Stefan Both, PhD
Stefan Both, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiation Oncology
Contact information
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Department of Radiation Oncology
4 West
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Radiation Oncology
4 West
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-615-3796
Fax: 215-349-5923
Fax: 215-349-5923
Email:
Stefan.Both@uphs.upenn.edu
Stefan.Both@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
BS/MS (Physics)
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, EU, 1995.
Ph.D. (Physics)
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, EU, 2005.
Permanent linkBS/MS (Physics)
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, EU, 1995.
Ph.D. (Physics)
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, EU, 2005.
Description of Research Expertise
Advanced treatment planning techniques development and mitigating toxicities in photon and proton radiotherapy. Motion and range uncertanties management in proton radiotherapy.Investigate dose volume histogram and outcome relationship.Description of Clinical Expertise
Clinical Physics.Photon and Proton Treatment Planning across all treatment sites.Special procedures.QA&QC.Selected Publications
Kumar RJ, Zhai H, Both S, Tochner Z, Lustig R, Hill-Kayser CE. : Breast Cancer Screening for Childhood Cancer Survivors after Craniospinal Irradiation with Protons versus X-Rays: A Dosimetric Analysis and Review of the Literature. J Pediatric Heme/Onc. 2013. In Press 2013.Christine Hill-Kayser MD,1 Zelig Tochner MD, Stefan Both PhD, Robert Lustig MD, Anne Reilly, MD, Naomi Balamuth MD, Richard Womer MD, John Maris MD, Stephen Grupp MD PhD, Rochelle Bagatell MD.: Proton versus Photon Radiation Therapy for Patients with High-Risk Neuroblastoma: The Need for a Customized Approach Pediatric Blood & Cancer- in press 2013.
Ahmet S Ayan, Haibo Lin, Caitlyn Yeager, Curtiland Deville, James McDonough, Timothy C Zhu, Nathan Anderson, Voichita Bar Ad, Hsiao-Ming Lu and Stefan Both: Should image rotation be addressed during routine cone-beam CT quality assurance? Physics in Medicine and Biology- in press 2013.
John P. Christodouleas MD, MPH; Shikui Tang, PhD; Robert C. Susil, MD,PhD; Todd R. McNutt PhD; Danny Y. Song MD; Justin Bekelman MD; Curt Deville MD; Neha Vapiwala MD; Theodore L. DeWeese MD; Hsiao-Ming Lu PhD; Stefan Both, PhD : The impact of anterior proton beams in the setting of a prostate-rectum spacer. Medical dosimetry- in press 2013.
Voichita Bar Ad, Pinaki Dutta, Curt Deville, Zelig Tochner, Stefan Both: Larynx-Sparing Techniques using Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Oropharyngeal Cancer. Medical Dosimetry , Winter 37(4):383-6, 2012
Zou W, Lin H, Plastaras JP, Wang H, Bui V, Vapiwala N, McDonough J, Tochner Z, Both S. : A clinically feasible method for the detection of potential collision in proton therapy. Medical Physics 39(11): 7094-101, November 2012.
Bar-Ad V,Leiby B,Witek M,Xiao Y,Cui Y,Dai Y,Cao J,Axelrod R,Campling B, Both S,Werner-Wasik M. : Treatment-related Acute Esophagitis For Patients With Locoregionally Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Involved-field Radiotherapy And Concurrent Chemotherapy. Am J Clin Oncol, October 2012 Notes: in press
B. Goldsmith, S. Both, B. Shinkle, P. James, C. Hill-Kayser, Z. Tochner, J. Plastaras: A Novel Combined Photon-Proton Involved-Field Technique for Treatment of Hodgkins Lymphoma of the Neck and Mediastinum. American Society of Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting October 2012.
Abigail Berman Milby, MD; Haibo Lin, PhD; Rosemarie Mick, MS; Katie Goldrath; Stefan Both, PhD; Kristi Varillo, MS; Charles B. Simone, MD; Ramesh Rengan, MD, PhD; John P. Plastaras, MD, PhD: Prospective Study of Thoracic Reirradiation with Proton Beam Radiotherapy: Feasibility and Safety Analysis. American Society of Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting October 2012.
Stefan Both, Curtiland Deville, Viet Bui, Ken Kang-Hsin Wang, Neha Vapiwala : Emerging evidence for the role of an endorectal balloon in prostate radiation therapy Translational Cancer Research 1(3), October 2012.