Stefan Willems

Associate Professor - medical

Biography

Dr Stefan Willems was trained in medicin (2003 cum laude Catholic University Leuven) with a PhD in molecular pathology (2010, Leiden University) and specialized in pathology (2011, LUMC). After postdoc positions at Harvard Medical School (Gygilab) and NKI  (Bernardslab) he has been working as a pathologist with special interest in molecular pathology and diagnostics. He is co-director of the molecular pathology lab in the University Medical Center Utrecht. He is associate professor in pathology and head of the molecular head and neck cancer line within the UMC Utrecht (1 postdoc, 8 PhDs). He is also affiliated with the department of pathology of the NKI-AvL and performs here translational head and neck research. He is board member of the PALGA Foundation.

Recent publications

MYB immunohistochemistry as a predictor of MYB::NFIB fusion in the diagnosis of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck Thomas J W Klein Nulent, Robert J J van Es, Gerben E Breimer, Matthijs H Valstar, Laura A Smit, Caroline M Speksnijder, Remco de Bree, Stefan M Willems
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology, 2024, vol. 138, p.772-780
Optimising primary molecular profiling in non-small cell lung cancer R D Schouten, I Schouten, M M F Schuurbiers, V van der Noort, R A M Damhuis, E H F M van der Heijden, J A Burgers, N P Barlo, A S R van Lindert, K W Maas, J J G van den Brand, A A J Smit, J M W van Haarst, B van der Maat, E Schuuring, H Blaauwgeers, S M Willems, K Monkhorst, D van den Broek, M M van den Heuvel
PLoS ONE, 2024, vol. 19
Considerable interlaboratory variation in PD-L1 positivity for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in the Netherlands— A nationwide evaluation study Maaike Anna Hempenius, Bregje M. Koomen, Ivette A.G. Deckers, Sjoukje F. Oosting, Stefan M. Willems, Bert van der Vegt
Histopathology, 2024, vol. 85, p.133-142
Spatial correlation between in vivo imaging and immunohistochemical biomarkers Hilde J.G. Smits, Edwin Bennink, Lilian N. Ruiter, Gerben E. Breimer, Stefan M. Willems, Jan W. Dankbaar, Marielle E.P. Philippens
Translational Oncology, 2024, vol. 48
Clinicopathological Factors as Predictors for Establishment of Patient Derived Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Organoids W W B de Kort, R Millen, E Driehuis, L A Devriese, R J J van Es, S M Willems
Head and neck pathology, 2024, vol. 18
Differential transcriptional invasion signatures from patient derived organoid models define a functional prognostic tool for head and neck cancer Peter D Haughton, Wisse Haakma, Theofilos Chalkiadakis, Gerben E Breimer, Else Driehuis, Hans Clevers, Stefan Willems, Stefan Prekovic, Patrick W B Derksen
Oncogene, 2024, vol. 43, p.2463-2474