Kristoffer Petersson

PhD

Group leader - FLASH Radiation

RESEARCH SUMMARY

FLASH radiation is a novel radiotherapy technique that show great potential in improving cancer treatment. However, very little is known about the biological mechanisms behind the highly beneficial FLASH effect. The research group aims to identify these mechanisms, explain the effect, and to find the optimal way of implementing the technique in clinical practice.

BIOGRAPHY

Kristoffer is a Medical physicist from Helsingborg, Sweden, and holds a M.Sc. (2009) and a Ph.D. (2014) in Medical Radiation Physics from Lund University, Sweden. Kristoffer enjoyed a Post-doc period (2014-2017) working on FLASH radiation at CHUV, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Lately, he has worked as a clinical medical physicist (2017-2019) and started his own research group in FLASH radiotherapy (2017-) at Skåne University Hospital. Recently, Kristoffer accepted the position as Group leader of the newly created research group "Physics and Biology of FLASH Radiation" (2019-) at Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Oxford University.

GROUP MEMBERS

Kyle Hallett, Research Technician

Key publications

Modifying a clinical linear accelerator for delivery of ultra-high dose rate irradiation.
Journal article

Lempart M. et al, (2019), Radiother Oncol, 139, 40 - 45
Long-term neurocognitive benefits of FLASH radiotherapy driven by reduced reactive oxygen species.
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Montay-Gruel P. et al, (2019), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 116, 10943 - 10951
The Advantage of FLASH Radiotherapy Confirmed in Mini-pig and Cat-cancer Patients.
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Vozenin M-C. et al, (2019), Clin Cancer Res, 25, 35 - 42
Irradiation in a flash: Unique sparing of memory in mice after whole brain irradiation with dose rates above 100Gy/s.
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Montay-Gruel P. et al, (2017), Radiother Oncol, 124, 365 - 369
High dose-per-pulse electron beam dosimetry - A model to correct for the ion recombination in the Advanced Markus ionization chamber.
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Petersson K. et al, (2017), Med Phys, 44, 1157 - 1167

Recent publications

Dosimetric and preparation procedures for irradiating biological models with pulsed electron beam at ultra-high dose-rate.
Journal article

Jorge PG. et al, (2019), Radiother Oncol, 139, 34 - 39
Modifying a clinical linear accelerator for delivery of ultra-high dose rate irradiation.
Journal article

Lempart M. et al, (2019), Radiother Oncol, 139, 40 - 45
Palliative short-course hypofractionated radiotherapy followed by chemotherapy in esophageal adenocarcinoma: the phase II PALAESTRA trial.
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Borg D. et al, (2019), Acta Oncol, 1 - 7

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