Lena Becker, MD
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2025
TOP-110 Longitudinal analyses of Innate Lymphoid Cells in patients with HCC identifies patterns associated with disease stage and response to therapy with atezolizumab and bevacizumab
Ristic T, Kusche L, Dey S, Chauhan S, Becker L, de Castro T, Woller N, Wirth T, Saborowski A, Vogel A, Wedemeyer H, Heinrich B. TOP-110 Longitudinal analyses of Innate Lymphoid Cells in patients with HCC identifies patterns associated with disease stage and response to therapy with atezolizumab and bevacizumab. Journal Of Hepatology 2025, 82: s428. DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(25)01228-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCorrection: Occupational Prenatal Radiation Exposure and Occupational Safety: Position Paper for Pregnant and breastfeeding Personnel in Interventional Procedures with Ionizing Radiation
Becker L, Stein T, Frisch A, Dewald C, Blum S, Wintergerst C, Torsello G, Peperhove M, Pöhler G, Staudacher E, Franke M, Tritt S, Westphalen K, Bruners P, Rohde S, Gebauer B, Das M, Jungnickel K, Fiebich M, Katoh M, Paprottka P, Uder M, Wacker F, Uller W, Bruners P, Gebauer B, Katoh M, Paprottka P, Das M, Rohde S, Uller W, Wacker F, Westphalen K, Adam G, Antoch G, Bamberg F, Barkhausen J, Beer M, Bley T, Bücker A, Borggrefe J, Denecke T, Eisenblätter M, Forsting M, Hamm B, Heindel W, Hoffmann R, Jansen O, Kauczor H, Krombach G, Kröncke T, Kuhl C, Lotz J, Mahnken A, Maintz D, Makowski M, Maurer M, Nikolaou K, Pech M, Ricke J, Schönberg S, Schreyer A, Stroszczynski C, Teichgräber U, Uder M, Vogl T, Wacker F, Weber M, Wohlgemuth W. Correction: Occupational Prenatal Radiation Exposure and Occupational Safety: Position Paper for Pregnant and breastfeeding Personnel in Interventional Procedures with Ionizing Radiation. RöFo 2025 DOI: 10.1055/a-2590-4542.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpontaneous esophageal rupture resulting in formation of multiple pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms: A case report
Becker L, Cornman-Homonoff J. Spontaneous esophageal rupture resulting in formation of multiple pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms: A case report. Radiology Case Reports 2025, 20: 3352-3355. PMID: 40297258, PMCID: PMC12035716, DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2025.03.083.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPulmonary artery pseudoaneurysmSpontaneous esophageal ruptureEsophageal ruptureArtery pseudoaneurysmDegree of clinical suspicionLife-threatening conditionSurgical resectionClinical suspicionEndovascular embolizationNecrotizing pneumoniaCase reportInterventional radiologyPrompt interventionPseudoaneurysmPatientsRupturePatient careResectionEmbolizationSurgeryPneumoniaSuspicionPAPDiagnosisRadiologyOccupational Prenatal Radiation Exposure and Occupational Safety: Position Paper for Pregnant and breastfeeding Personnel in Interventional Procedures with Ionizing Radiation
Becker L, Stein T, Frisch A, Dewald C, Blum S, Wintergerst C, Torsello G, Peperhove M, Pöhler G, Staudacher E, Franke M, Tritt S, Westphalen K, Bruners P, Rohde S, Gebauer B, Das M, Jungnickel K, Fiebich M, Katoh M, Paprottka P, Uder M, Wacker F, Uller W, Bruners P, Gebauer B, Katoh M, Paprottka P, Das M, Rohde S, Uller W, Wacker F, Westphalen K, Adam G, Antoch G, Bamberg F, Barkhausen J, Beer M, Bley T, Bücker A, Borggrefe J, Denecke T, Eisenblätter M, Forsting M, Hamm B, Heindel W, Hoffmann R, Jansen O, Kauczor H, Krombach G, Kröncke T, Kuhl C, Lotz J, Mahnken A, Maintz D, Makowski M, Maurer M, Nikolaou K, Pech M, Ricke J, Schönberg S, Schreyer A, Stroszczynski C, Teichgräber U, Uder M, Vogl T, Wacker F, Weber M, Wohlgemuth W. Occupational Prenatal Radiation Exposure and Occupational Safety: Position Paper for Pregnant and breastfeeding Personnel in Interventional Procedures with Ionizing Radiation. RöFo 2025 PMID: 40148103, DOI: 10.1055/a-2536-7206.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProtection lawRadiation protection lawPrenatal radiation exposureOccupational safety regulationsGerman legislationLegal frameworkSurgical professionOccupational SafetyRadiation exposureScientific CommissionCommissionSafety regulationsLawProtection measuresRisk of pregnancy complicationsProtectionIonizing RadiationInterventional proceduresInternational CommissionContext of pregnancyRelevant sourcesEffects of Atomic RadiationRisk assessmentSpecial attentionPregnancy complicationsMR-gestützte Leberablation für kleine (<1,5 cm) und sehr kleine (<1 cm) Lebertumoren
Düx D, Gutberlet M, Horstmann D, Schröer S, Belker O, Gutt M, Yerdelen S, Ringe K, Wacker F, Becker L, Glandorf J, Hensen B. MR-gestützte Leberablation für kleine (<1,5 cm) und sehr kleine (<1 cm) Lebertumoren. RöFo 2025, 197: s31-s32. DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1802759.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Exploring gender roles in German interventional radiology – how progressive are we?
Dewald C, Blum S, Becker L, Barzakova E, Franke M, Westphalen K, Das M, Jenkner C, Wacker F, Kuhl C, Uller W. Exploring gender roles in German interventional radiology – how progressive are we? RöFo 2024, 197: 814-828. PMID: 39631738, PMCID: PMC12176465, DOI: 10.1055/a-2427-0303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFlexible work schedulesGender rolesFamily friendlinessPart-timeChanging family structuresWork schedulesParental leaveGender equalityFamily structureParental statusFamily commitmentsStatus quoChildcareYounger generationFathersGenderCareer developmentEqualityWomenCareerGerman IRWorking timeNationwide surveyInterventional radiologyMenImpact of a Prototype 29:1 Ratio Grid on Image Quality and Radiation Dose in Abdominal Angiography
Werncke T, Becker L, Maschke S, Brüsch I, Rumpel R, Wacker F, Meyer B. Impact of a Prototype 29:1 Ratio Grid on Image Quality and Radiation Dose in Abdominal Angiography. Investigative Radiology 2024, 60: 349-355. PMID: 39621871, DOI: 10.1097/rli.0000000000001136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient equivalent thicknessesContrast-to-noise ratioSource-to-image receptor distanceDose-weighted contrast-to-noise ratioAbdominal angiographyRadiation doseEquivalent thicknessImage qualityReduce radiation doseRadiation dose reductionLow radiation doseEquivalent imagesDose reductionReceptor distanceInterobserver agreementPrototype gridRadiationAngiographyFluoroscopic imagesDoseAcquisition protocolsPatientsImaging scenariosRatio gridsR15Trans-arterial embolization for treatment of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding—a multicenter analysis
Hosse C, Moos M, Becker L, Sieren M, Müller L, Stoehr F, Schaarschmidt B, Barbone G, Collettini F, Fehrenbach U, Hinrichs J, Kloeckner R, Geisel D, Tacke F, Gebauer B, Auer T. Trans-arterial embolization for treatment of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding—a multicenter analysis. European Radiology 2024, 35: 2746-2754. PMID: 39414657, PMCID: PMC12021941, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-024-11102-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrans-arterial embolizationClinical success rateAcute lower gastrointestinal bleedingLower gastrointestinal bleedingContrast-enhanced computed tomographyAdverse eventsGastrointestinal bleedingSuccess rateBowel surgeryTreating lower gastrointestinal bleedingHigher 30-day mortalityEmergency treatmentIncidence of bowel resectionTechnical success rateThirty-day mortalityPre-interventional imagingTreatment-related variablesEndoscopic therapyComplication rateMethodsConsecutive patientsEmpiric embolizationMulticenter analysisEmbolization techniquesThirty-dayBowel resectionPitfall: Fall einer malignen echoreichen Brustläsion in der Sonographie
Becker L, Belder D, Wienbeck S. Pitfall: Fall einer malignen echoreichen Brustläsion in der Sonographie. TumorDiagnostik & Therapie 2024, 45: 458-461. DOI: 10.1055/a-2366-7826.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe status of academic interventional radiologists in Germany with focus on gender disparity: how can we do better?
Blum S, Dewald C, Becker L, Staudacher E, Franke M, Katoh M, Hoffmann R, Rohde S, Paprottka P, Wacker F, Westphalen K, Bruners P, Gebauer B, Das M, Uller W. The status of academic interventional radiologists in Germany with focus on gender disparity: how can we do better? CVIR Endovascular 2024, 7: 47. PMID: 38753113, PMCID: PMC11098981, DOI: 10.1186/s42155-024-00456-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterventional radiologyMethodsAfter IRB approvalMinimally invasive therapyPearson chi-square testGerman Society for Interventional RadiologyFisher's exact testWilcoxon rank sum testChi-square testRank sum testInvasive therapyInterventional radiologistsExact testIRB approvalResearch timePurposeThe aimWorking hoursOnline surveySum test