Publications

  1. Vora S, Pafundi D, Voss M, Buras M, Ashman J, Bendok B, Breen W, Hu L, Kizilbash S, Laack N, Liu W, Mahajan A, Mrugala M, Porter A, Ruff M, Sio T, Uhm J, Yang M, Brinkmann D, Brown P. Short-course hypofractionated proton beam therapy, incorporating (18)F-DOPA PET and contrast-enhanced MRI targeting, for patients aged 65 years and older with newly diagnosed glioblastoma: a single-arm phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2024 Dec; 25 (12):1625-1634 Epub 2024 Nov 18
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  2. Mutter RW, Golafshar MA, Buras MR, Comstock BP, Jacobson M, DeWees T, Remmes NB, Francis LN, Boughey JC, Ruddy KJ, McGee LA, Afzal A, Vallow LA, Furutani KM, Deufel CL, Shumway DA, Kim H, Liu MC, Degnim AC, Jakub JW, Vern-Gross TZ, Wong WW, Patel SH, Vargas CE, Stish BJ, Waddle MR, Pafundi DH, Halyard MY, Corbin KS, Hieken TJ, Park SS. Dose Deintensified 3-Day Photon, Proton, or Brachytherapy: A Nonrandomized Controlled Partial Breast Irradiation Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024 Sep 17 Epub 2024 Sept 17
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  3. Seaberg MH, Kazda T, Youland RS, Laack NN, Pafundi DH, Anderson SK, Sarkaria JN, Galanis E, Brown PD, Brinkmann DH. Dosimetric patterns of failure in the era of novel chemoradiotherapy in newly-diagnosed glioblastoma patients. Radiother Oncol. 2023 Nov; 188:109768 Epub 2023 June 28
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  4. Patel CG, Peterson J, Aznar M, Tseng YD, Lester S, Pafundi D, Flampouri S, Mohindra P, Parikh RR, Mailhot Vega R, Konig L, Plastaras JP, Bates JE, Loap P, Kirova YM, Orlandi E, Lutgendorf-Caucig C, Ntentas G, Hoppe B. Systematic review for deep inspiration breath hold in proton therapy for mediastinal lymphoma: A PTCOG Lymphoma Subcommittee report and recommendations. Radiother Oncol. 2022 Dec; 177:21-32 Epub 2022 Oct 14
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  5. Breen WG, Youland RS, Giri S, Jacobson SB, Pafundi DH, Brown PD, Hunt CH, Mahajan A, Ruff MW, Kizilbash SH, Uhm JH, Routman DM, Jones JE, Brinkmann DH, Laack NN. Initial results of a phase II trial of (18)F-DOPA PET-guided re-irradiation for recurrent high-grade glioma. J Neurooncol. 2022 Jul; 158 (3):323-330 Epub 2022 May 18
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  6. Lucido JJ, Mullikin TC, Abraha F, Harmsen WS, Vaishnav BD, Brinkmann DH, Kowalchuk RO, Marion JT, Johnson-Tesch BA, El Sherif O, Brown PD, Rose PS, Owen D, Morris JM, Waddle MR, Siontis BL, Stish BJ, Pafundi DH, Laack NN, Olivier KR, Park SS, Merrell KW. Single and Multifraction Spine Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and the Risk of Radiation Induced Myelopathy. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2022 Nov-Dec; 7(6):101047. Epub 2022 Aug 13.
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  7. Laack NN, Pafundi D, Anderson SK, Kaufmann T, Lowe V, Hunt C, Vogen D, Yan E, Sarkaria J, Brown P, Kizilbash S, Uhm J, Ruff M, Zakhary M, Zhang Y, Seaberg M, Wan Chan Tseung HS, Kabat B, Kemp B, Brinkmann D. Initial Results of a Phase 2 Trial of (18)F-DOPA PET-Guided Dose-Escalated Radiation Therapy for Glioblastoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Aug 1; 110 (5):1383-1395 Epub 2021 Mar 23
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  8. Saifi O, Lester SC, Rule W, Stish BJ, Stafford S, Pafundi DH, Jiang L, Menke D, Moustafa MA, Rosenthal A, Sher T, Ernesto A, Tun HW, Hoppe BS, Peterson JL. Comparable Efficacy of Reduced Dose Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Early Stage Gastric Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma of Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2021 Jul-Aug; 6 (4):100714 Epub 2021 May 08
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  9. Qian J, Herman MG, Brinkmann DH, Laack NN, Kemp BJ, Hunt CH, Lowe V, Pafundi DH. Prediction of MGMT Status for Glioblastoma Patients Using Radiomics Feature Extraction From (18)F-DOPA-PET Imaging. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 Dec 1; 108 (5):1339-1346 Epub 2020 July 04
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  10. Seneviratne DS, Vallow LA, Hadley A, Malouff TD, Stross WC, Herchko S, Pafundi DH, Trifiletti DM, Peterson JL. Intracranial motion during frameless Gamma-Knife stereotactic radiosurgery. J Radiosurg SBRT. 2020; 6 (4):277-285
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  11. Chetvertkov M, Monroe JI, Boparai J, Solberg TD, Pafundi DH, Ruo RL, Gladstone DJ, Yin FF, Chetty IJ, Benedict S, Followill DS, Xiao Y, Sohn JW. NRG Oncology Survey on Practice and Technology Use in SRT and SBRT Delivery. Front Oncol. 2020; 10:602607 Epub 2020 Nov 27
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  12. Pepin K, Grimm R, Kargar S, Howe BM, Fritchie K, Frick M, Wenger D, Okuno S, Ehman R, McGee K, James S, Laack N, Herman M, Pafundi D. Soft Tissue Sarcoma Stiffness and Perfusion Evaluation by MRE and DCE-MRI for Radiation Therapy Response Assessment: A Technical Feasibility Study. Biomed Phys Eng Express. 2019 Jul; 5 (4) Epub 2019 May 22
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  13. Zhang Y, Mutter RW, Park SS, Hieken TJ, Yan ES, Corbin KS, Brinkmann DH, Pafundi DH. Carbon Fiducial Image Guidance Increases the Accuracy of Lumpectomy Cavity Localization in Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2019 Jan; 9 (1):e14-e21 Epub 2018 Oct 01
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  14. Bolch W., Lee C., Zankl M., Jokisch D., Petoussi-Henss N., Kim C., Hunt J., Sato T., Eckerman K., Kim K., Li J., Schlattl H., Yeom Y., Mayson M., Pafundi D., Stepusin E.. The ICRP Reference Pediatric Phantoms - Design, Construction, and Applications to Nuclear Medicine Dosimetry European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2018; 45:S79.
  15. Youland RS, Pafundi DH, Brinkmann DH, Lowe VJ, Morris JM, Kemp BJ, Hunt CH, Giannini C, Parney IF, Laack NN. Prospective trial evaluating the sensitivity and specificity of 3,4-dihydroxy-6-[18F]-fluoro-L-phenylalanine (18F-DOPA) PET and MRI in patients with recurrent gliomas. J Neurooncol. 2018 May; 137 (3):583-591 Epub 2018 Jan 13
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  16. Walb Matthew, Jethwa Krishnan, Park Sean, Hallemeier Christopher, Pafundi Deanna. The Use of Triggered Imaging for Intrafraction Target Verification in Liver SBRT Breathhold Radiotherapy & Oncology. 2018; 133:iii-x.
  17. Kazda T, Pafundi DH, Kraling A, Bradley T, Lowe VJ, Brinkmann DH, Laack NN. Dosimetric impact of amino acid positron emission tomography imaging for target delineation in radiation treatment planning for high-grade gliomas. Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2018 Apr; 6:94-100 Epub 2018 June 22
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  18. Sarkaria JN, Hu LS, Parney IF, Pafundi DH, Brinkmann DH, Laack NN, Giannini C, Burns TC, Kizilbash SH, Laramy JK, Swanson KR, Kaufmann TJ, Brown PD, Agar NYR, Galanis E, Buckner JC, Elmquist WF. Is the blood-brain barrier really disrupted in all glioblastomas? A critical assessment of existing clinical data. Neuro Oncol. 2018 Jan 22; 20 (2):184-191
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  19. Mutter RW, Remmes NB, Kahila MM, Hoeft KA, Pafundi DH, Zhang Y, Corbin KS, Park SS, Yan ES, Lemaine V, Boughey JC, Beltran CJ. Initial clinical experience of postmastectomy intensity modulated proton therapy in patients with breast expanders with metallic ports. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2017 Jul - Aug; 7 (4):e243-e252 Epub 2016 Dec 16
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  20. Youland Ryan S, Lowe Val J, Foote Robert L, Pafundi Deanna H, Okuno Scott H, Miller Robert C, Alberts Steven R, Brinkmann Debra H, Sarkaria Jann N. Long-term Results of a Pilot Study Comparing FLT-PET and FDG-PET in the Evaluation of Response to Treatment in Advanced Head and Neck and Esophageal Malignancies Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy. 2017; 56(2):21.
  21. Stish BJ, Pafundi DH, Hieken TJ, Whitaker TJ, Furutani KM, Jakub JW, Boughey JC, Degnim AC, McLemore LB, Mou B, Mutter RW, Park SS. Feasibility and full-course dosimetry of an intraoperatively placed multichannel brachytherapy catheter for accelerated partial breast irradiation Brachytherapy. 2016 Nov-dec; 15(6):796-803. Epub 1900 Jan 01.
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  22. Hu LS, Kelm Z, Korfiatis P, Dueck AC, Elrod C, Ellingson BM, Kaufmann TJ, Eschbacher JM, Karis JP, Smith K, Nakaji P, Brinkman D, Pafundi D, Baxter LC, Erickson BJ. Impact of Software Modeling on the Accuracy of Perfusion MRI in Glioma. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2015 Dec; 36 (12):2242-9 Epub 2015 Sept 10
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  23. Courneyea L, Mullins J, Howard M, Foote R, Garces Y, Ma D, Beltran C, Brinkmann D, Pafundi D. Positioning reproducibility with and without rotational corrections for 2 head and neck immobilization systems. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2015 Nov-Dec; 5: (6)e575-81.
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  24. Becker CM, Oberoi RK, McFarren SJ, Muldoon DM, Pafundi DH, Pokorny JL, Brinkmann DH, Ohlfest JR, Sarkaria JN, Largaespada DA, Elmquist WF. Decreased affinity for efflux transporters increases brain penetrance and molecular targeting of a PI3K/mTOR inhibitor in a mouse model of glioblastoma. Neuro Oncol. 2015 Sep; 17 (9):1210-9 Epub 2015 May 12
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  25. Kazda T, Hardie JG, Pafundi DH, Kaufmann TJ, Brinkmann DH, Laack NN. Evaluation of RANO response criteria compared to clinician evaluation in WHO grade III anaplastic astrocytoma: implications for clinical trial reporting and patterns of failure. J Neurooncol. 2015; 122(1):197-203.
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  26. Grams MP, Brown LC, Brinkmann DH, Pafundi DH, Mundy DW, Garces YI, Park SS, Olivier KR, de los Santos LE. Analysis of automatic match results for cone-beam computed tomography localization of conventionally fractionated lung tumors. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2014 Jan-Feb; 4 (1):35-42 Epub 2013 Mar 26
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  27. Pafundi DH, Laack NN, Youland RS, Parney IF, Lowe VJ, Giannini C, Kemp BJ, Grams MP, Morris JM, Hoover JM, Hu LS, Sarkaria JN, Brinkmann DH. Biopsy validation of 18F-DOPA PET and biodistribution in gliomas for neurosurgical planning and radiotherapy target delineation: results of a prospective pilot study. Neuro Oncol. 2013 Aug; 15 (8):1058-67 Epub 2013 Mar 03
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  28. Mayo C, Fong de los Santos L, Kruse J, Blackwell CR, McLemore LB, Pafundi D, Stoker J, Herman M. Report on use of a methodology for commissioning and quality assurance of a VMAT system. PLoS One. 2013; 8 (3):e58877 Epub 2013 Mar 15
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  29. Youland RS, Kitange GJ, Peterson TE, Pafundi DH, Ramiscal JA, Pokorny JL, Giannini C, Laack NN, Parney IF, Lowe VJ, Brinkmann DH, Sarkaria JN. The role of LAT1 in (18)F-DOPA uptake in malignant gliomas. J Neurooncol. 2013 Jan; 111 (1):11-8 Epub 2012 Oct 20
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  30. Bolch W, Pafundi D, Wayson M, Lee C, Watchman C. A series of NURBS and MicroCT-based reference skeletal dosimetry models of pediatric and adolescent skeleton. Med Phys. 2012 Jun; 39(6):3876.
  31. Bolch W., Wayson M., Pafundi D.. Computational phantoms and skeletal dose models for adult and paediatric internal dosimetry Standards, Applications and Quality Assurance in Medical Radiation Dosimetry. 2010; 2:281.
  32. Pafundi D, Rajon D, Jokisch D, Lee C, Bolch W. An image-based skeletal dosimetry model for the ICRP reference newborn--internal electron sources. Phys Med Biol. 2010 Apr 7; 55(7):1785-814. Epub 2010 Mar 05.
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  33. Lee C, Lodwick D, Hurtado J, Pafundi D, Williams JL, Bolch WE. The UF family of reference hybrid phantoms for computational radiation dosimetry. Phys Med Biol. 2010 Jan 21; 55(2):339-63. Epub 2009 Dec 17.
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  34. Pafundi D, Lee C, Watchman C, Bourke V, Aris J, Shagina N, Harrison J, Fell T, Bolch W. An image-based skeletal tissue model for the ICRP reference newborn. Phys Med Biol. 2009 Jul 21; 54(14):4497-531. Epub 2009 Jun 26.
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  35. Lee C, Lodwick D, Hasenauer D, Williams JL, Lee C, Bolch WE. Hybrid computational phantoms of the male and female newborn patient: NURBS-based whole-body models. Phys Med Biol. 2007 Jun 21; 52 (12):3309-33 Epub 2007 May 16
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  36. Watchman CJ, Hasenauer D, Bolch WE. Derivation of site-specific skeletal masses within the current ICRP age series. Phys Med Biol. 2007 Jun 7; 52(11):3133-50. Epub 2007 May 10.
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