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Brian Patrick Quaranta

Brian Patrick Quaranta

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncology
brian.quaranta@duke.edu
Box 3085 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
Dept of Rad Oncology, Durham, NC 27710

Scholarly Works

Shakespeare: Lessons in Mortality and Prognosis.

Journal article Pract Radiat Oncol · February 21, 2026 Full text Link to item Cite

Jackstone Calculus.

Journal article Pract Radiat Oncol · 2026 Full text Link to item Cite

Bad Medicine Is What I Need?

Journal article Oncologist · January 1, 2024 Full text Cite

Scylla and Charybdis.

Journal article Pract Radiat Oncol · 2023 Full text Link to item Cite

Laocoön

Fine art · 2023 An ekphrastic poem focused on the "Laocoön Group" statue in the Vatican Museum. ... Link to item Cite

The Backward Glance

Fine art · 2022 A poem about glancing backward at Death. ... Link to item Cite

Locally Advanced Primary Small Cell Carcinoma of the Breast: A Case Report and Review of Current Evidence.

Journal article Case Rep Oncol · 2021 Small-cell breast carcinoma (SCBC) is a very rare type of aggressive breast cancer constituting less than 1% of all breast cancers. The WHO classification categorizes this tumor as small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, and its prognosis is usually worse as ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Big Leap

Artistic production · 2021 Medical Consultant, The Big Leap, 20th Century Fox Television. Contracted for 2021-2022 season. Served as the oncology consultant for a primary, multi-episode story arc, as one of the main characters dealt with her diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer. ... Cite

Voices, A Literary Journal of the Duke University School of Medicine

Fine art · 2021 I served as Faculty Advisor and Editor for Voices, A Literary Journal of the Duke University School of Medicine, from 2019-2021. ... Link to item Cite

Sonnet CCXXIII.

Journal article Pract Radiat Oncol · May 2020 Full text Link to item Cite

Chicago Med

Artistic production · 2020 6. Medical Consultant, Chicago Med, Universal Television, 2019-2020. NBC Prime Time Television Show. Credited episodes include “Never Going Back to Normal,” “Got a Friend in Me,” “Who Knows What Tomorrow Brings,” “I Can’t Imagine the Future,” and “Who Shou ... Cite

Sonnet CCXXIII

Fine art · 2020 A poem about the discovery of Radium and its use in treating prostate cancer. ... Cite

Phase 1 trial of neoadjuvant radiation therapy before prostatectomy for high-risk prostate cancer.

Journal article Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys · September 1, 2013 PURPOSE: To evaluate, in a phase 1 study, the safety of neoadjuvant whole-pelvis radiation therapy (RT) administered immediately before radical prostatectomy in men with high-risk prostate cancer. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Twelve men enrolled and completed a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy plus Prostatectomy for High Risk Prostate Cancer

Conference International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · October 2011 Full text Cite

The utility of non-axial treatment beam orientations for lower lobe lung cancers.

Journal article J Appl Clin Med Phys · January 28, 2010 Traditional treatment beams for non-small-cell lung cancer are limited to the axial plane. For many tumor geometries, non-axial orientations appear to reduce the dose to normal tissues (e.g. heart, liver). We hypothesize that non-axial beams provide a sign ... Full text Link to item Cite

The utility of non-axial treatment beam orientations for lower lobe lung cancers

Journal article Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics · January 1, 2010 Traditional treatment beams for non-small-cell lung cancer are limited to the axial plane. For many tumor geometries, non-axial orientations appear to reduce the dose to normal tissues (e.g. heart, liver). We hypothesize that non-axial beams provide a sign ... Full text Cite

Is there an increased risk of local recurrence under the heart block in patients with left-sided breast cancer?

Journal article Cancer J · 2006 UNLABELLED: Tangential radiotherapy for left-sided breast cancer may be cardiotoxic. Shaping the field with a heart block reduces cardiac exposure but may under-dose the breast and/or chest wall. We compared the incidence and location of local recurrences ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prostatectomy vs brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer.

Journal article Oncology (Williston Park) · November 2004 Link to item Cite

Comparing radical prostatectomy and brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer.

Journal article Oncology (Williston Park) · September 2004 Radical prostatectomy and ultrasound-guided transperineal brachytherapy are both commonly used for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. No randomized trials are available to compare these modalities. Therefore, the physician must rely on institution ... Link to item Cite

Adjuvant and salvage radiotherapy following radical prostatectomy

Conference International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics · September 2004 Full text Cite

The incidence of testicular recurrence in boys with acute leukemia treated with total body and testicular irradiation and stem cell transplantation.

Journal article Cancer · August 15, 2004 BACKGROUND: The incidence of testicular recurrence of childhood acute leukemia after total body irradiation (TBI) in conjunction with stem cell transplantation (SCT) has been reported to be as high as 24%. The authors studied the incidence of testicular fa ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Eponymy of Exophthalmos Associated with Thyroid Disease

Book section · August 7, 2002 Written by more than 60 esteemed international authorities, Thyroid Eye Disease is a useful source for ophthalmologists, endocrinologists, internists, pathologists, immunologists, cosmetic surgeons, biomedical researchers, otolaryngologists ... ... Cite

Lymphocyte predominance Hodgkin’s disease: High cure rate and acceptable complication rate with conventional treatment

Conference International Journal of Radiation Oncology - Biology - Physics Abstract ... Cite