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Peter Wust is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine and Engineering, with significant contributions to the subfields of Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Hepatology, Biotechnology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

  • Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
  • Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Microbial Inactivation Methods
  • Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects
  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging

Peter Wust has contributed to several recent papers, with notable publications including:

  • Heating technology for malignant tumors: a review (2020) published in International Journal of Hyperthermia
  • Dose-intensified Versus Conventional-dose Salvage Radiotherapy for Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Prostatectomy: The SAKK 09/10 Randomized Phase 3 Trial (2021) published in European Urology
  • Non-thermal effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • Non-thermal membrane effects of electromagnetic fields and therapeutic applications in oncology (2021) published in International Journal of Hyperthermia
  • Clinical Evidence for Thermometric Parameters to Guide Hyperthermia Treatment (2022) published in Cancers

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Pirus Ghadjar
  • Sebastian Zschaeck
  • Marcus Beck
  • Jacek Nadobny
  • Eva Oberacker

Peter Wust publishes regularly in journals such as International Journal of Hyperthermia, Cancers, F1000Research, European Urology, and Scientific Reports. The most frequent venues for publication include International Journal of Hyperthermia with eight publications and Cancers with four.

Best Publications

  • Hyperthermia in combined treatment of cancer

    P Wust;B Hildebrandt;G Sreenivasa;B Rau

  • The cellular and molecular basis of hyperthermia.

    Bert Hildebrandt;Peter Wust;Olaf Ahlers;Annette Dieing

  • Magnetic fluid hyperthermia (MFH): Cancer treatment with AC magnetic field induced excitation of biocompatible superparamagnetic nanoparticles

    Andreas Jordan;Regina Scholz;Peter Wust;Horst Fähling

  • Efficacy and safety of intratumoral thermotherapy using magnetic iron-oxide nanoparticles combined with external beam radiotherapy on patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme

    Klaus Maier-Hauff;Frank Ulrich;Dirk Nestler;Hendrik Niehoff

  • Presentation of a new magnetic field therapy system for the treatment of human solid tumors with magnetic fluid hyperthermia

    Andreas Jordan;Regina Scholz;Klaus Maier-Hauff;Manfred Johannsen

  • Clinical hyperthermia of prostate cancer using magnetic nanoparticles: Presentation of a new interstitial technique

    M. Johannsen;U. Gneveckow;L. Eckelt;A. Feussner

  • Intracranial thermotherapy using magnetic nanoparticles combined with external beam radiotherapy: results of a feasibility study on patients with glioblastoma multiforme.

    Klaus Maier-Hauff;Ronny Rothe;Regina Scholz;Uwe Gneveckow

  • Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy alone or with regional hyperthermia for localised high-risk soft-tissue sarcoma: a randomised phase 3 multicentre study

    Rolf D Issels;Lars H Lindner;Jaap Verweij;Peter Wust

  • Endocytosis of dextran and silan-coated magnetite nanoparticles and the effect of intracellular hyperthermia on human mammary carcinoma cells in vitro

    Andreas Jordan;Regina Scholz;Peter Wust;Hermann Schirra

  • Thermotherapy of Prostate Cancer Using Magnetic Nanoparticles: Feasibility, Imaging, and Three-Dimensional Temperature Distribution

    Manfred Johannsen;Uwe Gneveckow;Burghard Thiesen;Kasra Taymoorian

  • Magnetic nanoparticle hyperthermia for prostate cancer

    Manfred Johannsen;Burghard Thiesen;Peter Wust;Andreas Jordan

  • Effects of Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermia (MFH) on C3H mammary carcinoma in vivo

    A. Jordan;R. Scholz;P. Wust;H. Fähling

  • Morbidity and quality of life during thermotherapy using magnetic nanoparticles in locally recurrent prostate cancer: Results of a prospective phase I trial

    M Johannsen;U Gneveckow;K Taymoorian;B Thiesen

  • Cellular uptake of magnetic fluid particles and their effects on human adenocarcinoma cells exposed to AC magnetic fields in vitro.

    A. Jordan;P. Wust;R. Scholz;B. Tesche

  • Hyperfractionated Accelerated Chemoradiation With Concurrent Fluorouracil-Mitomycin Is More Effective Than Dose-Escalated Hyperfractionated Accelerated Radiation Therapy Alone in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer: Final Results of the Radiotherapy Cooperative Clinical Trials Group of the German Cancer Society 95-06 Prospective Randomized Trial

    Volker Budach;Martin Stuschke;Wilfried Budach;Michael Baumann

  • Magnetic nanoparticles for interstitial thermotherapy--feasibility, tolerance and achieved temperatures.

    Peter Wust;Uwe Gneveckow;Manfred Johannsen;Dirk Böhmer

  • Description and characterization of the novel hyperthermia- and thermoablation-system MFH 300F for clinical magnetic fluid hyperthermia.

    Uwe Gneveckow;Andreas Jordan;Regina Scholz;Volker Brüß

  • Effect of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Plus Regional Hyperthermia on Long-term Outcomes Among Patients With Localized High-Risk Soft Tissue Sarcoma: The EORTC 62961-ESHO 95 Randomized Clinical Trial

    Rolf D. Issels;Lars H. Lindner;Jaap Verweij;Rüdiger Wessalowski

  • Heating technology for malignant tumors: a review

    H. Petra Kok;Erik N.K. Cressman;Wim Ceelen;Christopher L. Brace

  • Comparison of CT, MRI and FDG-PET in response prediction of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer after multimodal preoperative therapy: Is there a benefit in using functional imaging?

    T. Denecke;B. Rau;K.-T. Hoffmann;B. Hildebrandt

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter M. Schlag
Peter M. Schlag Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Peter Deuflhard
Peter Deuflhard Zuse Institute Berlin
Bernd Hamm
Bernd Hamm Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Hans-Christian Hege
Hans-Christian Hege Zuse Institute Berlin
Jalid Sehouli
Jalid Sehouli Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Peter Neuhaus
Peter Neuhaus Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Michael H. Baumann
Michael H. Baumann National Institute on Drug Abuse
Klaus Petermann
Klaus Petermann Technical University of Berlin
Michael Bamberg
Michael Bamberg University of Tübingen
Claus Belka
Claus Belka Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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