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Nina Niu Sanford, MD $$

Radiation Oncologist

Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Languages Spoken:
English Spanish,Mandarin

Locations

UT Southwestern Pediatric Group

Education and Training

Medical School
Harvard Medical School (2013)
Internship
Brigham & Women's Hospital (2014), Internal Medicine
Residency
Harvard Medical School (2018), Radiation Oncology
Board Certification
American Board of Radiology/Radiation Oncology

Departments and Programs

  • Research Interests

    • Radiation Therapy for Cancer
    • Gastrointestinal Cancers
    • Radiation Therapy for Gastrointestinal Cancer
    • Radiation Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer
    • Rectal Cancer
    • Radiation Therapy for Colorectal Cancer
    • Esophageal Cancer
    • Liver Cancer
    • Radiation Therapy for Liver Cancer
  • Publications

    • Trials and Technology to Advance Upper Gastrointestinal Oncology: Imagination, Imaging, and the Intertwined Imperfections Kim H, Chuong MD, Hawkins MA, Jethwa KR, Raldow AC, Sanford NN, Wojcieszynski AP, Olsen JR International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2024 Mar 118 579-584
    • Rectal Cancer Update: Which Treatment Effects Are the Least “Brutal”? Wojcieszynski AP, Chuong MD, Hawkins M, Jethwa KR, Kim H, Raldow A, Sanford NN, Olsen JR International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2024 Jan 118 1-7
    • Ablative treatments for locally advanced pancreatic cancer: the CROSSFIRE trial - Westerhoff JM, Sanford NN, Hall WA The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2024 Aug 9 687
    • Optimizing Risk Vs. Reward in the Era of Ablative Radiotherapy Through Calculated Useful Trauma (CUT). Sanford NN, Timmerman RD International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2024 Jul 119 721-723
    • Financial Conflicts of Interest: Payment at the Expense of Patients? Sanford NN, Gyawali B JCO Oncology Practice 2024 Jun 20 743-745
    • Clinical, pathological, and adjuvant chemotherapy use differences among microsatellite unstable and microsatellite stable colon cancers. Jafry BH, Buhaya MH, Milsap A, Jones AL, Goksu SY, Verma N, Brown TJ, Hughes A, Nair R, Sanford N, Su J, Huang E, Kazmi SM Journal of the National Cancer Center 2024 Jun 4 169-175
    • Re-Examining Trials of Radiotherapy Omission: When Less Is Not Always More. Sanford NN, Hall WA, Booth CM JCO Oncology Practice 2024 Apr 20 460-462
    • Common Sense (Radiation) Oncology: Redefining targets in radiotherapy; Sanford NN, Lievens Y, Aggarwal A, Hanna TP, Dawson LA, White J, Gyawali B, Booth C, de Moraes FY Radiotherapy and Oncology 2024 Apr 193
    • Intensifying supportive care is associated with improved survival in gastric cancer patients with malignant ascites. Karalis JD, Ju MR, Feig R, Estrella R, Pettigrew MF, Alterio RE, Abreu AA, Farah E, Sawas T, Sanford NN, Sanjeevaiah A, Hammer ST, Porembka MR, Wang SC Journal of Surgical Oncology 2024 Mar 129 718-727
    • Elucidating the Benefit of Radiation Therapy in GI Cancers: Rethinking Trial End Points and Patient Selection. Sanford NN, Hong TS, Hall WA Journal of Clinical Oncology 2024 Mar 42 868-871
    • Defining Minimum Treatment Parameters of Ablative Radiation Therapy in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Expert Consensus. Yanagihara TK, Tepper JE, Moon AM, Barry A, Molla M, Seong J, Torres F, Apisarnthanarax S, Buckstein M, Cardenes H, Chang DT, Feng M, Guha C, Hallemeier CL, Hawkins MA, Hoyer M, Iwata H, Jabbour SK, Kachnic L, Kharofa J, Kim TH, Kirichenko A, Koay EJ, Makishima H, Mases J, Meyer JJ, Munoz-Schuffenegger P, Owen D, Park HC, Saez J, Sanford NN, Scorsetti M, Smith GL, Wo JY, Yoon SM, Lawrence TS, Reig M, Dawson LA Practical Radiation Oncology 2024 Mar 14 134-145
  • Professional Activities

    • American Society of Clinical Oncology
    • Radiological Society of North America
    • American Society for Radiation Oncology
  • Awards and Honors

    • Dedman Family Scholar in Cancer Care (2019)

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