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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....

 

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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...

 

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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...

 

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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...

 

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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...

 

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What Are the Factors that Predict Outcome at Relapse after Previous Esophagectomy and Adjuvant Therapy in High-risk Esophageal Cancer? (with P. Tai, R. Malthaner, L. Stitt, G. Rodrigues, R. Dar, B. Yaremko, J. Younus, M. Sanatani, M. Vincent, B. Dingle, D. Fortin, and R. Inculet), Current Oncology (2010)

OBJECTIVES: The present study investigated factors affecting outcome at relapse after previous surgery and adjuvant...

 

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A Review of Autoimmune Diseases Associated with Cancer (with Patricia Tai, Kurian Joseph, and Thomas Miale), Frontiers in Bioscience (2010)

The focus of this review is on the relationships between autoimmune diseases and cancer from...

 

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Effect of Interval to Definitive Breast Surgery on Clinical Presentation and Survival in Early-Stage Invasive Breast Cancer (with Olga Vujovic, Anil Cherian, Francisco Perera, A. Rashid Dar, Larry Stitt, and A. Hammond), International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (2009)

Purpose: To examine the effect of clinical presentation and interval to breast surgery on local...

 

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The Management of Thymoma: A Systematic Review and Practice Guideline (with Conrad B. Falkson, Andrea Bezjak, Gail Darling, Richard Gregg, Richard Malthaner, Donna E. Maziak, Christopher A. Smith, Sheila McNair, Yee C. Ung, William K. Evans, and Lung Cancer Disease Site Group of Cancer Care Ontario's Program in Evidence-Based Care), Journal of Thoracic Oncology (2009)

INTRODUCTION: Thymoma is a rare tumor for which there is little randomized evidence to guide...

 

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A Long-Term Study of Radiation Therapy in T1-2 Node-Negative Breast Cancer Patients in Relation to the Number of Axillary Nodes Examined (with Patricia Tai, Evgeny Sadikov, and Kurian Joseph), International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (2009)

Purpose: The optimal number of axillary nodes to be resected is controversial. This large series...

 

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Management and Prognosis in Synchronous Solitary Resected Brain Metastasis from Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer (with Alexander V. Louie, George Rodrigues, Brian Yaremko, A. Rashid Dar, Brian Dingle, Mark Vincent, Michael Sanatani, Richard Malthaner, and Richard Inculet), Clinical Lung Cancer (2009)

Background: Reports in the medical literature have described cases of extended survival of patients with...

 

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A Fully Automated Non-external Marker 4D-CT Sorting Algorithm Using a Serial Cine Scanning Protocol (with Greg Carnes, Stewart Gaede, Jake Van Dyk, Jerry Battista, and Ting-Yim Lee), Physics in Medicine and Biology (2009)

Current 4D-CT methods require external marker data to retrospectively sort image data and generate CT...

 

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The Number of Axillary Nodes Removed as a Predictor of Regional Recurrence in Node Negative Breast Cancer (with Olga Vujovic, Anil Cherian, A. Rashid Dar, Larry Stitt, and Francisco Perera), Radiotherapy and Oncology (2009)

Purpose: To determine if the number of axillary nodes removed is a predictor of recurrence...

 

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The Use of CT Density Changes at Internal Tissue Interfaces to Correlate Internal Organ Motion with an External Surrogate (with Stewart Gaede, Gregory Carnes, Jake Van Dyk, Jerry Battista, and Ting-Yim Lee), Physics in Medicine and Biology (2009)

The purpose of this paper is to describe a non-invasive method to monitor the motion...

 

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Cardiac Tumours (with Patricia Tai), Nowotwory Journal of Oncology (2009)

Primary cardiac neoplasms are rare and they are not covered comprehensively in the literature, including...

 

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Post-Operative Extended Volume External Beam Radiation Therapy in High Risk Esophageal Cancer Patients: A Prospective Experience (with P. Tai, J. Younus, R. Malthaner, P. Truong, L. Stitt, G. Rodrigues, R. Ash, R. Dar, B. Yaremko, A. Tomiak, B. Dingle, M. Sanatani, M. Vincent, W. Kocha, D. Fortin, and R. Inculet), Current Oncology (2009)

Background and purpose: Extended volume external beam radiation therapy (RT) following esophagectomy is controversial. This...

 

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The 4th annual Ontario Thoracic Cancer Conference at Niagara-on-the-lake (with Y. C. Ung, R. Malthaner, R. Burkes, P. Ellis, G. Goss, H. Solow, S. Irvine, and S. Laffan), Current Oncology (2009)

The 4th annual Ontario Thoracic Cancer Conference at Niagara-on-the-lake focused on the themes of innova-...

 

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MIRA V: An Integrated System for Minimally Invasive Robot-assisted Lung Brachytherapy (with A. L. Trejos, A. W. Lin, S. Mohan, H. Bassan, C. Edirisinghe, R. V. Patel, C. Lewis, A. Fenster, and R. A. Malthaner), IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2008 (2008)

An integrated system for minimally invasive robot-assisted image-guided lung brachytherapy has been developed. The system...

 

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Dosimetric Evaluation of Helical Tomotherapy Treatment Planning for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (with Karen Chu, George Rodrigues, Slav Yartsev, A. Rashid Dar, Robert Ash, Brian Yaremko, Marc MacKenzie, Harvey Quon, Glenn Bauman, and Wilson Roa), Cancer Therapy (2008)

Helical tomotherapy (HT) is a novel technique to deliver intensity modulated radiation therapy guided by...

 

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Nodal Ratios in Node-Positive Breast Cancer—Long-Term Study to Clarify Discrepancy of Role of Supraclavicular and Axillary Regional Radiotherapy (with Patricia Tai, Kurian Joseph, Evgeny Sadikov, Shazia Mahmood, and Francis Lien), International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (2007)

Purpose: To study the absolute number of involved nodes/the number of nodes examined or the...

 

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Disease-specific Survival for Limited-stage Small-cell Lung Cancer Affected by Statistical Method of Assessment (with Patricia Tai, Judith-Anne W. Chapman, Dennie Jones, Changhong Yu, Fei Yuan, and Lee Sang-Joon), BMC Cancer (2007)

Background: In general, prognosis and impact of prognostic/predictive factors are assessed with Kaplan-Meier plots and/or...

 

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3D Thoracoscopic Ultrasound Volume Measurement Validation in an Ex Vivo and In Vivo Porcine Model of Lung Tumours (with V. D. M. Hornblower, A. Fenster, J. J. Battista, and R. A. Malthaner), Physics in Medicine and Biology (2007)

The purpose of this study was to validate the accuracy and reliability of volume measurements...

 

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Definitive Radiation Therapy Management for Medically Non-resectable Clinically Localised Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Results & Prognostic Factors (with Patricia Tai, Robert Ash, Michael Lee, Larry Stitt, George Rodrigues, Rashid Dar, Mark Vincent, Richard Inculet, and Richard Malthaner), Nowotwory Journal of Oncology (2007)

The aim of this paper is to review the experience of radical radiation therapy and...

 

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The Effect of Timing of Radiotherapy after Breast-conserving Surgery in Patients with Positive or Close Resection Margins, Young Age, and Node-negative Disease, with Long Term Follow-up (with Olga Vujovic, Anil Cherian, A. Rashid Dar, Larry Stitt, and Francisco Perera), International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (2006)

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of timing of radiotherapy...

 

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Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion (SIADH) in Patients with Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (with Patricia Tai, Kurian Jones, Evgeny Sadikov, Shazia Mahmood, and Jon Tonita), Lung Cancer (2006)

A few series in the literature were published before 1987 on syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic...

 

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The Role of High-dose-rate Brachytherapy in the Palliation of Symptoms in Patients with Non-small-cell Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review (with Yee C. Ung; Conrad Falkson; Adam E. Haynes; Denise Stys-Norman; William K. Evans; and Cancer Care Ontario's Program in Evidence-based Care, McMaster University), Brachytherapy (2006)

Purpose: This review addresses the role of high-dose-rate endobronchial brachytherapy (HDREB) for symptom palliation in...

 

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The Role of Radiation Therapy in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Systematic Review (with Yee C. Ung; Conrad Falkson; Adam E. Haynes; Denise Stys-Norman; William K. Evans; and Cancer Care Ontario Program in Evidence-based Care, McMaster University), Radiotherapy and Oncology (2006)

Introduction: Radiation therapy may offer patients presenting with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) symptom palliation and...

 

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Eleven-year Follow-up Results in the Delay of Breast Irradiation after Conservative Breast Surgery in Node-negative Breast Cancer Patients (with Olga Vujovic, Anil Cherian, A. Rashid Dar, Larry Stitt, and Francisco Perera), International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (2006)

Purpose: This retrospective review was conducted to determine if delay in the start of radiotherapy...

 

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Comparative Planning Evaluation of Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy Techniques for Complex Lung Cancer Cases (with Slav Yartsev, Jeff Chen, Tomas Kron, George Rodrigues, Terry Coad, Kristina Trenka, Eugene Wong, Glenn Bauman, and Jake Van Dyk), Radiotherapy and Oncology (2006)

Background and purpose: Lung cancer treatment can be one of the most challenging fields in...

 

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Radiotherapy for Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Skin (with Patricia Tai and Juan Pacella), Nowotwory Journal of Oncology (2006)

We examine the impact of radiotherapy in the treatment of Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) of...

 

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Short- and Long-term Cause-specific Survival of Patients with Inflammatory Breast Cancer (with Patricia Tai, Ross Shiels, Juan Pacella, Kurian Jones, Evgeny Sadikov, and Shazia Mahmood), BMC Cancer (2005)

Background: Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) had been perceived to have a poor prognosis. Oncologists were...

 

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Does Sex Influence the Impact that Smoking, Treatment Interruption and Impaired Pulmonary Function Have on Outcomes in Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment? (with Gregory M. M. Videtic, Pauline T. Truong, Robert B. Ash, Walter I. Kocha, Mark D. Vincent, Anna T. Tomiak, A Rashid Dar, Frances Whiston, and Larry W. Stitt), Canadian Respiratory Journal (2005)

PURPOSE: To look for survival differences between men and women with limited stage small cell...

 

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Minimum Follow-up Time Required for the Estimation of Statistical Cure of Cancer Patients: Verification Using Data from 42 Cancer Sites in the SEER Database (with Patricia Tai, Gábor Cserni, Georges Vlastos, Melanie Royce, Ian Kunkler, and Vincent Vinh-Hung), BMC Cancer (2005)

Background: The present commonly used five-year survival rates are not adequate to represent the statistical...

 

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Long-term Survival Rates of Laryngeal Cancer Patients Treated by Radiation and Surgery, Radiation Alone, and Surgery Alone: Studied by Lognormal and Kaplan-Meier Survival Methods (with Patricia Tai, Ross Shiels, and Jon Tonita), BMC Cancer (2005)

Background: Validation of the use of the lognormal model for predicting long-term survival rates using...

 

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Lung Cancer Trends. Part 2: Beyond North America (with P. Tai), Current Oncology (2005)
 

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Is Extended Volume External Beam Radiation Therapy Covering the Anastomotic Site Beneficial in Post-esophagectomy High Risk Patients? (with Rashid Dar, George B. Rodrigues, Larry Stitt, Gregory M. M. Videtic, Pauline Truong, Anna Tomiak, Robert Ash, Ed Brecevic, Richard Inculet, Richard Malthaner, Mark Vincent, Ian Craig, Walter Kocha, and Michael Lefcoe), Radiotherapy and Oncology (2004)

Background and purpose: To assess the impact of extended volume radiation therapy (RT) with anastomotic...

 

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Evaluation of Intra- and Inter-fraction Motion in Breast Radiotherapy Using Electronic Portal Cine Imaging (with Tomas Kron, Chrison Lee, and Francisco Perera), Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment (2004)

Breast irradiation is one of the most challenging problems in radiotherapy due to the complex...

 

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Survival of Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer: Twenty-year Data from Two SEER Registries (with Patricia Tai, Vincent Vinh-Hung, Gábor Cserni, and Georges Vlastos), BMC Cancer (2004)

Background: Many researchers are interested to know if there are any improvements in recent treatment...

 

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Planning Evaluation of Radiotherapy for Complex Lung Cancer Cases Using Helical Tomotherapy (with Tomas Kron, Grigor Grigorov, Slav Yartsev, Jeff Z. Chen, Eugene Wong, George Rodrigues, Kris Trenka, Terry Coad, Glenn Bauman, and Jake Van Dyk), Physics in Medicine and Biology (2004)

Lung cancer treatment is one of the most challenging fields in radiotherapy. The aim of...

 

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Prediction of Radiation Pneumonitis by Dose-volume Histogram Parameters in Lung Cancer--A Systematic Review (with George Rodrigues, Michael Lock, David D'Souza, and Jake Van Dyk), Radiotherapy and Oncology (2004)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To perform a systematic review of the predictive ability of various dose-volume...

 

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Radiation Treatment of Lung Cancer--Patterns of Practice in Canada (with Patricia Tai, Jerry Battista, and Jake Van Dyk), Radiotherapy and Oncology (2004)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To assess the patterns of practice among Canadian radiation oncologists who treat...

 

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Impaired Diffusion Capacity Predicts for Decreased Treatment Tolerance and Survival in Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Treated with Concurrent Chemoradiation (with Gregory M. M. Videtic, Larry W. Stitt, Robert B. Ash, Pauline T. Truong, A. Rashid Dar, and Frances Whiston), Lung Cancer (2004)

PURPOSE: To determine if stratification of limited stage small cell lung cancer (LSCLC) patients by...

 

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Lung Cancer Trends. Part 1: North America (with P. Tai), Current Oncology (2004)
 

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Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: World Trends (with P. Tai), Current Oncology (2004)
 

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Patterns of Breast Recurrence in a Pilot Study of Brachytherapy Confined to the Lumpectomy Site for Early Breast Cancer with Six Years' Minimum Follow-up (with Francisco Perera, Jay Engel, Ronald Holliday, Leslie Scott, Frank Chisela, and Varagur Venkatesan), International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (2003)

PURPOSE: In this pilot study of high-dose-rate brachytherapy to the lumpectomy site as the sole...

 

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Shifting from Hypofractionated to "Conventionally" Fractionated Thoracic Radiotherapy: A Single Institution's 10-year Experience in the Management of Limited-stage Small-cell Lung Cancer Using Concurrent Chemoradiation (with Gregory M. M. Videtic, Pauline T. Truong, A. Rashid Dar, and Larry W. Stitt), International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (2003)

PURPOSE: To perform a retrospective review of a single institution's 10-year experience in treating limited-stage...

 

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Twenty-year Follow-up Study of Long-term Survival of Limited-stage Small-cell Lung Cancer and Overview of Prognostic and Treatment Factors (with Patricia Tai, Jon Tonita, and David Skarsgard), International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (2003)

PURPOSE: To predict the long-term survival results of clinical trials earlier than using actuarial methods...

 

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Continued Cigarette Smoking by Patients Receiving Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer Is Associated With Decreased Survival (with Gregory M. M. Videtic, Larry W. Stitt, A. Rashid Dar, Walter I. Kocha, Anna T. Tomiak, Pauline T. Truong, and Mark D. Vincent), Journal of Clinical Oncology (2003)

PURPOSE: To determine the impact of continued smoking by patients receiving chemotherapy (CHT) and radiotherapy...

 

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Validation of the Lognormal Model for Prediction of Long-term Survival Rates from Short-term Follow up Data in Stages III and IV Breast Cancer (with P. Tai, D. Skarsgard, and J. Tonita), Current Oncology (2003)
 

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Subsets More Likely to Benefit From Surgery or Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation After Chemoradiation for Localized Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (with Bruce Keith, Mark Vincent, Larry Stitt, Anna Tomiak, Richard Malthaner, Pauline Truong, Richard Inculet, Michael Lefcoe, A. Rashid Dar, Walter Kocha, and Ian Craig), American Journal of Clinical Oncology (2002)

After chemoradiation for localized non-small-cell lung cancer, surgery and prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) have been...

 

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Improving the Consistency in Cervical Esophageal Target Volume Definition by Special Training (with Patricia Tai, Jake Van Dyk, Jerry Battista, Larry Stitt, Jon Tonita, Olusegun Agboola, James Brierley, Rashid Dar, Christopher Leighton, Shawn Malone, Barbara Strang, Pauline Truong, Gregory Videtic, C. Shun Wong, Rebecca Wong, and Youssef Youssef), International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (2002)

PURPOSE: Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy requires the precise definition of the target volume. Its potential...

 

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Monte Carlo Simulations of DNA Damage from Incorporated Cold Iodine Following Photoelectrically Induced Auger Electron Cascades (with V. V. Moiseenko, S. J. Karnas, and J. J. Battista), Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2002)

Radiation-induced damage in nucleosomal DNA from Auger electron cascades due to incorporated cold IUdR has...

 

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Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation Revisited: Cost-effectiveness and Quality of Life in Small-cell Lung Cancer (with T. H. Patricia Tai, Peter Dickof, Glen Beck, Jon Tonita, Tete Ago, David Skarsgard, Marlene Schmidt, Matthew Schmid, and John S. K. Liem), International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (2002)

PURPOSE: To investigate the therapeutic usefulness and cost-effectiveness of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in patients...

 

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Computed Tomography to Assess Pulmonary Injury Associated with Concurrent Chemo-radiotherapy for Inoperable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (with Galit Aviram, Patricia Tai, and Michael S. Lefcoe), Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal (2001)

OBJECTIVE: To characterize serial computed tomography (CT) findings of pulmonary injury after a uniform regimen...

 

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Monte Carlo Simulations and Measurement of DNA Damage from X-ray-triggered Auger Cascades in Iododeoxyuridine (IUdR) (with S. J. Karnas, V. V. Moiseenko, P. Truong, and J. J. Battista), Radiation and Environmental Biophysics (2001)

We investigated the DNA damage from Auger electrons emitted from incorporated stable iodine (127I), following...

 

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Using Treatment Interruptions to Palliate the Toxicity from Concurrent Chemoradiation for Limited Small Cell Lung Cancer Decreases Survival and Disease Control (with Gregory M. M. Videtic, Karen Fung, Anna T. Tomiak, Larry W. Stitt, A. Rashid Dar, Pauline T. Truong, Mark D. Vincent, and Walter I. Kocha), Lung Cancer (2001)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We analyzed the impact on survival outcomes of treatment interruptions due to...

 

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Practice Guideline on Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation in Small-cell Lung Cancer (with Jaro Kotalik; Barbara R. Markman; William K. Evans; and Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, ON), International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (2001)

Purpose: To develop an evidence-based clinical practice guideline that would address the following questions: (a)...

 

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Operational Characteristics of a Prototype X-ray Needle Device (with S. J. Karnas, N. Avvakumov, and J. J. Battista), Physics in Medicine and Biology (2001)

A prototype x-ray needle, which emits 62.5 kVp x-rays at the tip of a 20...

 

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Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Skin (with Patricia T. H. Tai, Jon Tonita, and James Gilchrist), Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery (2000)

Background: Neuroendocrine/Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) of the skin is an uncommon tumour. Currently, there are...

 

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Chemotherapy in Neuroendocrine/Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Skin: Case Series and Review of 204 Cases (with Patricia T. H. Tai, Eric Winquist, Alex Hammond, Larry Stitt, Jan Tonita, and Jim Gilchrist), Journal of Clinical Oncology (2000)

Purpose: To study the use of chemotherapy for Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) of the skin.

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Radiation Treatment for Cervical Esophagus: Patterns of Practice Study in Canada, 1996 (with Patricia Tai, Jake Van Dyk, Jerry Battista, Matthew Schmid, Larry Stitt, Jon Tonita, and Terry Coad), International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (2000)

PURPOSE: To assess the patterns of practice among Canadian radiation oncologists who treat esophageal cancers,...

 

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Functional Infrared Imaging of the Breast (with J. R. Keyserlingk, P. D. Ahlgren, N. Belliveau, and M. Yassa), IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine (2000)

In order to re-assess the potential contribution of infrared (IR) imaging as a first-line component...

 

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Altered Fractionation of Radical Radiation Therapy in the Management of Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (with K. Lochrin, P. Dixon, Y. Ung, A. Gagliardi, and W. K. Evans), Current Oncology (2000)
 

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Optimal Photon Energies for IUdR K-edge Radiosensitization with Filtered X-ray and Radioisotope Sources (with S. J. Karnas, R. C. McGarry, and J. J. Battista), Physics in Medicine and Biology (1999)

The purpose of this work is to determine the most physically effective radiation energy for...

 

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Variability of Target Volume Delineation in Cervical Esophageal Cancer (with Patricia Tai, Jake Van Dyk, Jerry Battista, Larry Stitt, and Terry Coad), International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (1998)

PURPOSE: Three-dimensional (3D) conformal radiation therapy (CRT) assumes and requires the precise delineation of the...

 

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Infrared Imaging of the Breast: Initial Reappraisal Using High-Resolution Digital Technology in 100 Successive Cases of Stage I and II Breast Cancer (with J. R. Keyserlingk, P. D. Ahlgren, and N. Belliveau), The Breast Journal (1998)

There is a general consensus that earlier detection of breast cancer should result in improved...

 

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Does Delay in Breast Irradiation Following Conservative Breast Surgery in Node-Negative Breast Cancer Patients Have an Impact on Risk of Recurrence? (with Olga Vujovic, Francisco Perera, A. Rashid Dar, Larry Stitt, Sachi M. Voruganti, and Pauline T. Truong), International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (1998)

PURPOSE: This retrospective review was conducted to determine if delay in the start of radiotherapy...

 

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Superior Vena Cava Obstruction in Small-cell Lung Cancer (with Roscoe H. Chan, A. Rashid Dar, Larry W. Stitt, Francis Whiston, Pauline Truong, Mark D. Vincent, and Walter I. Kocha), International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (1997)

PURPOSE: To identify prognostic or treatment factors influencing the response of superior vena cava obstruction...

 

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Impact of Radiation Therapy Fraction Size on Local Control of Early Glottic Carcinoma (with George Shenouda, Marie P. Beaudet, and Martin J. Black), International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (1997)

Purpose: Different radiotherapy fractionation schedules were used over a 10-year period to treat patients with...

 

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Accelerated Fractionation in Inoperable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. A Phase I/II Study (with Luis Souhami, Julio Guerra, Brenda Clark, Carole Gingras, and Palma Fava), Cancer (1993)

Background: A prospective, single-treatment-arm, Phase I/II trial was performed to determine the tumor response to...

 

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Vitamin D and Parotid Gland Function in the Rat (with C. Peterfy and A. Tenenhouse), The Journal of Physiology (1988)

1. We previously reported that parotid gland secretion is decreased in rats deprived of vitamin...

 

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Decarboxylation of L-Dopa and 5-Hydroxytryptophan in Dispersed Rat Pancreas Acinar Cells (with L. Stern and A. Tenenhouse), Pharmacology (1984)

Amino acid decarboxylation activity in dispersed rat pancreas acinar cells and fractions derived by differential...

 

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The Role of Biogenic Amines in the Regulation of Exocrine Gland Function: A Possible Mechanism for the Pathogenesis of Cystic Fibrosis (with A. Tenenhouse), Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (1984)
 

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Uptake, Storage and Secretion of 5-hydroxytryptamine and Its Amino Acid Precursor by Dispersed Rat Pancreas Acinar Cells (with Ligia Stern and A. Tenenhouse), The Journal of Physiology (1983)

Rat pancreas acinar cells contain 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT; 10.86 +/- 2.52 ng/i.u. amylase), all of which...

 

Contributions to Books

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Esophageal Cancer, Clinical Clerkship Oncology Handbook (2007)
 

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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)...

 

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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...

 

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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...

 

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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...

 

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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...

 

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Evaluation of Intra- and Inter-fraction Motion in Breast Radiotherapy Using Electronic Portal Imaging Cine Loops (with Chrison Lee and Tomas Kron), Canadian Association of Radiation Oncologists (CARO) Annual Scientific Meeting (2003)

Parallel tangent breast irradiation is commonly used postbreast conservation surgery for early breast cancer patient...

 

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Is Extended Volume of External Beam Irradiation Beneficial in Post-esophagectomy High Risk Patients Receiving Combined Chemoradiation Therapy? (with A. R. Dar, R. Ash, G. Videtic, P. Truong, L. Stitt, A. Tomiak, M. Vincent, R. Malthaner, I. Craig, E. Brecevic, W. Kocha, R. Inculet, and M. Lefcoe), Canadian Association of Radiation Oncologists (CARO) Annual Scientific Meeting (2001)

OBJECTIVE: To assess the value of extended volume irradiation with anastomotic coverage in high risk...