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Radiation Oncology Program

Physicians and Staff

Young Kwok, M.D.

Young Kwok, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology

Education and Degrees

BS: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
MD: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Residency: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Areas of Interest

Administrative Assistant

Ms. Charlotte Anderson
Phone: (410) 328-2324
Fax: (410) 328-5279
Email: canderson@umm.edu

Dr Kwok's Recent Publications

  1. D’Souza W, Nazareth D, Zhang B, Deyoung C, Suntharalingam M, Kwok Y, Yu CX, Regine W. The use of gated and 4D CT imaging in planning for stereotactic body radiation therapy. Medical Dosim 2006, in press.

  2. Kwok Y, DeYoung C, Garofalo MC, Dhople A, Regine W. Radiation Oncology Emergencies. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2006 Apr;20(2):505-22.

  3. D’Souza W, Kwok Y, DeYoung C, Zacharapoulos N, Pepelea M, Klahr P, and Yu CX. Gated CT imaging using a free-breathing respiration signal from flow-volume spirometry. Med Phys 2005 Dec;32(12):3641-49.

  4. Ma L, Kwok Y, Chin LS, Simard JM, Regine WF. Concomitant GRID boost for Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Med Phys 2005 Nov;32(11):3419-23.

  5. Yovino S, Kwok Y, Krasna M, Bangalore M, Suntha M. An association between preoperative anemia and decreased survival in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer treated with surgery alone. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005 Aug 1;62(5):1438-4.

  6. Kwok Y, Regine W, Dibiase SJ. In reply to Dr. Rogers et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2005 Jun 1;62(2):618-9.

  7. Kwok Y, Regine WF, Patchell RA. Radiation therapy alone for spinal cord compression: time to improve upon a relatively ineffective status quo. J Clin Oncol 2005 May 20;23(15):3308-10.

  8. Kwok Y, Garofalo M, Regine, WF. Postoperative Adjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer. In: Pancreatic Cancer. Von Hoff DD, Evans DB, and Hruban RH (ch.27, p395-404). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Barlett, 2005.

  9. Herman JM, Petit JH, Amin P, Kwok Y, Dutta P, Chin LS. Repeat gamma knife radiosurgery for refractory or recurrent trigeminal neuralgia: Treatment outcomes and quality of life assessment. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004;59(1):126-133.

  10. Thomas L, Kwok Y, Edelman M. Management of paraneoplastic syndromes in lung cancer. Curr Treat Options Oncol 2004;5(1):51-62.

  11. Patel AB, Edelman MJ, Kwok Y, Krasna M, Suntharalingam M. Predictors of acute esophagitis in patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma treated with concurrent chemotherapy and hyperfractionated radiation therapy followed by surgery. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004 Nov;60(4):1106-12.

  12. DiBiase S, Kwok Y, Yovino S, Arena C, Temple R, Regine W, Amin P, Chin L. Factors predicting local tumor control after gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery for benign intracranial meningiomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004 Nov 15;60(4):1106-12.

  13. Garofalo M, Kwok Y, Regine WF. The Evolving Role of Adjuvant Postoperative Radiation Therapy. Surg Oncol Clin N Am 2004 Oct;13(4):589-604.

  14. Flannery T, Suntharalingam M, Kwok Y, Koffman B, Amin P, Chin L, Nicol B, Fowler B, Young AB, Regine W. Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery for synchronous versus metachronous solitary brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer 2003, 42, 327-333.

  15. Kwok Y, DiBiase S, Amin P, Naslund M, Sklar G, Jacobs S. Risk group stratification in patients undergoing permanent I-125 prostate brachytherapy as monotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2002;53(3):588-594.

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