Robert A. Cormack
Brigham and Women's Hospital
195 Papers
1.5K Citations
Robert A. Cormack is an academic researcher from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Brachytherapy & Prostate brachytherapy. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 188 publications. Previous affiliations of Robert A. Cormack include Boston University & Dana Corporation.
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Papers
Intraoperative planning and evaluation of permanent prostate brachytherapy: report of the American Brachytherapy Society.
Subir Nag,Jay P. Ciezki,Robert A. Cormack,Stephen W. Doggett,K. DeWyngaert,Gregory K. Edmundson,Richard G. Stock,Nelson N. Stone,Yan Yu,Michael J. Zelefsky +9 more
TL;DR: ITP addresses many of the limitations of current permanent prostate brachytherapy and has some advantages over the preplanned technique.
Transperineal magnetic resonance image guided prostate biopsy
Anthony V. D'Amico,Clare M. Tempany,Robert A. Cormack,Nobuhiko Hata,Masahiro Jinzaki,Kemal Tuncali,Michael H. Weinstein,Jerome P. Richie +7 more
TL;DR: Transperineal MRI guided biopsy is a new technique that may be useful in detecting prostate cancer in men with increasing prostate specific antigen who are not candidates for transrectal ultrasoundguided biopsy.
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American Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for interstitial brachytherapy for vaginal cancer
Sushil Beriwal,D. Jeffrey Demanes,Beth Erickson,Ellen L. Jones,Jennifer F. De Los Santos,Robert A. Cormack,Catheryn M. Yashar,Jason Rownd,Akila N. Viswanathan +8 more
TL;DR: Recommendations are made for interstitial brachytherapy for vaginal cancer and recurrent disease in the vagina and practitioners and cooperative groups are encouraged to use these recommendations to formulate treatment and dose-reporting policies.
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Magnetic resonance image-guided salvage brachytherapy after radiation in select men who initially presented with favorable-risk prostate cancer: a prospective phase 2 study.
Paul L. Nguyen,Ming-Hui Chen,Anthony V. D'Amico,Clare M. Tempany,Graeme S. Steele,Michele Albert,Robert A. Cormack,David L. Carr-Locke,Ronald Bleday,W. Warren Suh +9 more
TL;DR: The authors prospectively evaluated the late gastrointestinal and genitourinary toxicity and prostate‐specific antigen (PSA) control of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)‐guided brachytherapy used as salvage for radiation therapy (RT) failure.
A practical method to achieve prostate gland immobilization and target verification for daily treatment
Anthony V. D'Amico,Judi Manola,Marian Loffredo,Lynn Lopes,Kristopher Nissen,Desmond A. O'Farrell,Leah Gordon,Clare M. Tempany,Robert A. Cormack +8 more
TL;DR: Using this device, the posterior margin necessary on the lateral fields to ensure dosimetric coverage of the entire prostate gland could be safely reduced to 5 mm and treatment could be set up and verified using a lateral portal image.
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