Research

Research & publications

Selected clinical trials, publications, and scientific presentations.

These are past research projects and publications. They aren't a list of clinical trials currently open to patients. If you'd like to know whether a clinical trial might be right for you, ask Dr. Shamp at your consultation.

Clinical trials

  1. CASE 1518: A Pilot Trial of Proton Based Cardiac Sparing Accelerated Fractionated RadioTherapy in Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with Extended Durvalumab Therapy (PARTICLE-D)

    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center2019

    PI: Mitchell Machtay, MD · Co-PI: Stephen Shamp, MD · Closed to enrollment

Journal articles

  1. A Pilot Trial of Proton-Based Cardiac Sparing Accelerated Fractionated Radiation Therapy in Unresectable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer With Extended Durvalumab Therapy (PARTICLE-D) (opens in a new tab)

    D. Bruno, C. Mitchell, A. Dowlati, S. Shamp, P. Fu, J. Rindeau, Y. Zheng, M. Machtay, T. Biswas

    Practical Radiation Oncology20242024;14(6):e470–e479

  2. Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for T2N0 (>3 cm) non-small cell lung cancer: Outcomes and failure patterns (opens in a new tab)

    S. Shamp, S. Sheikh, T. Chang, N. Damico, P. Linden, A. Dowlati, M. Machtay, T. Biswas

    Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRT20212021;7(4):271–277

Conference presentations & abstracts

  1. Efficacy of Chemoradiation and Patterns of Practice in the Treatment of Locally Advanced Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma: An NCDB Population-Based Study (opens in a new tab)

    M. Kharouta, K. Chaung, S. Shamp, T. Biswas

    ASTRO Annual MeetingSeptember 2019Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019;105(1 Suppl):E352

  2. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Small Cell Lung Cancer: Prognostic Factors Including Additional Lesions Identified on the Day of Radiosurgery (opens in a new tab)

    K. Chaung, M. Kharouta, S. Shamp, M. Machtay, A. Sloan, A. Bhatt, D. Mansur, T. Hodges, Y. Zhang, S. Choi

    Neuro-Oncology AdvancesAugust 2019Neuro-Oncol Adv 2019;1(Suppl 1):i23 (abstract RADI-07)

  3. Radiation Therapy Is Associated with Improved Overall Survival in Non-Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Analysis (opens in a new tab)

    S. Shamp, N. Damico, K. Chaung, M. Kharouta, M. Yao

    ASTRO Annual MeetingSeptember 2019Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019;105(1 Suppl):E801

  4. Radiation and Chemotherapy Improve Survival in Patients with High-Risk Soft Tissue Sarcomas of the Extremities: An Updated Analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Database (opens in a new tab)

    N. Damico, S. Shamp, D. Mansur, P. Getty, A. Mangla, A. Bhatt

    ASTRO Annual MeetingSeptember 2019Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019;105(1 Suppl):E805

  5. Non-Metastatic Inflammatory Breast Cancer: A Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Analysis (opens in a new tab)

    S. Shamp, T. Biswas

    ASTRO Annual MeetingOctober 2018Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018;102(3 Suppl):e573

  6. Post-Mastectomy Radiation Therapy (PMRT) in Women with T3N0 Breast Cancer: An Updated Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Analysis (opens in a new tab)

    N. Damico, S. Shamp, T. Biswas

    ASTRO Annual MeetingOctober 2018Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018;102(3 Suppl):e568

  7. Postoperative Radiotherapy for Stage II or III Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: An Updated Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database Study

    S. Shamp, N. Damico, M. Machtay, T. Biswas

    ASCO Annual MeetingJune 2018

  8. Palliative Radiation Therapy in Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (ES-SCLC): A Survival, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Analysis (opens in a new tab)

    S. Shamp, R. Patel, T. Biswas

    ASTRO Annual MeetingSeptember 2017Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2017;99(2 Suppl):E495

  9. Results of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for T2 lung cancer: Outcomes of longer term follow-up (opens in a new tab)

    S. Shamp, T. Chang, T. Biswas, P. Linden, Y. Perry, J. Kazakov, A. Dowlati, M. Machtay

    ASCO Annual MeetingJune 2017J Clin Oncol 2017;35(15_suppl):8542

  10. Are We Doing Enough? Examining the Failure Pattern Post-SBRT in T2N0 Non–small Cell Lung Cancer Patients: Single Institution Retrospective Review (opens in a new tab)

    T. Chang, Z. Xu, S. Shamp, T. Biswas, P. Linden, J. Kazakov, A. Dowlati, Y. Perry, M. Machtay

    ASTRO Annual MeetingSeptember 2017Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2017;99(2 Suppl):E444–E445

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