Julie Denekamp: a personal appreciation

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this short review is to give a personal appreciation of a woman who was my mentor and friend and who made enormous contributions in the field of translational radiation biology.

Conclusion

Julie Denekamp was a talented and charismatic scientist and teacher. She was a major contributor to our understanding of the effects of fractionation schedules on the response of tumors and normal tissues to radiotherapy and of factors that could be manipulated to alter these responses. She was also one of the first to recognize that the fragile state of tumor vasculature could be exploited in targeted radiotherapy.

Keywords:

• Juliana Littbrand-Denekamp
• translational research

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Notes on contributors

Fiona Stewart

Fiona Stewart was a Group Leader and Senior Scientist at the Division of Biological Stress Response, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, until her retirement in 2014.