Lena Specht

26.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
315 papers, 16.3k citations indexed

About

Lena Specht is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Lena Specht has authored 315 papers receiving a total of 16.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 117 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 84 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Lena Specht's work include Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment (116 papers), Head and Neck Cancer Studies (81 papers) and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (68 papers). Lena Specht is often cited by papers focused on Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment (116 papers), Head and Neck Cancer Studies (81 papers) and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (68 papers). Lena Specht collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and United Kingdom. Lena Specht's co-authors include Richard T. Hoppe, Stine Korreman, Joachim Yahalom, Ivan R. Vogelius, Christian von Buchwald, Anne Kiil Berthelsen, Annika Loft, Marianne Aznar, Emanuele Zucca and Martin Hutchings and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Lena Specht

302 papers receiving 16.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Revised Response Criteria for Malignant Lymphoma

2007 3.2k citations Lena Specht et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Early Interim 2-[ ¹⁸ F]Fluoro-2-Deoxy-D-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography Is Prognostically Superior to International Prognostic Score in Advanced-Stage Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A Report From a Joint Italian-Danish Study

2007 552 citations Andrea Gallamini, Martin Hutchings et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology profile →
Five compared with six fractions per week of conventional radiotherapy of squamous-cell carcinoma of head and neck: DAHANCA 6&7 randomised controlled trial

2003 481 citations Lena Specht, Elo Andersen et al. profile →
Modern Radiation Therapy for Hodgkin Lymphoma: Field and Dose Guidelines From the International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group (ILROG)

2013 358 citations Lena Specht, Tim Illidge et al. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lena Specht Denmark	63	7.5k	5.2k	4.9k	4.0k	2.9k	315	16.3k
Mary Gospodarowicz Canada	67	4.9k 0.7×	5.6k 1.1×	4.1k 0.9×	2.4k 0.6×	2.7k 0.9×	267	17.0k
Umberto Ricardi Italy	48	1.4k 0.2×	4.8k 0.9×	2.7k 0.6×	2.4k 0.6×	986 0.3×	362	10.0k
Nancy P. Mendenhall United States	55	2.0k 0.3×	3.5k 0.7×	2.8k 0.6×	1.0k 0.3×	991 0.3×	357	8.5k
Susan L. Tucker United States	72	2.2k 0.3×	7.5k 1.4×	4.2k 0.9×	4.7k 1.2×	279 0.1×	224	16.1k
Rochelle E. Curtis United States	53	2.7k 0.4×	2.2k 0.4×	4.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.3×	715 0.2×	109	11.2k
Rolf Sauer Germany	57	1.5k 0.2×	5.0k 1.0×	11.2k 2.3×	2.9k 0.7×	488 0.2×	388	19.3k
Sally F. Barrington United Kingdom	43	6.5k 0.9×	2.5k 0.5×	3.1k 0.6×	4.1k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	189	10.3k
Lawrence J. Solin United States	69	6.2k 0.8×	4.0k 0.8×	6.3k 1.3×	4.4k 1.1×	213 0.1×	236	17.9k
Leonard R. Prosnitz United States	45	1.6k 0.2×	2.2k 0.4×	1.7k 0.3×	1.6k 0.4×	476 0.2×	154	7.4k
Peter Mauch United States	54	5.1k 0.7×	2.1k 0.4×	3.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.4×	1.8k 0.6×	242	10.8k

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Kristensen, Claus Andrup, Anita Gothelf, Lena Specht, et al.. (2023). The potential for local ablative therapy of oligometastases in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a real-world data analysis. Acta Oncologica. 62(9). 1091–1095. 2 indexed citations

Petersen, René Horsleben, et al.. (2023). MR‐GUIDED ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY FOR GASTRIC LYMPHOMA, PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM ONGOING STUDY. Hematological Oncology. 41(S2). 698–699. 2 indexed citations

Linton, Kim, Lena Specht, Astrid Pavlovsky, et al.. (2023). Personalised therapy in follicular lymphoma – is the dial turning?. Hematological Oncology. 42(6). e3205–e3205. 4 indexed citations

Lynggaard, Charlotte Duch, Christian Grønhøj, Siri Beier Jensen, et al.. (2022). Long-term Safety of Treatment with Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Patients with Radiation-Induced Xerostomia: Primary Results of the MESRIX Phase I/II Randomized Trial. Clinical Cancer Research. 28(13). 2890–2897. 19 indexed citations

Salz, Talya, Emily C. Zabor, Peter de Nully Brown, et al.. (2022). Cardiovascular risk factors, radiation therapy, and myocardial infarction among lymphoma survivors. Acta Oncologica. 61(9). 1064–1068. 4 indexed citations

Smith, Abraham George, Jens Petersen, Anne Kiil Berthelsen, et al.. (2021). RootPainter3D: Interactive-machine-learning enables rapid and accurate contouring for radiotherapy. arXiv (Cornell University). 10 indexed citations

Hansen, Adam E., Jacob H. Rasmussen, Claes Nøhr Ladefoged, et al.. (2020). Feasibility of Multiparametric Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a One-Stop Shop for Radiation Therapy Planning for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 108(5). 1329–1338. 18 indexed citations

Specht, Lena & Lone Skov. (2019). Cutaneous Lymphomas. Clinical Oncology. 31(11). 797–807. 5 indexed citations

Rasmussen, Thomas, Andreas Kjær, Martin Lyngby Lassen, et al.. (2019). No changes in myocardial perfusion following radiation therapy of left-sided breast cancer: A positron emission tomography study. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. 28(5). 1923–1932. 7 indexed citations

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Josipović, Mirjana, Marianne Aznar, Jonas Scherman, et al.. (2019). EP-1949 Heart position reproducibility in deep inspiration breath hold radiotherapy for lung cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 133. S1062–S1063. 1 indexed citations

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Josipović, Mirjana, Marianne Aznar, J.B. Thomsen, et al.. (2019). Deep inspiration breath hold in locally advanced lung cancer radiotherapy: validation of intrafractional geometric uncertainties in the INHALE trial. British Journal of Radiology. 92(1104). 20190569–20190569. 29 indexed citations

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Rasmussen, Jacob H., Flemming Littrup Andersen, Lena Specht, et al.. (2018). [OA141] Preparing data for multiparametric PET/MRI: Influence of PET point spread function modelling and EPI distortion correction on the spatial correlation of 18F-FDG-PET uptake and diffusion weighted MRI in head/neck cancer. Physica Medica. 52. 54–54.

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Larsen, Klaus Richter, Paul Frost Clementsen, Mirjana Josipović, et al.. (2018). Long term safety and visibility of a novel liquid fiducial marker for use in image guided radiotherapy of non-small cell lung cancer. Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology. 13. 24–28. 16 indexed citations

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Josipović, Mirjana, et al.. (2016). Deep inspiration breath-hold radiotherapy for lung cancer: impact on image quality and registration uncertainty in cone beam CT image guidance. British Journal of Radiology. 89(1068). 20160544–20160544. 19 indexed citations

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Maraldo, Maja V., Bouthaina S. Dabaja, Andrea Riccardo Filippi, et al.. (2015). Radiation Therapy Planning for Early-Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma: Experience of the International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 92(1). 144–152. 17 indexed citations

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Forner, Lone, et al.. (2013). Osteoradionecrosis: Patient characteristics and treatment outcome in a cohort from Copenhagen University Hospital 1995-2005. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 2(2). 105–113. 1 indexed citations

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El‐Galaly, Tarec Christoffer, Francesco d’Amore, Karen Juul Mylam, et al.. (2012). Routine Bone Marrow Biopsy Has Little or No Therapeutic Consequence for Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography–Staged Treatment-Naive Patients With Hodgkin Lymphoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 30(36). 4508–4514. 165 indexed citations

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Vogelius, Ivan R., Søren M. Bentzen, Maja V. Maraldo, René Horsleben Petersen, & Lena Specht. (2011). Risk factors for radiation‐induced hypothyroidism. Cancer. 117(23). 5250–5260. 77 indexed citations

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Persson, Gitte Fredberg, et al.. (2008). Can audio coached 4D CT emulate free breathing during the treatment course?. Acta Oncologica. 47(7). 1397–1405. 21 indexed citations

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Gallamini, Andrea, Martin Hutchings, Luigi Rigacci, et al.. (2007). Early Interim 2-[ ¹⁸ F]Fluoro-2-Deoxy-D-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography Is Prognostically Superior to International Prognostic Score in Advanced-Stage Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A Report From a Joint Italian-Danish Study. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 25(24). 3746–3752. 552 indexed citations breakdown →

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