Abstracts in Meetings
Ferreria, C. GammaTile permanent brain implants – current clinical dosimetry and the role of Monte Carlo simulations. ESTRO 2025, May 2025.
Jang, B., Sloan, L., Ferreira, C. Physical Dose and BED Correction to GammaTile® Brachytherapy with External Radiation Planning. ESTRO 2025, May 2025.
Alshreef, A.A., Assalmi, M., Allen, T., Rogers, B., Oare, C., Ferreira, C. Dose to Brain versus Dose to Water for GammaTile Implanted Brachytherapy. AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2024.
Adhikari, T., Alshreef, A., Ferreira, C. Dose Coverage and Dose to Organs at Risk for GBM Patients Treated with GammaTile. AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2024.
Guimarães, B., Ferreira, C. Irradiated Red Blood Cell Studied with Defocusing Microscopy. AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2024.
Alshreef, A., Assalmi, M., Allen, T., Rogers, B., Oare, C., Jafari, F., Ferreira, C. Dose Heterogeneity Simulation for Permanently Implanted Cs-131 Seeds for Brain Tumor Brachytherapy. AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2024.
Sterling, D., Ferreira, C., Ehler, E. A Novel Visualization Tool for Assessing HDR Brachytherapy Treatment Plans. AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2024.
Alshreef, A.A., Sterling, D., Alaei, P., Rogers, B.J., Robert, S., Reynolds, M., Dusenbery, K.E., Sloan, L., Chen, C., Ferreira, C. Custom-Made Lead Shield for Select Permanent Implanted Cs-131 Brain Tumor Patients. AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2023.
Alshreef, A.A., Assalmi, M., Rogers, B.J., Oare, C., Ferreira, C. Gamos Monte Carlo Simulation to Calculate the Dose in Heterogeneities for GammaTile Implanted Brachytherapy. AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2023.
Alshreef, A.A., Rogers, B.J., Oare, C., Ferreira, C. Validation of Gamos Monte Carlo Simulation for Cs-131 Brachytherapy Source in Water. AAPM Annual Meeting, July 2023.
Ferreira, C., Sterling, D., Zhang, S., Reynolds, M., Dusenbery, K., Sloan, L., Alshreef, A., Chen, C. GammaTile Cs-131 Permanent Brain Implants: From Clinical Implementation to Treatment Outcomes and Beyond. Brachytherapy, 23(6), S250. doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2024.08.205.
E. McCammack, K. Dusenbery, C. Ferreira. 100: GammaTile® Brachytherapy in Treatment of Glioblastoma: A Report of Three Cases. Radiotherapy and Oncology, Volume 194, S288 - S290. doi: 10.1016/S0167-8140(24)00840-5
L. Sloan, C. Chen, C. Ferreira, E. Neil, D.J. McCracken, J. Wanebo, K. Smith, O. Bloch, M. Shah, A. Richardson, J. David, K.S. Lee, M.S. Peach, E.L. Chang, G. Zada, M.A. Garcia, A. Turner, D.G. Brachman. Occurrence of Rapid Early Progression (REP) and Rapid Early Response (RER) in Patients with Newly Diagnosed GBM Undergoing Resection and Immediate Post Resection Brachytherapy: A Preliminary Report from a Prospective Multicenter Trial. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 120(2), e100. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2024.07.611.
E. Dunbar, S. Lee, M. Sean Peach, J. Wanbo, C. Smith, S. Hansfit, K. Mertitz, A. Berkowitz, L. Sloan, C. Ferreira, E. Neil, R. Kotecha, A. Nowlan, D. McCracken, T. Patel, Z. Wardak, A. Richardson, M. Shah, S. Chowdhary, V. DiNapoli, J. Floyd, M. Nagib, A. Wasilewski, A. Patel, G. Rao, H. Pham, R. Ryan, C. Shen, A. Robin, I. Lee, L. Leng, K. Hoang, J. Olson, O. Choutka, C. Mercado, R. Chamoun, P. Camarata, W. Smith, H. Babu, D. Piccioni, P. Sevak, J. Zhu, D. Haydon, M. Aizenberg, M. Hoeprich, B. Williams, L. Dickinson, D. Baskin, A. Farach, A. Rodriguez. CTNI-75. TRIALS IN PROGRESS: REGISTRY OF SAFETY & EFFICACY IN ADULTS WITH PRIMARY & METASTATIC INTRACRANIAL TUMORS TREATED WITH START (GAMMATILES (CS-131 SOURCE BRACHY-THERAPY)): NCT04427384, Neuro-Oncology, Volume 26, Issue Supplement_8, November 2024, Pages viii114–viii115. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noae165.0442.
R. Kotecha, M. McDermott, S. Lee, M. Peach, A. Richardson, J. Floyd, T. Patel, Z. Wardak, L. Sloan, C. Ferreira, E. Neil, M. Hunt, C. Shen, A. Wasilewski, J. Wanebo, K. Smith, R. Chamoun, A. Robin, I. Lee, L. Leng, A. Patel, J. Zhu, S. Hanft, S. Zeller, M. Aizenberg, A. Rodriguez, O. Choutka, K. Hoang, A. Nowlan, D. McCracken, E. Dunbar, D. Brachman, M. Garcia, S. Patel. MMOD-12 PATHOLOGIC INCIDENCE OF TUMOR POSITIVITY VS ONLY NECROSIS AFTER PRIOR RADIATION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING SURGICAL EXCISION FOR PRESUMED BRAIN METASTASIS RECURRENCE: INSIGHT FROM A PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER REGISTRY, Neuro-Oncology Advances, Volume 6, Issue Supplement_1, August 2024, Page i18. doi: 10.1093/noajnl/vdae090.056
S. Mishra, A. Gao, L. Kollitz, G. Sodhi, P. Tang, Y. Watanabe, A. Venteicher, D. Koozekanani, C. Ferreira, E. Domingo-Musibay, J. Yuan, M.A. Reynolds, K.E. Dusenbery. Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery with a Reduced Peripheral Dose: Outcomes in Uveal Melanoma Patients. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 120(2), e775. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2024.07.1704.
Rupesh Kotecha, M.W., McDermott, M.W., Chen, C., Ferreira, C., Hanft, S., Shen, C., Wanebo, J., Smith, K., Wardak, Z., Patel, T., Chamoun, R., Hoang, K.B., Choutka, O., Rodriguez, A., Shah, M., Brachman, D.G., Campbell, L., Patel, S. Surgically Targeted Radiation Therapy (STaRT) for Brain Metastases: Initial Experience from a Prospective Multi-Institutional Registry. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 117(2), e120. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.908
Greenlund, L.K., Berkseth, M., Shanley, R., Sando, N., Golden, L., Wieworka, J., Boorsma Bergerud, K., Olin, M., Pluhar, G.E., Arnold, S., Lawrence, J., Venteicher, A., Chen, C., Ferreira, C., Neil, E., Dusenbery, K.E., Ganguly, S., Kleinberg, L.R., Terezakis, S.A., Sloan, L. The effects of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) on myeloid-derived suppressor cell (MDSC) subsets in glioblastoma (GBM). International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 117(2), e232. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.1148
Ozair, A., Shen, C., Lee, S., Pham, H., Chamoun, R., Choutka, O., Hanft, S., Shah, M., Richardson, A., DiNapoli, V., Wardak, Z., Ferreira, C., Khosla, A.A., Bojanowski-Hoang, K., Mercado, C.E., Ryan, R., Wasilewski, A., Brachman, D., Campbell, L., Chen, C., Dusenbery, K., Floyd, J., Patel, T., Hayden, D., Nowlan, A., McCracken, D., Wanebo, J., Ranjan, T., Rodriguez, A., Patel, A.J., Camarata, P.J., Kotecha, R.R., McDermott, M.W., Ahluwalia, M.S., STaRT Investigators. P03. 15. B Surgically Targeted Radiation Therapy (STaRT) for Recurrent Glioblastoma: Initial Outcomes from a Prospective Multicenter Registry. Neuro-Oncology, 25(Supplement 2), 40. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noad137.126
Chen, C., Ferreira, C., Dusenbery, K., Hoang, K., Lee, S., Smith, K. A Multi-Institutional Experience of GammaTile Brachytherapy as Treatment for Recurrent Glioblastomas. Neuro-Oncology, 24, 247. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noac209.955
Zhang, S., Reynolds, M., Dusenbery, K., Chen, C., Alaei, P., Alshreef, A., Sterling, D., Sloan, L., Patel, K., Ferreira, C. Considerations in Treatment Planning and Dosimetric Specifications of Permanent 131Cs Brachytherapy Implantation in Treatment of Brain Tumor-An Institutional Experience. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 114(3), e567. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.2217
Greenlund, L.K., Mulford, K., Shanley, R., Neil, E., Lawrence, J., Arnold, S., Olin, M., Pluhar, G.E., Venteicher, A., Chen, C., Ferreira, C., Reynolds, M., Cho, L.C., Shoo, A., Yuan, J., Dusenbery, K., Kleinberg, L.R., Terezakis, S., Wilke, C., Sloan, L. Hypofractionated vs. Conventionally Fractionated Radiotherapy for Glioblastoma: Peripheral Blood Leukocyte Comparison prior to and Following Chemoradiation. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 114(3), e509. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.2080
Turner, A., Ferreira, C. An Estimate of Fetal Dose From Permanent Cs-131 Brachytherapy Implants in the Brain. Medical Physics, 49(6), e430. doi: 10.1002/mp.15769
Oare, C., Gerbi, B., Ferreira, C. Dose Distribution with a High-Z Intraocular Shield-Ferrofluid System: An I-125 Eye Plaque Brachytherapy Monte Carlo Study. Medical Physics, 49(6), e241-242. doi: 10.1002/mp.15769
Alshreef, A., Rogers, B., Alaei, P., Bolan, P., Ferreira, C. End-to-End Test for GammaTile Permanent Brain Implants. Medical Physics, 49(6), e821-822. doi: 10.1002/mp.15769
Oare, C., Gerbi, B., Ferreira, C. GafChromic Film Dosimetry for Evaluation of Intraocular Shielding Materials in I-125 Eye Plaque Brachytherapy. Medical Physics, 49(6), e240-241. doi: 10.1002/mp.15769
Oare, C., Alshreef, A., Ferreira, C. Novel Film Calibration Method Directly Using Low Energy Brachytherapy Sources with a Custom Phantom. Medical Physics, 49(6), e820-821. doi: 10.1002/mp.15769
Oare, C., Ferreira, C., Watanabe, Y., Gerbi, B. Characterization of Novel Ferrofluid for Intraocular Photo Shielding by Monte Carlo and Film Dosimetry Methods. Medical Physics, 47(6), e452-453. doi: 10.1002/mp.14316
Drehmel, S., Lawrence, J., Ferreira, C., Ehler, E. Characterization of Patients Shifts from CT Simulation to First Fraction to Improve Tumor Localization. Medical Physics, 47(6), e587. doi: 10.1002/mp.14316
Rogers, B., Lawrence, J., Ferreira, C. Multi-Source Conformal Superficial Brachytherapy: A Dose Escalation Study. Medical Physics, 47(6), e819. doi: 10.1002/mp.14316
Alshreef, A., Sterling, D., Alaei, P., Ferreira, C. Radiation Safety Aspects for GammaTile Implant Brachytherapy. Medical Physics, 47(6), e839. doi: 10.1002/mp.14316
Bedoya, M., Ferreira, C., Varadhan, R. (in press, accepted 2019). Comparison of Eye Plaque Dosimetry Between MIM Symphony, Eclipse, and CMS Xio Treatment Planning Systems.
Oare, C., Sterling, D., Dusenbery, K., Koozehanani, D., Ferreira, C. Dosimetric Impact of Silastic Insert Thickness in COMS Eye Plaque for I-125 Brachytherapy.
Rogers, B., Ferreira, C. Monte Carlo Simulation and Validation of a Novel Yttrium-90 Source for Use in Conformal Superficial Brachytherapy Device.
Ferreira, C., Sterling, D., Alaei, P. The Commissioning of First Commercial Implementation of GammaTile Permanent Brain Implant.
Ferreira, C., Alaei, P., Chen, C., Reynolds, M., Sterling, D., Dusenbery, K. (2019) RTHP-32. First Experience with GammaTile Permanents Implants for Recurrent Brain Tumors. (Supplement-6 ed., vol. 21, pp vi216). Neuro-Oncology. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noz175.903
Oare, C., Ehler, E., Sterling, D., Mathew, D., Wilke, C., Ferreira, C. Dose Calibration of Gafchromic EbT3 Film for Ir-192 Brachytherapy Source using 3D-Printed ABS Plastic.
Ehler, E., Ferreira, C., Mathew, D., Sterling, D., Wilke, C. Dosimetric Evaluation of 3D Printer Materials for Ir-192 Brachytherapy.
Rogers, B., Ferreira, C., Lawrence, J., Ehler, E., Erdmann, A. Simulated Performance of a Multi-Source Conformal Superficial Brachytherapy Device.
Herrington, J., Ahmad, S., Chen, Y., Lewis, L., Ferreira, C. Vulnerability of Microcomputer to Instability Induced by Acute Neutron Radiation Exposure: Effects of CPU Process Size.
Gholizadeh Sendani, N., Ferreira, C., Alaei, P. Impact of Region of Interest Size and Location in Gafchromic Film Dosimetry.
Rogers, B., Ehler, E., Lawrence, J., Ferreira, C. The Evaluation of Dosimetric and Cancer Viability Difference Following In Vitro Irradiation.
Ferreira, C., Ahmad, S., Firestone, B., Johnson, D., Matthiesen, C., De La Fuente Herman, T. Quantification of Dosimetric Uncertainty of I-125 COMS Eye Plaque.
Ferreira, C., Jung, J. W. Dosimetry of Rhenium0188, Praseodymium0142, and Yttrium-90 using Monte Carlo simulation for application in High Dose Rate Eye Plaque Brachytherapy. (2nd ed., vol. 87, pp S749-S750).
Ferreira, C., Podder, T., Jung, J. W. Comparative Study of Biologic Effective Dose for the Beta Emitters 142 Pr and 90Y and Their Applications in Microsphere Brachytherapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. (3rd ed., vol. 84, pp S859). International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics.