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Ane Appelt

@cancerphysicist.bsky.social

Physicist, cancer & radiotherapy researcher, trialist, data nerd. Global low-carbon / train traveller. Occasional caver & underground photographer. Professor of Clinical Medical Physics at Rigshospitalet & DTU, Copenhagen, DK #radonc #medphys

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That would be amazing! Tuesday morning works - just let me know when fits you 😊

26.07.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AAPM, here I come! Only my 2nd time ever, and 7 years since I last went 😳 Have acquired a few more grey hair & wrinkles in the meantime, but still excited to hear what’s happening on the other side of the pond. And please all reach out if you want to meet up! #medphys #AAPM2025

25.07.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Biked the 7km home in the rain in high heels and a dress. I believe this means I’m now formally reassimilated? πŸ‡©πŸ‡° πŸš΄β€β™€οΈ
#Copenhagen #CyclingCulture

11.07.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My inaugural lecture as Professor of Clinical Medical Physics at Rigshospitalet and DTU will be on the 6th Oct at 3pm in Auditorium 1, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen

It would be lovely to see a lot of familiar faces, for the lecture and for the reception afterwards ☺️
#medphys #radonc

02.07.2025 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Survived the first week in my new workplace. Got an office, computer, keys & ID card - and so many lovely and welcoming colleagues. Key items have been added to my empty office shelves, and I’ve got tentative plans for stuff to work on over the coming months. Could do with some sleep, though πŸ˜‚

20.06.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently blocks of perspex do indeed show up as water equivalent on airport security scanners. Lesson learned, I guess πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ #medphys

15.06.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For noen kan et lite regnbueflagg bety at vi fΓΈler oss tryggere. Man ser flagget og tenker; Β« her kan jeg passe innΒ»
En enkel mΓ₯te Γ₯ vite at jeg ogsΓ₯ blir satt pris pΓ₯.

Veldig fin video
Oslo Pride🌈

28.05.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2708    πŸ” 883    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 372

It was a pleasure! Thank you so much for keeping me company 😊 Hope the last leg is at least going smoothly - LNER did their job and got me onto another train, so now heading north to Leeds

07.05.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚ We had enough of an ESTRO contingent on the train that we could have reasonably brought her with us 😁

(Although … you were nominally the industry representative in the group. So wasn’t the coffee your responsibility?!?)

07.05.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, we’ve got as far as Brussels. Now waiting for the 14:52 Eurostar (after the staff kindly rebooked us). So only 2 hours delay so far, at least - but I’m really sad about missing out on a leisurely morning with breakfast on the train πŸ™

07.05.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh well, that didn’t quite go to plan … Got 9 hours of restful sleep and a shower, but now stuck in Cologne waiting for a replacement bus. At least I’ve got good company! #ESTRO25

07.05.2025 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

In terms of the response rate, I think that’s actually pretty good, given that it’s 6 months later and many of these patients were referred back to surgical departments etc, so lost contact with the RT department. And we didn’t use electronic questionnaires, so they had to get it in person

07.05.2025 06:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Good questions, and maybe @beardy-econ.bsky.social is better placed to answer 😊 But no, they weren’t all treated identically - most were included in the APHRODITE trial, which ment that they were randomised between standard and dose escalated LCRT. But some were treated outside trial

07.05.2025 06:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My feet are shattered by too much walking in heels, and I'm functioning on about 15 hours of sleep over the last five days. So now hanging out in a cool little cafe, trying to keep awake before boarding the night train to BrusselsπŸš†
See you all in Stockholm next year #ESTRO25

06.05.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

This was also my very first conference with my partner attending - and we even had a joint study to present 😊 bsky.app/profile/canc...

06.05.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I gave a total of 5 talks, attended & chaired numerous meetings, made it to too few of the scientific talks (πŸ™ online recordings!), and saw so many friends and colleagues that I have lost count a long time ago. I even managed to meet a few new people (@NiuSanford!) #ESTRO25

06.05.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I got to catch up with my partner in crime (i.e. all things #reirradiation) Eliana Vasquez Osorio, who gave a brilliant - as always - talk on image registration for reRT dose accumulation today #radonc #medphys #ESTRO25

06.05.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We got to present our innovative #reirradiation treatment planning solution, developed in close collaboration with RaySearch - and we saw the near-final implementation in RayStation. I can't believe that this may soon be available for clinical treatments! bsky.app/profile/canc...

06.05.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#ESTRO25 was dominated by #reirradiation for me: invited talks, collaborators w/ presentations, Physics ReRT Working Group meeting, launch of the multidisciplinary ESTRO ReRT Focus Group, lunchtime meet&greet, rectal cancer reRT guidelines & more bsky.app/profile/canc...

06.05.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The lower GI clinical trials sessions were packed with groundbreaking findings: primary reporting from STAR-TREC, PLATO ACT 4, PRIME-RT, STELLAR II, CAO/ARO/AIO-16, and more
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No other scientific meeting has this high level of #radonc trial & research!

06.05.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a blast - #ESTRO25 has been absolutely amazing πŸ™Œ
The scientific programme was outstanding: not only the clinical track - with many, many large trials reported - but also extremely strong #medphys, #RTT and #radbio tracks

06.05.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I couldn't agree more. We need more patient involvement - and we need it to not be confined to the last Tuesday session! I couldn't make it (speaking at the same time ...), but it looks like it was an excellent session - can't wait to catch up on the recording #ESTRO25

06.05.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting perspective on #ESTRO25 from a #healthecon researcher. Where is all the research on decision making, patient preferences, valuation - and, to some extend, QoL and PROMs?

06.05.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Love it when a plan comes together! This year’s joint #ESTRO25-AAPM symposium is the culmination of 3 years of cross-Atlantic #reirradiation collaboration🀩
πŸ”ΉChuck Mayo: #medphys-led workflows
πŸ”ΉSΓΈren Bentzen: #radbio
πŸ”ΉMarija Popovic: dose accumulation
πŸ”ΉLone Hoffmann: reRT trial design & QA

06.05.2025 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Dose metrics linked to bowel toxicity for rectal RT in the RAPIDO trial: Amazing work by Max Tanaka from NKI

Medium-to-high dose volumes for bowel bag (RTOG or Embrace) best predictors for both acute & late toxicity - V30Gy for LCRT, V20Gy for short course #ESTRO25 #radonc #medphys

05.05.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hella Sand looked at rigid v deformable reg for lung #reirradiation. Both performed well, with good inter-centre consistency, but less variation for DIR, especially for cumulative max dose. Results have driven recommendations in the CURE Lung reRT trial #radonc #medphys #ESTRO25

05.05.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Isak Wahlsted led a national study of dose accumulation for #reirradiation: 8 diverse cases evaluated in all Danish RT centres

Image reg was consistent & high quality; but differences in a/b & tissue recovery gave substantial intercentre variation in cumulative dose #medphys #radonc #ESTRO25

05.05.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Inter-centre variation in image registration for #reirradiation from DK: Two great studies from collaborators presented at #ESTRO25
Conclusions: Image registration-based dose accum for reRT is feasible. For lung, DIR is better than RIR. Radiobio factors largest source of variation #radonc #medphys

05.05.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great to see first outputs from ESTRO-EORTC ReCare cohort on high-dose #reirradiation - such data are sorely needed! Jonas Willmann presented characteristics for first 290 patients #ESTRO25; w/ large groups of thoracic & pelvic cancers. Current patient enrolment closing in on 500 patients! #radonc

05.05.2025 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a way to celebrate a paper! Arnaud Beddok had arranged for chocolate and champagne for the whole co-author group to mark the acceptance of a large review paper for publication. Way to set the bar high for future papers πŸ˜… #ESTRO25 #radonc #medphys

05.05.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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