Publications

Ecker S,. Kirisits C., Schmid M., Knoth G., Heilemann G., De Leeuw A., Sturdza A. E., Kirchheiner K., Jensen N., Nout, I Jürgenliemk-Schulz, I., Pötter, R., Spampinato S., Tanderup K, Eder-Nesvacil N. EviGUIDE - A tool for evidence-based decision making in image-guided adaptive brachytherapy for cervical cancer (2023), Radiotherapy and Oncology, in press. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2023.109748

Ecker, S., Kirisits, C., Schmid, M., De Leeuw, A., Seppenwoolde, Y., Knoth, J., Trnkova, P., Heilemann, G., Sturdza, A., Kirchheiner, K., Spampinato, S., Serban, M., Jürgenliemk-Schulz, I., Chopra, S., Nout, R., Tanderup, K., Pötter, R., Eder-Nesvacil, N. Tools for large-scale data analytics of an international multi-center study in radiation oncology for cervical cancer (2023) Radiotherapy and Oncology, 182, art. no. 109524. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2023.109524. 

Schmid, M.P., Lindegaard, J.C., Mahantshetty, U., Tanderup, K., Jürgenliemk-Schulz, I., Haie-Meder, C., Fokdal, L.U., Sturdza, A., Hoskin, P., Segedin, B., Bruheim, K., Huang, F., Rai, B., Cooper, R., Van Der Steen-Banasik, E., Van Limbergen, E., Pieters, B.R., Petric, P., Ramazanova, D., Ristl, R., Kannan, S., Hawaldar, R., Ecker, S., Kirchheiner, K., Tan, L.T., Nout, R., Nesvacil, N., De Leeuw, A., Pötter, R., Kirisits, C., Jurgenliemk-Schulz, I.M., Huang, F., Christiaens, M., Janssen, H., Sundset, M., Lutgens, L.C.H.W., Villafranca, E., Hadjiev, J., Bachand, F., Erickson, B., Jacobson, G., Anttila, M., Dumas, I., Lowe, G., Swamidas, J., Hudej, R., Hellebust, T.P., Menon, G., Oinam, A.S., Bownes, P., De Brabandere, M., Oosterveld, B., Koedooder, K., Langeland Marthinsen, A.B., Whitney, D., Ketelaars, M., Reiniers, B., Mora, I., Antal, G., Batchelar, D., Rownd, J., Kim, Y., Palmgren, J.-E., Mazeron, R., Chargari, C., Spampinato, S. Risk Factors for Local Failure Following Chemoradiation and Magnetic Resonance Image-Guided Brachytherapy in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: Results From the EMBRACE-I Study (2023) Journal of Clinical Oncology, 41 (10), pp. 1933-1942. 

Spampinato, S., Tanderup, K., Lindegaard, J.C., Schmid, M.P., Sturdza, A., Segedin, B., Jürgenliemk-Schulz, I.M., De Leeuw, A., Bruheim, K., Mahantshetty, U., Chargari, C., Rai, B., Cooper, R., van der Steen-Banasik, E., Sundset, M., Wiebe, E., Villafranca, E., Van Limbergen, E., Pieters, B.R., Tee Tan, L., Lutgens, L.C.H.W., Hoskin, P., Smet, S., Pötter, R., Nout, R., Chopra, S., Kirchheiner, K. Association of persistent morbidity after radiotherapy with quality of life in locally advanced cervical cancer survivors (2023) Radiotherapy and Oncology, 181, art. no. 109501, . 

Vittrup, A.S., Kirchheiner, K., Pötter, R., Fokdal, L.U., Jensen, N.B.K., Spampinato, S., Haie-Meder, C., Schmid, M.P., Sturdza, A.E., Mahantshetty, U., Hoskin, P., Segedin, B., Bruheim, K., Rai, B., Wiebe, E., van der Steen-Banasik, E., Cooper, R., Van Limbergen, E., Sundset, M., Pieters, B.R., Kirisits, C., Lindegaard, J.C., Jürgenliemk-Schulz, I.M., Nout, R., Tanderup, K., EMBRACE Collaborative Group. Overall Severe Morbidity After Chemo-Radiation Therapy and Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Adaptive Brachytherapy in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: Results From the EMBRACE–I Stud (2023) International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, . 

Vittrup AS, Kirchheiner K, Pötter R, Fokdal LU, Jensen NBK, Spampinato S, Haie-Meder C, Schmid MP, Sturdza A, Mahantshetty U, Hoskin P, Segedin B, Bruheim K, Rai B, Wiebe E, van der Steen-Banasik E, Cooper R, Van Limbergen E, Sundset M, Pieters BR, Kirisits C, Lindegaard JC, Jürgenliemk-Schulz IM, Nout R, Tanderup K; EMBRACE Collaborative Group. Overall severe morbidity after chemo-radiotherapy and MRI guided adaptive brachytherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer: results from the EMBRACE-I study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2023 Jan 11:S0360-3016(23)00007-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.01.002. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36641039.

Lindegaard J.C., Petric P., Schmid M.P., Nesvacil N., Haie-Meder C., Fokdal L.U., Sturdza A.E., Hoskin P., Mahantshetty U., Segedin B., Bruheim K., Huang F., Rai B., Cooper R., van der Steen-Banasik E., Van Limbergen E., Pieters B.R., Tan L.T., Nout R.A., De Leeuw A.A.C., Kirchheiner K., Spampinato S., Jürgenliemk-Schulz I., Tanderup K., Kirisits C., Pötter R., Embrace-Collaborative-Group, Prognostic implications of uterine cervical cancer regression during chemoradiation evaluated by the T-score in the multicenter XXX study (2022) Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 11: S0360-3016(22)00151-1. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.02.005. Epub ahead of print.

Smet, S., Spampinato, S., Pötter, R., Jürgenliemk-Schulz, I.M., Nout, R.A., Chargari, C., Mahantshetty, U., Sturdza, A., Segedin, B., Bruheim, K., Hoskin, P., Rai, B., Huang, F., Cooper, R., Van der Steen-Banasik, E., Sundset, M., Van Limbergen, E., Tan, L.T., Lutgens, L.C.H.W., Villafranca, E., Pieters, B.R., Tanderup, K., Kirchheiner, K., Risk Factors for Late Persistent Fatigue After Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: An Analysis From the EMBRACE-I Study (2022) International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 112 (5), pp. 1177-1189. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.11.022.

Westerveld, H., Kirchheiner, K., Nout, R.A., Tanderup, K., Lindegaard, J.C., Spampinato, S., Sturdza, A., Nesvacil, N., Bruheim, K., Hellebust, T.P., Pieters, B.R., Kirisits, C., Jürgenliemk-Schulz, I.M., Pötter, R., de Leeuw, A.A.C., Dose-effect relationship between vaginal dose points and vaginal stenosis in cervical cancer: An EMBRACE-I sub-study (2022) Radiotherapy and Oncology, 168, pp. 8-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.12.034.

Spampinato, S., Jensen, N.B.K., Pötter, R., Fokdal, L.U., Chargari, C., Lindegaard, J.C., Schmid, M.P., Sturdza, A., Jürgenliemk-Schulz, I.M., Mahantshetty, U., Hoskin, P., Segedin, B., Rai, B., Bruheim, K., Wiebe, E., Van der Steen-Banasik, E., Cooper, R., Van Limbergen, E., Sundset, M., Pieters, B.R., Lutgens, L.C.H.W., Tan, L.T., Villafranca, E., Smet, S., Jastaniyah, N., Nout, R.A., Kirisits, C., Chopra, S., Kirchheiner, K., Tanderup, K., EMBRACE Collaborative Group, Severity and Persistency of Late Gastrointestinal Morbidity in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: Lessons Learned From EMBRACE-I and Implications for the Future (2022) International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 112 (3), pp. 681-693. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.09.055.

Kirchheiner, K., Smet, S., Jürgenliemk-Schulz, I.M., Haie-Meder, C., Chargari, C., Lindegaard, J.C., Fokdal, L.U., Spampinato, S., Schmid, M.P., Sturdza, A., Mahantshetty, U., Segedin, B., Bruheim, K., Rai, B., Cooper, R., Van der Steen-Banasik, E., Wiebe, E., Sundset, M., van Limbergen, E., Villafranca, E., Westerveld, H., Tan, L.T., Pötter, R., Tanderup, K., Nout, R.A., EMBRACE Collaborative Group, Impact of Vaginal Symptoms and Hormonal Replacement Therapy on Sexual Outcomes After Definitive Chemoradiotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: Results from the EMBRACE-I Study (2022) International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 112 (2), pp. 400-413. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.08.036.

Spampinato, S., Fokdal, L.U., Pötter, R., Haie-Meder, C., Lindegaard, J.C., Schmid, M.P., Sturdza, A., Jürgenliemk-Schulz, I.M., Mahantshetty, U., Segedin, B., Bruheim, K., Hoskin, P., Rai, B., Huang, F., Cooper, R., van der Steen-Banasik, E., Van Limbergen, E., Sundset, M., Westerveld, H., Nout, R.A., Jensen, N.B.K., Kirisits, C., Kirchheiner, K., Tanderup, K., Response to Yuce Sari et al. (2021) Radiotherapy and Oncology, 158, pp. 323-324. DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.02.022.

Spampinato, S., Fokdal, L.U., Pötter, R., Haie-Meder, C., Lindegaard, J.C., Schmid, M.P., Sturdza, A., Jürgenliemk-Schulz, I.M., Mahantshetty, U., Segedin, B., Bruheim, K., Hoskin, P., Rai, B., Huang, F., Cooper, R., van der Steen-Banasik, E., Van Limbergen, E., Sundset, M., Westerveld, H., Nout, R.A., Jensen, N.B.K., Kirisits, C., Kirchheiner, K., Tanderup, K., Risk factors and dose-effects for bladder fistula, bleeding and cystitis after radiotherapy with imaged-guided adaptive brachytherapy for cervical cancer: An EMBRACE analysis (2021) Radiotherapy and Oncology, 158, pp. 312-320. DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.01.019.

Spampinato, S., Fokdal, L.U., Pötter, R., Haie-Meder, C., Lindegaard, J.C., Schmid, M.P., Sturdza, A., Jürgenliemk-Schulz, I.M., Mahantshetty, U., Segedin, B., Bruheim, K., Hoskin, P., Rai, B., Huang, F., Cooper, R., van der Steen-Banasik, E., Van Limbergen, E., Sundset, M., Westerveld, H., Nout, R.A., Jensen, N.B.K., Kirisits, C., Kirchheiner, K., Tanderup, K., EMBRACE Collaborative Group, Importance of the ICRU bladder point dose on incidence and persistence of urinary frequency and incontinence in locally advanced cervical cancer: An EMBRACE analysis (2021) Radiotherapy and Oncology, 158, pp. 300-308. DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.10.003.

Pötter, R., Tanderup, K., Schmid, M.P., Jürgenliemk-Schulz, I., Haie-Meder, C., Fokdal, L.U., Sturdza, A.E., Hoskin, P., Mahantshetty, U., Segedin, B., Bruheim, K., Huang, F., Rai, B., Cooper, R., van der Steen-Banasik, E., Van Limbergen, E., Pieters, B.R., Tan, L.-T., Nout, R.A., De Leeuw, A.A.C., Ristl, R., Petric, P., Nesvacil, N., Kirchheiner, K., Kirisits, C., Lindegaard, J.C., Chargari, C., Dumas, I., Lowe, G., Swamidas, J., Hudej, R., Paulsen Hellebust, T., Menon, G., Oinam, A.S., Bownes, P., Christiaens, M., De Brabandere, M., Janssen, H., Oosterveld, B., Koedooder, K., Langeland Marthinsen, A.B., Sundset, M., Whitney, D., Ketelaars, M., Lutgens, L.C.H.W., Reinniers, B., Mora, I., Villafranca, E., Antal, G., Hadjiev, J., Bachand, F., Batchelar, D., Erickson, B., Rownd, J., Jacobson, G., Kim, Y., Anttila, M., Palmgren, J.-E., An, J., Assenholt, M.S., Banerjee, S., Bentzen, S., Berger, T., Dankulchai, P., Diendorfer, T., Dilworth, I., Dimopoulos, J., Dörr, E., Ecker, S., Federico, M., Fidarova, E., Fortin, I., Georg, P., Gora, J., Hegazy, N., Jastaniyah, N., Jensen, N.B.K., Liederer, T., Majercakova, K., Misimovic, D., Motisi, L., Najjari Jamal, D., Nkiwane, K., Schwartz-Vittrup, A., Serban, M., Smet, S., Spampinato, S., Trnkova, P., Valgma, M., Westerveld, H., Wong, J.S.Y., Yoshida, K., EMBRACE Collaborative Group, MRI-guided adaptive brachytherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer (EMBRACE-I): a multicentre prospective cohort study (2021) The Lancet Oncology, 22 (4), pp. 538-547. DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30753-1.

K. Jensen, N.B., Pötter, R., Spampinato, S., Fokdal, L.U., Chargari, C., Lindegaard, J.C., Schmid, M.P., Sturdza, A., Jürgenliemk-Schulz, I.M., Mahantshetty, U., Segedin, B., Bruheim, K., Hoskin, P., Rai, B., Wiebe, E., Cooper, R., Van der Steen-Banasik, E., Van Limbergen, E., Sundset, M., Pieters, B.R., Nout, R.A., Kirisits, C., Kirchheiner, K., Tanderup, K., EMBRACE Collaborative Group, Dose-Volume Effects and Risk Factors for Late Diarrhea in Cervix Cancer Patients After Radiochemotherapy With Image Guided Adaptive Brachytherapy in the EMBRACE I Study (2021) International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 109 (3), pp. 688-700. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.10.006.

Vittrup, A.S., Tanderup, K., Bentzen, S.M., Jensen, N.B.K., Spampinato, S., Fokdal, L.U., Lindegaard, J.C., Sturdza, A., Schmid, M., Segedin, B., Jürgenliemk-Schulz, I.M., Bruheim, K., Mahantshetty, U., Haie-Meder, C., Rai, B., Cooper, R., van der Steen-Banasik, E., Sundset, M., Huang, F., Nout, R.A., Villafranca, E., Van Limbergen, E., Pieters, B.R., Tan, L.T., Lutgens, L.C.H.W., Hoskin, P., Pötter, R., Kirchheiner, K., EMBRACE Collaborative Group, Persistence of Late Substantial Patient-Reported Symptoms (LAPERS) After Radiochemotherapy Including Image Guided Adaptive Brachytherapy for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: A Report From the EMBRACE Study (2021) International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 109 (1), pp. 161-173. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.08.044.

Kirchheiner, K., Smet, S., Spampinato, S., Jensen, N.B.K., Vittrup, A.S., Fokdal, L., Najjari-Jamal, D., Westerveld, H.G., Lindegaard, J.C., Kirisits, C., De Leeuw, A., Schmid, M.P., Tan, L.T., Nout, R.A., Jürgenliemk-Schulz, I.M., Pötter, R., Tanderup, K., the EMBRACE Collaborative Group, Initiatives for education, training, and dissemination of morbidity assessment and reporting in a multiinstitutional international context: Insights from the EMBRACE studies on cervical cancer (2020) Brachytherapy, 19 (6), pp. 837-849. DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2020.08.011.

Tanderup, K., Nesvacil, N., Kirchheiner, K., Serban, M., Spampinato, S., Jensen, N.B.K., Schmid, M., Smet, S., Westerveld, H., Ecker, S., Mahantshetty, U., Swamidas, J., Chopra, S., Nout, R., Tan, L.T., Fokdal, L., Sturdza, A., Jürgenliemk-Schulz, I., de Leeuw, A., Lindegaard, J.C., Kirisits, C., Pötter, R., Evidence-Based Dose Planning Aims and Dose Prescription in Image-Guided Brachytherapy Combined With Radiochemotherapy in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer (2020) Seminars in Radiation Oncology, 30 (4), pp. 311-327. DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2020.05.008.

Spampinato, S., Tanderup, K., Marinovskij, E., Axelsen, S., Pedersen, E.M., Pötter, R., Lindegaard, J.C., Fokdal, L., MRI-based contouring of functional sub-structures of the lower urinary tract in gynaecological radiotherapy (2020) Radiotherapy and Oncology, 145, pp. 117-124. DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2019.12.011.

Spampinato, S., Fokdal, L., Marinovskij, E., Axelsen, S., Pedersen, E.M., Pötter, R., Lindegaard, J.C., Tanderup, K., Assessment of dose to functional sub-structures in the lower urinary tract in locally advanced cervical cancer radiotherapy (2019) Physica Medica, 59, pp. 127-132. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2019.01.017.

Spampinato, S., Gueli, A.M., Milone, P., Raffaele, L.A., Dosimetric changes with computed tomography automatic tube-current modulation techniques (2018) Radiological Physics and Technology, 11 (2), pp. 184-191. DOI: 10.1007/s12194-018-0454-5.

Raffaele, L., Ciocca, M., Mirandola, A., Spampinato, S., Pablo Cirrone, G.A., Dosimetric characterization of a silicon diode detector in cyclotron-based passively scattered and synchrotron-based scanning clinical proton beams (2018) Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 891, pp. 125 -132. DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.02.083.

Gueli, A.M., Delfino, A., Nicastro, E., Pasquale, S., Politi, G., Privitera, A., Spampinato, S., Stella, G., Investigation by pXRF of caltagirone pottery samples produced in laboratory (2017) Open Archaeology, 3 (1), pp. 235-246. DOI: 10.1515/opar-2017-0014.

Tamborini, A., Raffaele, L., Mirandola, A., Molinelli, S., Viviani, C., Spampinato, S., Ciocca, M., Development and characterization of a 2D scintillation detector for quality assurance in scanned carbon ion beams (2016) Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 815, pp. 23-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2016.01.040.

Asero, G., Greco, C., Gueli, A.M., Raffaele, L., Spampinato, S., Evaluation of spatial resolution in image acquisition by optical flatbed scanners for radiochromic film dosimetry (2016) Journal of Instrumentation, 11 (3), art. no. P03024. DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/11/03/P03024.

Spampinato, S., Cacciato, G,; Zimbone, M., Ruffino, F., Grimaldi, M. G., Quantitative evaluation of surface topographical changes of Au thin films after DNA immobilization (2015) Chemical Physics Letters, 639, pp. 120-125. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2015.09.006.

Spampinato, S., Gueli, A.M., Raffaele, L., Stancampiano, C., Ettorre, G.C., Validation of the CT– MRI image registration with a dedicated phantom (2014) Radiologia Medica, 119 (12), pp. 942-950. DOI: 10.1007/s11547-014-0392-1.

I have contributed with oral communications and poster presentations to several international and national conferences, workshop and seminars. To read some abstracts related to indexed conferences, please visit to my Google Scholar webpage.