Dr. Karen J Marcus MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
300 Longwood Avenue Childrens Hospital D Boston MA, 02115About
Dr. Karen Marcus practices Radiation Oncology in Boston, MA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Marcus 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.
Education and Training
Univ of Md Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1980
University of Maryland School of Medicine 1980
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Outcome for children with group III rhabdomyosarcoma treated with or without radiotherapy.
- Intracranial germinomas: can we improve upon our success?
- Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor: the controversy behind radiation therapy.
- Extracranial metastases of glioblastoma in a child: case report and review of the literature.
- Combining magnetic resonance spectroscopy and molecular genomics offers better accuracy in brain tumor typing and prediction of survival than either methodology alone.
- Long-term clinical outcomes following treatment of childhood craniopharyngioma.
- Prospective study of the efficacy of breast magnetic resonance imaging and mammographic screening in survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma.
- The presentation and management of mandibular tumors in the pediatric population.
- Braching news about rhabdomyosarcoma.
- Use and Effectiveness of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonists for Prophylactic Menstrual Suppression in Postmenarchal Women Who Undergo Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.
- Age, Tumor Characteristics, and Treatment Regimen as Event Predictors in Ewing: A Children's Oncology Group Report.
- Proton beam therapy for medulloblastoma - Author's reply.
- Patterns of Relapse in High-Risk Neuroblastoma Patients Treated With and Without Total Body Irradiation.
- Clinical outcomes and toxicity following palliative radiotherapy for childhood cancers.
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