Research interests

DK: Brachyterapi, livmoderhalskræft, normalvævs komplikationer, medicinsk naturvidenskab. 

UK: Brachytherapy, cervix cancer, normal tissue complications, medical physics.

Workgroups

• IP12 - Cervix

Publications

• Sofia Spampinato, Lars U Fokdal, Richard Pötter, Christine Haie-Meder, Jacob C Lindegaard, Maximilian P Schmid, Alina Sturdza, Ina M Jürgenliemk-Schulz, Umesh Mahantshetty, Barbara Segedin, Kjersti Bruheim, Peter Hoskin, Bhavana Rai, Fleur Huang , Rachel Cooper, Elzbieta van der Steen-Banasik, Erik Van Limbergen, Marit Sundset, Henrike Westerveld, Remi A Nout, Nina B K Jensen, Christian Kirisits, Kathrin Kirchheiner, Kari Tanderup, EMBRACE Collaborative Group Importance of the ICRU bladder point dose on incidence and persistence of urinary frequency and incontinence in locally advanced cervical cancer: An EMBRACE analysis Radiother Oncol. 2021 May;158:300-308 2021
• Nina B K Jensen, Richard Pötter, Sofia Spampinato, Lars U Fokdal, Cyrus Chargari , Jacob C Lindegaard , Maximilian P Schmid, Alina Sturdza, Ina M Jürgenliemk-Schulz, Umesh Mahantshetty, Barbara Segedin, Kjersti Bruheim, Peter Hoskin, Bhavana Rai, Ericka Wiebe, Rachel Cooper, Elzbieta Van der Steen-Banasik, Erik Van Limbergen, Marit Sundset, Bradley R Pieters, Remi A Nout, Christian Kirisits, Kathrin Kirchheiner, Kari Tanderup, EMBRACE Collaborative Group Dose-Volume Effects and Risk Factors for Late Diarrhea in Cervix Cancer Patients After Radiochemotherapy With Image Guided Adaptive Brachytherapy in the EMBRACE I Study Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Mar 1;109(3):688-700 2021
• Sofia Spampinato, Nina B K Jensen, Richard Pötter, Lars U Fokdal, Cyrus Chargari, Jacob C Lindegaard, Maximilian P Schmid, Alina Sturdza, Ina M Jürgenliemk-Schulz, Umesh Mahantshetty, Peter Hoskin, Barbara Segedin, Bhavana Rai, Kjersti Bruheim, Ericka Wiebe, Elzbieta Van der Steen-Banasik, Rachel Cooper, Erik Van Limbergen, Marit Sundset, Bradley R Pieters, Ludy C H W Lutgens, Li Tee Tan, Elena Villafranca, Stéphanie Smet, Noha Jastaniyah, Remi A Nout, Christian Kirisits, Supriya Chopra, Kathrin Kirchheiner, Kari Tanderup, Embrace Collaborative Group Severity and Persistency of Late Gastrointestinal Morbidity in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: Lessons Learned From EMBRACE-I and Implications for the Future Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 Mar 1;112(3):681-693 2022
• Spampinato S, Fokdal LU, Pötter R, Haie-Meder C, Lindegaard JC, Schmid MP, Sturdza A, Jürgenliemk-Schulz IM, Mahantshetty U, Segedin B, Bruheim K, Hoskin P, Rai B, Huang F, Cooper R, van der Steen-Banasik E, Van Limbergen E, Sundset M, Westerveld H, Nout RA, Jensen NBK, Kirisits C, Kirchheiner K, Tanderup K; EMBRACE Collaborative Group. Risk factors and dose-effects for bladder fistula, bleeding and cystitis after radiotherapy with imaged-guided adaptive brachytherapy for cervical cancer: an EMBRACE analysis Radiother Oncol . 2021 May;158:312-320 2021
• Kirchheiner K, Smet S, Spampinato S, Jensen NBK, Vittrup AS, Fokdal L, Najjari-Jamal D, Westerveld HG, Lindegaard JC, Kirisits C, De Leeuw A, Schmid MP, Tan LT, Nout RA, Jürgenliemk-Schulz IM, Pötter R, Tanderup K Initiatives for education, training, and dissemination of morbidity assessment and reporting in a multiinstitutional international context: Insights from the EMBRACE studies on cervical cancer Brachytherapy . Nov-Dec 2020;19(6):837-849. 2020
• Tanderup K, Nesvacil N, Kirchheiner K, Serban M, Spampinato S, Jensen NBK, Schmid M, Smet S, Westerveld H, Ecker S, Mahantshetty U, Swamidas J, Chopra S, Nout R, Tan LT, Fokdal L, Sturdza A, Jürgenliemk-Schulz I, de Leeuw A, Lindegaard JC, Kirisits C, Pötter R Evidence-Based Dose Planning Aims and Dose Prescription in Image-Guided Brachytherapy Combined With Radiochemotherapy in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer Semin Radiat Oncol. 2020 Oct;30(4):311-327 2020
• Vittrup AS, Tanderup K, Bentzen SM, Jensen NBK, Spampinato S, Fokdal LU, Lindegaard JC, Sturdza A, Schmid M, Segedin B, Jürgenliemk-Schulz IM, Bruheim K, Mahantshetty U, Haie-Meder C, Rai B, Cooper R, van der Steen-Banasik E, Sundset M, Huang F, Nout RA, Villafranca E, Van Limbergen E, Pieters BR, Tan LT, Lutgens LCHW, Hoskin P, Pötter R, Kirchheiner K; EMBRACE Collaborative Group. Persistence of Late Substantial Patient-Reported Symptoms (LAPERS) After Radiochemotherapy Including Image Guided Adaptive Brachytherapy for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: A Report From the EMBRACE Study Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys . 2021 Jan 1;109(1):161-173 2021
• Spampinato S, Tanderup K, Marinovskij E, Axelsen S, Pedersen EM, Pötter R, Lindegaard JC, Fokdal L MRI-based contouring of functional sub-structures of the lower urinary tract in gynaecological radiotherapy Radiother Oncol. 2020 Apr;145:117-124 2020
• Spampinato S, Fokdal L, Marinovskij E, Axelsen S, Pedersen EM, Pötter R, Lindegaard JC, Tanderup K. Assessment of dose to functional sub-structures in the lower urinary tract in locally advanced cervical cancer radiotherapy. Phys Med. 2019 Mar;59:127-132. 2019