Publications

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  1. Gallitto M, Zhang H, Iandoli M, Fitzgerald TJ, Kalapurakal JA, Krasin MJ, Haas-Kogan DA, Paulino AC, Laack NNI, Wolden SL  et al.  The Evolution of Radiation Therapy in Children's Oncology Group Trials, From 1998 to 2025.  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys  2026 Nov 15;126(4):1004-1013. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2026.07.063
  2. Huang ZL, Jiang T, Suarez Palacios MM, Ouyang T, Abdallah A, Niu L, Chen J, Zhai X, Ciolak E, Qiang W  et al.  Therapy-associated lineage plasticity in DIPG following combined CDK4/6 inhibitor, temozolomide, and radiation.  Cancer Lett  2026 Oct 28;659:218771. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2026.218771
  3. Ho A, Yadav P, Sonabend A, Tate M, Chandler J, Lesniak MS, Sita T, Kalapurakal J, Sachdev S  Rethinking the limits: SRS for ≥20 brain metastases with favorable brain and hippocampal doses.  J Clin Neurosci  2026 Oct 16;155:112322. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2026.112322
  4. Yang Y, Leenstra JL, Brown PD, Wadhwani N, Ho A, Sachdev S  Long term outcomes and predictors of recurrence in central neurocytomas: a 35-year multi-institutional experience.  J Neurooncol  2026 Oct 14;180(1). pii:19
  5. Longo M, Piovesan M, Santoro B, Sattier G, Carus GP, Barantani A, Feijoo M, Das IJ, Reccanello S  Evaluation of the Blue Physics plastic scintillation detector performances compared to other detectors in radiation dosimetry.  Phys Med  2026 Oct;150:107178. doi:10.1016/j.ejmp.2026.107178
  6. Evageliou NF, Renfro LA, Vallance KL, Varela CR, Benedetti DJ, Cost NG, Ehrlich PF, Kalapurakal JA, Khanna G, Aldrink JH  et al.  Impact of post-chemotherapy classification on outcomes in stage III and IV unilateral favorable histology Wilms tumor: Pooled data from Children's Oncology Group AREN0532, AREN0533, and AREN03B2 studies.  Cancer  2026 Oct 01;132(19):e70610. pii:e70610
  7. 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 Oct;48(10):2821-2829. doi:10.1002/hed.70298
  8. 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 Oct 01;126(2):359-370. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2026.04.006
  9. Patel KM, Wilson T, Schuster J, Koneru B, Thomas TO  Low-Dose Radiation Therapy for Osteoarthritis: A Critical Review and Proposal for Integration Into Contemporary Care.  Cureus  2026 Sep;18(9):e116308. pii:e116308
  10. Karimi AH, Das IJ, Moharramkhani S, Mirzaei H, Esposito M, Geraily G  Discrepancy between collapsed cone and Monte Carlo algorithms in lung inhomogeneity correction.  Biomed Phys Eng Express  2026 Sep 11;12(5). doi:10.1088/2057-1976/aea1f9
  11. Shah C, Sim A, Chen E, Liu J, Reshko L, Sittig MP, Chowdhary M, Weisman M, Das IJ, Chaudhari R  et al.  Examining the Case for Accreditation Standards to Require Direct Supervision in Radiation Oncology.  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys  2026 Sep 07;. pii:S0360-3016(26)04065-4
  12. 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 Sep;48(7):673-695. doi:10.1080/13803395.2026.2617353
  13. Patel DJ, Janczewski LM, Cotler JH, Molina G, Ecker BL, Bentrem D, Maithel SK, Abazeed ME, Hayes JP, Palis B  et al.  Multimodal Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) With Vascular Involvement: What Is the Impact of Radiation on Perioperative Outcomes, Local Control, and Survival?  J Surg Oncol  2026 Aug 25;. doi:10.1002/jso.70387
  14. Lukas RV, Zhai L, Lauing KL, Kim M, Koch T, Penco-Campillo M, Bommi P, Dixit K, Kumthekar P, Sharp L  et al.  Phase I Evaluation of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Treated with Radiation, Nivolumab, and IDO1 Enzyme Inhibitor BMS-986205.  Clin Cancer Res  2026 Aug 14;32(16):3476-3492. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-26-1124
  15. Bharat A, Kurihara C, Chung LI, Gao R, Kim S, Lung K, Myers C, Venkata Subramani M, Wahidi M, Abazeed ME  et al.  Lung Transplant for Refractory Lung-Limited Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.  JAMA  2026 Aug 11;336(6):484-495. doi:10.1001/jama.2026.8717
  16. Das IJ, Ding M, Ding GX  Performance evaluation of a new type of commercial silicon detectors for photon beam dosimetry.  J Appl Clin Med Phys  2026 Aug;27(8):e70719. pii:e70719
  17. Das IJ, Dogan SK  Evaluation of detector performance for bremsstrahlung measurement in total skin electron treatment.  Phys Med  2026 Aug;148:105879. doi:10.1016/j.ejmp.2026.105879
  18. 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 Aug;23(8):1471-1479. doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2026.05.018
  19. 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. 2026;92:116-124.  Eur Urol  2026 Aug;90(2):e33. doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2025.11.021
  20. Smith K, Taylor P, Hua CH, Lucas JT, Breneman J, Haas-Kogan D, Wolden S, Paulino AC, Laack N, Esiashvili N  et al.  A Children's Oncology Group Physics Committee Report on Imaging and Radiation Oncology Core Site Credentialing and Patient Case Review Results.  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys  2026 Jul 24;. pii:S0360-3016(26)04030-7
  21. Das IJ  In Regard to Das et al.  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys  2026 Jul 15;125(4):1281-1284. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2026.03.044
  22. Hernandez V, Lehmann J, Das IJ  To measure or not to measure: Is pre-treatment measurement of all IMRT plans a legacy practice?  Med Phys  2026 Jul;53(7):e70534. pii:e70534
  23. Kacker S, Najjar W, Stemme R, Samaha NL, Yenokyan G, Armache M, Hearn M, Dorris CS, Todsen T, De Almeida J  et al.  Assessing Financial Toxicity in Cancer: A Global Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Using an Asset Framework.  Cancer Med  2026 Jul;15(7):e72082. pii:e72082
  24. White AJ, Yadav P, Das IJ, Khan AU  Pulse‑level characterization of low monitor unit deliveries on a modern linear accelerator using a plastic scintillation detector.  J Appl Clin Med Phys  2026 Jul;27(7):e70670. pii:e70670
  25. Gayou O, Zhu TC, Das IJ  Should reference beam data be used for beam modeling during linear accelerator commissioning?  Med Phys  2026 Jul;53(7):e70535. doi:10.1002/mp.70535
  26. 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
  27. 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 Jul 01;125(3):696-705. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2026.03.036
  28. 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
  29. Gharzai LA, Liu YA, Sun Z, Mullen M, Sadigh G, Pottow JAE, Jagsi R, Mady LJ  Predictors of Medical Debt Sent to Collections after Radiation Therapy.  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys  2026 Jun 27;. pii:S0360-3016(26)03912-X
  30. Nathan CL, Ghandour D, Cunningham EM, Lukas RV, Sullivan J, Sachdev S, Templer JW  Epilepsy characteristics and outcomes in patients with pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas.  J Neurooncol  2026 Jun 19;178(3). pii:72
  31. Pottow JWJ, Gharzai LA, Santos PMG, Heisler M  Addressing Food Insecurity for People With Cancer: We Can No Longer Wait.  JAMA Oncol  2026 Jun 01;12(6):567-568. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2026.0263
  32. 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(2):e70242. pii:e70242
  33. 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. pii:e70631
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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