ZMB Member Ken Herrmann

ZMB Member
Ken Herrmann

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Prof. Dr. Ken Herrmann

Group

Clinic for Nuclear Medicine

University Hospital Essen
Hufelandstr. 55
45122 Essen

Research Overview

  • Development, application of new radiopharmaceuticals
  • Diagnosis and therapy of thyroid carcinoma
  • Diagnostics and therapy of endocrine tumors
  • Diagnostics and therapy of prostate cancer
  • Clinical use, optimization of PET, PET / CT

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Selected Publications

    Journal articles

  • Hricak, Hedvig; Mayerhoefer, Marius E; Herrmann, Ken; Lewis, Jason S; Pomper, Martin G; Hess, Christopher P; Riklund, Katrine; Scott, Andrew M; Weissleder, Ralph
    Advances and challenges in precision imaging
    In: The Lancet Oncology, Vol. 26, 2025, Nr. 1, pp. e34 – e45
    DOI
  • Primac, Irina; Tabury, Kevin; Tasdogan, Alpaslan; Baatout, Sarah; Herrmann, Ken
    The molecular blueprint of targeted radionuclide therapy
    In: Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, Vol. 22, 2025, Nr. 11, pp. 869 – 894
    DOI
  • Pabst, Kim M; Weber, Manuel; Laschinsky, Christina; Sandach, Patrick; Bartel, Timo; Küper, Alina T; Kessler, Lukas; Trajkovic-Arsic, Marija; Eckstein, Markus; Gilman, Elena; Nader, Michael; Barbato, Francesco; Podleska, Lars; Hadaschik, Boris; Hamacher, Rainer; Kersting, David; von Ostau (N.), Nicola; von Tresckow, Bastian; Kaelberlah, Hans-Peter; Kesch, Claudia; Kuemmel, Sherko; Reinacher-Schick, Anke; Schuler, Martin; Siveke, Jens; Grünwald, Viktor; Herrmann, Ken; Fendler, Wolfgang P.
    [⁶⁸Ga]Ga-FAPI-46 PET accuracy for cancer imaging with histopathology validation : A single-centre, single-arm, interventional, phase 2 trial
    In: The Lancet Oncology, Vol. 26, 2025, Nr. 9, pp. 1204 – 1214
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Karpinski, Madeleine J; Hüsing, Johannes; Claassen, Kevin; Möller, Lennart; Kajüter, Hiltraud; Oesterling, Florian; Grünwald, Viktor; Umutlu, Lale; Kleesiek, Jens; Telli, Tugce; Merkel-Jens, Anja; Hüsing, Anika; Kesch, Claudia; Herrmann, Ken; Eiber, Matthias; Hoberück, Sebastian; Meyer, Philipp T; Kind, Felix; Rahbar, Kambiz; Schäfers, Michael; Stang, Andreas; Hadaschik, Boris A.; Fendler, Wolfgang P.
    Combining PSMA-PET and PROMISE to re-define disease stage and risk in patients with prostate cancer : A multicentre retrospective study
    In: The Lancet Oncology, Vol. 25, 2024, Nr. 9, pp. 1188 – 1201
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Abdel-Wahab, May; Giammarile, Francesco; Carrara, Mauro; Paez, Diana; Hricak, Hedvig; Ayati, Nayyereh; Li, Jing Jing; Mueller, Malina; Aggarwal, Ajay; Al-Ibraheem, Akram; Alkhatib, Sondos; Atun, Rifat; Bello, Abubakar; Berger, Daniel; Delgado Bolton, Roberto C; Buatti, John M; Burt, Graeme; Bjelac, Olivera Ciraj; Cordero-Mendez, Lisbeth; Dosanjh, Manjit; Eichler, Thomas; Fidarova, Elena; Gondhowiardjo, Soehartati; Gospodarowicz, Mary; Grover, Surbhi; Hande, Varsha; Harsdorf-Enderndorf, Ekaterina; Herrmann, Ken; Hofman, Michael S; Holmberg, Ola; Jaffray, David; Knoll, Peter; Kunikowska, Jolanta; Lewis, Jason S; Lievens, Yolande; Mikhail-Lette, Miriam; Ostwald, Dennis; Palta, Jatinder R; Peristeris, Platon; Rosa, Arthur A; Salem, Soha Ahmed; dos Santos, Marcos A; Sathekge, Mike M; Shrivastava, Shyam Kishore; Titovich, Egor; Urbain, Jean-Luc; Vanderpuye, Verna; Wahl, Richard L; Yu, Jennifer S; Zaghloul, Mohamed Saad; Zhu, Hongcheng; Scott, Andrew M
    Radiotherapy and theranostics : a Lancet Oncology Commission
    In: The Lancet Oncology, Vol. 25, 2024, Nr. 11, pp. e545 – e580
    DOI
  • Pasquier, David; Bidaut, Luc; Oprea-Lager, Daniela Elena; deSouza, Nandita M; Krug, David; Collette, Laurence; Kunz, Wolfgang; Belkacemi, Yazid; Bau, Maria Grazia; Caramella, Caroline; De Geus-Oei, Lioe-Fee; De Caluwé, Alex; Deroose, Christophe; Gheysens, Olivier; Herrmann, Ken; Kindts, Isabelle; Kontos, Michalis; Kümmel, Sherko; Linderholm, Barbro; Lopci, Egesta; Meattini, Icro; Smeets, Ann; Kaidar-Person, Orit; Poortmans, Philip; Tsoutsou, Pelagia; Hajjaji, Nawale; Russell, Nicola; Senkus, Elżbieta; Talbot, Jean-Noël; Umutlu, Lale; Vandecaveye, Vincent; Verhoeff, Joost J C; van Oordt, Willemien Menke-van der Houven; Zacho, Helle D; Cardoso, Fatima; Fournier, Laure; Van Duijnhoven, Frederieke; Lecouvet, Frédéric E
    Designing clinical trials based on modern imaging and metastasis-directed treatments in patients with oligometastatic breast cancer : a consensus recommendation from the EORTC Imaging and Breast Cancer Groups
    In: The Lancet Oncology, Vol. 24, 2023, Nr. 8, pp. e331 – e343
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Fizazi, Karim; Herrmann, Ken; Krause, Bernd J; Rahbar, Kambiz; Chi, Kim N; Morris, Michael J; Sartor, Oliver; Tagawa, Scott T; Kendi, Ayse T; Vogelzang, Nicholas; Calais, Jeremie; Nagarajah, James; Wei, Xiao X; Koshkin, Vadim S; Beauregard, Jean-Mathieu; Chang, Brian; Ghouse, Ray; DeSilvio, Michelle; Messmann, Richard A; de Bono, Johann
    Health-related quality of life and pain outcomes with [¹⁷⁷Lu]Lu-PSMA-617 plus standard of care versus standard of care in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (VISION) : a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial
    In: The Lancet Oncology, Vol. 24, 2023, Nr. 6, pp. 597 – 610
    DOI
  • Weber, Manuel; Kersting, David; Riemann, Burkhard; Brandenburg, Tim; Führer, Dagmar; Grünwald, Frank; Kreissl, Michael C.; Dralle, Henning; Weber, Frank; Schmid, Kurt Werner; Herrmann, Ken; Jentzen, Walter; Grafe, Hong; Rischpler, Christoph; Theurer, Sarah; Bockisch, Andreas; Nagarajah, James; Fendler, Wolfgang
    Enhancing Radioiodine Incorporation into Radioiodine-Refractory Thyroid Cancer with MAPK Inhibition (ERRITI) : A Single-Center Prospective Two-Arm Study
    In: Clinical Cancer Research, Vol. 28, 2022, Nr. 19, pp. 4194 – 4202
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Seifert, Robert; Kersting, David; Rischpler, Christoph; Sandach, Patrick; Ferdinandus, Justin; Fendler, Wolfgang; Rahbar, Kambiz; Weckesser, Matthias; Umutlu, Lale; Hanoun, Christine; Hüttmann, Andreas; Reinhardt, Hans Christian; von Tresckow, Bastian; Herrmann, Ken; Dührsen, Ulrich; Schäfers, Michael
    Interim FDG-PET analysis to identify patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma who benefit from treatment intensification : A post-hoc analysis of the PETAL trial
    In: Leukemia, Vol. 36, 2022, Nr. 12, pp. 2845 – 2852
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Bodei, Lisa; Herrmann, Ken; Schöder, Heiko; Scott, Andrew M.; Lewis, Jason S.
    Radiotheranostics in oncology : current challenges and emerging opportunities
    In: Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, Vol. 19, 2022, Nr. 8, pp. 534 – 550
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Fendler, Wolfgang P.; Pabst, Kim M.; Kessler, Lukas; Fragoso Costa, Pedro; Ferdinandus, Justin; Weber, Manuel; Lippert, Maria; Lückerath, Katharina; Umutlu, Lale; Kostbade, Karina; Mavroeidi, Ilektra A.; Schuler, Martin; Ahrens, Marit; Rischpler, Christoph; Bauer, Sebastian; Herrmann, Ken; Siveke, Jens T.; Hamacher, Rainer
    Safety and Efficacy of 90Y-FAPI-46 Radioligand Therapy in Patients with Advanced Sarcoma and Other Cancer Entities
    In: Clinical Cancer Research, Vol. 28, 2022, Nr. 19, pp. 4346 – 4353
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Hope, Thomas A.; Eiber, Matthias; Armstrong, Wesley R.; Juarez, Roxanna; Murthy, Vishnu; Lawhn-Heath, Courtney; Behr, Spencer C.; Zhang, Li; Barbato, Francesco; Ceci, Francesco; Farolfi, Andrea; Schwarzenböck, Sarah M.; Unterrainer, Marcus; Zacho, Helle D.; Nguyen, Hao G.; Cooperberg, Matthew R.; Carroll, Peter R.; Reiter, Robert E.; Holden, Stuart; Herrmann, Ken; Zhu, Shaojun; Fendler, Wolfgang; Czernin, Johannes; Calais, Jeremie
    Diagnostic Accuracy of ⁶⁸Ga-PSMA-11 PET for Pelvic Nodal Metastasis Detection Prior to Radical Prostatectomy and Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection : A Multicenter Prospective Phase 3 Imaging Trial
    In: JAMA Oncology, Vol. 7, 2021, Nr. 11, pp. 1635 – 1642
    DOI
  • Gafita, Andrei; Calais, Jeremie; Grogan, Tristan R.; Hadaschik, Boris; Wang, Hui; Weber, Manuel; Sandhu, Shahneen; Kratochwil, Clemens; Esfandiari, Rouzbeh; Tauber, Robert; Zeldin, Anna; Rathke, Hendrik; Armstrong, Wesley R.; Robertson, Andrew; Thin, Pan; D'Alessandria, Calogero; Rettig, Matthew B.; Delpassand, Ebrahim S.; Haberkorn, Uwe; Elashoff, David; Herrmann, Ken; Czernin, Johannes; Hofman, Michael S.; Fendler, Wolfgang; Eiber, Matthias
    Nomograms to predict outcomes after ¹⁷⁷Lu-PSMA therapy in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer : An international, multicentre, retrospective study
    In: The Lancet Oncology, Vol. 22, 2021, Nr. 8, pp. 1115 – 1125
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Herrmann, Ken; Kraus, Bernd Joachim; Hadaschik, Boris; Kunikowska, Jolanta; van Poppel, Hendrik; N'Dow, James; Sartor, Oliver; Oyen, Wim J. G.
    Nuclear medicine theranostics comes of age
    In: The Lancet Oncology, Vol. 22, 2021, Nr. 11, pp. 1497 – 1498
    DOI
  • Kollenda, Sebastian; Klose, Jasmin; Knuschke, Torben; Sokolova, Viktoriya; Schmitz, Jochen; Staniszewska, Magdalena; Costa, Pedro Fragoso; Herrmann, Ken; Westendorf, Astrid; Fendler, Wolfgang; Epple, Matthias
    In vivo biodistribution of calcium phosphate nanoparticles after intravascular, intramuscular, intratumoral, and soft tissue administration in mice investigated by small animal PET/CT
    In: Acta Biomaterialia, Vol. 109, 2020, pp. 244 – 253
    DOI
  • Bodei, Lisa; Schöder, Heiko; Baum, Richard P; Herrmann, Ken; Strosberg, Jonathan; Caplin, Martyn; Öberg, Kjell; Modlin, Irvin M
    Molecular profiling of neuroendocrine tumours to predict response and toxicity to peptide receptor radionuclide therapy
    In: The Lancet Oncology, Vol. 21, 2020, Nr. 9, pp. e431 – e443
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Herrmann, Ken; Schwaiger, Markus; Lewis, Jason S.; Solomon, Stephen B.; McNeil, Barbara J.; Baumann, Michael; Gambhir, Sanjiv S.; Hricak, Hedvig; Weissleder, Ralph
    Radiotheranostics : A roadmap for future development
    In: The Lancet Oncology, Vol. 21, 2020, Nr. 3, pp. e146 – e156
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Fendler, Wolfgang P.; Calais, Jeremie; Eiber, Matthias; Flavell, Robert R.; Mishoe, Ashley; Feng, Felix Y.; Nguyen, Hao G.; Reiter, Robert E.; Rettig, Matthew B.; Okamoto, Shozo; Emmett, Louise; Zacho, Helle D.; Ilhan, Harun; Wetter, Axel; Rischpler, Christoph; Schoder, Heiko; Burger, Irene A.; Gartmann, Jeannine; Smith, Raven; Small, Eric J.; Slavik, Roger; Carroll, Peter R.; Herrmann, Ken; Czernin, Johannes; Hope, Thomas A.
    Assessment of ⁶⁸Ga-PSMA-11 PET Accuracy in Localizing Recurrent Prostate Cancer : A Prospective Single-Arm Clinical Trial
    In: JAMA Oncology, Vol. 5, 2019, Nr. 6, pp. 856 – 863
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Schotten, Clemens; Bechmann, Lars Peter; Manka, Paul; Theysohn, Jens; Dechene, Alexander; El Fouly, Amr; Barbato, Francesco; Neumann, Ursula; Radünz, Sonia; Sydor, Svenja; Heider, Dominik; Venerito, Marino; Canbay, Aliekber; Gerken, Guido; Herrmann, Ken; Wedemeyer, Heiner; Best, Jan; Bechmann, Lars P.; El Fouly, Amr
    NAFLD-Associated Comorbidities in Advanced Stage HCC Do Not Alter the Safety and Efficacy of Yttrium-90 Radioembolization
    In: Liver Cancer, Vol. 8, 2019, Nr. 6, pp. 491 – 504
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Fendler, Wolfgang P.; Weber, Manuel; Iravani, Amir; Hofman, Michael S.; Calais, Jeremie; Czernin, Johannes; Ilhan, Harun; Saad, Fred; Small, Eric J.; Smith, Matthew R.; Perez, Paola M.; Hope, Thomas A.; Rauscher, Isabel; Londhe, Anil; Lopez-Gitlitz, Angela; Cheng, Shinta; Maurer, Tobias; Herrmann, Ken; Eiber, Matthias; Hadaschik, Boris
    Prostate-specific membrane antigen ligand positron emission tomography in men with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
    In: Clinical Cancer Research, Vol. 25, 2019, Nr. 24, pp. 7448 – 7454
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Gerwing, Mirjam; Herrmann, Ken; Helfen, Anne; Schliemann, Christoph; Berdel, Wolfgang E.; Eisenblätter, Michel; Wildgruber, Moritz
    The beginning of the end for conventional RECIST — novel therapies require novel imaging approaches
    In: Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, Vol. 16, 2019, Nr. 7, pp. 442 – 458
    DOI
  • Fanti, Stefano; Minozzi, Silvia; Antoch, Gerald; Banks, Ian; Briganti, Alberto; Carrio, Ignasi; Chiti, Arturo; Clarke, Noel; Eiber, Matthias; De Bono, Johann; Fizazi, Karim; Gillessen, Silke; Gledhill, Sam; Haberkorn, Uwe; Herrmann, Ken; Hicks, Rodney J.; Lecouvet, Frederic; Montironi, Rodolfo; Ost, Piet; O'Sullivan, Joe M.; Padhani, Anwar R.; Schalken, Jack A.; Scher, Howard I.; Tombal, Bertrand; van Moorselaar, Reindert Jeroen A.; Van Poppel, Heindrik; Vargas, Hebert Alberto; Walz, Jochen; Weber, Wolfgang A.; Wester, Hans-Jürgen; Oyen, Wim J.G.
    Consensus on molecular imaging and theranostics in prostate cancer
    In: The Lancet Oncology, Vol. 19, 2018, Nr. 12, pp. e696 – e708
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  • Schotten, C.; Bechmann, Lars Peter; Manka, Paul; Theysohn, Jens; Dechene, Alexander; El Fouly, A.; Muller, S.; Schulze, Maren; Neumann, U.; Radunz, S.; Heider, Dominik; Canbay, Aliekber; Gerken, Guido; Herrmann, Ken; Wedemeyer, Heiner; Best, Jan
    Extrahepatic Comorbidities Do Not Alter the Safety and Efficacy of Radioembolization of NAFLD-Associated HCC
    In: Hepatology, Vol. 68, 2018, Nr. Suppl. 1, pp. 852A – 853A
  • Lecouvet, Frédéric E.; Oprea-Lager, Daniela E.; Liu, Yan; Ost, Piet; Bidaut, Luc; Collette, Laurence; Deroose, Christophe M.; Goffin, Karolien; Herrmann, Ken; Hoekstra, Otto S.; Kramer, Gem; Lievens, Yolande; Lopci, Egesta; Pasquier, David; Petersen, Lars J.; Talbot, Jean-Noël; Zacho, Helle; Tombal, Bertrand; deSouza, Nandita M.
    Use of modern imaging methods to facilitate trials of metastasis-directed therapy for oligometastatic disease in prostate cancer : a consensus recommendation from the EORTC Imaging Group
    In: The Lancet Oncology, Vol. 19, 2018, Nr. 10, pp. e534 – e545
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Caldarelli, Antonio; Müller, Jörg P.; Paskowski-Rogacz, M.; Herrmann, Ken; Bauer, Reinhard F.; Koch, Sina; Heninger, Anne Kristin; Krastev, Dragomir Blazhev; Ding, Li; Kasper, Stefan; Fischer, Thomas A.; Brodhun, Michael; Böhmer, Frank Dietmar; Buchholz, Frank
    A genome-wide RNAi screen identifies proteins modulating aberrant FLT3-ITD signaling
    In: Leukemia, Vol. 27, 2013, Nr. 12, pp. 2301 – 2310
    DOI
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