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Prof. Dr. Michael van Kampen

Prof. Dr. Michael van Kampen

Radiation Oncologist

Chief

Graduation,

Frankfurt, Germany

Works at Nordwest Hospital, Frankfurt

31 years of experience

About Prof. Dr. Michael van Kampen

  • Prof. Dr. Michael van Kampen is a well-experienced Radiation Oncologist with more than 31 years in the field. 
  • He is a respected member of various associations such as the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), German Society for Medical Physics (DGMP), European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO), German Society for Radiation Oncology (DEGRO), and Hellenic Association of Medical Physicists (EFIE).
  • After completing his education in human medicine at the universities of Hamburg and Erlangen from 1982 to 1989, and Habilitation in the subject of clinical radiology, University of Heidelberg: "Is there a volume-effect relationship of intraoperative radiation therapy?" in 1995.
  • Dr. Kampen has written several publications in peer-reviewed journals and chapters in textbooks.
  • He has experience in treating High precision radiation therapy, IMRT, Stereotaxic, Radiosurgery, Combined radio-chemotherapy, Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT), etc.

Location Location

Frankfurt, Germany

Special Interest

High precision radiation therapy IMRT Stereotaxic Radiosurgery Combined radio-chemotherapy Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (CUP) Treatment Endometrial Cancer Treatment

Work Experience of Prof. Dr. Michael van Kampen

Associate Consultant, German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, FS05
Associate Consultant, Nuremberg North Clinic, Radiotherapy

Prof. Dr. Michael van Kampen's

  • Graduation, 1982, Universities of Hamburg and Erlangen

  • Schwarzbach, M., Attigah, N., Willeke, F., Hinz, U., van Kampen, M., Mechtersheimer, Lehnert, Th., Herfarth, Ch .: Results of oncological follow-up resection in soft tissue acomas. The surgeon 71 (2000) 1359-1364.
  • Wenz, F., Steinvorth, S., Lohr, F., Fruehauf S., Wildermuth, S., van Kampen, M., Wannenmacher, M .: Prospective evaluation of delayed central nervous system (CNS) toxicity of hypofractionated total body irradiation (TBI). Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys. (2000) 1497-1501.
  • van Kampen, M., MJ Eble, Th. Lehnert, L. Bernd, K. Jensen, F. Hensley, R. Krempien, M. Wannenmacher: Correlation of intraoperatively irradiated volume and fibrosis in patients with soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 51 (2001) 94-99.
  • Zierhut D, Bettscheider C, Schubert K, van Kampen M, Wannenmacher M. Radiation therapy of stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
  • Lung cancer. 2001 Dec; 34 Suppl 3: S39-43
  • Piroth MD, Zierhut D, van Kampen M, Sroka-Perez G, Wannenmacher M. Lung dose depending on exact patient positioning during total body irradiation (TBI). Isoeffectiveness considerations to assess the risk of interstitial pneumonia after TBI]
  • Radiation Therapy Oncol. 2002 (178): 43-9.
  • Gagel B, Schramm O, Harms W, Mulhern A, Wenz F, van Kampen M, Wannenmacher M, Eble MJ: The Electronic Portal Imaging System Siemens Beamview Plus Versus the Conventional Verification Films CEA-TVS and Du Pont CQL-7. A Critical Appraisel of Visual Image Quality. Strahlenther Onkol 2002 178 446-52.
  • van Kampen M, Eble MJ, Krempien R, Jensen K, Aydenitz B, Metzger M, Hensley F, Haufe S, Amelung F, Wallwiener D, Wannenmacher M. Influence of irradiated volume on ureteral injury after intraoperative radiation therapy: experimental study in dogs .
  • Radiology. 228 (2003) 139-43.
  • Combs SE, Gutwein S, Schulz-Partner D, van Kampen M, Thalmann C, Edler L, Wannenmacher MM, Debus J. Temozolomide combined with irradiation as postoperative treatment of primary glioblastoma multiforme. Phase I / II study.
  • Radiation Therapy Oncol. 2005 (181) 372-7.
  • Funk A, Hensley F, Krempien R, Neuhof D, Van Kampen M, Driver M, Roeder F, Timke C, Herfarth K, Helmbold P, Debus J, Bischof M. Palliative total skin electron beam therapy (TSEBT) for advanced cutaneous T. -cell lymphoma. Eur J Dermacol. 2008 May-Jun; 18 (3): 308-12.
  • Vorwerk H, Beckmann G, Bremer M, Degen M, Dietl B, Fietkau R, Gsänger T, Hermann RM, Alfred Herrmann MK, Höller U, van Kampen M, Körber W, Maier B, Martin T, Metz M, Richter R, Siekmeyer B, Steder M, Wagner D, Hess CF, Weiss E, Christiansen H. The delineation of target volumes for radiotherapy of lung cancer patients. Radiother Oncol. 2009 Jun; 91 (3): 455-60.
  • van Kampen M, Mieles B, Welslau B. Evolution in contouring for treatment planning: How much time do modern tools really save? Strahlenth Onkol 2010, 186 (S1):
  • van Kampen, M. and Walz, M. Minimum quantities versus minimum number of staff: Two opposing philosophies on quality and quantity in radiation therapy. Radiation th Onkol 2012 (submitted)

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Chest x-rays and various imaging procedures are required by the radiation oncologist.

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