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Rainer Fietkau is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany and has made significant contributions to the field of medicine with a focus on oncology, radiology, and related disciplines. Their research spans various subfields including oncology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, radiation, and surgery.

The scientist's work primarily concentrates on advanced radiotherapy techniques, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, radiomics and machine learning applications in medical imaging, medical imaging techniques and applications, glioma diagnosis and treatment, head and neck cancer studies, and brain metastases and treatment.

Rainer Fietkau has published extensively in several prominent venues, with a notable number of contributions in:

  • Strahlentherapie und Onkologie (37 publications)
  • Radiotherapy and Oncology (16 publications)
  • Cancers (15 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (13 publications)
  • Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie (11 publications)

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Christoph Bert, Florian Putz, Benjamin Frey, Udo S. Gaipl, and Markus Hecht, reflecting a robust network of joint scientific efforts.

Some representative publications highlight the scope and impact of their research contributions:

  • European Association of Urology Guidelines on Muscle-invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer: Summary of the 2023 Guidelines, 2023, European Urology
  • Chemoradiotherapy Plus Induction or Consolidation Chemotherapy as Total Neoadjuvant Therapy for Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer, 2021, JAMA Oncology
  • The 2021 Updated European Association of Urology Guidelines on Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma, 2021, European Urology
  • Benchmarking ChatGPT-4 on a radiation oncology in-training exam and Red Journal Gray Zone cases: potentials and challenges for AI-assisted medical education and decision making in radiation oncology, 2023, Frontiers in Oncology
  • DEGRO practical guideline for partial-breast irradiation, 2020, Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Best Publications

  • Preoperative versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer

    Rolf Sauer;Heinz Becker;Werner Hohenberger;Claus Rödel

  • Preoperative Versus Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Results of the German CAO/ARO/AIO-94 Randomized Phase III Trial After a Median Follow-Up of 11 Years

    Rolf Sauer;Torsten Liersch;Susanne Merkel;Rainer Fietkau

  • Prognostic Significance of Tumor Regression After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer

    Claus Rödel;Peter Martus;Thomas Papadoupolos;Laszlo Füzesi

  • ESPEN Guidelines on Enteral Nutrition: Non-surgical oncology

    J. Arends;G. Bodoky;F. Bozzetti;K.C. Fearon

  • Oxaliplatin added to fluorouracil-based preoperative chemoradiotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy of locally advanced rectal cancer (the German CAO/ARO/AIO-04 study): final results of the multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial

    Claus Rödel;Claus Rödel;Ullrich Graeven;Rainer Fietkau;Werner Hohenberger

  • 5-year results of accelerated partial breast irradiation using sole interstitial multicatheter brachytherapy versus whole-breast irradiation with boost after breast-conserving surgery for low-risk invasive and in-situ carcinoma of the female breast: a randomised, phase 3, non-inferiority trial.

    Vratislav Strnad;Oliver J Ott;Guido Hildebrandt;Daniela Kauer-Dorner

  • Preoperative chemoradiotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy with fluorouracil and oxaliplatin versus fluorouracil alone in locally advanced rectal cancer: initial results of the German CAO/ARO/AIO-04 randomised phase 3 trial

    Claus Rödel;Torsten Liersch;Heinz Becker;Rainer Fietkau

  • Adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and molecular failure display a poor prognosis and are candidates for stem cell transplantation and targeted therapies.

    Nicola Gökbuget;Michael Kneba;Thorsten Raff;Heiko Trautmann

  • Tumor Regression Grading After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Carcinoma Revisited: Updated Results of the CAO/ARO/AIO-94 Trial

    Emmanouil Fokas;Torsten Liersch;Rainer Fietkau;Werner Hohenberger

  • Randomized Phase II Trial of Chemoradiotherapy Plus Induction or Consolidation Chemotherapy as Total Neoadjuvant Therapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: CAO/ARO/AIO-12

    Emmanouil Fokas;Michael Allgäuer;Bülent Polat;Gunther Klautke

  • Neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy with gemcitabine/cisplatin and surgery versus immediate surgery in resectable pancreatic cancer: results of the first prospective randomized phase II trial.

    Henriette Golcher;Thomas B. Brunner;Helmut Witzigmann;Lukas Marti

  • Old and new facts about hyperthermia-induced modulations of the immune system.

    Benjamin Frey;Eva-Maria Weiss;Yvonne Rubner;Roland Wunderlich

  • Improved outcome of adult Burkitt lymphoma/leukemia with rituximab and chemotherapy: report of a large prospective multicenter trial

    Dieter Hoelzer;Jan Walewski;Hartmut Döhner;Andreas Viardot

  • Treatment Results in Localized Primary Gastric Lymphoma: Data of Patients Registered Within the German Multicenter Study (GIT NHL 02/96)

    Peter Koch;Andreas Probst;Wolfgang E. Berdel;Normann A. Willich

  • Adjuvant vs. neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer: the German trial CAO/ARO/AIO-94.

    R. Sauer;R. Fietkau;C. Wittekind;C. Rödel

  • [German S3-Guideline "Diagnosis and Treatment of Esophagogastric Cancer"]

    M. Moehler;Se-E. Al-Batran;T. Andus;M. Anthuber

  • Late side-effects and cosmetic results of accelerated partial breast irradiation with interstitial brachytherapy versus whole-breast irradiation after breast-conserving surgery for low-risk invasive and in-situ carcinoma of the female breast: 5-year results of a randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial

    Csaba Polgár;Oliver J Ott;Guido Hildebrandt;Daniela Kauer-Dorner

  • The 2021 Updated European Association of Urology Guidelines on Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma.

    Richard Cathomas;Anja Lorch;Harman M. Bruins;Eva M. Compérat

  • [S3-guideline exocrine pancreatic cancer].

    T. Seufferlein;M. Porzner;T. Becker;V. Budach

  • Chemoradiotherapy Plus Induction or Consolidation Chemotherapy as Total Neoadjuvant Therapy for Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Long-term Results of the CAO/ARO/AIO-12 Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Emmanouil Fokas;Emmanouil Fokas;Anke Schlenska-Lange;Bülent Polat;Gunther Klautke

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf Sauer
Rolf Sauer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Benjamin Frey
Benjamin Frey University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Udo S. Gaipl
Udo S. Gaipl University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Claus Rödel
Claus Rödel Goethe University Frankfurt
Werner Hohenberger
Werner Hohenberger University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Arndt Hartmann
Arndt Hartmann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Claus Belka
Claus Belka Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Thomas Brunner
Thomas Brunner University of Konstanz
Peter Martus
Peter Martus University of Tübingen
Franz Rödel
Franz Rödel Goethe University Frankfurt

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