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Overview

Jens Overgaard is affiliated with Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark and has produced a significant body of research primarily focused on medicine, with an emphasis on oncology and radiotherapy.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine

Within this broader field, their primary subfields of study are:

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Cancer Research
  • Oncology

The main topics addressed by Jens Overgaard in their research cover:

  • Head and Neck Cancer Studies
  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy

Overgaard has contributed to multiple papers, including recent works such as:

  • Meta-analysis of chemotherapy in head and neck cancer (MACH-NC): An update on 107 randomized trials and 19,805 patients, on behalf of MACH-NC Group (2021, Radiotherapy and Oncology)
  • Hypofractionated Versus Standard Fractionated Radiotherapy in Patients With Early Breast Cancer or Ductal Carcinoma In Situ in a Randomized Phase III Trial: The DBCG HYPO Trial (2020, Journal of Clinical Oncology)
  • Radiotherapy to regional nodes in early breast cancer: an individual patient data meta-analysis of 14 324 women in 16 trials (2023, The Lancet)
  • The Danish Head and Neck Cancer Group (DAHANCA) 2020 radiotherapy guidelines (2020, Radiotherapy and Oncology)
  • Chemotherapy and radiotherapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: an individual patient data network meta-analysis (2021, The Lancet Oncology)

They frequently publish in the following venues:

  • Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • Acta Oncologica
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Jens Overgaard's frequent collaborators include:

  • Jørgen Johansen
  • Jesper Grau Eriksen
  • Jan Alsner
  • Christian Rønn Hansen
  • Maria Andersen

Best Publications

  • Effects of chemotherapy and hormonal therapy for early breast cancer on recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials

    O. Abe;R. Abe;K. Enomoto;K. Kikuchi

  • Postoperative Radiotherapy in High-Risk Premenopausal Women with Breast Cancer Who Receive Adjuvant Chemotherapy

    Marie Overgaard;Per S. Hansen;Jens Overgaard;Carsten Rose

  • Postoperative radiotherapy in high-risk postmenopausal breast- cancer patients given adjuvant tamoxifen: Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group DBCG 82c randomised trial

    Marie Overgaard;Maj-Britt Jensen;Jens Overgaard;Per S Hansen

  • Pretreatment oxygenation predicts radiation response in advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

    Marianne Nordsmark;Marie Overgaard;Jens Overgaard

  • Hyperfractionated or accelerated radiotherapy in head and neck cancer: a meta-analysis

    Jean Bourhis;Jens Overgaard;Helene Audry;Kian K. Ang

  • Prognostic value of tumor oxygenation in 397 head and neck tumors after primary radiation therapy. An international multi-center study

    Marianne Nordsmark;Søren M. Bentzen;Volker Rudat;David Brizel

  • Hypoxic Radiosensitization: Adored and Ignored

    Jens Overgaard

  • Five compared with six fractions per week of conventional radiotherapy of squamous-cell carcinoma of head and neck: DAHANCA 6&7 randomised controlled trial

    Jens Overgaard;Hanne Sand Hansen;Lena Specht;Marie Overgaard

  • Radiation oncology in the era of precision medicine

    Michael Baumann;Mechthild Krause;Jens Overgaard;Juergen Debus

  • A randomized double-blind phase III study of nimorazole as a hypoxic radiosensitizer of primary radiotherapy in supraglottic larynx and pharynx carcinoma. Results of the Danish Head and Neck Cancer Study (DAHANCA) Protocol 5-85

    Jens Overgaard;Hanne Sand Hansen;Marie Overgaard;Lars Bastholt

  • Estrogen Receptor, Progesterone Receptor, HER-2, and Response to Postmastectomy Radiotherapy in High-Risk Breast Cancer: The Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group

    Marianne Kyndi;Flemming B. Sørensen;Helle Knudsen;Marie Overgaard

  • Effect of HPV-Associated p16INK4A Expression on Response to Radiotherapy and Survival in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

    Pernille Lassen;Jesper Grau Eriksen;Stephen Hamilton-Dutoit;Trine Tramm

  • Randomised trial of hyperthermia as adjuvant to radiotherapy for recurrent or metastatic malignant melanoma

    J. Overgaard;D. Gonzalez Gonzalez;M. C. C. M. Hulshof;G. Arcangeli

  • The current and potential role of hyperthermia in radiotherapy.

    Jens Overgaard

  • Imaging hypoxia to improve radiotherapy outcome

    Michael R. Horsman;Lise Saksø Mortensen;Jørgen B. Petersen;Morten Busk

  • Is the benefit of postmastectomy irradiation limited to patients with four or more positive nodes, as recommended in international consensus reports? A subgroup analysis of the DBCG 82 b&c randomized trials

    Marie Overgaard;Hanne M. Nielsen;Jens Overgaard

  • Modification of Hypoxia-Induced Radioresistance in Tumors by the Use of Oxygen and Sensitizers.

    Jens Overgaard;Michael R. Horsman

  • Hyperthermia: a potent enhancer of radiotherapy.

    M.R. Horsman;J. Overgaard

  • Hypoxic modification of radiotherapy in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck – A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Jens Overgaard

  • Effect of hyperthermia on malignant cells in vivo: A review and a hypothesis

    Jens Overgaard

Frequent Co-Authors

Cai Grau
Cai Grau Aarhus University
Søren M. Bentzen
Søren M. Bentzen University of Maryland, Baltimore
Lena Specht
Lena Specht University of Copenhagen
Anne Lise Børresen-Dale
Anne Lise Børresen-Dale Oslo University Hospital
Brian O'Sullivan
Brian O'Sullivan Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Vessela N. Kristensen
Vessela N. Kristensen Oslo University Hospital
Laszlo Hegedüs
Laszlo Hegedüs Odense University Hospital
Hans H. Storm
Hans H. Storm Danish Cancer Society
Jean Bourhis
Jean Bourhis University of Lausanne
Bryan T. Hennessy
Bryan T. Hennessy Beaumont Hospital

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