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Lena Specht is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on medical and clinical aspects within the fields of medicine, including significant contributions to radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, pathology and forensic medicine, oncology, and radiation. Specht's work encompasses a range of topics that intersect with advanced therapeutic and diagnostic techniques.

The main topics of Specht's research include:

  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
  • CNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Head and Neck Cancer Studies
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Effects of Radiation Exposure

Specht's publications have appeared frequently in several specialized journals. Notable venues include:

  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • Hematological Oncology
  • Acta Oncologica
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology

Some of Lena Specht's recent papers are:

  • Involved Site Radiation Therapy in Adult Lymphomas: An Overview of International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group Guidelines (2020, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics)
  • ILROG emergency guidelines for radiation therapy of hematological malignancies during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, Blood)
  • Brentuximab Vedotin Plus AVD for First-Line Treatment of Early-Stage Unfavorable Hodgkin Lymphoma (BREACH): A Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized, Phase II Trial (2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology)
  • Modern Radiation Therapy for Extranodal Nasal-Type NK/T-cell Lymphoma: Risk-Adapted Therapy, Target Volume, and Dose Guidelines from the International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group (2021, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics)
  • Stage I-II nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma: a multi-institutional study of adult patients by ILROG (2020, Blood)

Collaborative work is a significant part of Specht's research activity. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ivan R. Vogelius
  • Umberto Ricardi
  • Anne Kiil Berthelsen
  • Jeppe Friborg
  • Andrea K. Ng

Best Publications

  • Revised response criteria for malignant lymphoma

    Bruce D. Cheson;Beate Pfistner;Malik E. Juweid;Randy D. Gascoyne

  • Early Interim 2-[18F]Fluoro-2-Deoxy-D-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography Is Prognostically Superior to International Prognostic Score in Advanced-Stage Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A Report From a Joint Italian-Danish Study

    Andrea Gallamini;Martin Hutchings;Luigi Rigacci;Lena Specht

  • FDG-PET after two cycles of chemotherapy predicts treatment failure and progression-free survival in Hodgkin lymphoma

    Martin Hutchings;Annika Loft;Annika Loft;Mads Hansen;Mads Hansen;Lars Møller Pedersen;Lars Møller Pedersen

  • 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

  • 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

  • Prognostic Factors for Relapse in Stage I Seminoma Managed by Surveillance: A Pooled Analysis

    Padraig Warde;Lena Specht;Alan Horwich;Tim Oliver

  • Modern radiation therapy for Hodgkin lymphoma: field and dose guidelines from the international lymphoma radiation oncology group (ILROG).

    Lena Specht;Joachim Yahalom;Tim Illidge;Anne Kiil Berthelsen

  • Early Positron Emission Tomography Response-Adapted Treatment in Stage I and II Hodgkin Lymphoma : Final Results of the Randomized EORTC/LYSA/FIL H10 Trial

    Marc P. E. Andre;Theodore Girinsky;Massimo Federico;Oumedaly Reman

  • Involved-node radiotherapy (INRT) in patients with early Hodgkin lymphoma: Concepts and guidelines

    Theodore Girinsky;Richard van der Maazen;Lena Specht;Berthe Aleman

  • Osteoradionecrosis of the jaws: clinical characteristics and relation to the field of irradiation.

    Jens Jørgen Thorn;Hanne Sand Hansen;Lena Specht;Lars Bastholt

  • Modern radiation therapy for extranodal lymphomas: field and dose guidelines from the International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group.

    Joachim Yahalom;Tim Illidge;Lena Specht;Richard T. Hoppe

  • Routine Bone Marrow Biopsy Has Little or No Therapeutic Consequence for Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography–Staged Treatment-Naive Patients With Hodgkin Lymphoma

    Tarec Christoffer El-Galaly;Francesco d'Amore;Karen Juul Mylam;Peter de Nully Brown

  • Surveillance following orchidectomy for stage I seminoma of the testis

    Hans von der Maase;Lena Specht;Grete Krag Jacobsen;Anders Jakobsen

  • Breathing adapted radiotherapy for breast cancer : Comparison of free breathing gating with the breath-hold technique

    Stine S. Korreman;Anders N. Pedersen;Trine Jakobi Nøttrup;Lena Specht

  • Influence of more extensive radiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy on long-term outcome of early-stage Hodgkin's disease: a meta-analysis of 23 randomized trials involving 3,888 patients. International Hodgkin's Disease Collaborative Group.

    L Specht;R G Gray;M J Clarke;R Peto

  • Breathing adapted radiotherapy of breast cancer: reduction of cardiac and pulmonary doses using voluntary inspiration breath-hold

    Anders N Pedersen;Stine Korreman;Håkan Nyström;Lena Specht

  • Primary cutaneous lymphomas: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

    R Willemze;E. Hodak;P. L. Zinzani;L. Specht

  • Position emission tomography with or without computed tomography in the primary staging of Hodgkin's lymphoma

    Martin Hutchings;Annika Loft;Mads Hansen;Lars M Pedersen

  • Modern radiation therapy for nodal non-hodgkin lymphoma - Target definition and dose guidelines from the international lymphoma radiation oncology group

    Tim Illidge;Lena Specht;Joachim Yahalom;Berthe Aleman

  • The role of miRNAs in human papilloma virus (HPV)-associated cancers: bridging between HPV-related head and neck cancer and cervical cancer

    C B Lajer;E Garnæs;L Friis-Hansen;B Norrild

Frequent Co-Authors

Søren M. Bentzen
Søren M. Bentzen University of Maryland, Baltimore
Joachim Yahalom
Joachim Yahalom Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Cai Grau
Cai Grau Aarhus University
Jens Overgaard
Jens Overgaard Aarhus University Hospital
Richard T. Hoppe
Richard T. Hoppe Stanford University
Andreas Kjaer
Andreas Kjaer University of Copenhagen
Rasmus Larsen
Rasmus Larsen Technical University of Denmark
Peter Mauch
Peter Mauch Brigham and Women's Hospital
Louis S. Constine
Louis S. Constine University of Rochester Medical Center
Finn Cilius Nielsen
Finn Cilius Nielsen Copenhagen University Hospital

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