Selected Publications

Kyle Kim, Uri Amit, Edgar Ben-Josef, Steven Feigenberg, Bonnie Ky, Constantinos Koumenis, Ioannis Verginadis: “Image-guided radiation-induced injury models using the SARRP” 6th Conference on Small Animal Precision Image-Guided Radiotherapy, Antwerp, Belgium, 8-10 April 2024 : 2024.

Uri Amita, Ugur Uslub, Ioannis I. Verginadisa, Michele M. Kima, Seyyedeh Azar Oliaei Motlagh, Eric S. Diffenderfer, Charles-Antoine Assenmacher, Sandra Bicher, Edgar Ben-Josef, Regina M. Young, Carl H. Juneb, Constantinos Koumenisa: Proton Radiation Boosts Efficacy of Mesothelin-targeting Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer ASTRO 2024 Annual Meeting : 2024.

Melinda D. Jing; Michelle Iocolano MD; Wei Xu MB, MBE; Wencesley Paez MD, MSHS; Steven Feigenberg MD; Peter Gabriel, MD, MSE; Constantinos Koumenis PhD; Edgar Ben-Josef MD & John P. Plastaras MD, PhD: Implementation of a Radiation Oncology Protocol Committee for Clinical Trial Review and Prioritization ASTRO 2024 Annual Meeting : 2024.

Grace Lee MDa, Bailey Nelson MDb, Julie Koenig MDa, John P. Plastaras MDc, James M. Metz MDc, Beow Y. Yeap ScDa, Lorraine C. Drapek DNPa, Christian Baglini NPb, David P Ryan MDd, Aparna R Parikh MDd, Jill N Allen MDd, Jeffrey W. Clark MD PhDd, Lawrence S Blaszkowsky MDd, Edgar Ben-Josef MDc, Theodore S. Hong MDa, Jordan R. Kharofa MDb*, Jennifer Y. Wo MD: Long -term Outcomes of Definitive Chemoradiation with Proton Therapy for Treatment of Carcinoma of the Anal Canal: Combined Analysis of Two Prospective Trials ASTRO 2024 Annual Meeting : 2024.

Uri Amit MD MPH PhD 1, Misra Shagun MD2, John P Plastaras MD PhD1, James M Metz MD1, Thomas B Karasic MD3, Maryanne J Lubas MD4 and Edgar Ben-Josef MD1: Clinical Outcomes and Risk Stratification in Unresectable Biliary Tract Cancers Undergoing Radiation Therapy ASTRO 2024 Annual Meeting : 2024.

Timothy J Brown, Uri Amit, Edgar Ben-Josef, Thomas B Karasic: Evaluating the safety and efficacy of the addition of liver radiation (RT) to atezolizumab and bevacizumab (A/B) in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): a retrospective cohort analysis. ASCO GI Cancers Symposium 2024 : 2024.

Gregory T Everson, MD, Steve Helmke PhD, Maarouf Hoteit, MD, Edgar Ben-Josef, MD, David Bourdet MD, Jitendra Kanovia MD.: How Measuring Liver Function Can Aid Clinical Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma 4TH Annual HCC-TAG Conference : 2023.

Uri Amit, Jahan J Mohiuddin, Andrzej P Wojcieszynski, Joanna Harton, Graeme Williams, Shwetha Manjunath, Nikhil Grandhi, Abigail Doucette, John P Plastaras, James M Metz, Edgar Ben-Josef: Radiation dose is associated with improved local control for large, but not small, hepatocellular carcinomas. Radiat Oncol 18 (1): 133,2023.

Martin Tobi, Irwin Bradley, Sumana Moole, Harvinder Talwar, Benita McVicker, Esperanza Kintanar, Paula Sochacki, and Edgar Ben-Josef: Start Early and See Inflammatory; Late, Nothing Save RAVE: How to Appreciate Radiation Proctitis as a Continuum Gastro Hep Advances 2 : 362–369,2023.

Uri Amit, Andrea Facciabene, Edgar Ben-Josef: Radiation Therapy and the Microbiome; More Than a Gut Feeling Cancer J. 29 (2): 84-88,2023.

Academic Contact Information

Department of Radiation Oncology
University of Pennsylvania
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
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