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Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO
@HenningWillers
Thoracic #RadOnc & Radiation Biologist @MassGenBrigham | Vice President Elect 2025-26 @RRS_RadRes | #RadBio Editor @IJROBP | @OncoAlert | Views=Private πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
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    Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO
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    Jul 19, 2023
    Humbled to receive this honor together with so many talented and dedicated individuals present and pastπŸ™πŸ™πŸ™ Looking forward to continuing to contribute to @ASTRO_org and #radonc #radbio @MGHCancerCenter @MGHThoracicOnc
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    ASTRO
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    Jul 19, 2023
    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: ow.ly/875O50PgsRf
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    Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO
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    Jun 22, 2023
    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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    Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO
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    Jan 8, 2024
    Replying to @AshleyGWinter
    5, eh?πŸ˜… 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 rowπŸ˜‰ IMRT = I am gonna throw the chocolate at you from more than 4
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    Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO
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    Jul 5, 2022
    1/ It is with great sorrowπŸ’”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, FASTRO
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    May 8, 2023
    Replying to @fakehistoryhunt
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    Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO
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    Jun 18, 2019
    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...
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    Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO
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    Sep 28, 2022
    Heartfelt congratulations to @sophia_kamran for becoming inaugural Director of #diversity #equity #inclusion of #radonc @MGHCancerCenter πŸ‘ 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, FASTRO
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    Feb 1, 2023
    AUDARA update with longer F/U but OS data still withheld ascopubs.org/doi/pdf/10.120… InterestingπŸ‘€ 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, FASTRO
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    Jun 13, 2022
    πŸ“’Huge congratsπŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ to @TedHong9 for being the new πŸ”¬#radonc Vice Chair of Research & Scientific AffairsπŸ§ͺ at @MGHCancerCenter☒️ Thrilled for you to get us to the next level⬆️πŸ’ͺπŸ€— #clinicaltrials #precisionmedicine #immunotherapy #protontherapy #radbio #teamscience
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    Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO
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    Feb 26, 2021
    β˜’οΈπŸ”¬Honored & thrilled to share, at long last, the launch of our @MGHCancerCenter #RadBio Program which Li Lan & @CGrassberger will co-leadπŸ‘πŸ‘ Question to #radonc #twitter: what should be the highest priorities for a clinically oriented #radbio program? radbio.mgh.harvard.edu/radiation-biol…
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    Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO
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    Dec 8, 2022
    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 centerβ‰οΈπŸ§πŸ€¨ [unless critical normal tissue mixed in with tumor] #radbio #doubletrouble #lcsm
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    Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO
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    Sep 11, 2024
    1/4 Alright, so here are my thoughts on Radiation to Residual Disease after Targeted Therapies as presented at #WCLC24. Focusing on EGFR mutant #lungcancer where we all agree, I think, that osimertinib alone cannot be the answer, rightβ‰οΈπŸ§ The main risk here is secondary
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    Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO
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    Jul 15, 2019
    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 ... πŸ€” #radonc #advocacy #meded @MKnoll_MD @DrewMoghanaki @subatomicdoc @TimothyKruserMD @judykeenphd @ASTRO_org @MGHCancerCenter
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    Henning Willers, MD, FASTRO
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    Jun 10, 2020
    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