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Mitchell S. Anscher is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on several interconnected subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Oncology, Cancer Research, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work centers on topics related to prostate cancer, with significant contributions to Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research as well as Diagnosis and Treatment of prostate cancer. Additional areas of focus include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Radiation Dose and Imaging, PARP inhibition in cancer therapy, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, and the use of MRI in cancer diagnosis.

Mitchell S. Anscher has published multiple papers, and some of the recent notable publications include:

  • FDA Approval Summary: Rucaparib for the Treatment of Patients with Deleterious BRCA-Mutated Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer, 2020, The Oncologist
  • Therapy-Induced Senescence: Opportunities to Improve Anticancer Therapy, 2021, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Association of Sociodemographic and Health-Related Factors With Receipt of Nondefinitive Therapy Among Younger Men With High-Risk Prostate Cancer, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for the Definitive Treatment of Early Stage Kidney Cancer: A Survival Comparison With Surgery, Tumor Ablation, and Observation, 2020, Advances in Radiation Oncology
  • Hypofractionated Postprostatectomy Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer to Reduce Toxicity and Improve Patient Convenience: A Phase 1/2 Trial, 2020, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Chad Tang
  • Steven J. Frank
  • Brian F. Chapin
  • Chana Weinstock
  • Richard Pazdur

Their publications are frequently found in a variety of scientific journals, with multiple contributions to:

  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • The Oncologist
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Mitchell S. Anscher's research explores technical aspects of radiation therapy and cancer treatment modalities, with a concentration on improving treatment strategies and understanding the biological impacts of therapy. Their work bridges clinical applications and molecular approaches, informing both clinical practice and cancer research.

Best Publications

  • Effects of radiation on normal tissue: consequences and mechanisms.

    Helen B. Stone;C. Norman Coleman;Mitchell Steven Anscher;William H. McBride

  • Predicting the Outcome of Salvage Radiation Therapy for Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy

    Andrew J. Stephenson;Peter T. Scardino;Michael W. Kattan;Thomas M. Pisansky

  • Hepatic toxicity resulting from cancer treatment

    Theodore S. Lawrence;John M. Robertson;Mitchell Steven Anscher;Randy L. Jirtle

  • Radiation-induced pulmonary toxicity: a dose-volume histogram analysis in 201 patients with lung cancer

    Maria L. Hernando;Lawrence B. Marks;Gunilla C. Bentel;Su Min Zhou

  • The response of the urinary bladder, urethra, and ureter to radiation and chemotherapy

    Lawrence B. Marks;Peter R. Carroll;Thomas C. Dugan;Mitchell S. Anscher

  • Transforming Growth Factor β as a Predictor of Liver and Lung Fibrosis after Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation for Advanced Breast Cancer

    Mitchell S. Anscher;William P. Peters;Herbert Reisenbichler;William P. Petros

  • Preoperative Radiation and Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum

    Ravi S. Chari;Douglas S. Tyler;Mitchell Steven Anscher;Linda Russell

  • Contemporary Update of a Multi-Institutional Predictive Nomogram for Salvage Radiotherapy After Radical Prostatectomy

    Rahul D. Tendulkar;Shree Agrawal;Tianming Gao;Jason A. Efstathiou

  • Radiation-induced lung injury.

    Lawrence B Marks;Xiaoli Yu;Zjelko Vujaskovic;William Small

  • Radiation Pulmonary Toxicity: From Mechanisms to Management

    Paul R. Graves;Farzan Siddiqui;Mitchell S. Anscher;Benjamin Movsas

  • Local failure and margin status in early-stage breast carcinoma treated with conservation surgery and radiation therapy.

    M S Anscher;P Jones;L R Prosnitz;W Blackstock

  • Plasma transforming growth factor β1 as a predictor of radiation pneumonitis

    Mitchell S. Anscher;Feng Ming Kong;Katrina Andrews;Robert Clough

  • Models for Evaluating Agents Intended for the Prophylaxis, Mitigation and Treatment of Radiation Injuries Report of an NCI Workshop, December 3–4, 2003

    Helen B. Stone;John E. Moulder;C. Norman Coleman;K. Kian Ang

  • Physical and biological predictors of changes in whole-lung function following thoracic irradiation

    Lawrence B. Marks;Michael T. Munley;Gunilla C. Bentel;Su Min Zhou

  • Radiation-induced hypoxia may perpetuate late normal tissue injury

    Zeljko Vujaskovic;Mitchell S. Anscher;Qin Fu Feng;Zahid N. Rabbani

  • Elevated plasma transforming growth factor-β1 levels in breast cancer patients decrease after surgical removal of the tumor

    Feng-Ming Kong;Mitchell Anscher;Tadashi Murase;Barbara Abbott

  • Radiotherapy for a rising prostate-specific antigen after radical prostatectomy: the first 10 years.

    Mitchell S Anscher;Robert Clough;Richard Dodge

  • Predicting the risk of symptomatic radiation-induced lung injury using both the physical and biologic parameters V30 and transforming growth factor β

    Xiao Long Fu;Hong Huang;Gunilla Bentel;Robert Clough

  • Clinical and dosimetric predictors of radiation-induced esophageal toxicity.

    Patrick D. Maguire;Gregory S. Sibley;Su Min Zhou;Timothy A. Jamieson

  • A small molecular weight catalytic metalloporphyrin antioxidant with superoxide dismutase (SOD) mimetic properties protects lungs from radiation-induced injury.

    Zeljko Vujaskovic;Ines Batinic-Haberle;Zahid N. Rabbani;Qin fu Feng

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence B. Marks
Lawrence B. Marks University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mark W. Dewhirst
Mark W. Dewhirst Duke University
James E. Herndon
James E. Herndon Duke University
Alan Pollack
Alan Pollack University of Miami
Ines Batinic-Haberle
Ines Batinic-Haberle Duke University
R. Edward Coleman
R. Edward Coleman Duke University
Richard K. Dodge
Richard K. Dodge Duke University
Michael W. Kattan
Michael W. Kattan Cleveland Clinic
Herbert Hurwitz
Herbert Hurwitz Duke University
Jeffrey Crawford
Jeffrey Crawford Duke University

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