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Cristina M. DeCesaris, MD

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Languages Spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Huntsman Cancer Hospital
Radiation Oncology

1950 Circle of Hope
Salt Lake City, UT  84112
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Specialties

  • Radiation Oncology

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Radiation Oncology - Assistant Professor (Clinical)

Academic Locations

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Radiation Oncology - Assistant Professor (Clinical)

Education History

Professional Other ASCO Journals Editorial Fellow

Fellow, 2022
Residency University of Maryland Medical Center
Radiation Oncology
Resident, 2021
Chief Resident University of Maryland Medical Center
Radiation Oncology
Chief Resident, 2020
Residency University of Maryland Medical Center
Radiation Oncology
Resident, 2019
Internship Lankenau Medical Center
Internal Medicine
Intern, 2017
Professional Medical Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Medicine
M.D., 2016
Fellowship Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Radiation Oncology
Clinical Research Fellow, 2015
Undergraduate University of Maryland
Neurobiology/Physiology
B.S., 2011
Undergraduate University of Maryland
Psychology
B.S., 2011

Selected Publications - Journal Articles

Journal Article

  1. DeCesaris CM, Pollock A, Zhang B, Poirier Y, Kowalski E, Paulosky K, Mishra MV, Nichols E (2020). Assessing the Need for Adjusted Organ-at-Risk Planning Goals for Patients Undergoing Adjuvant Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer with Proton Radiation. Pract Radiat Oncol, 11(2), 108-118.
  2. Moran BJ, Koroulakis A, DeCesaris C, Braccioforte MH, Amin N, Agarwal M (2020). Long-term outcomes of a prospective randomized trial of 131Cs/125I permanent prostate brachytherapy. Brachytherapy, 20(1), 38-43.
  3. Snider JW, Molitoris J, Shyu S, Diwanji T, Rice S, Kowalski E, DeCesaris C, Remick JS, Yi B, Zhang B, Hall A, Hanna N, Ng VY, Regine WF (2020). Spatially Fractionated Radiotherapy (GRID) Prior to Standard Neoadjuvant Conventionally Fractionated Radiotherapy for Bulky, High-Risk Soft Tissue and Osteosarcomas: Feasibility, Safety, and Promising Pathologic Response Rates. Radiat Res, 194(6), 707-714.
  4. Poirier Y, Becker S, DeCesaris C, Culberson W, Draeger E, Gerry AJ, Johnstone CD, Gibbs A, Vujaskovic Z, Jackson IL (2020). The Impact of Radiation Energy on Dose Homogeneity and Organ Dose in the Göttingen Minipig Total-Body Irradiation Model. Radiat Res, 194(5), 544-556.
  5. DeCesaris C, Rao AD (2020). Characterizing the Risk of Vertebral Body Fractures in Patients Receiving Chemoradiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer. JAMA Netw Open, 3(9), e2014340.
  6. DeCesaris CM, Berger M, Choi JI, Carr SR, Burrows WM, Regine WF, Simone CB 2nd, Molitoris JK (2020). Pathologic complete response (pCR) rates and outcomes after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy with proton or photon radiation for adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction. J Gastrointest Oncol, 11(4), 663-673.
  7. DeCesaris CM, McCarroll R, Mishra MV, Glass E, Greenwald BD, Carr S, Burrows W, Mehra R, Regine WF, Simone CB 2nd, Choi JI, Molitoris JK (2020). Assessing Outcomes of Patients Treated With Re-Irradiation Utilizing Proton Pencil-Beam Scanning for Primary or Recurrent Malignancies of the Esophagus and Gastroesophageal Junction. J Thorac Oncol, 15(6), 1054-1064.
  8. Zhu M, Kaiser A, Mishra MV, Kwok Y, Remick J, DeCesaris C, Langen KM (2019). Multiple Computed Tomography Robust Optimization to Account for Random Anatomic Density Variations During Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy. Adv Radiat Oncol, 5(5), 1022-1031.
  9. Koroulakis A, Rice SR, DeCesaris C, Knight N, Nichols EM (2019). Perceptions and Patterns in Academic Publishing: A Survey of United States Residents in Radiation Oncology. Adv Radiat Oncol, 5(2), 146-151.
  10. Chinniah C, Aguarin L, Cheng P, DeCesaris C, Cutillo A, Berman AT, Frick M, Doucette A, Cengel KA, Levin W, Hahn S, Dorsey JF, Simone CB 2nd, Kao GD (2019). Early Detection of Recurrence in Patients With Locally Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer via Circulating Tumor Cell Analysis. Clin Lung Cancer, 20(5), 384-390.e2.
  11. DeCesaris CM, Rice SR, Bentzen SM, Jatczak J, Mishra MV, Nichols EM (2019). Quantification of Acute Skin Toxicities in Patients With Breast Cancer Undergoing Adjuvant Proton versus Photon Radiation Therapy: A Single Institutional Experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 104(5), 1084-1090.
  12. Frick MA, Kao GD, Aguarin L, Chinniah C, Swisher-McClure S, Berman AT, Levin WP, Cengel KA, DeCesaris C, Hahn SM, Dorsey JF, Simone CB 2nd (2018). Circulating Tumor Cell Assessment in Presumed Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Treated with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy: A Prospective Pilot Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 102(3), 536-542.
  13. Berman AT, DeCesaris CM, Simone CB 2nd, Vachani C, DiLullo G, Hampshire MK, Metz J, Hill-Kayser C (2016). Use of Survivorship Care Plans and Analysis of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Multinational Patients With Lung Cancer. J Oncol Pract, 12(5), e527-35.

Case Report

  1. DeCesaris C, Amin NP, Hundal J, Vujaskovic Z, Agarwal M (2018). Hyperthermia and Hyper-fractionated Radiation for a Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Progressing on Standard Therapy: A Case Report. Adv Radiat Oncol, 4(1), 4-9.

Letter

  1. DeCesaris C, Rice SR, Bentzen SM, Jatczak J, Mishra MV, Mossahebi S, Nichols EM (2019). In Reply to Tommasino et al. [Letter to the editor]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 105(3), 677-678.

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