Publications

Explore our most recent discoveries. For complete listings of individual faculty member's publications, see our faculty profiles.

  1. Ho A, Dajani S, Yadav P, Kalapurakal J, Kundu S, Meeks J, Sachdev S  Redefining Boundaries-Safety of Radiation Therapy in the Presence of Orthotopic Neobladder.  Adv Radiat Oncol  2026 Jul;11(7):102042. pii:102042
  2. Peng L, Perronne L, Gennaro N, Rashidi AP, Kobus Z, Seo M, Borhani AA, Kelahan L, Subedi K, Savas H  et al.  Performance of deep learning-based segmentation of soft tissue sarcoma by MRI sequence, tumor type and location.  Skeletal Radiol  2026 Jul;55(7):1539-1548. doi:10.1007/s00256-026-05178-3
  3. Lukas RV, Zhai L, Lauing KL, Kim M, Koch T, Penco-Campillo M, Bommi P, Dixit K, Kumthekar P, Sharp L  et al.  Phase 1 evaluation of patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma treated with radiation, nivolumab, and IDO1 enzyme inhibitor BMS-986205.  Clin Cancer Res  2026 May 26;. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-26-1124
  4. Tran A, Hass RW, Mattern S, Carlos RC, Mady LJ, Cella D, Gharzai LA, Sadigh G  Validation of a Single Item Screener for Financial Toxicity in Outpatient Imaging Patients.  J Am Coll Radiol  2026 May 25;. pii:S1546-1440(26)00281-4
  5. Pandya P, Asthana S, Soltani H, Clain A, Burdett KB, Gharzai LA, Patel U, Samant S, Stein AP, Martin-Harris B  et al.  Relationship Between Social Vulnerability Index and Severity of Pretreatment Swallowing Dysfunction for Oropharyngeal Cancer Patients.  OTO Open  2026;10:e70242. pii:e70242
  6. Kwan MM, Bazzi LA, Sun Z, Rand D, Park A, Asthana S, Larson A, Yadav P, Mittal BB, Akthar A  et al.  Impact of Smoking on Treatment Outcomes in Patients With Human Papillomavirus-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer.  Head Neck  2026 May 04;. doi:10.1002/hed.70298
  7. Koo B, Kim D, Jung H, Polizzi M, Das IJ, Kim S, Sohn JJ  Quantitative phantom-based comparison of commercial CT metal artifact reduction algorithms.  J Appl Clin Med Phys  2026 May;27(5):e70631. doi:10.1002/acm2.70631
  8. Shaffer R, Seegenschmiedt MH, Koneru B, Shah S, Brown PD, Prabhu AV, Thomas TO  In Regard to Yu et al.  Pract Radiat Oncol  2026;16(3):318-319. doi:10.1016/j.prro.2025.10.017
  9. Pottow JWJ, Gharzai LA, Santos PMG, Heisler M  Addressing Food Insecurity for People With Cancer: We Can No Longer Wait.  JAMA Oncol  2026 Apr 16;. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2026.0263
  10. Lee C, Mille MM, Griffin KT, Rigsby C, Popescu A, Gopalakrishnan M, Leisenring W, Peterson S, Dome JS, Laurie F  et al.  Estimation of Detailed Cardiac Doses for Pediatric Radiation Therapy Patients in National Wilms Tumor Study.  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys  2026 Apr 15;. pii:S0360-3016(26)00570-5
  11. Singh R, Koempel A, French B, Crawford C, Perlow HK, Rauh S, Kutuk T, Beyer S, Grecula J, Blakaj D  et al.  Improved Progression-Free Survival Following Dose-Escalated Versus Standard-Dose Postoperative Radiation Therapy for High-Risk Meningiomas: An International Multicenter Individual Patient-Level Meta-Analysis (FIRESTORM).  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys  2026 Apr 07;. pii:S0360-3016(26)00519-5
  12. Liu Y, John J, Sarkar S, Zakkar A, Kinkopf P, Teo PT, Abazeed ME  Toward Automating the Summarization of Cancer Pathology Reports Using Large Language Models to Improve Clinical Usability.  JCO Clin Cancer Inform  2026 Apr;10(2):e2500284. pii:e2500284
  13. Lozko Y, Beznosenko A, Suchowerska N, Iakovenko V, Zelinskyi R, Shepil Z, Brovchuk S, Kowalchuk R, Ford E, Li B  et al.  Advancing radiation oncology care in Ukraine during the war: impact of international observerships on professional development and clinical practice.  Front Oncol  2026;16:1752691. pii:1752691
  14. Das IJ, Weisman M, Bates JE, Choi JI, Mohindra P, Chowdhary M, Su Z, Salama J, Shumway J, Reshko L  et al.  In Reply to Jordan.  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys  2026 Mar 15;124(4):1150-1151. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.12.035
  15. Pogue BW, Harms J, Das IJ  Real-time Cherenkov imaging will make radiation therapy safer.  Med Phys  2026 Mar;53(3):e70371. doi:10.1002/mp.70371
  16. Das IJ, Weisman M, Bates JE, Choi JI, Mohindra P, Chowdhary M, Su Z, Salama J, Shumway J, Reshko L  et al.  The Medical Physicist Workforce Shortage:Putting the Cart in Front of the Horse.  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys  2026 Mar 01;124(3):581-584. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.09.041
  17. Tripathi S, Najem H, Hurley L, Du R, Dmello C, Ali H, McCortney K, Habashy KJ, Zhang P, Horbinski CM  et al.  STING-induced blood-brain barrier opening combined with radiotherapy potentiates antitumor response in a high-grade glioma model.  J Clin Invest  2026 Feb 16;136(4). pii:e198843
  18. Cahn BA, Zhang R, Sidwell AM, Adam CM, Tiv J, Murrar R, Koh J, Griffin T, Nadir U, Yi MD  et al.  Clinical practice guidelines for the management of basal cell carcinoma in Gorlin syndrome.  J Am Acad Dermatol  2026 Feb;94(2):485-494. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2025.10.076
  19. Gharzai LA, Morris E, Schipper MJ, Kidwell KM, Nguyen-Tân PF, Rosenthal DI, Gillison ML, Jordan RC, Garden AS, Koyfman SA  et al.  Treatment Interruption and Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of 3 Randomized Clinical Trials.  JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg  2026 Feb 01;152(2):144-153. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2025.4203
  20. Omuro A, DeAngelis LM, Polley MC, Correa D, Wefel JS, Bovi JA, Rosenblum M, Corn BW, Aneja S, Grommes C  et al.  Multicenter randomized phase II study of R-MPV-A chemoimmunotherapy with or without low-dose whole-brain radiotherapy for newly-diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma.  Neuro Oncol  2026 Feb 01;28(2):371-382. doi:10.1093/neuonc/noaf221
  21. Popović J, Hahut A, Torres GE, Vincent A, Soto-Echevarria N, Wray B, Bartom ET, Paunesku T, Goodman CR, Woloschak GE  Changes in EGFR activity following CRISPR/Cas9-editing of the EGF binding domain.  Sci Rep  2026 Jan 31;16(1):6797. pii:6797
  22. LaBella D, Schumacher K, Mix M, Leu K, McBurney-Lin S, Nedelec P, Villanueva-Meyer J, Raleigh DR, Shapey J, Vercauteren T  et al.  The 2024 Brain Tumor Segmentation Challenge Meningioma Radiotherapy (BraTS-MEN-RT) dataset.  Sci Data  2026 Jan 27;13(1). pii:306
  23. Petersen J, Gupta SV, Apple AC, Cobia D, Dokucu ME, Donnelly ED, Gradishar WJ, Mihailovic M, Reilly JL, Voss JL  et al.  Functional dysconnectivity in breast cancer patients undergoing hormone therapy.  J Clin Exp Neuropsychol  2026 Jan 21;:1-23. doi:10.1080/13803395.2026.2617353
  24. Das IJ, Ding M, Abazeed ME  Dosimetric Challenges of Small Lung Lesions in Low-Density Tissue Treated with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy.  J Clin Med  2026 Jan 12;15(2). pii:603
  25. Koneru BN, Barron DA, Muecke R, Shaffer R, Thomas TO, Sonnhoff M, Blach RM, Steike DR, Deloch L, Singh PK  et al.  Periarticular Soft Tissue Disorders: Enthesopathies, Tendinopathies, and Bursitis-Pathophysiology and Radiotherapeutic Approaches.  Semin Radiat Oncol  2026 Jan;36:48-60. doi:10.1016/j.semradonc.2025.10.002
  26. Andersen AD, Das IJ, DesRosiers C  Impact of dose prescription variation on local control for SBRT patients treated at a single academic institution.  Med Dosim  ;51(1):146-150. doi:10.1016/j.meddos.2025.10.001
  27. Ho A, Sachdev S  Re: Markus Graefen, Fabian Falkenbach, Tobias Maurer, et al. Best Systemic Therapy With or Without Radical Prostatectomy in the Management of Men With Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: The RAMPP Randomised Controlled Trial. Eur Urol. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2025.09.4144.  Eur Urol  2025 Dec 08;. pii:S0302-2838(25)04843-2
  28. Ahmed MM, Abazeed ME, Das IJ  Grid/Lattice radiotherapy: Innovation with evidence or innovation ahead of evidence?  Med Phys  2025 Dec;52(12):e70184. doi:10.1002/mp.70184
  29. Ho A, Horbinski C, Sachdev S  Thromboembolism in gliomas: an under-recognized danger.  J Neurooncol  2025 Dec;175(3):1465-1466. doi:10.1007/s11060-025-05204-9
  30. Carpio Gonzalez D, Glasco AD, Woloschak GE, Dewji SA  Reconstructing strontium-90 intake in beagles using neural networks: a data-driven assessment of historical inhalation records.  J Radiol Prot  2025 Nov 06;45(4). pii:041512
  31. Yang HC, Chang A, Visa M, Yoon A, Abbott A, Ma Y, Abazeed ME, Hart EM, Allen BD, Pandolfino JE  et al.  Age-Based Screening for Lung Cancer Surveillance in the US.  JAMA Netw Open  2025 Nov 03;8(11):e2546222. pii:e2546222
  32. Matković J, Trajković J, Nenadović A, Woloschak GE, Paunesku T, Ilić AŽ  Computational image analysis of kidney tissue samples of beagle dogs irradiated with 60Co gamma-rays.  Appl Radiat Isot  2025 Nov;225:111952. doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2025.111952
  33. Pasetsky JL, Heron DE, Wallner PE, Gracie JR, Jahraus CD, Thomas TO  Current Practices in, Reimbursement Opinions About, and Clinical Indications of Adaptive Radiation Therapy: Results From the American College of Radiation Oncology Survey.  Cureus  2025 Oct;17(10):e93927. pii:e93927
  34. Sher DJ, Rosu-Bubulac M, Das IJ  Cone beam CT will replace CT-simulation in near future for radiotherapy planning.  Med Phys  2025 Oct;52(10):e70044. doi:10.1002/mp.70044
  35. Wainwright D, Lukas R, Zhai L, Lauing K, Kim M, Koch T, Penco-Campillo M, Bommi P, Dixit K, Kumthekar P  et al.  Newly diagnosed glioblastoma IDHwt patients treated with radiation, nivolumab, and BMS-986205.  Res Sq  2025 Sep 25;. pii:rs.3.rs-7567487
  36. Pour-Rashidi A, Zandpazandi S, Perronne L, Hill VB, Krumpelman C, Subedi K, Kelahan L, Borhani AA, Savas H, Avery R  et al.  Intracranial Metastases from Uterine Leiomyosarcoma: A Systematic Review and Case Illustration.  J Clin Med  2025 Sep 20;14(18). pii:6631
  37. Kim YS, Nabet BY, Cortez BN, Sun NY, Sebastian R, Redon CE, Ray A, Liu L, Ishola AA, Loew S  et al.  NOTCH1 reverses immune suppression in small cell lung cancer through reactivation of STING.  J Clin Invest  2025 Sep 16;135(18). pii:e185423
  38. Yang Y, Wadhwani N, Aoi Y, Govind S, Sachdev S, Shilatifard A, Brat D, Stupp R, DeCuypere M  Pediatric H3 K27-altered diffuse midline gliomas may consist of two clinically relevant subsets based on patient age and molecular genetic profile.  Neurooncol Adv  2025;7(1):vdaf200. pii:vdaf200
  39. Zheng S, Liu Y, Troy Teo P, Wu Y, Zhang J, Abazeed ME, Hayes JP  A deep learning model for preoperative risk stratification of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma based on genomic predictors of liver metastasis.  Eur J Cancer  2025 Aug 26;226:115608. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2025.115608
  40. Karyadi DM, Bogdanova TI, Milder CM, Hartley SW, Lee OW, Dean M, Drozdovitch V, Cahoon EK, Masiuk S, Chepurny M  et al.  Distinctive molecular features of radiation-induced thyroid cancers.  Sci Adv  2025 Aug 22;11(34):eadw7680. pii:eadw7680
  41. Mady LJ, Baddour K, Owoc MS, Kudrick LD, Gentsch AT, Ebbott D, Skalla B, Amache M, Najjar W, Gupta S  et al.  Longitudinal Financial Toxicity and Quality of Life in Head and Neck Cancer.  JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg  2025 Aug 01;151(8):750-760. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2025.1313
  42. Gordon AO, Rashidi A, Harris JP, Gharzai LA, Sadigh G  Prevalence of Health-Related Social Needs and Associated Missed Imaging Appointments Among Patients With Cancer.  J Am Coll Radiol  2025 Aug;22(8):861-868. doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2025.04.002
  43. Gharzai LA, Mady LJ, Armache M, Sun Z, Jagsi R, Cella D, Peipert JD, Sadigh G, Hass RW  Validation of a Single Item Measure for Financial Toxicity Screening in Patients With Breast Cancer.  JCO Oncol Pract  2025 Aug;21(8):1134-1141. doi:10.1200/OP-24-00753
  44. Kehwar TS, Das IJ  Dosimetric and Radiobiological Evaluation of Inhomogeneity-Corrected Dose Distribution in Prophylactic Radiotherapy for Heterotopic Ossification.  J Clin Med  2025 Jul 26;14(15). pii:5291
  45. Das IJ, Shumway J, Goodman CR, Chowdhary M, Sim AJ, Bates JE, Mohindra P, Su Z, Choi JI, Salama J  et al.  Adaptive Radiation Therapy: Workforce Implications.  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys  2025 Jul 15;122(4):881-883. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.03.013
  46. Das IJ, Khan AU, Yadav P  Small-field output factor dependence on the field size definition in MR-Linac.  Med Phys  2025 Jul;52(7):e17857. doi:10.1002/mp.17857
  47. Gharzai LA, Bromfield J, Kwan M, Larson A, Kingsbury JA, Akthar A, Agarwal G, Vermylen JH, Becker S, Scott K  et al.  Implementation Mapping to Identify Strategies to Increase Timely Postoperative Radiotherapy Initiation for Head/Neck Cancer.  Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg  2025 Jul;173(1):288-298. doi:10.1002/ohn.1268
  48. Armache M, Stemme R, Najjar W, Samaha NL, Hearn M, Lazieh S, Joseph E, Frazier K, Ball D, Russell JO  et al.  Financial Toxicity Across the Thyroid Cancer Care Continuum: A Systematic Review.  Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg  2025 Jul;173(1):1-16. doi:10.1002/ohn.1241
  49. Sarkar S, Teo PT, Abazeed ME  Deep learning for automated, motion-resolved tumor segmentation in radiotherapy.  NPJ Precis Oncol  2025 Jun 30;9(1):173. pii:173
  50. Park AC, Puchi C, Austell P, Lorch JH, Alexiev BA, Gharzai LA, Stepan KO  Primary cutaneous neuroendocrine tumour of the scalp with metastasis.  BMJ Case Rep  2025 Jun 27;18(6). pii:e263869