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2023

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Medicine

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  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Brian O'Sullivan is affiliated with the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Canada. Their research focuses primarily within the broad field of Medicine, with significant contributions specifically in subfields such as Otorhinolaryngology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, Oncology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Head and Neck Cancer Studies
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
  • Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques

Brian O'Sullivan has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications, with recent noteworthy papers including:

  • Reduced-Dose Radiation Therapy for HPV-Associated Oropharyngeal Carcinoma (NRG Oncology HN002), 2021, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Meta-analysis of chemotherapy in head and neck cancer (MACH-NC): An update on 107 randomized trials and 19,805 patients, on behalf of MACH-NC Group, 2021, Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • Prognostic implications of p16 and HPV discordance in oropharyngeal cancer (HNCIG-EPIC-OPC): a multicentre, multinational, individual patient data analysis, 2023, The Lancet Oncology
  • Discontinuation versus continuation of hypertonic saline or dornase alfa in modulator treated people with cystic fibrosis (SIMPLIFY): results from two parallel, multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trials, 2022, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • Chemotherapy and radiotherapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: an individual patient data network meta-analysis, 2021, The Lancet Oncology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Shao Hui Huang
  • John Waldron
  • Andrew Hope
  • Scott V. Bratman
  • Ezra Hahn

Brian O'Sullivan regularly publishes in several notable journals, with multiple publications in:

  • Radiotherapy and Oncology (38 publications)
  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics (20 publications)
  • Oral Oncology (15 publications)
  • The Lancet Oncology (7 publications)
  • Head & Neck (7 publications)

Best Publications

  • Preoperative versus postoperative radiotherapy in soft-tissue sarcoma of the limbs: a randomised trial

    Brian O'Sullivan;Aileen M Davis;Robert Turcotte;Robert Turcotte;Robert Bell;Robert Bell

  • Head and Neck cancers—major changes in the American Joint Committee on cancer eighth edition cancer staging manual

    William M. Lydiatt;Snehal G. Patel;Brian O'Sullivan;Margaret S. Brandwein

  • Hyperfractionated or accelerated radiotherapy in head and neck cancer: a meta-analysis

    Jean Bourhis;Jens Overgaard;Helene Audry;Kian K. Ang

  • Expanding global access to radiotherapy

    Rifat Atun;David A Jaffray;David A Jaffray;David A Jaffray;Michael B Barton;Freddie Bray

  • Cystic fibrosis pulmonary guidelines: chronic medications for maintenance of lung health

    Patrick A. Flume;Brian P. O'Sullivan;Karen A. Robinson;Christopher H. Goss

  • Caspase 3-mediated stimulation of tumor cell repopulation during cancer radiotherapy

    Qian Huang;Fang-Fang Li;Xinjian Liu;Wenrong Li

  • Prognostic Significance of p16INK4A and Human Papillomavirus in Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancer Treated on TROG 02.02 Phase III Trial

    Danny Rischin;Richard J. Young;Richard Fisher;Stephen B. Fox

  • Critical Impact of Radiotherapy Protocol Compliance and Quality in the Treatment of Advanced Head and Neck Cancer: Results From TROG 02.02

    Lester J. Peters;Brian O'Sullivan;Jordi Giralt;Thomas J. Fitzgerald

  • Development and validation of a staging system for HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer by the International Collaboration on Oropharyngeal cancer Network for Staging (ICON-S): a multicentre cohort study

    Brian O'Sullivan;Shao Hui Huang;Jie Su;Adam S. Garden

  • Delineation of the neck node levels for head and neck tumors: A 2013 update. DAHANCA, EORTC, HKNPCSG, NCIC CTG, NCRI, RTOG, TROG consensus guidelines

    Vincent Grégoire;Kian Ang;Wilfried Budach;Cai Grau

  • Late radiation morbidity following randomization to preoperative versus postoperative radiotherapy in extremity soft tissue sarcoma

    Aileen M. Davis;Aileen M. Davis;Brian O'Sullivan;Robert Turcotte;Robert Bell;Robert Bell

  • Deintensification Candidate Subgroups in Human Papillomavirus–Related Oropharyngeal Cancer According to Minimal Risk of Distant Metastasis

    Brian O'Sullivan;Shao Hui Huang;Lillian L. Siu;John Waldron

  • Overview of the 8th Edition TNM Classification for Head and Neck Cancer

    Shao Hui Huang;Brian O’Sullivan

  • Soft Tissue Sarcomas of Adults State of the Translational Science

    Ernest C. Borden;Laurence H. Baker;Robert S. Bell;Vivien Bramwell

  • Preliminary Results of a Randomized Study on Therapeutic Gain by Concurrent Chemotherapy for Regionally-Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: NPC-9901 Trial by the Hong Kong Nasopharyngeal Cancer Study Group

    Anne W.M. Lee;W.H. Lau;Stewart Y. Tung;Daniel T.T. Chua

  • CT-based delineation of organs at risk in the head and neck region: DAHANCA, EORTC, GORTEC, HKNPCSG, NCIC CTG, NCRI, NRG Oncology and TROG consensus guidelines.

    Charlotte L. Brouwer;Roel J.H.M. Steenbakkers;Jean Bourhis;Wilfried Budach

  • Epidermoid anal cancer: Treatment by radiation alone or by radiation and 5-fluorouracil with and without mitomycin C

    B.J Cummings;T.J Keane;B O'Sullivan;C.S Wong

  • Comprehensive MicroRNA Profiling for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas

    Angela B.Y. Hui;Michelle Lenarduzzi;Tiffaney Krushel;Levi Waldron

  • Tirapazamine, Cisplatin, and Radiation Versus Cisplatin and Radiation for Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (TROG 02.02, HeadSTART): A Phase III Trial of the Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group

    Danny Rischin;Lester J. Peters;Brian O'Sullivan;Jordi Giralt

  • Association of cystic fibrosis with abnormalities in fatty acid metabolism.

    Steven D. Freedman;Paola G. Blanco;Munir M. Zaman;Julie C. Shea

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei Xu
Wei Xu Shenzhen University
Bernard Cummings
Bernard Cummings Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Charles Catton
Charles Catton University of Toronto
Jay S. Wunder
Jay S. Wunder University of Toronto
Fei-Fei Liu
Fei-Fei Liu Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Patrick J. Gullane
Patrick J. Gullane University of Toronto
Laura A. Dawson
Laura A. Dawson Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Padraig Warde
Padraig Warde Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
John Kim
John Kim University of California, Los Angeles
Aileen M. Davis
Aileen M. Davis University of Toronto

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