Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Resident, Duke University 1999 - 2003
  • Internship, Medicine, Jersey Shore Medical Center 1998 - 1999
  • Intern, Jersey Shore Medical Center 1998 - 1999
  • M.D., Rutgers New Jersey Medical School 1998
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Associate in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Clinical Science Departments 2003 - 2005
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Book Sections

    • Halperin, EC, and Quaranta, BP. "The Eponymy of Exophthalmos Associated with Thyroid Disease." In Thyroid Eye Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, edited by JJ Dutton and B Haik. CRC Press, August 7, 2002.

  • Conference Papers

    • Koontz, BF, Lee, WR, Vujaskovic, Z, Carroll, M, Quaranta, BP, Anscher, MS, Robertson, CN, Polascik, TJ, and Moul, JW. "Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy plus Prostatectomy for High Risk Prostate Cancer." 2011.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Koontz, BF, Quaranta, BP, Carroll, M, Vujaskovic, Z, Lee, WR, Robertson, CN, Polascik, TJ, Anscher, MS, and Moul, JW. "PHASE I TRIAL OF PROSTATECTOMY AFTER PLANNED PRE-OPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY FOR HIGH RISK LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER: PRELIMINARY RESULTS." April 2009.  Full Text
    • Kirkpatrick, JP, Calingaert, B, Clough, RW, Oleson, JR, Quaranta, BP, Hahn, CA, Montana, GS, Ingram, SS, and Anscher, MS. "Adjuvant and salvage radiotherapy following radical prostatectomy." 2004.  Link to Item
    • Quaranta, BP, Prosnitz, R, Light, KL, Steffey, B, Hardenbergh, P, and Marks, LB. "Customized blocking of tangential radiation (RT) breast fields: excluding the heart vs. covering the breast. Striking a balance." December 2002.  Link to Item
    • Quaranta, BP, Clough, R, Kirkpatrick, J, and Prosnitz, L. "Lymphocyte predominance Hodgkin’s disease: High cure rate and acceptable complication rate with conventional treatment." 2003. Elsevier.
    • Quaranta, BP, Clough, R, and Marks, L. "Does time of day of radiation therapy affect treatment outcome? The circadian/melatonin hypothesis." European Journal of Cancer. 2001. Elsevier.
    • Sweeney, JA, Quaranta, BP, Pogue-Geile, MF, Schooler, NR, Haas, GL, and Keshavan, MS. "Neuropsychological functions of prefrontal cortex are selectively impaired early in the course of schizophrenia." Schizophrenia Research. 1995. Elsevier.

  • Journal Articles

    • Koontz, BF, Quaranta, BP, Pura, JA, Lee, WR, Vujaskovic, Z, Gerber, L, Haake, M, Anscher, MS, Robertson, CN, Polascik, TJ, and Moul, JW. "Phase 1 trial of neoadjuvant radiation therapy before prostatectomy for high-risk prostate cancer." International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 87, no. 1 (September 2013): 88-93.  Full Text
    • Quaranta, BP, Das, SK, Shafman, TD, Light, KL, and Marks, LB. "The utility of non-axial treatment beam orientations for lower lobe lung cancers." Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 11, no. 1 (2010): 128-136.
    • Quaranta, BP, Das, SK, Shafman, TD, Light, KL, and Marks, LB. "The utility of non-axial treatment beam orientations for lower lobe lung cancers." Journal of applied clinical medical physics / American College of Medical Physics 11, no. 1 (2010): 3010--.
    • Raj, KA, Evans, ES, Prosnitz, RG, Quaranta, BP, Hardenbergh, PH, Hollis, DR, Light, KL, and Marks, LB. "Is there an increased risk of local recurrence under the heart block in patients with left-sided breast cancer?." Cancer journal (Sudbury, Mass.) 12, no. 4 (July 2006): 309-317.  Full Text
    • Quaranta, BP, Marks, LB, and Anscher, MS. "Prostatectomy vs brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer." Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.) 18, no. 13 (November 2004): 1582-1585. (Letter)
    • Quaranta, BP, Marks, LB, and Anscher, MS. "Comparing radical prostatectomy and brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer." Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.) 18, no. 10 (September 2004): 1289-1309. (Review)
    • Quaranta, BP, Halperin, EC, Kurtzberg, J, Clough, R, and Martin, PL. "The incidence of testicular recurrence in boys with acute leukemia treated with total body and testicular irradiation and stem cell transplantation." Cancer 101, no. 4 (August 15, 2004): 845-850.  Full Text  Link to Item

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