
Areas of expertise
- CNS
- Lung tumors
- Lymphome
- Prostate carcinoma
- Breast cancer
Languages
German, English, French, Slovenian
Education
Medical law studies, Johannes Kepler University, Linz
Executive MBA at the WU, Vienna
Academic Health Care Manager at WU, Vienna
Human medicine at the Medical University of Vienna
ÖAK diplomas: palliative care diploma, emergency doctor diploma, health resort doctor diploma, geriatrics diploma, substitution diploma, advanced training diploma ÖÄK, didactics diploma
Professional Career
Specialist in Radiation Oncology, MedAustron
Primaria at the Institute for Radiooncology at the Favoriten Clinic
Risk Manager
Auditor for DOC-Zert
Tutor for assistant doctors
Specialist coordinator and mentor
Visiting professor at the Medical University of Vienna
Senior hospital physician for radiation oncology
Specialist in radiotherapy and radiooncology and general practitioner
Memberships
Member of ÖGRO
Member of SANO
Member of ESTRO
Member of ISRS
Member of ÖGS
Member of ASTRO
Member of IORBC
Selected Publications
Durvalumab prolongs overall survival. Whereas radiation dose escalation > 66 Gy might improve long-term local control in unresectable NSCLC Stage III: Updated Analysis of the Austrian Radiooncological Lung Cancer Study Association Rgistry (ALLSTAR)F. Zehentmayr, P. Feurstein, E. Ruznic, …C. Steffal, …K.Dieckmann; Cancers, April 2025
157P Durvalumab impacts progression-free survival but not local
control in patients with inoperable NSCLC stage III: Real-world
data from the Austrian radio-oncological lung cancer study
association registry (ALLSTAR)
F. Zehentmayr, P. Feurstein, E. Ruznic, …C. Steffal, …K. Dieckmann; ESMO open, March 2024
Durvalumab impacts PFS while high-dose radiation > 66 Gy
improves LC without excess toxicity in unresectable NSCLC stage
III: Real-world data from Austrian radio-oncological lung cancer
study association registry (ALLSTAR)
F. Zehentmayr, P. Feurstein, E. Ruznic, …C. Steffal, …K.
Dieckmann; Radiotherapy und Oncology July 2024; 196: 110294
Stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy for resected brain
metastases: current pattern of care in the Radiosurgery and
Stereotactic Radiotherapy Working Group of the German
Association for Radiation Oncology (DEGRO)
S. Rogers, B.G. Baumert, O.Blanck, ….C. Steffal, …S.E. Combs; Strahlentherapie und Onkologie 2022; 198(1)
5 years of experience with DIBH (Deep inspiration breath-hold)
combined with SGRT (Surface-Guided Radiation Therapy) in leftsided breast cancer
C. Steffal, A.U. Schratter-Sehn, K. Brinda-Raitmayr, T. Kann, D. Mailat, J. Reiterer, G. Tremmel; Senologie 2020; 17: 1–9
The course of quality of life and neurocognition in newly
diagnosed patients with glioblastoma
B. Flechl, C. Sax, M. Ackerl, R. Crevenna, …C. LütgendorfCaucig, K. Dieckmann, C. Steffal, C. Marosi …; Radiother Oncol. 2017 Nov; 125(2):228-233. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2017.07.027. Epub 2017 Aug 8
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