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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 - Journal articles

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

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

Sonnet CCXXIII.

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

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

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