Research Publications

The University of Florida Department of Radiation Oncology has led research efforts in the field for 60 years. In fact, our residents are some of the most published residents of any radiation oncology residency program in the United States. Peruse our most recent publications and research highlights below.

Paul Okunieff, MD

All Faculty Publications:

(please note that some may be in process)

December 2025

  • Daniel Indelicato

1. Selection of the Most Appropriate Radiation Treatment Modality for Children’s Cancers: A Paediatric Radiation Oncology Society (PROS) Position Paper on the Ethical Utilization of Proton Therapy. Esiashvili N, Indelicato DJ, Mahajan A, Parkes J, Paulino AC, Beljoudi G, Kristensen I, Laprie A, Lassen Y, Njiraini PN, Qureshi BM, Robles BG, Seiersen K, Timmermann B, Gaze MN. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Nov 20:e32155. doi: 10.1002/pbc.32155. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41261937.
2. Factors Associated with Primary Site Local Therapy in Patients with Non-Metastatic Ewing Sarcoma Treated with Interval Compressed Chemotherapy: A Report from the Children’s Oncology Group. Ahmed SK, Binitie O, Krailo M, Indelicato DJ, Callan AK, DelRocco N, Buxton A, Chuba P, Christ A, Randall RL, Nadel H, Pawel B, Reed DR, Gorlick RG, DuBois SG, Janeway KA, Leavey PJ, Mascarenhas L, Laack NNI. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2025 Nov 22:S0360-3016(25)06476-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.11.010. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41285272

  • Kathryn Hitchcock

Neighborhood Disadvantage and Cardiovascular Mortality Among Colorectal Cancer Survivors. Valvi N, Groenewold M, Terracina K, Verma H, Shrestha P, Hitchcock KE, Braithwaite D, Karanth SD. Cancers (Basel). 2025 Nov 26;17(23):3782. doi: 10.3390/cancers17233782. PMID: 41374984

  • Song Lai

More than chronic pain: behavioural and psychosocial protective factors predict lower brain age in adults with/at risk of knee osteoarthritis over two years. Tanner JJ, Mickle A, Holmes U 3rd, Addison B, Rangel K, Garvan C, Staud R, Lai S, Redden D, Goodin BR, Price CC, Fillingim RB, Sibille KT. Brain Commun. 2025 Sep 11;7(5):fcaf344. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaf344. eCollection 2025. PMID: 41020178.

  • Keaton Reiners, Curtis M Bryant, Roi Dagan, Hardev S Grewal, Perry B Johnson, Zuofeng Li, Jiyeon Park, Michael Vieceli, Yawei Zhang

RBE-Guided Treatment Planning, LET Optimization, and Implications of Proton Arc Therapy for the Sparing of Nervous Tissue in Head and Neck Proton Therapy. Reiners K, Artz M, Bryant CM, Dagan R, Grewal HS, Johnson PB, Li Z, Park J, Vieceli M, Zhang Y. Cancers (Basel). 2025 Nov 21;17(23):3724. doi: 10.3390/cancers17233724. PMID: 41374925

  • Steve Swarts

Perspectives of IABERD on biodosimetry strategies for a large-scale nuclear event. Balajee, A. S., Badie, C., Barry Flood, A., Laiakis, E. C., Marrale, M., Maltar-Strmečki, N., … Yamaguchi, I. (2025). International Journal of Radiation Biology, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/09553002.2025.2588400.

September 2025

  • Lucas Gomes Sapienza , Christopher G Morris, Paul G Okunieff
    1. A systematic study on local failure events post chemoradiotherapy for cervical cancer: understanding the impact of baseline lateral anatomical compartment involvement. Sapienza LG, Guitmann G, Morris CG, Okunieff PG, Ludwig MS, Gomes MJL, Benrubi ID, Hew KE. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2025 Sep 17:S0360-3016(25)06281-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.09.015. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40972906.
    2. (Understanding hydronephrosis occurrence by an individual-kidney level analysis of all events post-chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer – International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics)

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