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
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...
Mesothelioma - Epidemiology and Management (with Patricia Tai, Avi Assouline, and Kurian Joseph), Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews (2011)
Mesothelioma is an uncommon tumor. It has a latency period of 20-40 years. The most...
The Impact of Post-Mastectomy Radiation Therapy on Male Breast Cancer Patients--A Case Series (with Hiromichi Suzuki, Jawaid Younus, Tarek Elfiki, Larry Stitt, Gary Yau, Olga Vujovic, Francisco Perera, Michael Lock, and Patricia Tai), International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (2011)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of radiation management on male breast cancer (MBC) at London...
Issues Related to Sentinel Lymph Node Assessment in the Management of Breast Cancer—What Are Relevant in Pathology Reports? (with Patricia Tai and Kurian J. Joseph), Pathology Research International (2011)
Most cancer centers now perform sentinel node (SN) biopsies. The limited number of SNs sampled...
Contributions to Books
Presentations
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...
Robot Assisted Ultrasound Imaged Guided Interstitial Lung Brachytherapy in a Porcine Model (with Richard A. Malthaner, Jerry J. Battista, Chris Blake, Donal Downey, and Aaron Fenster), Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) – International Congress and Exhibition (2005)
We set out to see if permanent interstitial brachytherapy seeds could be safely and reproducibly...