Dr. Edward Yu is an oncology consultant at the London Regional Cancer Program in the London Health Science Center, and the Grey Bruce Regional Health Centre Foundation. In addition, he is an Associate Professor at The University of Western Ontario, where he previously held the position of Assistant Professor from 1995 to 2001. Beyond his professorship, Dr. Yu has been a member of the Faculty of Graduate Studies since 2001, the Department of Medical Biophysics since 2001, and the Department of Oncology since 1993. He is also an Associate Scientist at the Lawson Research Health Institute since 2002.
Articles
Prognostic Factors for Male Breast Cancer: Similarity to Female Counterparts (with Larry Stitt, Olga Vujovic, Kurian Joseph, Avi Assouline, Joseph Au, Jawaid Younus, Francisco Perera, and Patricia Tai), Anticancer Research (2013)
Abstract. Aim: To assess whether prognostic factors in male (MBC) and female (FBC) breast cancer...
Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation for Patients With Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer With Response to Chemoradiation (with Avi Assouline, Kurian Joseph, and Larry Stitt), Clinical Lung Cancer (2013)
Background Previous clinical studies have generally reported that prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) was given to...
Long-term outcome of breast cancer patients with one to two nodes involved-application of nodal ratio (with Kurian Joseph and Ali El-Gayed), The Breast Journal (2012)
Abstract: Nodal ratio (NR) is defined as the number of involved nodes to the number...
Lung Cancer Brachytherapy: Robotics-Assisted Minimally Invasive Approach (with Craig Lewis, Ana Luisa Trejos, Rajni V. Patel, and Richard A. Malthaner), Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews (2011)
New technological concepts have been evolving to manage the relative poor prognosis of lung cancer....
Lung Cancer Epidemiology – A Global View (with Patricia Tai, Rashmi Koul, and Arbind Dubey), Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews (2011)
Smoking, air pollution and radon exposure are causally related to lung cancer. This review analyzes...
Contributions to Books
Presentations
Optimal Strategy for Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation in Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (with Patricia Tai, Avi Assouline, and Kurian Joseph), Radiotherapy and Oncology (2012)
What Factors Predict Outcome at Relapse after Previous Esophagectomy and Adjuvant Therapy in High-Risk Esophageal Cancer? (with Patricia Tai, Richard Malthaner, Larry Stitt, George Rodrigues, Rashid Dar, Brian Yaremko, Jawaid Younus, Michael Sanatani, Mark Vincent, Brian Dingle, Dalilah Fortin, and Richard Inculet), Canadian Association of Radiation Oncologists (CARO) Annual Scientific Meeting (2009)
Management of patients who have disease relapse after completion of surgery and adjuvant chemo-radiation (CRT)...
Post-Operative Extended Volume External Beam Radiation Therapy Is Safe for High Risk Esophageal Cancer Patients (with Patricia Tai, Jawaid Younus, Richard Malthaner, Larry Stitt, Pauline Truong, George Rodrigues, Robert Ash, Rashid Dar, Anna Tomiak, Mark Vincent, Walter Kocha, Brian Dingle, and Richard Inculet), Canadian Association of Radiation Oncologists (CARO) Annual Scientific Meeting (2007)
Post-operative radiation therapy (RT) (1) and post-operative chemoradiation (2) have been used for esophageal cancer...
The Role of Radiation Therapy on Medically Inoperable Clinically Localized Non-small Cell Lung Patients: London Regional Cancer Program (LRCP) Clinical Experience (with Michael Lee, Robert Ash, Patricia Tai, Larry Stitt, George Rodrigues, Rashid Dar, Mark Vincent, Richard Inculet, and Richard Malthaner), Canadian Association of Radiation Oncologists (CARO) Annual Scientific Meeting (2006)
Lung cancer is the most frequent cause of cancer death in both men and women...
Extended vs. Small Field Irradiation in High Risk Post Esophagectomy Patients Receiving Combined Chemoradiation Therapy: A Decade Experience in Treatment of Esophageal Cancer (with Patricia Tai, George Rodrigues, Robert Ash, Larry Stitt, Rashid A. Dar, Pauline Truong, Gregory M. Videtic, Richard Malthaner, Richard Inculet, Anna Tomiak, Jawaid Younus, Brian Dingle, Walter Kocha, and Mark Vincent), Canadian Association of Radiation Oncologists (CARO) Annual Scientific Meeting (2005)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of extended field irradiation with anastomotic coverage on local recurrence...