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Henning Willers, MD

1 year

Humbled to receive this honor together with so many talented and dedicated individuals present and past🙏🙏🙏 Looking forward to continuing to contribute to @ASTRO_org and #radonc #radbio @MGHCancerCenter @MGHThoracicOnc

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1 year

ASTRO has selected 29 members to receive the ASTRO Fellow (FASTRO) designation. Congratulations to the 2023 Fellows! The 2023 class of Fellows will be inducted during the Awards Ceremony at #ASTRO23 in San Diego. View the full list here:

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Henning Willers, MD

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1 year

It is with great sadness to let you know that Jay Loeffler, MD, former Chief of #radonc @MGHCancerCenter passed away 😢 He was a clinical innovator and leader, having pioneered the use of linacs for intracranial SRS I am forever indebted to him for hiring me & starting up my

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@AshleyGWinter 5, eh?😅 Standard fractionation = I give you a small piece of chocolate every day for like 2 months Hypofractionation = Larger piece of chocolate for 4 weeks Ultrafractionation = HUGE piece 5 days in a row😉 IMRT = I am gonna throw the chocolate at you from more than 4

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

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1/ It is with great sorrow💔to let you know that Herman D Suit MD DPhil ◾️Former Chair of #radonc @MGHCancerCenter ◾️A Giant in the field #radonc #radbio #medphys ◾️'Father' of #protontherapy ◾️Former president of @ASTRO_org @RRS_RadRes has passed away at the age of 93😢

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

5 years

So thrilled! Finally out in @CellReports : #EGFR targeted therapy induces #PARP inhibitor sensitivity in EGFR mutant #lungcancer #LCSM @MGHCancerCenter @MGH_RI @MassGeneralNews @LeciaSequist @ZPiotrowskaMD Supported by @LungAssociation @theNCI

Acquired Resistance of EGFR-Mutated Lung Cancer to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Treatment Promotes...

Marcar et al. show that epidermal growth factor receptor mutant (EGFRmut) lung cancer cells with acquired resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) exhibit PARP-1 dependence for survival....

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

Heartfelt congratulations to @sophia_kamran for becoming inaugural Director of #diversity #equity #inclusion of #radonc @MGHCancerCenter 👏 Sophia is a rising 🌟 #physicianscientist in her own right & will now have even more tremendous impact on #DEI #PrecisionMedicine #radbio

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

AUDARA update with longer F/U but OS data still withheld Interesting👀 Brain mets incidence starts to rise AFTER 3 years osi is up in stage II/IIIA while in control group it plateaus at ~10%. So does osi really only delay recurrence?🧐 Do we need MRIs???

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

📢Huge congrats👏👏👏 to @TedHong9 for being the new 🔬 #radonc Vice Chair of Research & Scientific Affairs🧪 at @MGHCancerCenter ☢️ Thrilled for you to get us to the next level⬆️💪🤗 #clinicaltrials #precisionmedicine #immunotherapy #protontherapy #radbio #teamscience

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

☢️🔬Honored & thrilled to share, at long last, the launch of our @MGHCancerCenter #RadBio Program which Li Lan & @CGrassberger will co-lead👍👍 Question to #radonc #twitter : what should be the highest priorities for a clinically oriented #radbio program?

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

More than 100 years ago Dr Dessauer demanded #radiotherapy dose homogeneity in the field; a concept that has rightfully endured☢️⚠️ But with modern IMRT why not give more to the tumor center⁉️🧐🤨 [unless critical normal tissue mixed in with tumor] #radbio #doubletrouble #lcsm

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

Love it that @max_diehn #lungcancer #physicianscientist is the new Director for Radiation & Cancer Biology at @StanfordRadOnc . A proud tradition & exciting future for breakthroughs in clinical #radbio , genomic biomarkers, ctDNA, early #lungcancer detection & more! #radonc #lcsm

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

5 years

Why is it that radiation oncologists often seem to be reduced to what kind of "fancy" machines they have? I wonder how we have come to this ... 🤔 #radonc #advocacy #meded @MKnoll_MD @DrewMoghanaki @subatomicdoc @TimothyKruserMD @judykeenphd @ASTRO_org @MGHCancerCenter

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

🚨Very important analysis on reducing #radiotherapy dose to LAD (V15<10%)🚨 @Dr_RayMak @_katelynatkins Can you share with us what brush size was used for contouring LAD (~7mm?) & which cc volume 10% corresponds to?🙏 @OncoAlert @joe_deasy @JeffBradleyMD

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

1/n 🚨Thrilled to report our pragmatic @MGHCancerCenter Phase I trial on contralateral esophagus sparing in @JAMAOnc , started 6 years ago & spearheaded by the amazing @sophia_kamran 🚨 ☢️We hope this is a step in the right direction for our #lungcancer patients🤍 #radonc #lcsm

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

Nice job by @MayoRadOnc team exploiting biology of #protontherapy #radbio 🚨Paper includes FIRST in vivo data suggesting that homologous recombination defects (BRCAmut) indeed cause proton sensitivity, validating in vitro studies by us & others🚨 👏👏👏

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

Always nice when my wife @SMahalingaiahMD and I are on the same page😇💕 @BostonMagazine 🙏🙏🙏

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

1 year

There are 4 teachings I picked up from Noah Choi, MD who was a thoracic #radonc attending here for almost 40 years: 1⃣ Never lose hope (even a very large #lungcancer can sometimes be cured with #radiotherapy ) 2⃣Always take the extra step for your patients 3⃣Leverage

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

#SundayMotivation Shoutout to my friend & classmate Helen Shih MD FASTRO (not on #Twitter 😂) for being newly anointed Professor of #radonc @harvardmed . The power of #femaleleadership , talent & integrity💪 @MGHCancerCenter @MGHNeuroOnc @MGHNeurosurg @MassGeneralMDs @ASTRO_org

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

👍Congratulations to Anthony Zietman MD FASTRO who has won the @MassGenBrigham 2020 Medical Education Award for Outstanding Program Director #HROP #radonc 👏 Always engaged, kind, listening, full of positive energy, and eager to improve things!🙏 But, still not on Twitter😒

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

1 year

1/ #ASTRO23 @SorenBentzen presenting on hypofractionated accelerated HNSCC #radiotherapy Soren one of my all time favorite speakers👍 Also nobody does #radbio better (no matter what @rweichselbaum thinkes about LQ☺️) @OncoAlert

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

#LungCancerAwarenessMonth 🚨Amazing how arrival of #immunotherapy ~6 years ago changed #lungcancer biology Rapid mediastinal oligoprogression after several systemic therapies incl nivo, #radiotherapy ☢️Retreatment with 20 Gy +docetaxel 😵Disease free for 4 years‼️ #Hope

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

Extra special during #ASTRO21 💥 Celebrating @sophia_kamran 's FIRST External Grant TCR sequencing oligometastatic #prostatecancer @PCF_Science @VarianMedSys Proud moment 🥂 Fully launching #physicianscientist career🛫 #WomenWhoCurie #needherscience #mentorship @VanAllenLab

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

That time of year again☢️🧐 Official @harvardmed course teaching a tidy 20 hrs of radiation biology to #radonc residents, #medphysics students, fellows, the occasional attending😉 & more Dr. Kathy Held @MGHCancerCenter has taught this course for 25+ years 🙏🙏🙏 #radbio #meded

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

Huge congratulations are in order 🥳👏👍🙏 @ErinGillespieMD @ChelseaPinnix #ASTRO22 #womenwhocurie

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

11 months

Heartfelt congratulations @DHaasKogan 👏👏👏 Now it's official‼️ Exciting times ahead‼️ 🔥🔥🔥 @MGHCancerCenter @MassGenBrigham @BrighamRadOnc @MassGeneralNews

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

My neck still hurts by the way🤣 #ASTRO21 #SocialChampion #TweetStorm #RadBio #LCSM

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

Farewell Natasha, lead #radiation therapist (RTT) for our #lungcancer patients, after 12+ years. She's the best, always kind, caring, compassionate. We love her. North Shore you're lucky! RTTs - often underappreciated yet critical for patient care + precise radiation delivery🙏🙏

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

📢Finally out: Inspiring, and provocative, phase II study on #protontherapy for LMD by @JYangMDPhD @imrtlee @simonpowell213 et al. @MSK_RadOnc in @JCO_ASCO 🔥🔥🔥 These are difficult studies to do‼️💪🙏 @OncoAlert @PTCOGNA #btsm #radonc

Randomized Phase II Trial of Proton Craniospinal Irradiation Versus Photon Involved-Field Radioth...

PURPOSEPhoton involved-field radiotherapy (IFRT) is the standard-of-care radiotherapy for patients with leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) from solid tumors. We tested whether proton craniospinal...

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

5 years

Anthony Zietman again showing leadership uniting #radonc faculty, nursing, physicists, lab, staff, therapists and other for THE DANCE at annual MGH Departmental holiday/winter party 🍾💃🕺💥

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

It's still #LungCancerAwarenessMonth ☢️ #radiotherapy cures #lungcancer ☢️ Patient with bulky N2 NSCLC & solitary brain metastasis➡️brain surgery, #radiotherapy , chemotherapy (no #immunotherapy ) Alive, well & no recurrence after 8 years😍👍 Never give up #hope 💪 #LCSM #LCAM

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

In other news @CGrassberger has been promoted to a chair 😁👍

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

5 years

First #Diversity award ever in #radonc @MGHCancerCenter goes to rising star @sophia_kamran for her work on predicting #radiotherapy side effects in #prostatecancer . #pcsm #mghcdi #womenwhocurie #precision_radiation_medicine @MGH_RI @VanAllenLab @TedHong9 @ASTRO_Chair

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

@OdedRechavi Video Killed The Radio Star🎹🎸📺 😂

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

1/ 🚨 #radonc -pick up the new #RedJournal issue (Dec1 -ahead of its time) Lovely, lovely tribute to outgoing Editor-in-Chief Anthony Zietman♥️ I can't possibly do justice in 1 #MondayMorning tweet 🧵 but if y'all chime in, maybe we can make #LoveALZ trend❓😊 @sueyom

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

1/3 Woah this just blew me away, targeting IDH downstream metabolism with radiosensitization in #glioma in the #ASTRO21 Plenary Session By Dr Diana Shi @BrighamRadOnc @MGHCancerCenter @kaelin_lab #radbio

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

#RadRes2022 science starts with #hypoxia and lots of #Canadians #radbio power💪💪💪 @bradwouters @MKoritzinsky & Rob Bristow (out of focus but not on Twitter, phheww🙃) With a wonderful tribute to Dick Hill who recently passed🙏

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

#LungCancerAwarenessMonth ☢️ #radiotherapy cures #lungcancer 🫁 SBRT for a large early-stage NSCLC in an elderly patient with COPD on oxygen ✅no recurrence > 5 yrs ✅no change in breathing ✅moderate skin redness ✅asymptomatic rib fracture 👍👍👍 #radonc #LCSM #LCAM

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

Spontaneous, slightly overdue celebration of @sophia_kamran 's appointment to Inaugural Director of #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion at @MGHCancerCenter #radonc 🥳👍 There is lots to do that will require much work, likely small steps & catchy acronyms 😁😅 #DEIinRO #timeforchange

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

#ASTRO21 #LCSM Important phase II trial Closed at 50/120 patients With caveat of small sample addition of SBRT to nivo #immunotherapy in metastatic #lungcancer did not show (dramatic) efficacy signal @_ShankarSiva - thoughts on way forward in this space?

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

#ASTRO21 #selfies time My distinct honor & luck to be running into the distinguished Charles Thomas Jr (sadly not on #Twitter 🙃) who has done an absolutely incredible amount for #radonc #DEI #mentorship 🙏🙏🙏

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

1 year

1/ #ASTRO23 Gold Medal 🏅 to @simonpowell213 ✅️Ever the commensurate #physicianscientist ✅️Role model for #radonc #radbio researchers🙏 ✅️Inspirations to IMGs❗️ ✅️Proof of the impact of Random Events in Medicine (recruited to MGH following a talk given after Herman

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

5 years

Clinical Radiation Biology Trivia☢️ No. 4⃣ A Multifocal #lungcancer , ground glass lesion treated with #SBRT B 3.5 years later (with permission) This resulted from❓ a. massive TGFb release b. tumor hypoxia c. alpha/beta >20Gy d. local immunosupression 🙏 #radonc #radbio #MedEd

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

Amazing how quickly websites can get outdated😅 Anthony Zietman, MD FASTRO Interim Chair of @MassGeneralNews Radiation Oncology starting Jan 1🔥 Looking forward to your #leadership !🙏 @MassGenBrigham @MassGeneralMDs #radonc #Integrity #DiversityandInclusion #NeverSayNever 😉

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

5 years

Fun photo - Thanks @ASTRO_org 🙏 My first ever #TweetUp ✅ Loved meeting #IRL 😊 #ASTRO19 ☢️

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

#ASTRO21 #LCSM Clinical trial of SBRT for mediastinal nodes in #lungcancer with #Immunotherapy Dose 50 Gy/5 fx Lack of serious early toxicity is encouraging though longer follow up is needed to assess long term AEs Off protocol, probably should not go >30-35 Gy/ 5fx QOD IMHO

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

11 months

White smoke has risen‼️ We have a new #radonc chair🙏👍😊 @MassGenBrigham

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

9 months

📢Terrific perspective in the @IJROBP on what is next for #immunotherapy & #radiotherapy 🔥 by @AmyWisdom8 @jdschoenfeld1 @DKirschMDPhD @SalmaJabbour1 @JoeChangMD @CGrassberger @AE_MarciscanoMD @mouwlab et al🙏 #radbio #radonc @OncoAlert @rweichselbaum

The Next Chapter in Immunotherapy and Radiation Combination Therapy: Cancer-Specific Perspectives

Immunotherapeutic agents have revolutionized cancer treatment over the past decade. However, most patients fail to respond to immunotherapy alone. A growing body of preclinical studies highlights the...

www.redjournal.org

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

#LungCancerAwarenessMonth Last week I ran a virtual 5K (35min) with @MassGenBrigham Team for @RO_Institute @ASTRO_org 🏃🏃‍♀️🏃🏃‍♂️ Today I ran a 5K (32min💪) for @lcrf_org & will be making a contribution to support #lungcancer 👍🏃 #cancerresearch #researchmatters #LCAM #LCSM

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

LungART trial finally out at #ESMO20 . Postop #radiotherapy with no significant benefit. Mediastinal recurrence of 46% without PORT was what would be expected & PORT decreased it but (I must say surprisingly) did not translate into DFS or OS benefit @PercyLeeMD @KHigginsMD #lcsm

Stephen V Liu, MD

@StephenVLiu

4 years

#ESMO20 LUNG ART showed no improvement in DFS or OS with post-operative radiotherapy for completely resected N2 NSCLC. In fact, PORT had a non-significant increase in DFS and increased cardiopulmonary toxicity. Routine PORT no longer SOC. #LCSM @OncoAlert

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

1/n Inspiring Presidential Address #ASTRO21 by @ldawsonmd The time for (urgent) change is NOW

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

1/ @SalmaJabbour1 updating keynote 799, Pembro concurrent with CRT in stage III #NSCLC 2 year results remain excellent #ASTRO22 @OncoAlert

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

Touching tribute at #HROP #radonc residency graduation to 3 amazing #womenwhocurie we lost this past year: Claire Beard Melenda Jeter Larissa Lee Julia Wong & @MiyamotoDavid with a beautiful musical eulogy 🙏 😥😥😥

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

Such a treat to hear @DKirschMDPhD speak on his now a couple of decades spanning research in the famous @MassGeneralNews Ether Dome🙏 Good to know p53 is alive + well😊 Absolute photo op pleasure with Helen Shih & then residency program director Anthony Zietman #ClassOf2005 👍

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

1 year

💡It has recently come to my attention that @sophia_kamran never got a🎂while she rotated through the 🫁Thoracic service as a resident (even though that included her birthday & she [obviously] was a🌟resident)😳 Ok, that was back in 2014 😂 but it's never too late to make

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

☢️Annual @harvardmed #radbio lecture series🔬 This lecture has been called "Cell Survival Curves" for many years Anyone can suggest a more modern title❓ 🙏🙏🙏 Not eligible: "LQ is non-sense" @rweichselbaum 😂 "All roads lead to RSI" @jtorresroca 😂 @lauremarignol @RRS_RadRes

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

So ⛽️ed to have @rweichselbaum @UChicago give #radonc #radbio Grand Rounds on oligometastatic #cancer tomorrow‼️ Should be very educational -and entertaining 😊 🙏🙏🙏 [feel free to email or DM me for link] @MGHCancerCenter @MGH_RI @MGHThoracicOnc @MGHSteeleLabs

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

🚨This is ... quite fascinating!! 🚨 🧬DNA damage is a homeostatic driver for sleep, and PARP1 can sense this cellular pressure and facilitate sleep & repair activity🛌 🧐Better to give PARP inhibitor only in the morning⁉️ @ProfAJChalmers ➡️

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

5 years

Live tweeting is exhausting ... Awesome job everybody at @ASTRO_org Presidential Symposium arguing for and against #SABR use to try to cure oligometastatic #cancer It might be a tie😉 Wait for poll. #ASTRO19 #OncoAlert

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

Molecular Targeted Radiosensitizers Preprint Intro 2020 @SpringerNature Iris Eke @StanfordRadOnc & I @MGHCancerCenter thank all authors incl collaborators @_MichaelBaumann @StevenLin_MDPhD @UMichRadOnc 🙏 #radonc #RTdrugcombo #Oncoalert @NCIResearchCtr

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

5 years

When a patient with early #lungcancer asks his/her surgeon or radiation oncologist about the chances of a local tumor recurrence, the answer depends on what type of definition of recurrence is used. It's a bit like comparing 🍏with 🍊 #radonc #SBRT #lcsm

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

Memorial on the grounds of the Hermann-Holthusen-Institute in Hamburg Germany, honoring physicians, physicists, nurses etc lost to the complications of underappreciated radiation exposure in the early 1900s #125YrsRadonc #Radonc @SorenBentzen @Rad_Nation

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

#ASTRO21 #selfies time Awesome to congratulate in person the amazing @DrWinkfield for joining @POTUS National Cancer Advisory Board💪👍 Let's change our image as Machine Doctors who are defined by the machines we run (and market😉). We are MORE. #radonc #oncology #DEI

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

1/n #ASTRO20 #OncoAlert #LCSM Phase I trial of contralateral esophagus sparing for locally advanced NSCLC & SCLC, presented by rising 🌟 @sophia_kamran G3 esophagitis =terrible AE (G2 can be bad too!) & may limit treatment intensification with ⬆️dose (see RTOG 0617) and➕drugs

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

5 years

Our poster at #NACLC19 ➡️ KRAS/TP53 (KP) mutation mediates radioresistance (we have now 4 papers on this) ➡️ Radiation tumor response curves are sigmoid, more dose is better! ➡️Radioresistance can be overcome by dose escalation or KP selective inhibitors #radonc #lcsm #OncoAlert

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

1 year

Who knew❓️😁 #PictureOfTheDay

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

Congratulations to @sueyom who will succeed Anthony Zietman as Editor-in-chief of the @ASTRO_org flagship journal: Int J Radiat Oncol Phys = Red Journal We are blessed to have her at the helm🙏 #radoncwomen #radonc @ldawsonmd @PRJeffWhite @ASTRO_Chair

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

Very excited to welcome to the @ABR_Radiology Radiation Biology Committee: @carmenbergom @RadNucPhD @AKesarwala @jenniferyumdphd & Phuoc Tran (who needs a #Twitter account!) @hopkinskimmel . Looking forward to writing questions together! #radonc #radbio @ARRO_org @ASTRO_org

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

O man I just cleared the entrance way like an hour ago😂 #blizzard2022 #Boston ❄️❄️❄️

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

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1/n 🎇New Year. Old Challenges. How to best combine targeted agents with #radiotherapy ? Pleasure to have edited a book on this topic with Iris Eke @StanfordRadOnc Overview Chapter1⃣ Introduction #radonc #radbio #RTdrugcombo #PrecisionMedicine

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

5 years

Can't repeat if often enough, so: Proud of @sophia_kamran , voice of reason and held her own at #ASTRO19 presidential debate on #SABR for oligometastatic #cancer #womenwhocurie #WomenInMedicine #HeForShe @ASTRO_org @MGHCancerCenter @rweichselbaum

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

1/ Presidential Symposium on normal tissue toxicity⚠️ Great intro by Sarah Kerns🙏 There is some evidence for genetic predisposition to unusual normal tissue toxicity but outside perhaps ATM how to predict? It's complex... #ASTRO22 #radbio @OncoAlert

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

5 years

Our clinical radiation biology ☢️🔬review out now😊 Temp free pdf here (free is good!): Fabulous to have rising stars @sophia_kamran @KatieKeaneMD contributions on this topic 👍👍 We welcome any feedback on #MedTwitter !! #radonc #radbio #OncoAlert

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

5 years

Honored to join @ASTRO_org Red Journal as Associate Editor for Biology under @BrianMarples leadership. Also joining @ProfAJChalmers @MKoritzinsky & others. Exciting to be in radiation biology in 2019, many clinical translation opportunities #radbio #radonc #ASTRO19 #OncoAlert

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

Joining the (still slowly) growing crowd ... Thankful for #COVID19 #CovidVaccine @moderna_tx Shot #1 . Well organized vaccination clinic! @MassGenBrigham 🙏🙏🙏 Just like a flu shot 😉

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

Should @NCCN Guidelines for #lungcancer screening recommend that medical + radiation oncologists be included in the multidisciplinary assessment of lung nodules? #lcsm #radonc #lungcancerscreening @ilennes @LeciaSequist @KatieKeaneMD @n8pennell @SimonLo21054188 @BrendonStilesMD

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

Report on brachial plexopathy after SRS for apical lung tumors 🙏for sharing these data Worth discussing 🤔Should the rate of nerve injury after SBRT be a firm 0? 🤔What is appropriate follow up (median only 21 mo)? @SBRT_CR @JoeChangMD @SorenBentzen

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

1st hair cut in 4 months feels pretty good😆 People don't seem to know that the hair salon at @MassGeneralNews is open again, though for employees only. I was the only customer today!😂

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

@Caroline_Bartma Pro Tip: If you have to pick one or more cell lines, pick one(s) that grow well and reasonably fast, are myco free, and authenticated👍😉

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

1/ @matthewdeek looking for genomic predictors of outcomes with metastasis directed #radiotherapy in #prostatecancer #Astro22 @OncoAlert

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

1 year

Parking for patients with #cancer who comes for daily #radiotherapy or #chemotherapy should be FREE. Because it's already hard enough. @MGHCancerCenter

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD, FASCO

@fumikochino

1 year

🚗Parking can cost families hundreds. It should be FREE. “The parking is outrageous. We already have to pay for medical bills & are trying to take care of our sick child … & then we have to pay for parking on top of all of that.”

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

#ASTRO20 Why do we seem so fond of mean OAR doses? Mean heart dose not mean much in the setting of relevant substructures. Mean heart dose can be low & still the LAD might get fried IMHO same for mean esophagus dose. You can burn a whole segment and still have low mean Wrong?

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

So exciting to see, and hear of, all the happy #Medstudent applicants matching into #radonc #residency ☢️☢️☢️ Hey, it remains a fantastic specialty to be in 💙💙💙 #RadOncbound #Match2021

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

☢️Tremendous pleasure to welcome next month @JulieSchwarz14 as inaugural Radiation Biology Grand Rounds Speaker at @MGHCancerCenter 🙏 ➡️Using Imaging & Genomics to define Biomarkers of Radiosensitivity in Gynecologic Cancers #radbio #radonc #gynonc #womenwhocurie #hertimeisnow

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

1/ Great to see CALGB 30610/RTOG 0538 finally out! 🚨70 Gy/7 wk equivalent to 45 Gy BID/3 wk🚨 Some thoughts 1⃣Interesting that increased G3+ lymphopenia in 70Gy does not result in worse outcomes?! @StevenLin_MDPhD @CGrassberger @OncoAlert #LCSM

High-Dose Once-Daily Thoracic Radiotherapy in Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer: CALGB 30610...

PURPOSEAlthough level 1 evidence supports 45-Gy twice-daily radiotherapy as standard for limited-stage small-cell lung cancer, most patients receive higher-dose once-daily regimens in clinical...

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

Probably won't be able to #livetweet but we are pretty pumped that Timothy Chan @GeneCollector kindly agreed to give us a Grand Rounds lecture on this fascinating topic ‼️ 🙏🙏🙏 @JanPOSchuemann @CGrassberger @ClevelandClinic @MGHCancerCenter @MGHThoracicOnc #radonc #radbio

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

5 years

MGH Thoracic #RadOnc Team supports #lungcancer #turquoisetakeover @LungAssociation @LUNGFORCE @MGHCancerCenter @northshoremed @newtonwellesley @KatieKeaneMD @CyndiBowes @LeciaSequist @LUNGevity

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

5 years

Sending good virtual vibes to our #radonc staff who volunteered for redeployment, especially our thoracic radonc nurse Brittany who started in a #COVID19 ICU this week 💪💛 🙏 #StaySafe #StayMiGHty @KatieKeaneMD @CyndiBowes @MGHThoracicOnc

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

5 years

Used to drag around these large poster printouts, a pain on the plane. But then found this supereasy cloth solution at For only ~$20! Should be fun to hang it up at #nasclc19 #lcsm tomorrow morning 👍

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

1/n 🚨Upcoming #RedJournal Special Issue on Molecular Targeted Radiosensitizers - Bench to Bedside including contributions from @theNCI @UMichRadOnc @MGHCancerCenter @DKFZ @MDAndersonNews @MayoRadOnc 🚨 ➡️ @sueyom #radonc #radbio #RTdrugcombo

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

📢Huge congrats👏👏👏 to Jason Efstathiou MD DPhil (not on Twitter) for being the new ☢️ #radonc Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs ☢️ at @MGHCancerCenter Excited for your leadership ❗️⬆️💪🤗 #facultyaffairs #mentorship #Academia #Equity #promotion #worklifebalance

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

9 months

📢 Out in @IJROBP : 5-day interval between 2 #radiotherapy fractions is more immunogenic than 1-day in mouse models⚠️ Do we have same sense in the clinic, leave space in between fractions⁉️ @KaramLab @rweichselbaum @sophia_kamran #radbio @OncoAlert

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

James Metz UPenn giving us insight into #FLASH_RT with particle radiation 👍 The excitement never ends! #RadRes2020

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

Thank you @JAMAOnc for promoting our pragmatic Phase I @MGHCancerCenter trial to reduce severe esophagitis in our #lungcancer patients 🙏 #rasonc #lcsm @subatomicdoc @sueyom @ASTRO_Chair @RO_Institute

JAMA Oncology

@JAMAOnc

4 years

This phase I trial tested a contralateral esophagus sparing technique (CEST) in 25 pts w/ #LungCancer & treated w 70 Gy IMRT & concurrent chemo. There was no G3+ & ~25% G2 esophagitis; results support @NCCN guidelines & favor integration into practice #LCSM

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

4 years

It's not enough to show protons can better spare normal tissues. We need to determine who truly benefit most from protons. This trial helps to chip away at criticism of lack of randomized data #esocsm #OncoAlert @StevenLin_MDPhD @TedHong9 @KatieKeaneMD

First Randomized Trial Supporting the Use of Proton Over Photon Chemoradiotherapy in Esophageal...

ascopubs.org

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

#ASTRO22 @ErinGillespieMD with 2 big stage presentations today💪💪 Is this allowed ❓️🤔😊

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

3 years

Wow busy day😁 I just want you to know I probably can't keep this up🤣 but either way its an honor to be #ASTRO21 #SocialChampion 🙏🙏🙏 Awesome meeting so far and scientific content was simply phenomenal!!!

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

9 months

Who is excited that the annual Harvard #RadBio Course directed by Kathy Held is starting up again❓👋 20 solid hours of ☢️🔬 fun‼️😉 Like every year we'll mix it up a bit again to keep it interesting. Maybe throw in a few Twitter polls about clinical relevance of BED calcs😅

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Henning Willers, MD

@HenningWillers

2 years

BID #radiotherapy (hyperfractionation) superior to standard QD in recurrent nasopharyngeal cancer Reirradiation remains one of the few scenarios where BID radiation is still clinically used for benefit! (also shows that radiation doesn't cause radioresistance) @OncoAlert

Terry Williams

@TeWilliamsMD

2 years

This exciting paper was just published showing proof-of-principle of a core belief in radiobiology we’ve had for a long time: that hyperfractionation can reduce long-term side effects of radiation, in this case translating to OS improvement! #radbio

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