Dr. Minh Tam Truong MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
830 Harrison Ave Moakley Building Ll1 Boston MA, 02118Rating
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Dr. Minh Truong practices Radiation Oncology in Boston, MA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Truong 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
Faculty of Medicine, Univ. of New South Wales MD
University of New South Wales, Faculty of Medicine,Kensington, Australia
University of New South Wales Faculty of Medicine 1997
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prone accelerated partial breast irradiation after breast-conserving surgery: preliminary clinical results and dose-volume histogram analysis.
- Current role of radiation therapy in the management of malignant brain tumors.
- Superior prognostic utility of gross and metabolic tumor volume compared to standardized uptake value using PET/CT in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy.
- Posttreatment CT and MR imaging in head and neck cancer: what the radiologist needs to know.
- PET/CT of cancer patients: part 2, deformable registration imaging before and after chemotherapy for radiation treatment planning in head and neck cancer.
- Outcomes in head and neck oncologic surgery at academic medical centers in the United States.
- A quantitative assessment of volumetric and anatomic changes of the parotid gland during intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer using serial computed tomography.
- Economic impact of a head and neck oncologic surgeon: the case mix index.
- Volumetric tumor burden and its effect on brachial plexus dosimetry in head and neck intensity-modulated radiotherapy.
- Correlating planned radiation dose to the cochlea with primary site and tumor stage in patients with head and neck cancer treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy.
- The influence of limited English proficiency on outcome in patients treated with radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.
- Race disparities attributed to volumetric tumor burden in patients with head and neck cancer treated with radiotherapy.
- Radiotherapy planning.
- Imaging characteristics of metastatic nodes and outcomes by HPV status in head and neck cancers.
- Analysis of decision making at a multidisciplinary head and neck tumor board incorporating evidence-based National Cancer Comprehensive Network (NCCN) guidelines.
Awards
- Contouring the brachial plexus for IMRT Planning RSNA Certificate of Merit Award
- 2010 National Institutes of Health Merit Award (PDQ Editorial Board)
- 'FDG PET/CT and FLT PET/CT: Early therapy response assessment', RSNA 2010 Cum Laude award
- Deformable Registration of Preoperative PET/CT 2011 Certificate of Merit with Excellence in Design Award
Treatments
- Prostate Cancer
- Throat Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Lung Cancer
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