TheodoreSunkiHongMD

Radiation Oncology • Boston, MA

Gastrointestinal Cancer

Professor, Radiation Oncology-Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

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Office
100 Blossom St
Radiation Oncology
Boston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-726-6050

Fax+1 617-726-3603
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Summary

Dr. Theodore Hong is a radiation oncologist in Boston, MA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Massachusetts General Hospital, Emerson Hospital, and Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of Connecticut School of Medicine and has been in practice 17 years. He specializes in gastrointestinal cancer.

Education & Training

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Radiation Oncology, 2001 - 2005
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and ClinicsInternship, Internal Medicine, 2000 - 2001
Uconn School Of MedicineClass of 2000

Certifications & Licensure

NH State Medical License 2021 - 2025
MA State Medical License 2005 - 2025
ME State Medical License 2020 - 2025
RI State Medical License 2020 - 2022
WI State Medical License 2004 - 2009
American Board of Radiology Radiation Oncology

Clinical Trials

Neoadjuvant Accelerated Short Course Radiation Therapy With Proton Beam and Capecitabine for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2007 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Proton Beam Irradiation for the Treatment of Unresectable Hepatocellular Cancer or Hepatic Metastases Start of enrollment: 2003 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Proton Beam Irradiation for the Treatment of Unresectable Hepatocellular Cancer and Cholangiocarcinoma Start of enrollment: 2009 Aug 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) for Patients With Rectal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2010 Mar 01
Terminated
Phase 2
Radiation Therapy, Paclitaxel, and Carboplatin With or Without Trastuzumab in Treating Patients With Esophageal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2011 Feb 14
Completed
Phase 3
Individualized Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy of Liver Metastases Start of enrollment: 2010 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Midostaurin (PKC412) for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2011 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 1
Short Course Radiation Therapy With Proton or Photon Beam Capecitabine and Hydroxychloroquine for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2011 Dec 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
FOLFIRINOX + RT for Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2012 May 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Proton w/FOLFIRINOX-Losartan for Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2013 Jul 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Radiation Therapy vs. Observation Following Gemcitabine and Cisplatin for Inoperable Localized Liver Cancer Start of enrollment: 2014 Sep 29
Terminated
Phase 3
A Pilot Study of Neoadjuvant Therapy With Gemcitabine and Cisplatin in Patients With Resectable or Unresectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Start of enrollment: 2014 Oct 01
Terminated
Not Applicable
Nivolumab and Ipilimumab and Radiation Therapy in MSS and MSI High Colorectal and Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2017 May 10
Recruiting
Phase 2
Preoperative Radiotherapy and E7046 in Rectum Cancer Start of enrollment: 2017 May 17
Completed
Phase 1
A Pilot Study of FOLFIRINOX in Combination With Neoadjuvant Radiation for Gastric and GE Junction Cancers Start of enrollment: 2017 Oct 24
Active, not recruiting
Phase 1
Durvalumab (MEDI4736) and Tremelimumab and Radiation Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Biliary Tract Cancer Start of enrollment: 2018 May 14
Recruiting
Phase 2
Losartan and Nivolumab in Combination With FOLFIRINOX and SBRT in Localized Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2018 Aug 10
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Electron Beam Intraoperative Radiation Therapy Following Chemoradiation in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer With Vascular Involvement Start of enrollment: 2019 Mar 19
Recruiting
Not Applicable
A Study of the Role of Circulating Tumor DNA in Predicting the Likelihood of Organ Preservation After Clinical Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy for Rectal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2019 Dec 31
Withdrawn
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Genomic Tumor Correlates of Clinical Outcomes Following Organ-Sparing Chemoradiation Therapy for Bladder Cancer.
Kamran, S., Zhou, Y., Otani, K., Drumm, M., Otani, Y., Wu, S., Wu, C., Feldman, A., Wszolek, M., Lee, R., Saylor, P., Lennerz, J., Van Allen, E., Willers, H., Hong, T....> ;Clinical Cancer Research. 2023 Dec 15
DNA Damage by Radiopharmaceuticals and Mechanisms of Cellular Repair.
Yousef Khazaei Monfared, Pedram Heidari, Samuel J Klempner, Umar Mahmood, Aparna R Parikh, Theodore S Hong, Matthew R Strickland, Shadi A Esfahani> ;Pharmaceutics. 2023 Dec 12
A Multi-Institutional Safety and Feasibility Study Exploring the Use of Hydrogel to Create Spatial Separation between the Pancreas and Duodenum in Patients with Pancre...
Amol Kumar Narang, Theodore S Hong, Kai Ding, Joseph Herman, Jeffrey Meyer, Elizabeth Thompson, Manoop S Bhutani, Kumar Krishnan, Brenna Casey, Eugene J Koay, Eun Ji Shin> ;Practical Radiation Oncology. 2023 Dec 2
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American Society for Radiation Oncology Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines on Multimodality Therapy for Locally Advanced Cancer of t...
Stephanie G Worrell, Karyn A Goodman, Nasser K Altorki, Jonathan B Ashman, Traves D Crabtree, Jennifer Dorth, Scott Firestone, David H Harpole, Wayne L Hofstetter, The...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024 Jan 1
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American Society for Radiation Oncology Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines on Multimodality Therapy for Locally Advanced Cancer of t...
Stephanie G Worrell, Karyn A Goodman, Nasser K Altorki, Jonathan B Ashman, Traves D Crabtree, Jennifer Dorth, Scott Firestone, David H Harpole, Wayne L Hofstetter, The...> ;Practical Radiation Oncology. 2023 Nov 2
1 citations
Elucidating the Benefit of Radiation Therapy in GI Cancers: Rethinking Trial End Points and Patient Selection.
Nina N Sanford, Theodore S Hong, William A Hall> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2024 Mar 10
Feasibility, Safety, and Efficacy of Aggressive Multimodal Management of Elderly Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
Guoliang Qiao, Zhi Ven Fong, Louisa Bolm, Carlos Fernandez Del-Castillo, Cristina R Ferrone, Maximiliano Servin-Rojas, Priyadarshini Pathak, Kelsey Lau-Min, Jill N All...> ;Annals of Surgery. 2023 Oct 13
4 citations
Severe Lymphopenia During Chemoradiation Therapy for Esophageal Cancer: Comprehensive Analysis of Randomized Phase 2B Trial of Proton Beam Therapy Versus Intensity Mod...
Xin Wang, Peter S N van Rossum, Yan Chu, Brian P Hobbs, Clemens Grassberger, Theodore S Hong, Zhongxing Liao, Jinzhong Yang, Xiaodong Zhang, Tucker Netherton, Radhe Mo...> ;International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2024 Feb 1
Portal Vein or Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis with Dose-Escalated Radiation for Borderline or Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer.
Alicia C Smart, Andrzej Niemierko, Jennifer Y Wo, Cristina R Ferrone, Kenneth K Tanabe, Keith D Lillemoe, Jeffrey W Clark, Lawrence S Blaszkowsky, Jill N Allen, Colin ...> ;Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2023 Nov 1
1 citations
Definitive Liver Radiotherapy for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma with Extrahepatic Metastases.
Brian De, Rituraj Upadhyay, Kaiping Liao, Tiffany Kumala, Christopher Shi, Grace Dodoo, Joseph Abi Jaoude, Kelsey L Corrigan, Gohar S Manzar, Kathryn E Marqueen, Vince...> ;Liver Cancer. 2023 Aug 1
3 citations
Prospective Correlation of Magnetic Resonance Tumor Regression Grade With Pathologic Outcomes in Total Neoadjuvant Therapy for Rectal Adenocarcinoma.
William A Hall, Jiahe Li, Y Nancy You, Marc J Gollub, Joseph R Grajo, Mark Rosen, Greg dePrisco, Greg Yothers, Jennifer A Dorth, Osama E Rahma, Marcia M Russell, Howar...> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2023 Oct 10
Therapy-associated remodeling of pancreatic cancer revealed by single-cell spatial transcriptomics and optimal transport analysis.
Carina Shiau, Jingyi Cao, Mark T Gregory, Dennis Gong, Xunqin Yin, Jae-Won Cho, Peter L Wang, Jennifer Su, Steven Wang, Jason W Reeves, Tae Kyung Kim, Youngmi Kim, Jim...> ;Biorxiv. 2023 Jun 29
1 citations
Underlying Bias in the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer: Minorities Treated at the Same Facilities are Less Likely to Receive Neoadjuvant Therapy.
Fidel Lopez-Verdugo, Zhi Ven Fong, Keith D Lillemoe, Lawrence S Blaszkowsky, Aparna R Parikh, Jennifer Y Wo, Theodore S Hong, Cristina R Ferrone, Carlos Fernandez-Del ...> ;Annals of Surgery. 2023 May 1
1 citations
MRI-Based Tumor Necrosis Depiction in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Can It Predict Tumor Aggressiveness?
Mark A Anderson, David E Knipp, Yoshifumi Noda, Sophia C Kamran, Vinit Baliyan, Hamed Kordbacheh, Theodore S Hong, Avinash Kambadakone> ;Cancers. 2023 Apr 15
5 citations
Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PET/MRI) Versus the Standard of Care Imaging in the Diagnosis of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis.
Felipe S Furtado, Mark Z Wu, Shadi A Esfahani, Cristina R Ferrone, Lawrence S Blaszkowsky, Jeffrey W Clark, David P Ryan, Lipika Goyal, Joseph W Franses, Jennifer Y Wo...> ;Annals of Surgery. 2023 Apr 1
46 citations
Neoadjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer.
Christoph Springfeld, Matthew H G Katz, Philip A Philip, Theodore S Hong, Thilo Hackert, Markus W Büchler, John Neoptolemos, Cristina R Ferrone> ;Nature Reviews. Clinical Oncology. 2023 May 1
5 citations
Addition of Losartan to FOLFIRINOX and Chemoradiation Reduces Immunosuppression-Associated Genes, Tregs, and FOXP3+ Cancer Cells in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer.
Yves Boucher, Jessica M Posada, Sonu Subudhi, Ashwin S Kumar, Spencer R Rosario, Liqun Gu, Heena Kumra, Mari Mino-Kenudson, Nilesh P Talele, Dan G Duda, Dai Fukumura, ...> ;Clinical Cancer Research. 2023 Apr 14
1 citations
Predicting Severity of Radiation Induced Lymphopenia in Individual Proton Therapy Patients for Varying Dose Rate and Fractionation Using Dynamic 4-Dimensional Blood Fl...
Lucas McCullum, Jungwook Shin, Stella Xing, Chris Beekman, Jan Schuemann, Theodore Hong, Dan Duda, Radhe Mohan, Steven H Lin, Camilo M Correa-Alfonso, Sean Domal, Juli...> ;International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2023 Aug 1
2 citations
Predictive Model of Liver Toxicity to Aid the Personalized Selection of Proton Versus Photon Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Ibrahim Chamseddine, Yejin Kim, Brian De, Issam El Naqa, Dan G Duda, John A Wolfgang, Jennifer Pursley, Jennifer Y Wo, Theodore S Hong, Harald Paganetti, Eugene J Koay...> ;International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2023 Aug 1
ASO Visual Abstract: Disparities in Receipt of Adjuvant Therapy after Upfront Surgical Resection for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
Roi Anteby, Lawrence S Blaszkowsky, Theodore S Hong, Motaz Qadan> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2023 Apr 1
79 citations
Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: ASCO Guideline.
Van K Morris, Erin B Kennedy, Nancy N Baxter, Al B Benson 3rd, Andrea Cercek, May Cho, Kristen K Ciombor, Chiara Cremolini, Anjee Davis, Dustin A Deming, Marwan G Faki...> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2023 Jan 20
Proton versus photon radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: Current data and technical considerations.
Roberts, H., Hong, T.> ;Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRT. 2023 Jan 1
Updates on radiotherapy-immunotherapy combinations: Proceedings of 6annual ImmunoRad conference.
Fabiana Gregucci, Sheila Spada, Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff, Nina Bhardwaj, Charleen Chan Wah Hak, Alba Fiorentino, Chandan Guha, Monica L Guzman, Kevin Harrington, Fern...> ;Oncoimmunology. 2023 Jan 1
4 citations
Disparities in Receipt of Adjuvant Therapy After Upfront Surgical Resection for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
Roi Anteby, Lawrence S Blaszkowsky, Theodore S Hong, Motaz Qadan> ;Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2023 Apr 1
3 citations
Tolerability, Attrition Rates, and Survival Outcomes of Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX for Nonmetastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Intent-to-Treat Analysis.
Zhi Ven Fong, Fidel Lopez Verdugo, Carlos Fernandez-Del Castillo, Cristina R Ferrone, Jill N Allen, Lawrence S Blaszkowsky, Jeffrey W Clark, Aparna R Parikh, David P R...> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2023 Jun 1
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Journal Articles

Association Between Very Small Tumor Size and Decreased Overall Survival in Node-Positive Pancreatic Cancer
Harvey J Mamon, Paul L Nguyen, Theodore S Hong, Aparna Parikh, Jennifer Y Wo, Rinaa S Punglia, Cristina Ferrone, Ryan D Nipp, Annals of Surgical Oncology

Lectures

A pilot study of durvalumab/tremelimumab (durva/treme) and radiation (XRT) for metastatic biliary tract cancer (mBTC): Preliminary safety and efficacy.
ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium - San Francisco, CA - 1/24/2020
Against - Debate: This House Believes FLOT Is the Standard Treatment for Fit Patients With T3N1 GEJ...
ASCO Annual Meeting 2019 - Chicago, IL - 6/3/2019
Pre/Post-Operative Chemo-Radiation
2018 ASCO Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - 06/4/2018
Advances in Cancer Management for the Surgeon
Harvard Medical School ,Department Of Continuing Education, Boston, Massachusetts - 10/31/2012
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Press Mentions

IntraOp® Announces First Patient Enrolled in PACER Trial for Pancreatic CancerMay 9th, 2019
Failure Is Not an OptionSeptember 17th, 2018
$Dr. Hong on High-Dose Hypofractionated Proton Beam Therapy for Liver Cancer$
Dr. Hong on High-Dose Hypofractionated Proton Beam Therapy for Liver CancerJanuary 23rd, 2016
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