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Overview

William M. Wara is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente in the United States. Their professional background centers on academic research within a healthcare context, as indicated by their institutional association.

There are no recorded publications, papers, or books linked to William M. Wara in the recent data, nor is there information about frequent co-authors or customary publication venues. Similarly, specific main fields of study, subfields, and main research topics have not been detailed in the available data.

There is no record of awards or recognitions attributed to William M. Wara in the current dataset. The scientist is currently living, and no further biographical or professional milestones have been documented.

Best Publications

  • Therapeutic irradiation and brain injury.

    Glenn E. Sheline;William M. Wara;Vernon Smith

  • Postoperative irradiation for subtotally resected meningiomas: A retrospective analysis of 140 patients treated from 1967 to 1990

    Brian J. Goldsmith;William M. Wara;Charles B. Wilson;David A. Larson

  • The treatment of medulloblastoma. Results of a prospective randomized trial of radiation therapy with and without CCNU, vincristine, and prednisone

    Audrey E. Evans;R. Derek T. Jenkin;Richard Sposto;Jorge A. Ortega

  • Treatment of Children With Medulloblastomas With Reduced-Dose Craniospinal Radiation Therapy and Adjuvant Chemotherapy: A Children's Cancer Group Study

    Roger J. Packer;Joel Goldwein;H. Stacy Nicholson;L. Gilbert Vezina

  • Survival benefit of hyperthermia in a prospective randomized trial of brachytherapy boost +/- hyperthermia for glioblastoma multiforme.

    Penny K. Sneed;Paul R. Stauffer;Michael W. McDermott;Chris J. Diederich

  • Radiosurgery for brain metastases: is whole brain radiotherapy necessary?

    Penny K Sneed;Kathleen R Lamborn;Julie M Forstner;Michael W McDermott

  • Superiority of post-radiotherapy adjuvant chemotherapy with CCNU, procarbazine, and vincristine (PCV) over BCNU for anaplastic gliomas: NCOG 6G61 final report.

    Victor A. Levin;Pamela Silver;John Hannigan;William M. Wara

  • The effectiveness of chemotherapy for treatment of high grade astrocytoma in children: Results of a randomized trial - A report from the Childrens Cancer Study Group

    R. Sposto;I. J. Ertel;R. D. T. Jenkin;C. P. Boesel

  • Radiation therapy in the treatment of partially resected meningiomas.

    Nicholas M. Barbaro;Philip H. Gutin;Charles B. Wilson;Glenn E. Sheline

  • Radiation tolerance of the spinal cord.

    William M. Wara;Theodore L. Phillips;Glenn E. Sheline;James G. Schwade

  • Primary central nervous system lymphomas: natural history and response to radiation therapy in 55 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

    James E. Baumgartner;Jacob R. Rachlin;Jay H. Beckstead;Timothy C. Meeker

  • EGFR overexpression and radiation response in glioblastoma multiforme.

    Fred G. Barker;Fred G. Barker;Martha L. Simmons;Susan M. Chang;Michael D. Prados

  • Radiation therapy of meningiomas.

    William M. Wara;Glenn E. Sheline;Harry Newman;Jeanette J. Townsend

  • Radiosurgery for brain metastases: relationship of dose and pattern of enhancement to local control.

    Cheng-Ying Shiau;Cheng-Ying Shiau;Penny K. Sneed;Hui-Kuo G. Shu;Kathleen R. Lamborn

  • Radiation pneumonitis: a new approach to the derivation of time-dose factors.

    William M. Wara;Theodore L. Phillips;Lawrence W. Margolis;Vernon Smith

  • Radiation pneumonitis following combined modality therapy for lung cancer: analysis of prognostic factors.

    M. Roach;D. R. Gandara;Hae-Sook Yuo;P. S. Swift

  • Pineal region tumors in children.

    Michael S. B. Edwards;Roger J. Hudgins;Charles B. Wilson;Victor A. Levin

  • High activity iodine-125 interstitial implant for gliomas

    Cindy O. Charfen;Penny K. Sneed;William M. Wara;David A. Larson

  • Survival and quality of life after interstitial implantation of removable high-activity iodine-125 sources for the treatment of patients with recurrent malignant gliomas.

    Steven A. Leibel;Philip H. Gutin;William M. Wara;Pamela S. Silver

  • The role of radiation therapy in the treatment of astrocytomas.

    Steven A. Leibel;Glenn E. Sheline;William M. Wara;Edwin B. Boldrey

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Larson
David A. Larson University of California, San Francisco
Michael D. Prados
Michael D. Prados University of California, San Francisco
Theodore L. Phillips
Theodore L. Phillips University of California, San Francisco
Penny K. Sneed
Penny K. Sneed University of California, San Francisco
Philip H. Gutin
Philip H. Gutin Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Kathleen R. Lamborn
Kathleen R. Lamborn University of California, San Francisco
Michael S. B. Edwards
Michael S. B. Edwards Stanford University
Charles B. Wilson
Charles B. Wilson University of California, San Francisco
Victor A. Levin
Victor A. Levin The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Steven M. Paul
Steven M. Paul University of California, San Francisco

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