DeborahA.KubanMDFASTRO

Radiation Oncology • Houston, TX

Professor of Radiation Oncology, University Tex Houston

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Office
1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-745-7229
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Education & Training

Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolResidency, Radiation Oncology, 1982 - 1985
Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolInternship, Transitional Year, 1981 - 1982
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityClass of 1981

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
TX State Medical License 2002 - 2025
VA State Medical License 1985 - 2004
American Board of Radiology Therapeutic Radiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2013-2014
Top Doctors:SE Texas Castle Connolly, 2013
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2012-2013

Clinical Trials

Quality of Life Study for Prostate Cancer Patients Start of enrollment: 2007 Nov 14
Active, not recruiting
A Phase III Intensity Radiotherapy Dose Escalation for Prostate Cancer Using Hypofractionation Start of enrollment: 2001 Jan 03
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Radiation Therapy for Rising Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Post-prostatectomy Start of enrollment: 2009 Jan 26
Active, not recruiting

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Implementation and Efficacy of a Large-Scale Radiation Oncology Case-Based Peer-Review Quality Program across a Multinational Cancer Network.
Ludmir, E., Hoffman, K., Jhingran, A., Kouzy, R., Ip, M., Sturdevant, L., Ning, M., Minsky, B., McAleer, M., Chronowski, G., Arzu, I., Reed, V., Garg, A., Roberts, T.,...> ;Practical Radiation Oncology. 2024 Jan 3
1 citations
Patients' Preferences for Androgen Deprivation Therapy in the Treatment of Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer.
Brian De, Lisa M Lowenstein, Kelsey L Corrigan, Lauren M Andring, Deborah A Kuban, Scott B Cantor, Robert J Volk, Karen E Hoffman> ;MDM Policy & Practice. 2022 Nov 15
2 citations
Improving efficiency and reducing costs of MRI-Guided prostate brachytherapy using Time-Driven Activity-Based costing
Nikhil G. Thaker, Rajat J. Kudchadker, James R. Incalcaterra, Tharakeswara K. Bathala, Robert S. Kaplan, Ankit Agarwal, Deborah A. Kuban, Benjamin D. Frank, Prajnan Da...> ;Brachytherapy. 2021 Aug 10
1 citations
Multidisciplinary clinics in prostate cancer.
Brian De, Deborah A. Kuban, Chad Tang> ;Oncotarget. 2021 Jul 20
8 citations
Increased Frequency of Mesorectal and Perirectal LN Involvement in T4 Prostate Cancers.
Ibrahim Abu-Gheida, Tharakeswara K. Bathala, J. Alberto Maldonado, Mishal Khan, Mitchell S. Anscher, Steven J. Frank, Seungtaek Choi, Quynh Nhu Nguyen, Karen E. Hoffma...> ;International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2020 Aug 1
1 citations
COVID-19 and Oncology: Operationalizing Best Practices Across Collaborative Health Systems.
P. Johnston, Janice L. Kitchens, Kimberly LaBree, Cynthia A. Powers, Julie H. Segovia, Jeremy Alan Viles, Marvetta Mshindi Walker, Deborah A. Kuban> ;Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. 2020 Aug 1
12 citations
Predictors of urinary toxicity with MRI-assisted radiosurgery for low-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy
David Boyce-Fappiano, Tharakeswara K. Bathala, Rong Ye, Dario Pasalic, Olsi Gjyshi, Todd A. Pezzi, Sonal S. Noticewala, Gwendolyn J. McGinnis, Sean Maroongroge, Debora...> ;Brachytherapy. 2020 Sep 1
5 citations
Costs and Complications After a Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer Treated With Time-Efficient Modalities: An Analysis of National Medicare Data.
Chad Tang, Xiudong Lei, Grace L. Smith, Hubert Y. Pan, Kenneth R. Hess, Aileen Chen, Karen E. Hoffman, Brian F. Chapin, Deborah A. Kuban, Mitchell S. Anscher, Ya Chen ...> ;Practical Radiation Oncology. 2020 Jul 1
1 citations
Reply to Multidisciplinary clinics: A possible means to help to eliminate racial disparities in prostate cancer.
Chad Tang, Karen E. Hoffman, Deborah A. Kuban> ;Cancer. 2020 Jun 15
5 citations
Determining Clinically Based Factors Associated With Reclassification in the Pre-MRI Era using a Large Prospective Active Surveillance Cohort
Justin R. Gregg, John W. Davis, Chad A. Reichard, Xuemei Wang, Mary Achim, Brian F. Chapin, Louis L. Pisters, Curtis A. Pettaway, John F. Ward, Seungtaek Choi, Quynh N...> ;Urology. 2020 Apr 1
14 citations
Association of Sociodemographic and Health-Related Factors With Receipt of Nondefinitive Therapy Among Younger Men With High-Risk Prostate Cancer.
Alexander F. Bagley, Mitchell S. Anscher, Seungtaek Choi, Steven J. Frank, Karen E. Hoffman, Deborah A. Kuban, Sean E. McGuire, Quynh Nhu Nguyen, Brian F. Chapin, Ana ...> ;JAMA Network Open. 2020 Mar 2
22 citations
Contemporary prostate cancer treatment choices in multidisciplinary clinics referenced to national trends
Chad Tang, Karen E. Hoffman, Pamela K. Allen, Molly Gabel, David Schreiber, Seungtaek Choi, Brian F. Chapin, Quynh Nhu Nguyen, John W. Davis, Paul G. Corn, Christopher...> ;Cancer. 2020 Feb 1
29 citations
Radical prostatectomy or radiotherapy for high- and very high-risk prostate cancer: a multidisciplinary prostate cancer clinic experience of patients eligible for eith...
Chad A. Reichard, Karen E. Hoffman, Chad Tang, Stephen B. Williams, Pamela K. Allen, Mary Achim, Deborah A. Kuban, Brian F. Chapin> ;BJU International. 2019 Nov 1
55 citations
Dose Escalation for Prostate Adenocarcinoma: A Long-Term Update on the Outcomes of a Phase 3, Single Institution Randomized Clinical Trial.
Dario Pasalic, Deborah A. Kuban, Pamela K. Allen, Chad Tang, Shane Mesko, Stephen R. Grant, Alexander Augustyn, Steven J. Frank, Seungtaek Choi, Karen E. Hoffman, Quyn...> ;International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2019 Jul 15
73 citations
Randomized Trial of Hypofractionated, Dose-Escalated, Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Versus Conventionally Fractionated IMRT for Localized Prostate Cancer.
Karen E. Hoffman, K. Ranh Voong, Lawrence B. Levy, Pamela K. Allen, Seungtaek Choi, Pamela J. Schlembach, Andrew K. Lee, Sean E. McGuire, Quynh Nhu Nguyen, Thomas J. P...> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2018 Aug 14
13 citations
Genitourinary and gastrointestinal toxicity among patients with localized prostate cancer treated with conventional versus moderately hypofractionated radiation therap...
Icaro Thiago de Carvalho, Willy Baccaglini, Oliver Rojas Claros, Felipe Ko Chen, Paulo Priante Kayano, Gustavo Caserta Lemos, Eduardo Weltman, Deborah A. Kuban, Arie C...> ;Acta Oncologica. 2018 Jun 8
22 citations
Quality of life after brachytherapy or bilateral nerve-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer: a prospective cohort.
Pierre Blanchard, John W. Davis, Steven J. Frank, Jeri Kim, Curtis A. Pettaway, Thomas J. Pugh, Louis L. Pisters, John F. Ward, Seungtaek Choi, Brian F. Chapin, Karen ...> ;BJU International. 2018 Apr 1
40 citations
Prospective Phase 2 Trial of Permanent Seed Implantation Prostate Brachytherapy for Intermediate-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer: Efficacy, Toxicity, and Quality of Lif...
Steven J. Frank, Thomas J. Pugh, Pierre Blanchard, Usama Mahmood, William J. Graber, Rajat J. Kudchadker, John W. Davis, Jeri Kim, Haesun Choi, Patricia Troncoso, Debo...> ;International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2018 Feb 1
39 citations
A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of panax ginseng for cancer-related fatigue in patients with advanced cancer
Sriram Yennurajalingam, Nizar M. Tannir, Janet L. Williams, Zhanni Lu, Kenneth R. Hess, Susan Frisbee-Hume, Helen L. House, Zita Dubauskas Lim, Kyu Hyoung Lim, Gabriel...> ;Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2017 Sep 1
9 citations
Baseline and longitudinal plasma caveolin-1 level as a biomarker in active surveillance for early-stage prostate cancer.
Spyridon P. Basourakos, John W. Davis, Brian F. Chapin, John F. Ward, Curtis A. Pettaway, Louis L. Pisters, Neema Navai, Mary Achim, Xuemei Wang, Hsiang Chun Chen, Seu...> ;BJU International. 2018 Jan 1
19 citations
Long-term economic value of hypofractionated prostate radiation: Secondary analysis of a randomized trial
K. Ranh Voong, Lincy S. Lal, Deborah A. Kuban, Thomas J. Pugh, J. Michael Swint, Joy Godby, Seungtaek Choi, Andrew K. Lee, Pamela J. Schlembach, Steven J. Frank, Sean ...> ;Advances in Radiation Oncology. 2017 Jul 1
3 citations
Select men benefit from androgen deprivation therapy delivered with salvage radiation therapy after prostatectomy.
Emma B. Holliday, Deborah A. Kuban, Lawrence B. Levy, Yasemin Bolukbasi, P. Master, Seungtaek Choi, Quynh-Nhu Nguyen, Sean E. McGuire, Umar Mahmood, Steven J. Frank, K...> ;Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases. 2017 May 2
24 citations
External Beam Radiation Therapy or Brachytherapy With or Without Short-course Neoadjuvant Androgen Deprivation Therapy: Results of a Multicenter, Prospective Study of ...
Martin G. Sanda, Jingxia Liu, Ningying Wu, Daniel A. Hamstra, John T. Wei, Rodney L. Dunn, Eric A. Klein, H.M. Sandler, Christopher S. Saigal, Mark S. Litwin, Deborah ...> ;International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2017 Jun 1
3 citations
Assessing the Optimum Use of Androgen-Deprivation Therapy in High-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing External Beam Radiation Therapy
Michelle Ludwig, Deborah A. Kuban, Sara S. Strom, Xianglin L. Du, David S. Lopez, Jose-Miguel Yamal> ;American Journal of Men's Health. 2017 Jan 1
13 citations
Assessing the Quality of a Radiation Oncology Case-Based, Peer-Review Program in an Integrated Academic and Community Cancer Center Network
Nikhil G. Thaker, Laurie Sturdevant, Anuja Jhingran, Prajnan Das, Marc E. Delclos, Gary Brandon Gunn, Mary Frances McAleer, Welela Tereffe, Seungtaek Choi, Steven J. F...> ;Journal of Oncology Practice. 2016 Mar 1
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