Claus F. Behrens

Ph.D. Onkologisk Afdeling, Herlev Hospital claus.behrens@regionh.dk
Research interests

DK: Forbedret stråleterapi til gavn for nuværende og fremtidige patienter.

UK: Improved radiotherapy for the benefit of present future patients. 

Workgroups Publications
  • Stine Sofia Korreman, Ivan Richter Vogelius, Ahmed Jibril Abdi, Søren Baarsgaard Hansen, Claus Preibisch Behrens Novel technologies in radiotherapy in the Nordic countries - report from the NACP2020/21 conference Acta Oncol. 2021 Nov;60(11):1383-1385 2021
  • Bisgaard ALH, Brink C, Fransen ML, Schytte T, Behrens CP, Vogelius I, Nissen HD, Mahmood F Robust extraction of biological information from diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging during radiotherapy using semi-automatic delineation Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2022 Mar 7;21:146-152 2022
  • Isak Wahlstedt, Nicolaus Andratschke, Claus P Behrens, Stefanie Ehrbar, Hubert S Gabryś, Helena Garcia Schüler, Matthias Guckenberger, Abraham George Smith, Stephanie Tanadini-Lang, José D Tascón-Vidarte , Ivan R Vogelius, Janita E van Timmeren 2 Gating has a negligible impact on dose delivered in MRI-guided online adaptive radiotherapy of prostate cancer Radiother Oncol. 2022 May;170:205-212 2022
  • Kügele M, Mannerberg A, Nørring Bekke S, Alkner S, Berg L, Mahmood F, Thornberg C, Edvardsson A, Bäck SÅJ, Behrens CF, Ceberg S. Surface guided radiotherapy (SGRT) improves breast cancer patient setup accuracy J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2019 Sep;20(9):61-68 2019
  • Sibolt P, Andersson LM, Calmels L, Sjöström D, Bjelkengren U, Geertsen P, Behrens CF Clinical implementation of artificial intelligence-driven cone-beam computed tomography-guided online adaptive radiotherapy in the pelvic region Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2020 Dec 18;17:1-7 2020
  • Stervik L, Pettersson N, Scherman J, Behrens CF, Ceberg C, Engelholm S, Gunnarsson K, Hallqvist A, Nyman J, Persson GF, Pøhl M, Wahlstedt I, Vogelius IR, Bäck A Analysis of early respiratory-related mortality after radiation therapy of non-small-cell lung cancer: feasibility of automatic data extraction for dose-response studies Acta Oncol. 2020 Jun;59(6):628-635 2020
  • Ankjærgaard C, Johansen AZ, Staffeldt MMK, Andersen CE, Madsen DH, Behrens CF Irradiation of subcutaneous mouse tumors with a clinical linear accelerator validated by alanine dosimetry Radiat Meas, (106636), vol. 147, p. 1-8 2021
  • Åström LM, Behrens CP, Calmels L, Sjöström D, Geertsen P, Mouritsen LS, Serup-Hansen E, Lindberg H, Sibolt P Online adaptive radiotherapy of urinary bladder cancer with full re-optimization to the anatomy of the day: Initial experience and dosimetric benefits Radiother Oncol. 2022 Jun;171:37-42 2022
  • Åström LM, Behrens CP, Storm KS, Sibolt P, Serup-Hansen E Online adaptive radiotherapy of anal cancer: Normal tissue sparing, target propagation methods, and first clinical experience Radiother Oncol. 2022 Nov;176:92-98. 2022
  • Klavsen MF, Ankjærgaard C, Behrens CP, Vogelius IR, Boye K, Hvass Hansen R, Andersen CE Time-resolved plastic scintillator dosimetry in MR linear accelerators without image distortion Radiat Meas, (106759), vol. 154, p. 1-11, 2022 2022
  • Felter MVO, Josipovic M, Serup-Hansen E, Geertsen PF, Behrens CF, Khalil AA, Persson GF Patterns of care in oligometastatic disease: the clinicians' perspective Acta Oncol. 2022 Sep;61(9):1148-1151 2022
  • Chen IM, Johansen JS, Theile S, Hjaltelin JX, Novitski SI, Brunak S, Hasselby JP, Willemoe GL, Lorentzen T, Madsen K, Jensen BV, Wilken EE, Geertsen P, Behrens C, Nolsoe C, Hermann KL, Svane IM, Nielsen D Randomized Phase II Study of Nivolumab With or Without Ipilimumab Combined With Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Refractory Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer (CheckPAC) J Clin Oncol. 2022 Sep 20;40(27):3180-3189 2022
  • Calmels L, Sibolt P, Åström LM, Serup-Hansen E, Lindberg H, Fromm AL, Persson G, Sjöström D, Geertsen P, Behrens CP Evaluation of an automated template-based treatment planning system for radiotherapy of anal, rectal and prostate cancer . Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol. 2022 Apr 12;22:30-36 2022
  • Calmels L, Blak Nyrup Biancardo S, Sibolt P, Nørring Bekke S, Bjelkengren U, Wilken E, Geertsen P, Sjöström D, Behrens CF Single-isocenter stereotactic non-coplanar arc treatment of 200 patients with brain metastases: multileaf collimator size and setup uncertainties Strahlenther Onkol. 2022 May;198(5):436-447 2022
  • Isak Wahlstedt, Abraham George Smith, Claus Erik Andersen, Claus Preibisch Behrens, Susanne Nørring Bekke, Kristian Boye, Mette van Overeem Felter, Mirjana Josipovic, Jens Petersen, Signe Lenora Risumlund, José David Tascón-Vidarte, Janita Elizabeth van Timmeren, Ivan Richter Vogelius Interfractional dose accumulation for MR-guided liver SBRT: Variation among algorithms is highly patient- and fraction-dependent Radiotherapy and Oncology 2022