Jens Overgaard

Professor

• CIRRO Connection: Director
• Institution: Aarhus University Hospital
• Department: Dept. Experimental Clinicall Oncology
• Address: Norrebrogade 44, bld 5
• Zip: DK-8000
• City: Aarhus C
• Phone: +45 89492629
• Mobile: +45 40272629
• Fax: +45 89197109
• Email: jens@oncology.dk
• Link: www.oncology.dk

Research interests

Experimental and clinical oncology with special focus on radiation oncology

Publications

• Eriksen JG, Lassen P, Overgaard J. Do all patients with head and neck cancer benefit from radiotherapy and concurrent cetuximab?

• Busk M, Munk OL, Jakobsen S, Wang T, Skals M, Steiniche T, Horsman MR, Overgaard J Assessing hypoxia in animal tumor models based on pharmacokinetic analysis of dynamic FAZA PET In press

• Sørensen BS, Toustrup K, Horsman MR, Overgaard J, Alsner J Identifying pH independent hypoxia induced genes in human squamous cell carcinomas in vitro Acta Oncol. 2010 Apr 29

• Olsen DR, Overgaard J Leveraging clinical performance by technological excellence - The case of particle therapy Radiother Oncol. 2010 Apr;95(1):1-2

• Overgaard J, Mohanti BK, Begum N, Ali R, Agarwal JP, Kuddu M, Bhasker S, Tatsuzaki H, Grau C. Five versus six fractions of radiotherapy per week for squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck (IAEA-ACC study): a randomised, multicentre trial Lancet Oncol. 2010 Apr 8

• Lassen P, Eriksen JG, Hamilton-Dutoit S, Tramm T, Alsner J, Overgaard J; HPV-associated p16-expression and response to hypoxic modification of radiotherapy in head and neck cancer Radiother Oncol. 2010 Jan;94(1):30-5

• Overgaard J. Chemoradiotherapy of head and neck cancer – Can the bumble bee fly? Radiother Oncol. 2009 Jul;92(1):1-3.

• Busk M, Horsman MR, Jakobsen S, Hansen KV, Bussink J, van der Kogel A, Overgaard J. Can hypoxia-PET map hypoxic cell density heterogeneity accurately in an animal tumor model at a clinically obtainable image contrast? Radiother Oncol. 2009 Sep;92(3):429-36.

• Sørensen BS, Horsman MR, Vorum H, Honoré B, Overgaard J, Alsner J Proteins upregulated by mild and severe hypoxia in squamous cell carcinomas in vitro identified by proteomics Radiother Oncol. 2009 Sep;92(3):443-9

• Offersen BV, Overgaard M, Kroman N, Overgaard J Accelerated partial breast irradiation as part of breast conserving therapy of early breast carcinoma: a systematic review Radiother Oncol. 2009 Jan;90(1):1-13.

• Lassen P, Eriksen JG, Hamilton-Dutoit S, Tramm T, Alsner J, Overgaard J Effect of HPV-associated p16INK4A expression on response to radiotherapy and survival in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck J Clin Oncol. 2009 Apr 20;27(12):1992-8.