Manisha Palta | Scholars@Duke

Manisha Palta
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

Clinical research in gastrointestinal malignancies, lymphomas and breast malignancies.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Clinical Science Departments 2017
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 2015

Contact Information

Dept of Radiation Oncology, Box 3085, Durham, NC 27710
manisha.palta@duke.edu (919) 684-8111

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Resident, Radiation Oncology, Duke University School of Medicine 2008 - 2012
- Intern, Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2007 - 2008
- M.D., University of Florida College of Medicine 2007
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Clinical Science Departments 2012 - 2017
Research
Selected Grants
- PROCEED awarded by Merck Sharp & Dohme 2017 - 2020
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Benson, AB, D'Angelica, MI, Abbott, DE, Abrams, TA, Alberts, SR, Anaya, DA, Anders, R, Are, C, Brown, D, Chang, DT, Cloyd, J, Covey, AM, Hawkins, W, Iyer, R, Jacob, R, Karachristos, A, Kelley, RK, Kim, R, Palta, M, Park, JO, Sahai, V, Schefter, T, Sicklick, JK, Singh, G, Sohal, D, Stein, S, Tian, GG, Vauthey, J-N, Venook, AP, Hammond, LJ, and Darlow, SD. "Guidelines Insights: Hepatobiliary Cancers, Version 2.2019." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 17, no. 4 (April 2019): 302-310. Full Text
  - Soni, PD, and Palta, M. "Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Current State and Future Opportunities." Digestive Diseases and Sciences 64, no. 4 (April 2019): 1008-1015. (Review) Full Text
  - Abdelazim, YA, Rushing, CN, Palta, M, Willett, CG, and Czito, BG. "Role of pelvic chemoradiation therapy in patients with initially metastatic anal canal cancer: A National Cancer Data Base review." Cancer (March 2, 2019). Full Text
  - Spiegel, DY, Boyer, MJ, Hong, JC, Williams, CD, Kelley, MJ, Moore, H, Salama, JK, and Palta, M. "Long-term Clinical Outcomes of Nonoperative Management With Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer in the Veterans Health Administration." International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 103, no. 3 (March 2019): 565-573. Full Text
  - Stephens, SJ, Willett, CG, Palta, M, and Czito, BG. "Total Neoadjuvant Therapy (TNT) in Rectal Cancer." Current Colorectal Cancer Reports 14, no. 6 (December 1, 2018): 199-206. (Review) Full Text
  - Hong, JC, Cui, Y, Patel, BN, Rushing, CN, Faught, AM, Eng, JS, Higgins, K, Yin, F-F, Das, S, Czito, BG, Willett, CG, and Palta, M. "Association of Interim FDG-PET Imaging During Chemoradiation for Squamous Anal Canal Carcinoma With Recurrence." International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 102, no. 4 (November 2018): 1046-1051. Full Text
  - Tandberg, DJ, Cui, Y, Rushing, CN, Hong, JC, Ackerson, BG, Marin, D, Zhang, X, Czito, BG, Willett, CW, and Palta, M. "Intratreatment Response Assessment With 18F-FDG PET: Correlation of Semiquantitative PET Features With Pathologic Response of Esophageal Cancer to Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy." International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 102, no. 4 (November 2018): 1002-1007. Full Text
  - Chino, F, Pollis, KE, Choi, S, Salama, JK, and Palta, M. "Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy-Induced Abscopal Effect on Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Treatment for Lung Cancer: A Case Report." Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 68, no. 4 (October 2018): 1653-1655. Full Text
  - Chino, F, Stephens, SJ, Choi, SS, Marin, D, Kim, CY, Morse, MA, Godfrey, DJ, Czito, BG, Willett, CG, and Palta, M. "The role of external beam radiotherapy in the treatment of hepatocellular cancer." Cancer 124, no. 17 (September 2018): 3476-3489. (Review) Full Text
  - Martella, A, Willett, C, Palta, M, and Czito, B. "The Selective Use of Radiation Therapy in Rectal Cancer Patients." Current Oncology Reports 20, no. 6 (April 11, 2018): 43-null. (Review) Full Text
  - Hall, WA, Heerkens, HD, Paulson, ES, Meijer, GJ, Kotte, AN, Knechtges, P, Parikh, PJ, Bassetti, MF, Lee, P, Aitken, KL, Palta, M, Myrehaug, S, Koay, EJ, Portelance, L, Ben-Josef, E, and Erickson, BA. "Pancreatic gross tumor volume contouring on computed tomography (CT) compared with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): Results of an international contouring conference." Practical Radiation Oncology 8, no. 2 (March 2018): 107-115. Full Text
  - Godfrey, DJ, Patel, BN, Adamson, JD, Subashi, E, Salama, JK, and Palta, M. "Triphasic contrast enhanced CT simulation with bolus tracking for pancreas SBRT target delineation." Practical Radiation Oncology 7, no. 6 (November 2017): e489-e497. Full Text
  - Freischlag, K, Sun, Z, Adam, MA, Kim, J, Palta, M, Czito, BG, Migaly, J, and Mantyh, CR. "Association Between Incomplete Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy and Survival for Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer." Jama Surgery 152, no. 6 (June 2017): 558-564. Full Text
  - Benson, AB, D'Angelica, MI, Abbott, DE, Abrams, TA, Alberts, SR, Saenz, DA, Are, C, Brown, DB, Chang, DT, Covey, AM, Hawkins, W, Iyer, R, Jacob, R, Karachristos, A, Kelley, RK, Kim, R, Palta, M, Park, JO, Sahai, V, Schefter, T, Schmidt, C, Sicklick, JK, Singh, G, Sohal, D, Stein, S, Tian, GG, Vauthey, J-N, Venook, AP, Zhu, AX, Hoffmann, KG, and Darlow, S. "NCCN Guidelines Insights: Hepatobiliary Cancers, Version 1.2017." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 15, no. 5 (May 2017): 563-573. Full Text
  - Benson, AB, D'Angelica, MI, Abbott, DE, Abrams, TA, Alberts, SR, Saenz, DA, Are, C, Brown, DB, Chang, DT, Covey, AM, Hawkins, W, Iyer, R, Jacob, R, Karachristos, A, Kelley, RK, Kim, R, Palta, M, Park, JO, Sahai, V, Schefter, T, Schmidt, C, Sicklick, JK, Singh, G, Sohal, D, Stein, S, Tian, GG, Vauthey, JN, Venook, AP, Zhu, AX, Hoffmann, KG, and Darlow, S. "Hepatobiliary cancers, version 1.2017 featured updates to the NCCN guidelines." Jnccn Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 15, no. 5 (May 1, 2017): 563-573. (Review)
  - III, BAB, D'Angelica, MI, Abbott, DE, Abrams, TA, Alberts, SR, Saenz, DA, Are, C, Brown, DB, Chang, DT, Covey, AM, Hawkins, W, Iyer, R, Jacob, R, Karachristos, A, Kelley, RK, Kim, R, Palta, M, Park, JO, Sahai, V, Schefter, T, Schmidt, C, Sicklick, JK, Singh, G, Sohal, D, Stein, S, Tian, GG, Vauthey, J-N, Venook, AP, Zhu, AX, Hoffmann, KG, and Darlow, S. "NCCN Guidelines (R) Insights Hepatobiliary Cancers, Version 1.2017 Featured Updates to the NCCN Guidelines." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 15, no. 5 (May 1, 2017): 563-573. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ludmir, EB, Palta, M, Willett, CG, and Czito, BG. "Total neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer: An emerging option." Cancer 123, no. 9 (May 2017): 1497-1506. (Review) Full Text
  - Liu, Y, Yin, F-F, Czito, BG, Bashir, MR, Palta, M, and Cai, J. "Retrospective four-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging with image-based respiratory surrogate: a sagittal-coronal-diaphragm point of intersection motion tracking method." Journal of Medical Imaging (Bellingham, Wash.) 4, no. 2 (April 2017): 024007-null. Full Text
  - Mowery, YM, Salama, JK, Zafar, SY, Moore, HG, Willett, CG, Czito, BG, Hopkins, MB, and Palta, M. "Neoadjuvant long-course chemoradiation remains strongly favored over short-course radiotherapy by radiation oncologists in the United States." Cancer 123, no. 8 (April 2017): 1434-1441. Full Text
  - Spiegel, D, Palta, M, and Uronis, H. "Role of Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in the Management of Gastric Adenocarcinoma." The Surgical Clinics of North America 97, no. 2 (April 2017): 421-435. (Review) Full Text
  - Liu, Y, Zhong, X, Czito, BG, Palta, M, Bashir, MR, Dale, BM, Yin, F-F, and Cai, J. "Four-dimensional diffusion-weighted MR imaging (4D-DWI): a feasibility study." Medical physics 44, no. 2 (February 2017): 397-406. Full Text
  - Godfrey, DJ, Patel, BN, Adamson, J, Salama, JK, and Palta, M. "Triphasic Bolus Tracking Computed Tomography Simulation for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of Locoregionally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer." International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 96, no. 2S (October 2016): E200-E201. Full Text
  - Hong, JC, Eng, J, Faught, A, Higgins, K, Cui, Y, Yin, FF, Das, SK, Czito, B, Willett, CG, and Palta, M. "Interim FDG Positron Emission Tomography Imaging During Chemoradiation for Squamous Anal Canal Carcinoma." International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 96, no. 2S (October 2016): E183-. Full Text
  - Mowery, YM, Salama, JK, Zafar, SY, Moore, HG, Willett, CG, Czito, B, Hopkins, MB, and Palta, M. "Radiation Oncologists' Practice Patterns and Attitudes Regarding Neoadjuvant Short-Course Radiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer in the United States." International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 96, no. 2S (October 2016): S203-. Full Text
  - Palta, M, Czito, B, Abbruzzese, J, Uronis, H, Duffy, EA, Blazer, DT, and Willett, CG. "Interim Acute Toxicity Analysis and Surgical Outcomes of Neoadjuvant Gemcitabine/nab-Paclitaxel and Hypofractionated Image Guided Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy in Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer (ANCHOR) Study." International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 96, no. 2S (October 2016): S204-S205. Full Text
  - Sheng, Y, Li, T, Yoo, S, Yin, FF, Blitzblau, RC, Horton, JK, Palta, M, Hahn, CA, Ge, Y, and Wu, QR. "Development of an Ultra-Fast, High-Quality Whole-Breast Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning System." International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 96, no. 2S (October 2016): S228-. Full Text
  - Spiegel, D, Marcom, PK, Peterson, B, Force, J, Howie, L, Palta, M, Blitzblau, RC, and Horton, JK. "Acute Toxicity in Patients With HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Treated With Adjuvant Radiation Therapy and Concurrent Trastuzumab and Pertuzumab." International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 96, no. 2S (October 2016): E9-E10. Full Text
  - Susko, M, Lee, J, Salama, J, Thomas, S, Uronis, H, Hsu, D, Migaly, J, Willett, C, Czito, B, and Palta, M. "The Use of Re-irradiation in Locally Recurrent, Non-metastatic Rectal Cancer." Annals of Surgical Oncology 23, no. 11 (October 2016): 3609-3615. Full Text
  - Susko, M, Lee, J, Salama, JK, Thomas, S, Uronis, H, Hsu, D, Migaly, J, Willett, CG, Czito, B, and Palta, M. "The Use of Reirradiation in Locally Recurrent, Nonmetastatic Rectal Cancer." International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 96, no. 2S (October 2016): E192-E193. Full Text
  - Han, S, Yin, F, Czito, B, Palta, M, and Cai, J. "SU-F-T-544: Development of a Clinically Feasible Workflow of 4D MRI-Based Treatment Planning for Liver SBRT." Medical Physics 43, no. 6 (June 2016): 3588-null. Full Text
  - Moore, B, Yin, F, Czito, B, Palta, M, and Cai, J. "SU-F-J-103: Assessment of Liver Tumor Contrast for Radiation Therapy: Inter-Patient and Inter-Sequence Variability." Medical Physics 43, no. 6 (June 2016): 3430-null. Full Text
  - Sheng, Y, Li, T, Yoo, S, Yin, F, Blitzblau, R, Horton, J, Palta, M, Hahn, C, Ge, Y, and Wu, Q. "WE-AB-209-05: Development of an Ultra-Fast High Quality Whole Breast Radiotherapy Treatment Planning System." Medical physics 43, no. 6 (June 2016): 3801-3802. Full Text
  - Lewis, SL, Patel, P, Song, H, Freedland, SJ, Bynum, S, Oh, D, Palta, M, Yoo, D, Oleson, J, and Salama, JK. "Image Guided Hypofractionated Postprostatectomy Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer." International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 94, no. 3 (March 2016): 605-611. Full Text
  - Lewis, SL, Patel, PR, Palta, M, Yoo, DS, and Salama, JK. "In Reply to Fiorino and Cozzarini." International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 94, no. 4 (March 2016): 860-861. (Letter) Full Text
  - Ludmir, EB, Arya, R, Wu, Y, Palta, M, Willett, CG, and Czito, BG. "Role of Adjuvant Radiotherapy in Locally Advanced Colonic Carcinoma in the Modern Chemotherapy Era." Annals of Surgical Oncology 23, no. 3 (March 2016): 856-862. Full Text
  - Hong, JC, Czito, BG, Willett, CG, and Palta, M. "A current perspective on stereotactic body radiation therapy for pancreatic cancer." Oncotargets and Therapy 9 (January 2016): 6733-6739. (Review) Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Torok, JA, Palta, M, Willett, CG, and Czito, BG. "Nonoperative management of rectal cancer." Cancer 122, no. 1 (January 2016): 34-41. (Review) Full Text
  - Blitzblau, RC, Arya, R, Yoo, S, Baker, JA, Chang, Z, Palta, M, Duffy, E, and Horton, JK. "A phase 1 trial of preoperative partial breast radiation therapy: Patient selection, target delineation, and dose delivery." Practical radiation oncology 5, no. 5 (September 2015): e513-e520. Full Text
  - Boyle, J, Czito, B, Willett, C, and Palta, M. "Adjuvant radiation therapy for pancreatic cancer: a review of the old and the new." Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology 6, no. 4 (August 2015): 436-444. (Review) Full Text
  - Arya, R, Siamakpour-Reihani, S, Palta, M, Massa, L, Broadwater, G, Blitzblau, RC, and Horton, JK. "Exercise behavior and patient-reported outcomes in women with early breast cancer receiving locoregional radiation therapy." Practical radiation oncology 5, no. 4 (July 2015): e275-e281. Full Text
  - Horton, JK, Blitzblau, RC, Yoo, S, Geradts, J, Chang, Z, Baker, JA, Georgiade, GS, Chen, W, Siamakpour-Reihani, S, Wang, C, Broadwater, G, Groth, J, Palta, M, Dewhirst, M, Barry, WT, Duffy, EA, Chi, J-TA, and Hwang, ES. "Preoperative Single-Fraction Partial Breast Radiation Therapy: A Novel Phase 1, Dose-Escalation Protocol With Radiation Response Biomarkers." International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 92, no. 4 (July 2015): 846-855. Full Text
  - Adamson, J, Chang, Z, Cai, J, Palta, M, Horton, J, Yin, F, and Blitzblau, R. "SU-E-J-223: A BOLD Contrast Imaging Sequence to Evaluate Oxygenation Changes Due to Breath Holding for Breast Radiotherapy: A Pilot Study." Medical physics 42, no. 6 (June 2015): 3317-. Full Text
  - Liu, Y, Yin, F, Czito, B, Bashir, M, Palta, M, Zhong, X, Dale, B, and Cai, J. "SU-F-303-13: Initial Evaluation of Four Dimensional Diffusion- Weighted MRI (4D-DWI) and Its Effect On Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) Measurement." Medical physics 42, no. 6 (June 2015): 3540-. Full Text
  - Liu, Y, Yin, F, Czito, B, Bashir, M, Palta, M, and Cai, J. "TH-CD-207-09: Retrospective 4D-MRI with a Novel Image-Based Surrogate: A Sagittal-Coronal-Diaphragm Point of Intersection (SCD-PoI) Motion Tracking Method." Medical physics 42, no. 6 (June 2015): 3736-. Full Text
  - Ludmir, EB, Stephens, SJ, Palta, M, Willett, CG, and Czito, BG. "Human papillomavirus tumor infection in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma." Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology 6, no. 3 (June 2015): 287-295. (Review) Full Text
  - Palta, M, Palta, P, Bhavsar, NA, Horton, JK, and Blitzblau, RC. "The use of adjuvant radiotherapy in elderly patients with early-stage breast cancer: Changes in practice patterns after publication of Cancer and Leukemia Group B 9343." Cancer 121, no. 2 (January 1, 2015): 188-193. Full Text
  - Torok, JA, Palta, M, Czito, BG, and Willett, CG. "Intraoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of gastrointestinal malignancies." Translational Cancer Research 3, no. 6 (December 1, 2014): 537-540. Full Text
  - Zhong, J, Palta, M, Willett, CG, McCall, SJ, McSherry, F, Tyler, DS, Uronis, HE, and Czito, BG. "Patterns of failure for stage I ampulla of Vater adenocarcinoma: a single institutional experience." Journal of gastrointestinal oncology 5, no. 6 (December 2014): 421-427. Full Text
  - Yang, J, Cai, J, Wang, H, Chang, Z, Czito, BG, Bashir, MR, Palta, M, and Yin, F-F. "Is diaphragm motion a good surrogate for liver tumor motion?." International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 90, no. 4 (November 2014): 952-958. Full Text
  - Liu, Y, Yin, F-F, Chang, Z, Czito, BG, Palta, M, Bashir, MR, Qin, Y, and Cai, J. "Investigation of sagittal image acquisition for 4D-MRI with body area as respiratory surrogate." Medical Physics 41, no. 10 (October 2014): 101902-null. Full Text
  - Palta, M, Willett, CG, and Czito, BG. "Short-course versus long-course chemoradiation in rectal cancer--time to change strategies?." Current treatment options in oncology 15, no. 3 (September 2014): 421-428. (Review) Full Text
  - Palta, M, Willett, CG, and Czito, BG. "Short-course versus long-course chemoradiation in rectal cancer--time to change strategies?." Current treatment options in oncology 15, no. 3 (September 1, 2014): 421-428. (Review) Full Text
  - Czito, BG, Palta, M, and Willett, CG. "Results of the FFCD 9901 trial in early-stage esophageal carcinoma: is it really about neoadjuvant therapy?." Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 32, no. 23 (August 2014): 2398-2400. Full Text
  - Dorth, JA, Pura, JA, Palta, M, Willett, CG, Uronis, HE, D'Amico, TA, and Czito, BG. "Patterns of recurrence after trimodality therapy for esophageal cancer." Cancer 120, no. 14 (July 2014): 2099-2105. Full Text
  - Cui, T, Liang, X, Czito, B, Palta, M, Bashir, M, Yin, F, and Cai, J. "MO-C-17A-02: A Novel Method for Evaluating Hepatic Stiffness Based On 4D-MRI and Deformable Image Registration." Medical physics 41, no. 6 (June 2014): 414-. Full Text
  - Higgins, K, Wu, Q, Perez, B, Czito, B, Palta, M, Willett, C, and Das, S. "TH-E-BRF-10: Interim Esophageal Cancer Response Assessment Via 18FDG-PET Scanning During Radiation Therapy." Medical Physics 41, no. 6 (June 2014): 571-null. Full Text
  - Lafata, K, Czito, B, Palta, M, Bashir, M, Yin, F, and Cai, J. "SU-E-J-192: Verification of 4D-MRI Internal Target Volume Using Cine MRI." Medical Physics 41, no. 6 (June 2014): 201-null. Full Text
  - Liang, X, Czito, B, Palta, M, Bashir, M, Yin, F, and Cai, J. "SU-E-J-68: Evaluation of Liver Deformation During Breathing Using Deformable Image Registration: A Comparison Between 4D CT and 4D MRI." Medical Physics 41, no. 6 (June 2014): 171-null. Full Text
  - Wang, C, Horton, J, Yin, F, Blitzblau, R, Palta, M, and Chang, Z. "SU-E-J-182: A Feasibility Study Evaluating Automatic Identification of Gross Tumor Volume for Breast Cancer Radiotherapy Using Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MR Imaging." Medical Physics 41, no. 6 (June 2014): 198-199. Full Text
  - Yang, J, Cai, J, Wang, H, Zheng, C, Czito, B, Bashir, M, Palta, M, and Yin, F. "WE-G-18C-06: Is Diaphragm Motion a Good Surrogate for Liver Tumor Motion?." Medical physics 41, no. 6 (June 2014): 529-. Full Text
  - Yang, J, Yin, F, Wang, H, Chang, Z, Czito, B, Bashir, M, Palta, M, and Cai, J. "MO-G-18C-04: Improved Synthetic 4D-MRI Using Linear Polynomial Fitting Model." Medical Physics 41, no. 6 (June 2014): 440-null. Full Text
  - Zhao, F, Bowsher, J, Palta, M, Czito, B, Willett, C, and Yin, F. "SU-D-9A-02: Relative Effects of Threshold Choice and Spatial Resolution Modeling On SUV and Volume Quantification in F18-FDG PET Imaging of Anal Cancer Patients." Medical Physics 41, no. 6 (June 2014): 122-null. Full Text
  - Palta, M, Czito, BG, and Willett, CG. "Colorectal cancer: adjuvant chemotherapy for rectal cancer-an unresolved issue." Nature Reviews. Clinical Oncology 11, no. 4 (April 2014): 182-184. Full Text
  - Palta, M, Willett, C, and Czito, B. "The role of intraoperative radiation therapy in patients with pancreatic cancer." Seminars in radiation oncology 24, no. 2 (April 2014): 126-131. (Review) Full Text
  - Dorth, JA, Pura, JA, Palta, M, Willett, CG, Uronis, HE, D'Amico, TA, and Czito, BG. "Patterns of recurrence after trimodality therapy for esophageal cancer." Cancer 120, no. 14 (January 1, 2014): 2099-2105. Full Text
  - Kirkpatrick, JP, Kelsey, CR, Palta, M, Cabrera, AR, Salama, JK, Patel, P, Perez, BA, Lee, J, and Yin, F-F. "Stereotactic body radiotherapy: A critical review for non-radiation oncologists." Cancer (2014).
  - Kirkpatrick, JP, Kelsey, CR, Palta, M, Cabrera, AR, Salama, JK, Patel, P, Perez, BA, Lee, J, and Yin, FF. "Stereotactic body radiotherapy: A critical review for nonradiation oncologists." Cancer 120, no. 7 (January 1, 2014): 942-954. (Review) Full Text
  - Ludmir, E, Palta, M, Zhang, X, Wu, Y, Willett, C, and Czito, B. "Incidence and Prognostic Impact of High-Risk HPV Tumor Infection in Cervical Esophageal Carcinoma." Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology 5, no. 6 (2014): 401-407. Full Text
  - Ludmir, EB, McCall, SJ, Czito, BG, and Palta, M. "Radiosensitive orbital metastasis as presentation of occult colonic adenocarcinoma." BMJ case reports 2014 (January 2014). Full Text
  - Ludmir, EB, Palta, M, Zhang, X, Wu, Y, Willett, CG, and Czito, BG. "Incidence and prognostic impact of high-risk HPV tumor infection in cervical esophageal carcinoma." Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology 5, no. 6 (January 1, 2014): 401-407. Full Text
  - Palta, M, Czito, BG, and Willett, CG. "Colorectal cancer: adjuvant chemotherapy for rectal cancer-an unresolved issue." Nature reviews. Clinical oncology 11, no. 4 (January 1, 2014): 182-184. Full Text
  - Willett, CG, Czito, BG, and Palta, M. "ACT II: treatment of anal cancer comes full circle." Lancet Oncol 14, no. 6 (May 2013): 443-445. Full Text Link to Item
  - Zhong, J, Palta, M, Willett, CG, McCall, SJ, Bulusu, A, Tyler, DS, White, RR, Uronis, HE, Pappas, TN, and Czito, BG. "The role of local excision in invasive adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of Vater." J Gastrointest Oncol 4, no. 1 (March 2013): 8-13. Full Text Link to Item
  - Pepek, JM, Chino, JP, Willett, CG, Palta, M, Blazer Iii, DG, Tyler, DS, Uronis, HE, and Czito, BG. "Preoperative chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer." Radiation Oncology (London, England) 8 (January 4, 2013): 6-null. Full Text
  - Willett, CG, Czito, BG, and Palta, M. "ACT II: Treatment of anal cancer comes full circle." The Lancet Oncology 14, no. 6 (2013): 443-445. Full Text
  - Palta, M, Patel, P, Broadwater, G, Willett, C, Pepek, J, Tyler, D, Zafar, SY, Uronis, H, Hurwitz, H, White, R, and Czito, B. "Carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater: patterns of failure following resection and benefit of chemoradiotherapy." Annals of Surgical Oncology 19, no. 5 (May 2012): 1535-1540. Full Text
  - Czito, BG, Willett, C, Palta, M, McCall, S, Gee, N, Hurwitz, H, Coleman, RE, Zafar, Y, Kennedy-Newton, P, and Uronis, H. "A phase I/II study of capecitabine (Cape), oxaliplatin (Ox), panitumumab (Pmab), and external beam radiation therapy (RT) for patients with esophagogastric carcinoma (EC)." Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 30, no. 4_suppl (February 2012): 68-.
  - Palta, M, Yoo, S, Adamson, JD, Prosnitz, LR, and Horton, JK. "Preoperative single fraction partial breast radiotherapy for early-stage breast cancer." International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 82, no. 1 (January 2012): 37-42. Full Text
  - Palta, M, Willett, C, and Czito, B. "Role of radiation therapy in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer." Oncology 25, no. 8 (August 12, 2011): 1-11.
  - Palta, M, Willett, C, and Czito, B. "Role of radiation therapy in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer." Oncology (Williston Park) 25, no. 8 (July 2011): 715-727. (Review) Link to Item
  - Palta, M, and Horton, JK. "In response to Drs. Kim and Shaitelman." International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 80, no. 1 (May 1, 2011): 315-null. (Letter) Full Text
  - Palta, M, Willett, CG, Patel, P, Tyler, DS, Uronis, HE, and Czito, BG. "Carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater: Patterns of failure after resection and benefit of adjuvant radiotherapy." Journal of Clinical Oncology 29, no. 4_suppl (February 2011): 254-254. Full Text
  - Palta, M, Willett, CG, Patel, P, Tyler, DS, Uronis, HE, and Czito, BG. "Carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater: Patterns of failure after resection and benefit of adjuvant radiotherapy." Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 29, no. 4_suppl (February 2011): 254-.
  - Palta, M, Clough, R, Yoo, D, Scher, R, Ready, N, and Brizel, D. "Twenty Year Experience with Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS 81, no. 2 (2011): S503-S504. Full Text Link to Item
  - Palta, M, Riedel, RF, Vredenburgh, JJ, Cummings, TJ, Green, S, Chang, Z, and Kirkpatrick, JP. "Primary meningeal rhabdomyosarcoma." Sarcoma 2011 (January 2011): 312802-null. Full Text
  - Palta, M, and Lee, WR. "The development of oncology treatment guidelines: An analysis of the National Guidelines Clearinghouse." Practical Radiation Oncology 1, no. 1 (2011): 33-37. Full Text
  - Zagar, TM, Palta, M, Catalano, S, O'Neill, L, Yoo, S, Leonard, P, and Horton, J. "Dosimetric Comparison Of Radiotherapy For Left Sided Breast Cancer: Breath-hold versus Free Breathing." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS 81, no. 2 (2011): S780-S781. Full Text Link to Item
  - Zagar, TM, Palta, M, Catalano, S, O'Neill, L, Yoo, S, Horton, J, and Prosnitz, LR. "Dosimetric Comparison of Radiotherapy for Left Sided Breast Cancer: Breath-Hold Versus Free-Breathing." CANCER RESEARCH 70 (December 15, 2010). Full Text Link to Item
  - Palta, M, Morris, CG, Grobmyer, SR, Copeland, EM, and Mendenhall, NP. "Angiosarcoma after breast-conserving therapy: long-term outcomes with hyperfractionated radiotherapy." Cancer 116, no. 8 (April 2010): 1872-1878. Full Text
  - Pendergast, JF, Gange, SJ, Newton, MA, Lindstrom, MJ, Palta, M, and Fisher, MR. "A survey off methods for analyzing clustered binary response data." International Statistical Review 64, no. 1 (January 1, 1996): 89-118. (Review) Full Text
- Book Sections
  - Spiegel, D, Hong, J, Palta, M, Czito, B, and Willett, C. "Role of radiotherapy in locally advanced pancreatic cancer." In Pancreatic Cancer, 1435-1460. April 11, 2018. Full Text
  - Palta, M, Lee, CL, Yusuf, SW, and Kirsch, DG. "Radiation therapy and cardiotoxicity." In Cardio-Oncology: The Clinical Overlap of Cancer and Heart Disease, 161-174. April 11, 2017. Full Text
  - Perez, BA, Willett, CG, Czito, BG, and Palta, M. "Anal canal cancer." In Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy: Clinical Evidence and Techniques, 337-354. January 1, 2015. Full Text
  - Salama, JK, Palta, M, and Torok, JA. "The multidisciplinary management 11 of early stage cervical esophageal cancer." In Esophageal Cancer: Prevention, Diagnosis and Therapy, 173-185. January 1, 2015. Full Text
  - Palta, M, Willett, C, and Czito, B. "Radiotherapy for Gastrointestinal Malignancies." In Cancer Consult: Expertise for Clinical Practice, 785-788. June 20, 2014. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Godfrey, DJ, Vernuccio, F, Stephens, SJ, Salama, JK, Marin, D, and Palta, M. "Evaluation of Post-Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Response Assessment for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Appraisal of RECIST, m-RECIST and WHO Criteria." : Elsevier BV, November 2018. Full Text
  - Hong, JC, Niedzwiecki, D, Palta, M, and Tenenbaum, JD. "Predicting Emergency Visits and Hospital Admissions in Radiation and Chemoradiation: Performance of a Pre-Treatment Machine Learning Algorithm on Different Disease Sites in an Internal Validation Cohort." : Elsevier BV, November 2018. Full Text
  - Stephens, SJ, Czito, B, Zhang, X, Duffy, E, Malicki, M, Pitcher, B, Niedzwiecki, D, Abbruzzese, J, Uronis, H, Blobe, G, Blazer, DG, Willett, CG, and Palta, M. "Surgical and Pathologic Outcomes in Patients on a Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Hypofractionated Image-Guided Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (HIGRT) in Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer." : Elsevier BV, November 2018. Full Text
  - Palta, M, Czito, BG, Duffy, E, Malicki, M, Niedzwiecki, D, Abbruzzese, JL, Uronis, HE, Blobe, GC, Blazer, DG, and Willett, C. "A phase II trial of neoadjuvant gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel and SBRT for potentially resectable pancreas cancer: An evaluation of acute toxicity." : American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), May 20, 2018. Full Text
  - Sheng, Y, Li, T, Yoo, S, Yin, FF, Blitzblau, R, Horton, J, Palta, M, Ge, Y, and Wu, QJ. "PO-0908: Developing Whole Breast Radiotherapy Automatic-Planning System using Beamlet Feature based Model." : Elsevier BV, April 2018. Full Text
  - Abdelazim, YA, Palta, M, Willett, CG, Li, X, Peterson, B, and Czito, B. "Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy in Nonpancreatic Periampullary Carcinoma: An Institutional Experience." 59th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Therapeutic-Radiation-Oncology (ASTRO). San Diego, CA. September 24, 2017 - September 27, 2017.: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, October 1, 2017. Link to Item
  - Abdelazim, YA, Rushing, CN, Palta, M, Willett, CG, Peterson, B, and Czito, B. "The Role of Chemoradiation Therapy in Initially Metastatic Anal Canal Cancer Patients: A National Cancer Database Review." 59th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Therapeutic-Radiation-Oncology (ASTRO). San Diego, CA. September 24, 2017 - September 27, 2017.: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, October 1, 2017. Link to Item
  - Hall, WA, Heerkens, HD, Paulson, ES, Meijer, GJ, Kotte, AN, Knechtges, P, Parikh, PJ, Bassetti, MF, Lee, P, Aitken, KL, Palta, M, Myrehaug, S, Koay, EJ, Portelance, L, Ben-Josef, E, and Erickson, BA. "Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Gross Tumor Volume Contouring on Computed Tomography as Compared With Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Results of an International Consensus Contouring Conference." : Elsevier BV, October 2017. Full Text
  - Spiegel, D, Boyer, MJ, Hong, JC, Willaims, CD, Kelley, MJ, Salama, JK, and Palta, M. "Non-operative Management for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer in the Veterans Health Administration." : Elsevier BV, October 2017. Full Text
  - Stephens, S, Abdelazim, Y, Thomas, S, Salama, J, Godfrey, D, Willett, C, Czito, B, and Palta, M. "The Impact of Biologically Equivalent Dose on Tumor Control in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma." October 2017. Full Text
  - Tandberg, DJ, Cui, Y, Hong, JC, Ackerson, B, Czito, B, Willett, CG, and Palta, M. "Intratreatment FDG-PET Imaging to Predict Radiation Induced Esophagitis During Chemoradiation Therapy for Esophageal Cancer." : Elsevier BV, October 2017. Full Text
  - Han, S, Yin, F, Czito, B, Palta, M, and Cai, J. "Slice-Stacking T2-W MRI for Fast Determination of Internal Target Volume (ITV) for Liver Cancer." 59th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the American-Association-of-Physicists-in-Medicine (AAPM). Denver, CO. July 30, 2017 - August 3, 2017.: WILEY, June 1, 2017. Link to Item
  - Moore, B, Zhang, L, Yin, F, Czito, B, Palta, M, and Cai, J. "Evaluation of a Multi-Source Adaptive Fusion Algorithm for Improving MR Tumor Contrast in Liver Cancer Patients." 59th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the American-Association-of-Physicists-in-Medicine (AAPM). Denver, CO. July 30, 2017 - August 3, 2017.: WILEY, June 1, 2017. Link to Item
  - Godfrey, DJ, Patel, BN, Adamson, J, Salama, JK, and Palta, M. "Triphasic Bolus Tracking Computed Tomography Simulation for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of Locoregionally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer." October 1, 2016. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hong, JC, Eng, J, Faught, A, Higgins, K, Cui, Y, Yin, FF, Das, SK, Czito, B, Willett, CG, and Palta, M. "Interim FDG Positron Emission Tomography Imaging During Chemoradiation for Squamous Anal Canal Carcinoma." October 1, 2016. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mowery, YM, Salama, JK, Zafar, SY, Moore, HG, Willett, CG, Czito, B, Hopkins, MB, and Palta, M. "Radiation Oncologists' Practice Patterns and Attitudes Regarding Neoadjuvant Short-Course Radiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer in the United States." October 1, 2016. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mowery, YM, Salama, JK, Zafar, SY, Moore, HG, Willett, CG, Czito, B, Hopkins, MB, and Palta, M. "Radiation Oncologists' Practice Patterns and Attitudes Regarding Neoadjuvant Short-Course Radiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer in the United States." October 1, 2016. Link to Item
  - Palta, M, Czito, B, Abbruzzese, J, Uronis, H, Duffy, EA, Blazer, DT, and Willett, CG. "Interim Acute Toxicity Analysis and Surgical Outcomes of Neoadjuvant Gemcitabine/nab-Paclitaxel and Hypofractionated Image Guided Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy in Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer (ANCHOR) Study." October 1, 2016. Full Text Link to Item
  - Palta, M, Czito, B, Abbruzzese, J, Uronis, H, Duffy, EA, Blazer, DT, and Willett, CG. "Interim Acute Toxicity Analysis and Surgical Outcomes of Neoadjuvant Gemcitabine/nab-Paclitaxel and Hypofractionated Image Guided Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy in Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer (ANCHOR) Study." October 1, 2016. Link to Item
  - Sheng, Y, Li, T, Yoo, S, Yin, FF, Blitzblau, RC, Sr, HJK, Palta, M, Hahn, CA, Ge, Y, and Wu, QRJ. "Development of an Ultra-Fast, High-Quality Whole-Breast Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning System." October 1, 2016. Full Text Link to Item
  - Sheng, Y, Li, T, Yoo, S, Yin, FF, Blitzblau, RC, Sr, HJK, Palta, M, Hahn, CA, Ge, Y, and Wu, QRJ. "Development of an Ultra-Fast, High-Quality Whole-Breast Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning System." October 1, 2016. Link to Item
  - Spiegel, D, Marcom, K, Peterson, B, Force, J, Howie, L, Palta, M, Blitzblau, RC, and Sr, HJK. "Acute Toxicity in Patients With HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Treated With Adjuvant Radiation Therapy and Concurrent Trastuzumab and Pertuzumab." October 1, 2016. Full Text Link to Item
  - Susko, M, Lee, J, Salama, JK, Thomas, S, Uronis, H, Hsu, D, Migaly, J, Willett, CG, Czito, B, and Palta, M. "The Use of Reirradiation in Locally Recurrent, Nonmetastatic Rectal Cancer." October 1, 2016. Full Text Link to Item
  - Sun, Z, Adam, MA, Kim, J, Hsu, S-WD, Palta, M, Czito, BG, Migaly, J, and Mantyh, C. "Effect of combined neoadjuvant chemoradiation on overall survival for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer." February 2016. Full Text
  - Adamson, J, Chang, Z, Cai, J, Palta, M, Horton, J, Yin, F, and Blitzblau, R. "Induction of Gradual Changes in Blood Oxygen Levels in Post Lumpectomy Breast Tissue With Breath Holding: Results of a Pilot Study." November 2015. Full Text
  - Palta, M, Higgins, K, Wu, Q, Czito, B, Willett, C, and Das, S. "Prospective Study of Interim 18FDG-PET Response Assessment in Esophageal Cancer Patients Treated With Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation and Esophagectomy." November 2015. Full Text
  - Adamson, J, Chang, Z, Cai, J, Palta, M, Horton, J, Yin, F, and Blitzblau, R. "A BOLD Contrast Imaging Sequence to Evaluate Oxygenation Changes Due to Breath Holding for Breast Radiotherapy: A Pilot Study." June 2015. Full Text Link to Item
  - Liu, Y, Yin, F, Czito, B, Bashir, M, Palta, M, Zhong, X, Dale, B, and Cai, J. "Initial Evaluation of Four Dimensional Diffusion-Weighted MRI (4D-DWI) and Its Effect On Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) Measurement." June 2015. Full Text Link to Item
  - Liu, Y, Yin, F, Czito, B, Bashir, M, Palta, M, and Cai, I. "Retrospective 4D-MRI with a Novel Image-Based Surrogate: A Sagittal-Coronal-Diaphragm Point of Intersection (SCD-PoI) Motion Tracking Method." June 2015. Full Text Link to Item
  - Arya, R, Jones, LW, Blitzblau, RC, Palta, M, Massa, L, Broadwater, G, and Horton, JK. "Abstract P2-12-07: The association between exercise behavior and patient-reported outcomes in women with early breast cancer receiving locoregional radiation therapy." : American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), May 1, 2015. Full Text
  - Greenup, RA, Blitzblau, R, Houck, K, Horton, J, Howie, L, Palta, M, Mackey, A, Scheri, R, Sosa, JA, Taghian, AG, Peppercorn, J, Smith, BL, and Hwang, ES. "Abstract P1-10-02: Adjuvant radiation after lumpectomy: A cost comparison of treatment patterns in 43,247 women from the National Cancer Data Base." : American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), May 1, 2015. Full Text
  - Mowery, YM, Greenup, RA, Houck, K, Palta, M, Horton, JK, Hwang, E-SS, Sosa, JA, and Blitzblau, RC. "Abstract P1-15-10: Low utilization of hypofractionated radiotherapy for the treatment of early-stage breast cancer in the US." : American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), May 1, 2015. Full Text
  - Palta, M, Palta, P, Bhavsar, NA, Horton, JK, and Blitzblau, RC. "The use of adjuvant radiotherapy in elderly patients with early-stage breast cancer: changes in practice patterns after publication of Cancer and Leukemia Group B 9343." January 2015. Full Text
  - Horton, JK, Blitzblau, R, Yoo, S, Georgiade, G, Geradts, J, Baker, J, Chi, JA, Chang, Z, Palta, M, Siamakpour-Reihani, S, Groth, J, Chen, W, Broadwater, G, Barry, WT, Duffy, E, and Hwang, S. "Preoperative Partial Breast Radiation Therapy: One Year Outcomes and Radiation-Induced Changes in Gene Expression." : Elsevier BV, September 2014. Full Text
  - Ludmir, EB, Palta, M, Wu, Y, Willett, CG, and Czito, BG. "Definitive Chemoradiation Therapy for Cervical Esophageal Carcinoma: A Single-Institution Experience." : Elsevier BV, September 2014. Full Text
  - Palta, M, Czito, BG, Willett, CG, and Dinan, MA. "Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Utilization in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Malignancies Between 2000 and 2009 in the SEER-Medicare Population." : Elsevier BV, September 2014. Full Text
  - Torok, J, Prosnitz, LR, Palta, M, Wu, Y, Beaven, A, Diehl, L, and Kelsey, CR. "Low-Dose Consolidation Radiation Therapy for Early-Stage Unfavorable Hodgkin Lymphoma." : Elsevier BV, September 2014. Full Text
  - Cui, T, Liang, X, Czito, B, Palta, M, Bashir, M, Yin, F, and Cai, J. "A Novel Method for Evaluating Hepatic Stiffness Based On 4D-MRI and Deformable Image Registration." : WILEY, June 1, 2014. Link to Item
  - Lafata, K, Czito, B, Palta, M, Bashir, M, Yin, F, and Cai, J. "Verification of 4D-MRI Internal Target Volume Using Cine MRI." : WILEY, June 1, 2014. Link to Item
  - Liang, X, Czito, B, Palta, M, Bashir, M, Yin, F, and Cai, J. "Evaluation of Liver Deformation During Breathing Using Deformable Image Registration: A Comparison Between 4D CT and 4D MRI." : WILEY, June 1, 2014. Link to Item
  - Yang, J, Cai, J, Wang, H, Zheng, C, Czito, B, Bashir, M, Palta, M, and Yin, F. "Is Diaphragm Motion a Good Surrogate for Liver Tumor Motion?." : WILEY, June 1, 2014. Link to Item
  - Cramer, CK, Palta, M, Patel, P, and Brizel, DM. "Ipsilateral Tonsil Chemoradiation: Improved Toxicity Compared to Bilateral Radiation and Effective Rates of Local-Regional Control." : Elsevier BV, February 2014. Full Text
  - Kirkpatrick, JP, Wang, Z, Sampson, J, Kelsey, C, Allen, K, Duffy, E, Green, S, Cabrera, A, Palta, M, and Yin, F. "Early Results of a Randomized Trial to Identify an Optimal PTV in Stereotactic Radiosurgery of Brain Metastases." : Elsevier BV, October 2013. Full Text
  - Patel, PR, Palta, M, Clough, R, Yoo, D, and Brizel, DM. "Reduced Volume Irradiation for Head-and-Neck Cancer of Unknown Primary (HNCUP)." : Elsevier BV, October 2013. Full Text
  - Zhong, J, Palta, M, Willett, CG, McCall, SJ, McSherry, F, Uronis, HE, Tyler, DS, and Czito, BG. "Patterns of Failure for Stage I Ampulla of Vater Adenocarcinoma: A Single Institutional Experience." : Elsevier BV, October 2013. Full Text
  - Czito, B, Willett, C, Palta, M, Kennedy-Newton, P, and Uronis, H. "A Phase I/II Study of Capecitabine (Cape), Oxatiplatin (Ox), Panitumumab (Pmab), and External Beam Radiation Therapy (RI) for Patients With Esophagogastric Carcinoma (EC)." November 1, 2012. Full Text Link to Item
  - Czito, BG, Willett, C, Palta, M, McCall, S, Gee, N, Hurwitz, H, Coleman, RE, Zafar, Y, Kennedy-Newton, P, and Uronis, H. "A phase I/II study of capecitabine (Cape), oxaliplatin (Ox), panitumumab (Pmab), and external beam radiation therapy (RT) for patients with esophagogastric carcinoma (EC)." : American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), February 2012. Full Text
  - Palta, M, Willett, C, Patel, P, Uronis, H, Tyler, D, and Czito, B. "Carcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater: Patterns of Failure after Resection and Possible Benefit of Adjuvant Radiotherapy." 2010. Full Text Link to Item
  - Palta, M, Yoo, S, and Horton, JK. "Feasibility of Preoperative Single Fraction Partial Breast Radiotherapy for Early Stage Breast Cancer." December 15, 2009. Link to Item
  - Palta, M, and Lee, W. "A Systematic Review of Oncology Treatment Guidelines: A Passing Grade with Government Agencies Receiving the Highest Marks." 2009. Full Text Link to Item

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