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Matthias Guckenberger

Matthias Guckenberger

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D-Index
92
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30516
World Ranking
11322
National Ranking
154

Overview

Matthias Guckenberger is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on radiotherapy and oncology. Their research spans multiple subfields including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, radiation, oncology, and surgery. The breadth of topics covered includes advanced radiotherapy techniques, lung cancer diagnosis and treatment, radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, medical imaging techniques and applications, brain metastases and treatment, lung cancer treatments and mutations, and prostate cancer treatment and research.

Their recent publications reflect key contributions to consensus guidelines, clinical practice standards, and innovative imaging techniques. Some of the notable papers include:

  • The Image Biomarker Standardization Initiative: Standardized Quantitative Radiomics for High-Throughput Image-based Phenotyping (2020, Radiology)
  • Characterisation and classification of oligometastatic disease: a European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology and European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer consensus recommendation (2020, The Lancet Oncology)
  • Defining oligometastatic disease from a radiation oncology perspective: An ESTRO-ASTRO consensus document (2020, Radiotherapy and Oncology)
  • EANO-ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with brain metastasis from solid tumours (2021, Annals of Oncology)
  • Internal mammary and medial supraclavicular lymph node chain irradiation in stage I-III breast cancer (EORTC 22922/10925): 15-year results of a randomised, phase 3 trial (2020, The Lancet Oncology)

Guckenberger's frequent co-authors include Nicolaus Andratschke, Stephanie Tanadini-Lang, Panagiotis Balermpas, Michael Mayinger, and Sebastian M. Christ. These collaborations have led to a substantial number of joint publications, indicating active participation in large-scale research projects and multidisciplinary teams.

The scientist's research is often disseminated in key radiotherapy and oncology journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Overall, Matthias Guckenberger's work addresses clinical and technological challenges across oncology and medical imaging with a multidisciplinary approach. Their involvement in consensus documents and practice guidelines reflects an engagement with establishing standardized treatment criteria and improving patient care in cancer treatment.

Best Publications

  • The Image Biomarker Standardization Initiative: Standardized Quantitative Radiomics for High-Throughput Image-based Phenotyping

    Alex Zwanenburg;Alex Zwanenburg;Martin Vallières;Mahmoud A. Abdalah;Hugo J. W. L. Aerts;Hugo J. W. L. Aerts

  • Characterisation and classification of oligometastatic disease: a European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology and European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer consensus recommendation.

    Matthias Guckenberger;Yolande Lievens;Angelique B Bouma;Laurence Collette

  • Defining oligometastatic disease from a radiation oncology perspective: An ESTRO-ASTRO consensus document

    Yolande Lievens;Matthias Guckenberger;Daniel Gomez;Morten Hoyer

  • Stereotactic radiotherapy of primary liver cancer and hepatic metastases.

    Joern Wulf;Matthias Guckenberger;Ulrich Haedinger;Ulrich Oppitz

  • ICRU report 91 on prescribing, recording, and reporting of stereotactic treatments with small photon beams : Statement from the DEGRO/DGMP working group stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery.

    Lotte Wilke;Nicolaus Andratschke;Oliver Blanck;Thomas B Brunner

  • ESTRO ACROP consensus guideline on implementation and practice of stereotactic body radiotherapy for peripherally located early stage non-small cell lung cancer.

    Matthias Guckenberger;Nicolaus Andratschke;Karin Dieckmann;Mischa S Hoogeman

  • MR-guidance in clinical reality: Current treatment challenges and future perspectives

    S. Corradini;F. Alongi;N. Andratschke;C. Belka

  • Is a single arc sufficient in volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for complex-shaped target volumes?

    Matthias Guckenberger;Anne Richter;Thomas Krieger;Juergen Wilbert

  • NKG2D-Based CAR T Cells and Radiotherapy Exert Synergistic Efficacy in Glioblastoma.

    Tobias Weiss;Michael Weller;Matthias Guckenberger;Charles L Sentman

  • Magnitude and clinical relevance of translational and rotational patient setup errors: a cone-beam CT study.

    Matthias Guckenberger;Juergen Meyer;Dirk Vordermark;Kurt Baier

  • A Collaborative Analysis of Stereotactic Lung Radiotherapy Outcomes for Early-Stage Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Using Daily Online Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Image-Guided Radiotherapy

    Inga Siiner Grills;Andrew J. Hope;Matthias Guckenberger;Larry L. Kestin

  • kV cone-beam CT-based IGRT: a clinical review.

    Judit Boda-Heggemann;Frank Lohr;Frederik Wenz;Michael Flentje

  • Radiographic changes after lung stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR)--can we distinguish recurrence from fibrosis? A systematic review of the literature.

    Kitty Huang;Kitty Huang;Max Dahele;Suresh Senan;Matthias Guckenberger

  • Investigation of the usability of conebeam CT data sets for dose calculation

    Anne Richter;Qiaoqiao Hu;Doreen Steglich;Kurt Baier

  • Definition of stereotactic body radiotherapy

    M. Guckenberger;N. Andratschke;H. Alheit;R. Holy

  • Practice recommendations for risk-adapted head and neck cancer radiotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: an ASTRO-ESTRO consensus statement

    David J. Thomson;David Palma;Matthias Guckenberger;Panagiotis Balermpas

  • Definition of Synchronous Oligometastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer—A Consensus Report

    Anne Marie C. Dingemans;Anne Marie C. Dingemans;Lizza E.L. Hendriks;Thierry Berghmans;Antonin Levy

  • Dose-response relationship for image-guided stereotactic body radiotherapy of pulmonary tumors: relevance of 4D dose calculation.

    Matthias Guckenberger;Joern Wulf;Gerd Mueller;Thomas Krieger

  • Practice recommendations for lung cancer radiotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: An ESTRO-ASTRO consensus statement.

    Matthias Guckenberger;Claus Belka;Andrea Bezjak;Jeffrey Bradley

  • Radiotherapy in adrenocortical carcinoma

    Buelent Polat;Martin Fassnacht;Leo Pfreundner;Matthias Guckenberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Arjun Sahgal
Arjun Sahgal Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Claus Belka
Claus Belka Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Dirk De Ruysscher
Dirk De Ruysscher Maastricht University
Jason P. Sheehan
Jason P. Sheehan University of Virginia
Rolf A. Stahel
Rolf A. Stahel University of Zurich
Thomas Brunner
Thomas Brunner University of Konstanz
Solange Peters
Solange Peters University Hospital of Lausanne
Ben J. Slotman
Ben J. Slotman University of Amsterdam
Reinhard Dummer
Reinhard Dummer University of Zurich

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