
Hess V, Glimelius B, Grawe P, Dietrich D, Bodoky G, Ruhstaller T, Bajetta E, Saletti P, Figer A, Scheithauer W, Herrmann R
CA 19-9 tumour-marker response to chemotherapy in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer enrolled in a randomised controlled trial
Lancet Oncol 2008 Feb;9(2):132-8
Koeberle D, Burkhard R, von Moos R, Winterhalder R, Hess V, Heitzmann F, Ruhstaller T, Terraciano L, Neuweiler J, Bieri G, Rust C, Toepfer M
Phase II study of capecitabine and oxaliplatin given prior to and concurrently with preoperative pelvic radiotherapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer
Br J Cancer 2008 Apr 8;98(7):1204-9
Borner M, Koeberle D, Von Moos R, Saletti P, Rauch D, Hess V, Trojan A, Helbling D, Pestalozzi B, Caspar C, Ruhstaller T, Roth A, Kappeler A, Dietrich D, Lanz D, Mingrone W; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK), Bern, Switzerland
Adding cetuximab to capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (XELOX) in first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer: a randomized phase II trial of the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research SAKK
Ann Oncol 2008 Jul;19(7):1288-92
Bernhard J, Dietrich D, Scheithauer W, Gerber D, Bodoky G, Ruhstaller T, Glimelius B, Bajetta E, Schüller J, Saletti P, Bauer J, Figer A, Pestalozzi BC, Köhne CH, Mingrone W, Stemmer SM, Tàmas K, Kornek GV, Koeberle D, Herrmann R; Central European Cooperative Oncology Group
Clinical Benefit and Quality of Life in Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Receiving Gemcitabine Plus Capecitabine Versus Gemcitabine Alone: A Randomized
Multicenter Phase III Clinical Trial—SAKK 44/00–CECOG/PAN.1.3.001
J Clin Oncol 2008 Aug 1;26(22):3695-701
Koeberle D, Saletti P, Borner M, Gerber D, Dietrich D, Caspar CB, Mingrone W, Beretta K, Strasser F, Ruhstaller T, Mora O, Herrmann R; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research
Patient-Reported Outcomes of Patients With Advanced Biliary Tract Cancers Receiving Gemcitabine Plus Capecitabine: A Multicenter, Phase II Trial of the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research
J Clin Oncol 2008 Aug 1;26(22):3702-8
Grimm B, Padberg B, Ruhstaller T, Fleisch F, von Moos R
Fatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) hepatitis in a patient with esophageal cancer under radiochemotherapy
Onkologie 2008 Nov;31(11):620-2
Greuter S, Schmid F, Ruhstaller T, Thuerlimann B
Bevacizumab-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw
Ann Oncol 2008 Dec;19(12):2091-2
2007
Herrmann R, Bodoky G, Ruhstaller T, Glimelius B, Bajetta E, Schüller J, Saletti P, Bauer J, Figer A, Pestalozzi B, Köhne CH, Mingrone W, Stemmer SM, Tàmas K, Kornek GV, Koeberle D, Cina S, Bernhard J, Dietrich D, Scheithauer W; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research; Central European Cooperative Oncology Group
Gemcitabine plus capecitabine compared with gemcitabine alone in advanced pancreatic cancer: a randomized, multicenter, phase III trial of the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research and the Central European Cooperative Oncology Group
J Clin Oncol 2007 Jun 1;25(16):2212-7
Ribi K, Bernhard J, Rufibach K, Thürlimann B, von Moos R, Ruhstaller T, Glaus A, Böhme C
Endocrine symptom assessment in women with breast cancer: what a simple „yes“ for the patients mean
Support Care Cancer 2007 Dec;15(12):1349-56
Salzberg M, Thurlimann B, Hasler U, Delmore G, von Rohr A, Thurlimann A, Ruhstaller T, Stopatschinskaja S, von Moos R
Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin (Caelyx®) in Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Communitiy-Based Observation Study
Oncology 2007;72(3-4):147-51
Ruhstaller T, Thuerlimann B, Koeberle D, von Moos R
Is surgery still part of local therapy in patients with locally advanced esophageal carcinoma ?
J Clin Oncol 2007 Sep 1:4025-4026
2006
von Moos R, Ruhstaller T, Fretz C
CASE 3. Red Eye in Sjögren’s Syndrome Due to Underlying Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma
J Clin Oncol 2006 Feb 20;24(6):1011-3
Glaus A, Boehme Ch, Thürlimann B, Ruhstaller T, Hsu Schmitz SF, Morant R, Senn HJ, von Moos R
Fatigue and menopausal symptoms in women with breast cancer undergoing hormonal cancer treatment
Ann Oncol 2006 May;17(5):801-6
Ruhstaller T, Roe H, Thürlimann B, Nicoll JJ
The Multidisciplinary Meeting – an indispensable aid to communicate between different specialities
Eur J Cancer 2006 Oct;42(15):2459-62
Cannabis-In-Cachexia-Study-Group, Strasser F, Luftner D, Possinger K, Ernst G, Ruhstaller T, Meissner W, Ko YD, Schnelle M, Reif M, Cerny T
Comparison of orally administered cannabis extract and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in treating patients with cancer-related anorexia-cachexia syndrome: a multicenter, phase III, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial from the Cannabis-In-Cachexia-Study-Group
J Clin Oncol 2006 Jul 20;24(21):3394-400
2005
Früh M, Ruhstaller T, Neuweiler J, Cerny T
Resection of skin metastases of gastric carcinoma with long-term follow-up: an unusual clinical presentation
Onkologie 2005 Jan;28(1):38-40
Seium Y, Stupp R, Ruhstaller T, Gervaz P, Mentha G, Philippe M, Allal A, Trembleau C, Bauer J, Morant R, Roth AD
Oxaliplatin combined with irinotecan and 5FU/leucovorin (OCFL) in metastatic colorectal cancer: a phase l-ll study
Ann Oncol 2005 May;16(5):762-6
Ruhstaller T, Mueller A, Koeberle D, Thuerlimann B
Is there really enough evidence to abandon surgery after radio-chemotherapy in esophageal cancer ?
J Clin Oncol 2005 Nov 20;23(33):8547-8
2000
Ruhstaller T, Amsler U, Cerny T
Rituximab: Active treatment of central nervous system involvement by non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Ann Oncol 2000 Mar;11(3):374-5