Dr. Wade Larry Thorstad MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
4921 Parkview Pl Siteman Cancer Cente Saint Louis MO, 63110About
Dr. Wade Thorstad practices Radiation Oncology in Saint Louis, MO. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Thorstad specializes in treating cancer with radiation, using radiation therapy to treat a wide variety of cancers. Radiation therapy uses carefully targeted and regulated doses of high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Role of fusion in radiotherapy treatment planning.
- A phase II study of alternating cycles of split course radiation therapy and
- IMRT treatment planning based on prioritizing prescription goals.
- HPV-related nonkeratinizing squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: utility of microscopic features in predicting patient outcome.
- Human papillomavirus-related squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: a comparative study in whites and African Americans.
- High-risk human papillomavirus E6/E7 mRNA detection by a novel in situ hybridization assay strongly correlates with p16 expression and patient outcomes in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
- Lack of association of cadherin expression and histopathologic type, metastasis, or patient outcome in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: a tissue microarray study.
- A microRNA expression signature for the prognosis of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
- Tumor cell anaplasia and multinucleation are predictors of disease recurrence in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, including among just the human papillomavirus-related cancers.
- Radiotherapeutic management of cervical lymph node metastases from an unknown primary site.
- A novel RT-PCR method for quantification of human papillomavirus transcripts in archived tissues and its application in oropharyngeal cancer prognosis.
- Detection and significance of human papillomavirus, CDKN2A(p16) and CDKN1A(p21) expression in squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx.
- B7-H1 expression model for immune evasion in human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
- Predicting dose-volume histograms for organs-at-risk in IMRT planning.
- Cyclin D1-a prognostic marker in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma that is tightly associated with high-risk human papillomavirus status.
Clinical Trials
- Los Tres Paso: Neoadjuvant Palbociclib Monotherapy, Concurrent Chemoradiation Therapy, Adjuvant Palbociclib Monotherapy in Patients With p16INK4a Negative, HPV-Unrelated Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Nab-Paclitaxel and Cisplatin or Nab-paclitaxel as Induction Therapy for Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (HNSCC)
- Immunotherapy With MK-3475 in Surgically Resectable Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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