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University of California San Francisco

Our Team

Katherine Chen, MD

Education

Education

  • Radiation Oncology Residency, University of California San Francisco (2019-2023)
  • Transitional Year Internship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (2018-2019)
  • M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (2018)
  • B.S., Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park (2014)

Awards & Honors 

  • Jeffery Shogan Award for Excellence in Radiation Oncology Research (2018)
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Dean’s Scholarship (2014)
  • Summa Cum Laude (2014) University of Maryland Regents Scholarship (2010)

Selected Publications and Abstracts

  • Xu MJ, Chen KS, Chang AJ, Lazar A, Shinohara K, Cunha A, Hsu I. Single Fraction Brachytherapy as Monotherapy for Early Stage Prostate Cancer: the UCSF Experience. Brachytherapy. 2019 Apr. [ePub ahead of print] PMID: 30954399;
  • Ling DC, Chen KS, Benoit RM, Beriwal S, Smith RP. Long-term patient-reported rectal bleeding and bowel-related quality of life following Cs-131 prostate brachytherapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2019 Mar. [ePub ahead of print] PMID: 30853423
  • Iheagwara UK, Vargo JA, Chen KS, Burton D, Taylor SE, Berger JL, Boisen MM, Comerci JT, Orr B, Sukumvanich P, et al. Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by extrafascial hysterectomy in locally advanced type II endometrial cancer clinically extending to cervix. Practical Radiation Oncology. 2019 Feb. [ePub ahead of print] PMID: 30802615
  • Chen KS, Berhane H, Gill BS, Olawaiye A, Sukumvanich P, Kelley JL, Boisen MM, Courtney-Brooks M, Comerci JT, Edwards R, et al. Outcomes of stage II endometrial cancer: The UPMC Hillman Cancer Center experience. Gynecologic Oncology. Nov 2017;147(2):315-319. PMID: 28866431;
  • Chen KS, Glaser SM, Kim H, Beriwal S. Differences in urethral dosimetry between CT and MR imaging in multichannel vaginal cylinder brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. 2017 Sep;16(5):964-967. PMID: 28694115
  • Glaser SM, Chen KS, Benoit RM, Smith RP, Beriwal S. Long-term quality of life in prostate cancer patients treated with cesium-131. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2017 Aug;98(5):1053-1058. PMID: 28721888

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