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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Radiation Oncology

Publications

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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 Jun 12;. pii:e251313
  4. Larson A, Ma Y, Sun Z, Kingsbury J, Stepan KO, Akthar A, Lorch J, Mittal BB, Yadav P, Mierzwa ML  et al.  Correction to: Survivorship therapy needs after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: surveying opportunities for growth (STRONG).  Support Care Cancer  2025 Jun 12;33(7):569. pii:569
  5. Naoum GE, Strauss JB  In Reply to Dutta and Gelover.  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys  2025 Jun 01;122(2):521-523. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.02.047
  6. Seco J, Deasy JO, Das IJ  FLASH radiotherapy: Paradigm shift or a passing fad?  Med Phys  2025 Jun;52(6):3504-3508. doi:10.1002/mp.17807
  7. Talwar A, Asthana S, Silva-Nash J, Gharzai LA, Samant S, Patel U, Stepan K  Outcome Predictors of Hardware Complications in Head and Neck Free Flap Reconstruction.  Am J Clin Oncol  2025 Jun 01;48(6):319-324. doi:10.1097/COC.0000000000001180
  8. 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 May 30;225:111952. doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2025.111952
  9. Das IJ, Khan AU, Yadav P  Small-field output factor dependence on the field size definition in MR-Linac.  Med Phys  2025 May 07;. doi:10.1002/mp.17857
  10. Alongi F, Zheng D, Das IJ  MR-Linac is a better choice for adaptive therapy compared to cone-beam CT.  Med Phys  2025 May;52(5):2702-2706. doi:10.1002/mp.17706
  11. 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 Apr 30;. doi:10.1002/ohn.1268
  12. Larson A, Ma Y, Sun Z, Kingsbury J, Stepan KO, Akthar A, Lorch J, Mittal BB, Yadav P, Mierzwa ML  et al.  Survivorship therapy needs after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: surveying opportunities for growth (STRONG).  Support Care Cancer  2025 Apr 29;33(5):403. pii:403
  13. 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 Apr 25;. doi:10.1002/ohn.1241
  14. Lim SN, Liu Y, Jawahar A, Mittal BB, Thomas TO  Feasibility of celiac axis delineation and treatment on combined magnetic resonance imaging and linear accelerator systems.  Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol  2025 Apr;34:100768. pii:100768
  15. 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 Apr 09;. pii:S1546-1440(25)00200-5
  16. Wilding JA, Clifford JS, Heron DE, Jahraus CD, McKitrick J, Benitez CM, Thomas TO  General Consensus on Implementing an Episode-Based Payment Model: Results From the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO) Payment Reform Survey.  Cureus  2025 Apr;17(4):e81557. pii:e81557
  17. Armache M, Larson A, Stemme R, Walsh-Bailey C, Scott K, Pearman T, Stepan KO, Mierzwa ML, Mady LJ, Gharzai LA  Novel Survivorship Paradigms in Head/Neck Cancer.  Semin Radiat Oncol  2025 Apr;35(2):285-300. doi:10.1016/j.semradonc.2025.02.003
  18. Gharzai LA, Liu YA, Sun Z, Mady LJ, Mohn M, Larson A, Kircher S, Yanez B, Carlos RC, Pottow J  et al.  Financial Toxicity Screening Preferences in Patients With Breast Cancer.  JCO Oncol Pract  2025 Apr;21(4):561-568. doi:10.1200/OP.24.00415
  19. Geller JI, Renfro LA, Grundy PE, Perlman EJ, Kalapurakal JA, Ehrlich PF, Biegel J, Huff V, Warwick AB, Paulino A  et al.  Rhabdoid Tumor of the Kidney and Soft Tissues: Results from National Wilms Tumor Study-5 and Children's Oncology Group Study AREN0321.  Pediatr Blood Cancer  2025 Mar;72(3):e31490. doi:10.1002/pbc.31490
  20. Gharzai LA, Bell S, Gupta DM, Carlos RC  Impact of Lung Biomarker Testing on Out-Of-Pocket Costs for Metastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.  Clin Lung Cancer  2025 Mar;26(2):e118-e125. doi:10.1016/j.cllc.2024.11.011
  21. Goreish MH, Gennaro N, Perronne L, Durak G, Borhani AA, Savas H, Kelahan L, Avery R, Subedi K, Agirlar Trabzonlu T  et al.  Paradoxical Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma: Increased Tumor Size on MRI Associated with Favorable Pathology.  Cancers (Basel)  2025 Feb 27;17(5). pii:830
  22. Sullivan JJ, Chandler JP, Lesniak MS, Tate MC, Sonabend AM, Kalapurakal JA, Horbinski CM, Lukas RV, Kumthekar PU, Sachdev S  Clinical outcomes for pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma patients.  Neurooncol Pract  2025 Feb;12(1):45-50. doi:10.1093/nop/npae074
  23. Duan R, Kwan M, Kordon A, Hu CJ, Vanjani N, Liu Y, Thomas TO, Gupta D, Patel J, Yadav P  et al.  Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment and Outcomes: A Single Institution Retrospective Analysis.  Thorac Cancer  2025 Feb;16(3):e70009. pii:e70009
  24. Sreetharan S, Puukila S, Lalonde C, Pirkkanen J, Woloschak GE, Paunesku T, Brooks AL, McNeill FE, Thome C, Boreham DR  et al.  Comparison of Acute and Protracted Gamma Irradiation Effects During Perinatal Development in Beagle Dogs.  Radiat Res  2025 Feb 01;203(2):73-82. doi:10.1667/RADE-24-00080.1
  25. 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 Jan 24;:OP2400753. doi:10.1200/OP-24-00753
  26. Armstrong AE, Daw NC, Renfro LA, Geller JI, Kalapurakal JA, Khanna G, Paulino AC, Perlman EJ, Ehrlich PF, Gow KW  et al.  Treatment of focal anaplastic Wilms tumor: A report from the Children's Oncology Group AREN0321 and AREN03B2 studies.  Cancer  2025 Jan 15;131(2):e35713. doi:10.1002/cncr.35713
  27. Zheng S, Liu Y, Kinkopf PD, Yalamanchili A, Strauss JB, Donnelly ED  Whole exome sequencing of low risk endometrial cancer patients with isolated local recurrences.  Cancer Treat Res Commun  2025;43:100890. doi:10.1016/j.ctarc.2025.100890
  28. Kim SS, Cooke DT, Kidane B, Tapias LF, Lazar JF, Awori Hayanga JW, Patel JD, Neal JW, Abazeed ME, Willers H  et al.  The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Expert Consensus on the Multidisciplinary Management and Resectability of Locally Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.  Ann Thorac Surg  2025 Jan;119(1):16-33. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.09.041
  29. Chrisman LP, Pang Y, Hooper MJ, Rajeev-Kumar G, Nguyen WQ, Green SJ, Seed PC, Liang H, Mittal BB, Hasan Y  et al.  Ionizing radiation improves skin bacterial dysbiosis in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.  Front Immunol  2024;15:1520214. pii:1520214
  30. Das IJ, Khan AU, Lim S, Yadav P, Donnelley E, Mittal BB  An investigation of high-Z material for bolus in electron beam therapy.  Biomed Phys Eng Express  2024 Dec 20;11(1). doi:10.1088/2057-1976/ad9c7c
  31. Yanez B, Perry LM, Peipert JD, Kuharic M, Taub C, Garcia SF, Diaz A, Buitrago D, Mai Q, Gharzai LA  et al.  Exploring the Relationship Among Financial Hardship, Anxiety, and Depression in Patients With Cancer: A Longitudinal Study.  JCO Oncol Pract  2024 Dec;20(12):1776-1783. doi:10.1200/OP.24.00025
  32. Jahraus CD, Wallner PE, Heron DE, Crook W, Finkelstein SE, Harris AA, Kestin L, Landau E, Rivera D, Thomas TO  et al.  ACROPath Oligometastases: The American College of Radiation Oncology Clinical Pathway.  Cureus  2024 Nov;16(11):e74098. pii:e74098
  33. Khan AU, Sengupta B, Das IJ  The role of volume averaging effects, beam hardening, and phantom scatter in dosimetry of grid therapy.  Phys Med Biol  2024 Nov 11;69(22). doi:10.1088/1361-6560/ad8c91
  34. Edwards DM, Gharzai LA, Wang W, Mayo C, Suresh K, Schipper M, Evans JR, Malloy K, Chinn SB, Prince M  et al.  Follow-up for human papillomavirus-related oropharynx cancer concentrated on unequal symptom change (FOCUS): Prospective patient-reported outcome collection.  Head Neck  2024 Nov;46(11):2687-2698. doi:10.1002/hed.27778
  35. McGee KP, Cao M, Das IJ, Yu V, Witte RJ, Kishan AU, Valle LF, Wiesinger F, De-Colle C, Cao Y  et al.  The Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Radiation Therapy Treatment Simulation and Planning.  J Magn Reson Imaging  2024 Nov;60(5):1786-1805. doi:10.1002/jmri.29246
  36. Lim SN, Sohn JJ, Klawikowski SJ, Hayes JP, Donnelly E, Das IJ  Characterization of brass mesh bolus for electron beam therapy.  Biomed Phys Eng Express  2024 Oct 25;10(6). doi:10.1088/2057-1976/ad87f7
  37. Liu X, Ren Z, Tan C, Núñez-Santana FL, Kelly ME, Yan Y, Sun H, Abdala-Valencia H, Yang W, Wu Q  et al.  Inducible CCR2+ nonclassical monocytes mediate the regression of cancer metastasis.  J Clin Invest  2024 Oct 01;134(22). pii:e179527
  38. Goodman CR, Strauss JB  Balancing Act: Optimizing Dose and Volume.  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys  2024 Oct 01;120(2):317-318. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2024.05.001
  39. Smith A, Dobinda K, Chen S, Zieba P, Paunesku T, Sun Z, Woloschak GE  X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy to Develop Elemental Classifiers and Investigate Elemental Signatures in BALB/c Mouse Intestine a Week after Exposure to 8 Gy of Gamma Rays.  Int J Mol Sci  2024 Sep 24;25(19). pii:10256
  40. Frank SJ, Das IJ, Simone CB, Davis BJ, Deville C, Liao Z, Lo SS, McGovern SL, Parikh RR, Reilly M  et al.  ACR-ARS Practice Parameter for the Performance of Proton Beam Therapy.  Int J Part Ther  2024 Sep;13:100021. pii:100021
  41. Rogacki KR, Teo PT, Gopalakrishnan M, Pachigolla SL, Lyons CE, Abazeed ME, Das I, Mittal BB, Gentile M  Clinical, Pathologic, and Dosimetric Predictors of Head and Neck Lymphedema Following Definitive or Adjuvant Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer.  Adv Radiat Oncol  2024 Sep;9(9):101545. pii:101545
  42. Samaha NL, Mady LJ, Armache M, Hearn M, Stemme R, Jagsi R, Gharzai LA  Screening for Financial Toxicity Among Patients With Cancer: A Systematic Review.  J Am Coll Radiol  2024 Sep;21(9):1380-1397. doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2024.04.024
  43. Rasmussen D, Yalamanchili A, Tahara B, Niedzwiecki GA, McKitrick J, Thomas TO  The Physician Fee Schedule Was Not Built for High-Cost Supplies and Equipment.  Cureus  2024 Aug;16(8):e67931. pii:e67931
  44. Domenighetti C, Sugier PE, Ashok Kumar Sreelatha A, Schulte C, Grover S, Portugal B, Lee PC, May P, Bobbili D, Radivojkov Blagojevic M  et al.  Association of Body Mass Index and Parkinson Disease: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study.  Neurology  2024 Aug 13;103(3):e209620. pii:e209620
  45. Gharzai LA, Mierzwa ML, Stepan KO, Cella D, Peipert JD  Validity of a single-item indicator of treatment side effect bother in patients with head and neck cancer.  Support Care Cancer  2024 Aug 06;32(9):575. doi:10.1007/s00520-024-08775-x
  46. Glasco AD, Snyder LA, Paunesku T, Howard SC, Hooper DA, Golden AP, Woloschak GE  Revisiting the Historic Strontium-90 Ingestion Beagle Study Conducted at the University of California Davis: Opportunity in Archival Materials.  Radiat Res  2024 Aug 01;202(2):289-308. doi:10.1667/RADE-24-000022.1
  47. Yang Y, Wadhwani N, Shimomura A, Zheng S, Chandler J, Lesniak MS, Tate MC, Sonabend AM, Kalapurakal J, Horbinski C  et al.  Long-term outcomes of central neurocytoma - an institutional experience.  J Neurooncol  2024 Aug;169(1):195-201. doi:10.1007/s11060-024-04713-3
  48. Khan AU, Das IJ  Dependence of surface dose on atomic number in megavoltage photon beams.  Med Phys  2024 Aug;51(8):5746-5753. doi:10.1002/mp.16979
  49. Visa MA, Abazeed ME, Avella Patino D  Integrative Approaches in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Management: The Role of Radiotherapy.  J Clin Med  2024 Jul 23;13(15). pii:4296
  50. Khan AU, Das IJ, Yadav P  Computational and experimental small field dosimetry using a commercial plastic scintillator detector for the 0.35 T MR-linac.  Phys Med  2024 Jul;123:103403. doi:10.1016/j.ejmp.2024.103403