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I have also recently been looking at quality assurance for gated VMAT delivery"},{"lastName":"Brown","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Radiation Oncology - Radiation and Cancer Biology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4536&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Martin Brown","firstName":"Martin","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/stanfordhospital/researcher/Martin_Brown","researchInterest":"We seek to understand the mechanisms responsible for the resistance of cancers to treatment and to develop strategies to overcome these resistances. We are using molecular and cellular techniques and mouse models to potentiate the activity of radiation on tumors by inhibiting the bone marrow rescue of the tumor vasculature following therapy."},{"lastName":"Fischbein","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neuroradiology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurosurgery"},{"appointment":"Professor - Med Center Line (By courtesy),Neurology & Neurological Sciences"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor - Med Center Line,Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6383&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Nancy Fischbein","firstName":"Nancy","href":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/Nancy_Fischbein","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Loo","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Radiation Oncology"},{"focus":"Radiation Therapy"},{"focus":"Lung Cancer"},{"focus":"Head and Neck Cancer"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Member,Stanford Cancer Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Radiation Oncology - Radiation Therapy","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6839&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Billy W. 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I am interested in developing stereotactic body radiotherapy for tumors of the liver, both primary and metastatic.  I am interested in developing functional imaging as a means of determining treatment response with radiation.  I am also interested in developing image-guided radiotherapy to improve radiation delivery for GI cancers to reduce toxicity and improve disease outcome."},{"lastName":"Sung","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Otolaryngology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor - Med Center Line,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)","imageUrl":"http://stanfordhospital.org/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18941&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"C. 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Mathematical modeling of damage to tumors and normal tissues from irradiation.\r\n2. Image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy.\r\n3. Modeling the combined radiobiological effect of brachytherapy and external beam irradiation.\r\n4. Development of clinical hypofractionated extracranial radiosurgery."}]}