Physician
Radiation Oncology
Dr. John C. Blasko, MD
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John Blasko works in the field of Radiation Oncology. He researched medicine at University of Maryland School of Medicine. University of Maryland School of Medicine has a rank of 37 in research and a 52 in primary care Dr. John C. Blasko is also a published physician. He has 79 publication published. The most recent publication is: Reduction of radioactive seed embolization to the lung following prostate brachytherapy.
Publications
- Fifteen-Year Biochemical Relapse-Free Survival, Cause-Specific Survival, and Overall Survival following I(125) Prostate Brachytherapy in Clinically Localized Prostate ...
- Comment on the "AAPM recommendations on dose prescription and reporting methods for permanent interstitial brachytherapy for prostate cancer: Report of Task Group...
- Multi-institutional analysis of long-term outcome for stages T1-T2 prostate cancer treated with permanent seed implantation.
- 15-Year biochemical relapse free survival in clinical Stage T1-T3 prostate cancer following combined external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy; Seattle experience.
- Interstitial implant alone or in combination with external beam radiation therapy for intermediate-risk prostate cancer: a survey of practice patterns in the United St...
- Initial analysis of Pro-Qura: a multi-institutional database of prostate brachytherapy dosimetry.
- Factors that predict treatment choice and satisfaction with the decision in men with localized prostate cancer.
- Second malignancies after prostate brachytherapy: incidence of bladder and colorectal cancers in patients with 15 years of potential follow-up.
- Comparison of biochemical failure definitions for permanent prostate brachytherapy.
- Low-dose-rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer: preplanning vs. intraoperative planning-preplanning is best.
- Permanent prostate brachytherapy: is supplemental external-beam radiation therapy necessary?
- Variability of prostate brachytherapy pre-implant dosimetry: a multi-institutional analysis.
- Technical improvement in permanent seed implantation: a two-stage brachytherapy system. Description and comparison with current technique.
- Ten-year biochemical relapse-free survival after external beam radiation and brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer: the Seattle experience.
- Adjuvant chemohormonal therapy of high risk prostate carcinoma. Ten year results.
- Brachytherapy for carcinoma of the prostate: techniques, patient selection, and clinical outcomes.
- Electron beam therapy of mycosis fungoides.
- Complications of combined surgery and neutron radiation therapy in patients with advanced carcinoma of the head and neck.
- Fast neutron teletherapy for advanced carcinomas of the oral cavity and soft palate.
- An evaluation of fast neutron beam teletherapy of metastatic cervical adenopathy from squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck region.
- Evaluation of fast neutron teletherapy for advanced carcinomas of the major salivary glands.
- Cystic cerebellar astrocytomas in childhood.
- Brachytherapy.
- Fast neutron teletherapy for advanced carcinomas of the oropharynx.
- Craniopharyngioma: the role of radiation therapy.
- The role of radiation therapy in the treatment of glomus jugulare tumors.
- Cervical lymph node metastases in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the maxillary antrum: the role of elective irradiation of the clinically negative neck.
- Consensus guidelines for high dose rate remote brachytherapy in cervical, endometrial, and endobronchial tumors. Clinical Research Committee, American Endocurietherapy...
- Treatment of limited small-cell lung cancer with etoposide and cisplatin alternating with vincristine, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide versus concurrent etoposide, v...
- Prostate cancer--the therapeutic challenge of locally advanced disease.
- Clinical staging of prostate cancer: reproducibility and clarification of issues.
- Prostate brachytherapy: importance of technique.
- Stereotactic radiosurgery toxicity in the treatment of intracanalicular acoustic neuromas: the Seattle Northwest gamma knife experience.
- Prostate brachytherapy in patients with a penile prosthesis.
- Node-positive prostate cancer. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria.
- Staging evaluation for patients with adenocarcinoma of the prostate. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria.
- Survey of brachytherapy practice in the United States: a report of the Clinical Research Committee of the American Endocurietherapy Society.
- Gamma knife radiosurgery as a lesioning technique in movement disorder surgery.
- Transperineal ultrasound-guided implantation of the prostate: morbidity and complications.
- Gamma Knife radiosurgery for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: idiopathic and tumor related.
- Does brachytherapy have a role in the treatment of prostate cancer?
- Treatment planning for clinically localized prostate cancer. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria.
- Anticipating prostatic volume changes due to prostate brachytherapy.
- Postradical prostatectomy irradiation in carcinoma of the prostate. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria.
- Brachytherapy in patients with small prostate glands.
- Prostate specific antigen based disease control following ultrasound guided 125iodine implantation for stage T1/T2 prostatic carcinoma.
- Brachytherapy for clinically localized prostate cancer: results at 7- and 8-year follow-up.
- Salvage therapy with whole-abdominal irradiation in patients with advanced carcinoma of the ovary previously treated by combination chemotherapy.
- Locally advanced (high-risk) prostate cancer. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria.
- Should brachytherapy be considered a therapeutic option in localized prostate cancer?
- Transperineal brachytherapy in patients with large prostate glands.
- Brachytherapy for prostate cancer.
- American brachytherapy society recommendations for clinical implementation of NIST-1999 standards for (103)palladium brachytherapy. The clinical research committee of ...
- Interstitial implantation techniques in prostate cancer.
- Radiotherapeutic strategies in the management of clinically localized, "low-risk" prostate cancer: selection, results, and the search for answers.
- Permanent prostate seed implant brachytherapy: report of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Task Group No. 64.
- Comparability of CT-based and TRUS-based prostate volumes.
- A method for implementing the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Task Group-43 dosimetry recommendations for 125I transperineal prostate seed implants on c...
- Permanent source brachytherapy for prostate cancer. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria.
- Pretreatment nomogram for predicting freedom from recurrence after permanent prostate brachytherapy in prostate cancer.
- The role of external beam radiotherapy with I-125/Pd-103 brachytherapy for prostate carcinoma.
- Short-course androgen ablation combined with external-beam radiation therapy and low-dose-rate permanent brachytherapy in early-stage prostate cancer: a matched subset...
- Definitive external beam irradiation in stage T1 and T2 carcinoma of the prostate. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria.
- Prostate brachytherapy in patients with prior evidence of prostatitis.
- Transient elevation of serum prostate-specific antigen following (125)I/(103)Pd brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer.
- Interstitial iodine-125 radiation without adjuvant therapy in the treatment of clinically localized prostate carcinoma.
- Use of pelvic CT scanning to evaluate pubic arch interference of transperineal prostate brachytherapy.
- Use of TRUS to predict pubic arch interference of prostate brachytherapy.
- Reduction of radioactive seed embolization to the lung following prostate brachytherapy.
- Centralized multiinstitutional postimplant analysis for interstitial prostate brachytherapy.
- Posttreatment biopsy results following interstitial brachytherapy in early-stage prostate cancer.
- Palladium-103 brachytherapy for prostate carcinoma.
- Radiation safety parameters following prostate brachytherapy.
- 10-year biochemical (prostate-specific antigen) control of prostate cancer with (125)I brachytherapy.
- Risk factors for acute urinary retention requiring temporary intermittent catheterization after prostate brachytherapy: a prospective study.
- Late urinary function after prostate brachytherapy.
- Effects of the time interval between prostate brachytherapy and postimplant dosimetric evaluation in community practice: analysis of the Pro-Qura database.
- Influence of Pro-Qura-generated plans on postimplant dosimetric quality: a review of a multi-institutional database.
Schools
Univ Of MD Sch Of Med
Maine Med Center
University of Washington
Doctors Specialties
- Radiation Oncology
- Radiology
Accepted Insurances
- First Choice Health PPO
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- ODS Health Plan
- Personal Option EPO
Education
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University of Washington -
Maine Medical Center -
University of Maryland School of Medicine
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