Robert Timmerman, MD

Professor

Recent Publications Schefter, TE, Kavanagh, BD, Timmerman, RD, Cardenes, HR, Baron, A, Gaspar, LE, ? , "A phase I trial of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for liver metastases " Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys , 62(5): 1371-1378 , 2005

Timmerman RD, Kavanagh BD, Cho LC, Papiez L, Xing L , "Stereotactic body radiation therapy in multiple organ sites " J Clin Oncol , 25(8): 947-52 , 2007

Park C, Papiez L, Zhang S, Story M, Timmerman RD , "Universal survival curve and single fraction equivalent dose: useful tools in understanding potency of ablative radiotherapy " Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys , 70(3): 847-52 , 2008

Heinzerling JH, Anderson JF, Papiez L, Boike T, Chien S, Zhang G, Abdulrahman R, Timmerman R , "Four-dimensional computed tomography scan analysis of tumor and organ motion at varying levels of abdominal compression during stereotactic treatment of lung and liver " Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys , 70(5): 1571-8 , 2008

Timmerman, RD, Bizekis, CS, Pass HI, Fong, Y, Dupuy, DE, Dawson, LA, and Lu, D , "Local Surgical, Ablative, and Radiation Treatment of Metastases " CA - A Journal for Clinicians , 59(3): , May 2009

Significant Publications
Timmerman, R., Papiez, L., McGarry, R, Likes, L., DesRosiers, C., Bank, M., Frost, S., Randall, M., Williams, M. , "Extracranial Stereotactic Radioablation: results of a phase I study in medically inoperable stage I non-small cell lung cancer " Chest , 124(5): 1946-1955 , 2003

Potters, L, Steinberg, M, Rose, C, Timmerman, R, Ryu, S, Hevezi, JM, Welsh, J, Mehta, M, Larson, DA, Janjan, NA , "American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology and American College of Radiology practice guidelines for the performance of stereotactic body radiation therapy " Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys , 60(4): 1026-1032 , 2004

Timmerman, R, McGarry, R, Yiannoutsos, C, Papiez, L, Tudor, K, DeLuca, J, Ewing, M, Abdulrahman, R, DeRosiers, C, Williams, M, Fletcher, J , "Excessive toxicity when treating central tumors in a phase II study of stereotactic body radiation therapy for medically inoperable early-stage lung cancer " J Clin Oncol , 24: 4833-4839 , 2006

Timmerman, RD , "An overview of hypofractionation and introduction to this issue of seminars in radiation oncology " Semin Radiat Oncol , 18(4): 215-22 , October 2008

Kavanagh, B., Timmerman, R.D., editors , "BOOK: Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy " Publishers: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD , : , 2005