Grant received in 2024

DCCC has funded 200,000 DKK to the project.

The Danish Network for Clinical Adaptive Radiotherapy (DANKAS) is established to promote the development and implementation of adaptive radiotherapy (ART) nationwide, both offline and online.

ART adjusts radiotherapy plans during the treatment course based on changes in patient anatomy, enhancing precision and minimizing harm to healthy tissue. With new technologies used differently across Danish hospitals, there is a need for national collaboration on standardized guidelines and research initiatives.

The network will differentiate itself by spanning across the existing DMCGs, which traditionally focus on specific types of cancer. Since the same adaptive technologies can be applied across cancer diagnoses, DANKAS will function as a cross-diagnostic network that can develop national ART protocols without segmenting them by diagnosis. This will ensure a practical and efficient approach to ART, where standardised protocols can be widely used instead of developing diagnosis-specific solutions within each DMCG.

The support from DCCC will be used to establish the network, which will organise annual workshops and quarterly online meetings, where clinicians and researchers from across the country can coordinate, share knowledge, and develop national ART protocols.

Multidisciplinary organisation
DANKAS will be anchored in DCCC Radiotherapy as part of WP4, with members connected to key DMCGs, including DAHANCA, DCCG, DOLG, and DLGCG.

Project stakeholder

• Mette van Overeem Felter, Consultant, Herlev Hospital
• Laura Patricia Kaplan, Medical Physicist, Zealand University Hospital & Næstved Hospital
• Thomas Ravkilde, Medical Physicist, Aarhus University Hospital
• Anders Bertelsen, Medical Physicist, Odense University Hospital
• Anne Marie Mira Lindegaard, Consultant, Herlev Hospital
• Claus Behrens, Associate Professor, Herlev Hospital
• Esben Schjødt Worm, Medical Physicist, Aarhus University Hospital
• Eva Serup-Hansen, Consultant, Herlev Hospital
• Gitte Persson, Consultant, Professor, Herlev Hospital
• Hanna Rahbek Mortensen, Consultant, Clinical Associate Professor, Danish Centre for Particle Therapy
• Hella Sand, Medical Physicist, Aalborg University Hospital
• Irene Hazell, Medical Physicist, Odense University Hospital
• Jacob Johansen, Medical Physicist, Aarhus University
• Joanna Szpejewska, MD, Zealand University Hospital & Næstved Hospital
• Kenneth Hofland, Head Consultant, Zealand University Hospital & Næstved Hospital
• Katarina Wiviann Ottosson, Medical Physicist, Herlev Hospital
• Laura Rechner, Medical Physicist, Herlev Hospital
• Leslie Harrison, RTT, Zealand University Hospital & Næstved Hospital
• Lone Hoffmann, Medical Physicist, Aarhus University Hospital
• Ludvig Muren, Professor, Aarhus University & DCPT
• Maja Miraldo, Consultant, Herlev Hospital
• Nadine Valterrodt, PhD-Student, Aarhus Universitet
• Ole Nørrevang, Cheif Physicist, Danish Centre for Particle Therapy
• Pia Bülow Klareskov, Medical Physicist, Zealand University Hospital & Næstved Hospital
• Rune Slot Thing, Medical Physicist, Vejle Hospital & Lillebælt Hospital
• Saber Nankali, Postdoc, Aarhus University Hospital
• Simon Nyberg Thomasen, PhD-Student, Medical Physicist, Aarhus University Hospital
• Susan Biancardo, Medical Physicist, Herlev Hospital
• Tine Bisballe Nyeng, Medical Physicist, Aarhus University Hospital
• Tine Schytte, Consultant, Professor, Odense University Hospital
• Thomas Ravkilde, PhD, Medical Physicist, Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital. Primary contact, mail: ravkilde@rm.dk
• Uffe Bernchou, Associate Professor, Medical Physicist, Odense University Hospital
• Vibeke Nordmark Hansen, Cheif Physicist, Rigshospitalet
• Vicki Trier Taasti, Assistant Professor, Aarhus University & DCPT