CURRICULUM VITAE Name Laura Ann Dawson Business Address ...

CURRICULUM VITAE 

Name 

Business Address 

Laura Ann Dawson 

Department of Radiation Oncology 

Princess Margaret Hospital 

610 University Avenue 

Toronto. Ontario. M5G 2M9 

Business Telephone 416-946-3276 

Business Fax 416-946-6566 

E-mail Address 

laura.dawson@rmp.uhn.on.ca 

Last Updated December 2011 

EDUCATION 

Undergraduate Education 

1987-1989 Faculty of Science, University of Toronto 

Medical Education 

1993 Doctor of Medicine, University of Toronto 

Post-Graduate Training 

1993-1998 Radiation Oncology Residency, University of Toronto 

1997-1998 Chief Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto 

1998-1999 Fellowship (Conformal Radiation), Department of Radiation Oncology, 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 

Honors and Awards 

2002 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Clinical Research Career 

Development Award 

2002 Basic Science Travel Grant to the 44 th Annual American Society for Therapeutic 

Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) Meeting 

2004 Travel Grant for European Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ESTRO) 

Annual Meeting 

2004 Outstanding Research Potential Award, Department of Radiation Oncology, 

University of Toronto 

2006 Accuray Award and plenary presentation at European Society for Therapeutic 

Radiation Oncology (ESTRO) annual meeting 

2006 Discussant for physics plenary presentation at American Society for Therapeutic 

Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) Meeting

2007 Invited speaker, Presidential Symposium, ASTRO annual meeting 

2008 RTOG Next Generation Investigator Award, RTOG 40 th year anniversary 

meeting 

2009 Most Influential Research Publication Award, Radiation Medicine Program, 

Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto 

2011 Research Productivity Award, Radiation Oncology/RMP Education and Research 

Awards, University of Toronto 

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION 

Degrees 

1993 Doctor of Medicine, University of Toronto 

Hospital/Staff Appointments 

1999-2003 Staff Radiation Oncologist, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health 

System, Ann Arbor, Michigan 

1999-2003 Staff Radiation Oncologist, The Veterans Administration Hospital, Ann 

Arbor, Michigan 

1999-2003 Staff Radiation Oncologist, Foote Hospital, Jackson, Michigan 

1999-2003 Staff Radiation Oncologist, Alpena General Hospital, Alpena, Michigan 

2003-present Staff Radiation Oncologist, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario 

Academic Appointments 

1999-2000 Lecturer, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, 

Ann Arbor, Michigan 

2000-2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of 

Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 

2003-2005 Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of 

Toronto, Toronto, Ontario 

2005-2010 Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of 

Toronto, Toronto, Ontario 

2005-present Associate Member, Institute of Medical Science Graduate Faculty, 

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario 

2010-present Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, 

Toronto, Ontario 

Professional Affiliations and Activities 

University of Toronto (unless otherwise specified) 

1992-1993 Student Advisory Committee, Undergraduate Medicine 

1992-1993 Athletic Representative and Advisor, Undergraduate Medicine 

1996-1998 Education Committee, Radiation Oncology 

1997-1998 Chief Resident, Radiation Oncology 

1997-1998 Radiation Oncology Resident Meetings – Chair 

1999-2003 Residency Selection Committee, Radiation Oncology, University of 

Michigan 

Dawson LA, University of Toronto, Dec 2011 2

1999-2003 Fellow Selection Committee, Head and Neck Oncology, University of 

Michigan 

1999-2003 International Health Program, Medical School, University of Michigan 

2000-2003 Data and Safety Monitoring Committee for Liver Cancer - Chair, 

University of Michigan 

2001-2003 Comprehensive Cancer Center Protocol Review Committee, University of 

Michigan 

2002-2003 Data and Safety Monitoring Committee for Multi-institutional Pancreas 

Cancer Study, University of Michigan 

2002-2003 Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) Clinical Implementation 

Committee, Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan 

2003-2006 External Beam Process Committee, Radiation Oncology 

2003, 2004, 2006 Annual University of Toronto Radiation Oncology Resident, Fellow and 

Physics Research Rounds, Judge 

2003-2005 Residency Selection Committee, Radiation Oncology 

2004-2006 Examiner for Physics Residency oral exams 

2004-2006 Physics Residency Selection Committee, Radiation Oncology 

2004-2008 Research Ethics Board (Oncology), University Health Network 

2004-present Radiation Medicine Program Quality Assurance Monitoring Committee 

2004-2005 Radiation Medicine Program Partnership Executive Committee 

2006-present Mentor, Excellence in Radiation Research for the 21 st Century (EIRR21), 

CIHR Strategic Training in Health Research 

2007-present Core Faculty Member, Master’s in Health Science, Medical Radiation 

Sciences for Radiation Therapists 

2009-present Chair, Radiation Medicine Program Quality Assurance Monitoring 

Committee 

2009-present Member, Department of Radiation Oncology Strategic Plan Group 

National 

2003-2007 Canadian Association of Radiation Oncologists (CARO) History and 

Archives Committee, Member 

2004-2006 CARO History and Archives Committee, Chair 

2004-2007 Radiation Oncology Quality Assurance Committee, National Cancer 

Institute of Canada (NCIC) Clinical Trials Group 

2005-2008 Audit and Monitoring Executive Committee, National Cancer Institute of 

Canada (NCIC) Clinical Trials Group 

2006-2007 Medical Physics Working Group, National Cancer Institute of Canada 

(NCIC) Clinical Trials Group 

2007 Co-program coordinator of Adaptive Therapy Symposium, CARO, COMP 

Joint Meeting, Toronto, Ontario 

2008 Member of Pancreas Cancer Subcommittee, Cancer Care Ontario Clinical 

Council / Ontario PET Steering Committee Provincial Meeting 

2009-present Member of Research Advisory Council for Canadian Radiation Oncology 

Foundation (CROF) 

2010 Examiner, Ontario Physics Residency oral exams 


International 

2002 National Cancer Institute (NCI)/ National Science Foundation (NSF) 

Workshop on Operations Research Applied to Radiotherapy, Washington, 

DC 

2003-2006 Scientific Committee, American Society of Therapeutic Radiation 

Oncology Annual Meeting (ASTRO) 

2003-2006 ASTRO Annual Meeting Abstract Review Committee 

2003-2009 ASTRO Publications Committee 

2004-2008 ASTRO Education Sessions Sub-Committee of the Education Council 

2004-2008 ASTRO Education Committee 

2004-2009 Elekta Medical Synergy Research Consortium 

2005-2006 Third International Conference on Translational Research and Pre-Clinical 

Strategies in Radio-Oncology (ICTR2006) Organizing Committee 

2005 The First Lui Hac Minh Hepatoma Symposium Organizing Committee 

2006 National Cancer Institute (NCI) Biomedical Informatics Infrastructure for 

Clinical Trials Cooperative Cancer Group Imaging Workshop, Bethesda 

2006-2007 Scientific Advisory Board, XVth International Conference on Computers 

in Radiation Therapy (ICCR), Toronto, June 2007 

2006-2008 ASTRO IGRT Symposium Organizing Committee 

2006-2010 ASTRO Membership Committee 

2006-present Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) GI Steering Committee 

2006-present RTOG Advanced Technology Integration (ATI) Steering Committee 

2006-present GI Intergroup Hepatobiliary Task Force, RTOG Representative 

2007-present RTOG Translational Research Committee (TRP) Committee 

2007-2010 ASTRO Monitoring Subcommittee for Emerging Technology, Health 

Policy Council 

2007-2008 ASCO/ASTRO 2008 GI Cancers Symposium Program Committee 

2008 ASCO/ASTRO GI Cancers Symposium Fellows Luncheon, Co-Chair 

2008-2009 Fourth International Conference on Translational Research in Radiation 

Oncology (ICTR2009) Organizing Committee, Geneva, March 2009 


2008-2010 Vice Chair, ASTRO Annual Meeting Education Sessions, Education 

Council 

2008-2010 Chair, ASTRO IGRT Symposium 

2008-present 

3rd International Consensus Meeting Committee for Palliative Radiation 

Therapy - Liver metastases leader 

2008 Consultant, Guideline Development for the Palliative Management of 

Cancers using Radiotherapy in Limited Resource Settings: Liver Cancer. 

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Vienna, Austria 

2008 National Cancer Institute (NCI) State of the Science Hepatocellular 

Carcinoma Workshop, Bethesda 

2009-2010 Vice-Chair, ASTRO Journal Committee, Education Council 

2009-2010 ASTRO Practical Radiation Oncology Editor Selection Task Force 

2010-present ASTRO Board of Directors 

2010-2012 Vice-Chair, Education Council, ASTRO 



2011 Chair, ASTRO IGRT/IMRT/SBRT State of the Art Symposium 

2011 RTOG executive committee 

Certifications and Licensures 

1998 Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada 

(FRCPC) - Radiation Oncology 

1998-2003 Board of Medicine, Physician License, State of Michigan 

1998-2003 Controlled Substance License, State of Michigan 

1999 American Board of Radiology (ABR) - Therapy 

1999 United States Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE I,II) 

2000 United States Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE III) 

2003-present College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Medical License 

Administration and Committee Appointments 

Grant Panels 

2001, 2006 CDMRP Peer Review Committee - Army Breast Cancer Program 

(Imaging) - Grant Review Committee, Washington, DC 

2001, 2002, 2005 CDMRP Peer Review Committee - Army Prostate Cancer Program 

(Imaging) - Grant Review Committee, Washington, DC 

2003 CDMRP Peer Review Committee - Army Prostate Cancer Program 

(Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics) - Grant Review Committee, 

Washington, DC 

2003, 2004 CDMRP Peer Review Committee - Army Breast Cancer Program 

(Concept Applications) - Grant Review Committee 

2004 Dutch Cancer Society (External Reviewer) 

2005, 2006 NIH Grant Review Panel - In Vivo Imaging and Bioengineering Research 

2006 Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (External reviewer) 

2006 Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (External reviewer) 

2008 CDMRP Peer Review Committee - Army Breast Cancer Program 

(Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics#5) – Concept Panel 

2008 Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund, United Kingdom (External reviewer) 

2008 Danish Council for Strategic Research (External Reviewer) 

2009 French National Research Agency (ANR) Grant (External Reviewer) 

2009 NIH Grant Review– American Recovery and Reinvestiment Act (ARRA): 

NCI Clinical Trials and Reranslational Research Grant Opportunities 

(RC2) Panel (External reviewer) 

2009 – 2010 2010 Advanced Clinical Research Award (ACRA) in Colorectal Cancer 

Review Subcommittee 

2010-2011 Chair CASARIA 

Clinical Trials (selected) 

International 


2003-2009 A phase I/II trial of highly conformal radiation therapy for patients with 

liver metastases (closed to accrual 2011) 

Sponsor: RTOG 

Principal Investigator: Katz A 

Co-Investigators: Dawson LA (local PI), Ringash J, Jaffray D, Gallinger 

S, Sherman M, Haider M, Lockwood G 

REB#: 03-0295-C 

2006-2007 A Multi-Institutional Phase I Study of Neoadjuvant Gemcitabine and 

Oxaliplatin with Radiation Therapy in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer 

(University of Michigan, John Hopkins, and Princess Margaret Hospital) 

Sponsor: Sanofi and University of Michigan 

Principal Investigator: Zalupski M 

Co-Investigators: Dawson LA (local PI), Brierley J, Cummings B, Kim 

J, Ringash J, Wong R, Dinniwell R, Wei A. Gallinger S, Creig P, Grant D, 

McGilvary I, Taylor B, Moore M, Chen E, Knox J, Feld R, Hendler A, 

Hedley D 

REB#: 06-0504-C 

2009-present 

2009-present 

2009-present 

"A Phase II Trial of Adjuvant Capecitabine/Gemcitabine Chemotherapy 

Followed by Concurrent Capecitabine and Radiotherapy in Extrahepatic 

Cholangiocarcinoma" 

Sponsor: SWOG 

Principal Investigator: Ben Joseph E 

Co-Investigators: Zalupski MM, Lowy AM, Anderson G, Corless C, 

Thomas CR, ALberts SR, Dawson LA (RTOG PI and local PI) 

RTOG#: 0971, SWOG#: 0809 

Gemcitabine, with and without Erlotibin, Following by a Second 

Randomization with and without Chemotherapy, as Adjuvant Treatment 

for Head of Pancreas Cancer. A phase III RTOG/SWOG/NCIC/EORTC 

study 

Sponsor: RTOG 

Principal Investigator: Abrams R 

Co-Investigators: Regine W, Safran H, Moore M, Philip PA, Lowy AM, 

Benedetti J, Lutz, MP, Haustemans K, Van Laethem J-L, Hurkmans C, 

Berger A, Gillin M, Guha C, Kachnic L, Winter K 

Protocol Writing Committee: Investigators, Goodman K, Dawson LA 

RTOG#: 0848 

Randomized Phase III Study of Sorafenib versus SBRT and Sorafenib in 

Hepatocellular Carcinoma (in development) 

Sponsor: RTOG 

Principal Investigator: Dawson LA 

Co-Investigators: Krishnan S, Guha C, Craig T, Winter K 

RTOG#: 1113 


PUBLICATIONS 

Refereed Publications 

1. Joshi S, Davison (Dawson) L, Van Der Elst I, Van Brunschot, A: A retroviral vector to 

allow constitutive and tat-inducible gene expression for anti-HIV-1 gene therapy. Mol 

Biol (Life Sci Adv) 12:185-189, 1993. Collaborator 

2. Dawson LA, Chow E, Morton G. Fulminant hepatic failure associated with 

bicalutamide. Urol 49:283-284, 1997. Principal Author 

3. Dawson LA, Salit I, Gold W, Klotz L. BCG-induced epididymitis. Can J Urol 5(1):477- 

481, 1998. Principal Author 

4. Dawson LA, Chow E, Goss P. Evolving perspectives in bilateral breast cancer. Euro J 

Can 34(13):2000-2009, 1998. Principal Author 

5. Dawson LA, Mah K, Franssen E. Morton G. Target position variability throughout 

prostate radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 42(5):1155-1161, 1998. Principal 

Author 

6. Dawson LA, Franssen E, Davey P. Borderline elevated CEA predicts for earlier relapse 

in patients with rectal cancer receiving adjuvant postoperative therapy. Can J Scien 

Amer 5(6); 374-379, 1999. Principal Author 

7. Dawson LA, Anzai Y, Marsh L, Martel M, Paulino A, Ship J, Eisbruch A. Patterns of 

local-regional recurrence following parotid sparing conformal and multisegmental 

intensity modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 

46(5):1117-26, 2000. Principal Author 

8. Dawson LA, McGinn C, Normolle D, Ten Haken RK, Ensminger W, Lawrence T. 

Escalated focal liver radiation and hepatic artery floxuridine for unresectable liver 

malignancies. J Clin Oncol 18(11):2210-18, 2000. Principal Author 

9. Dawson LA, Litzenberg DW, Brock KK, Sanda M, Sullivan M, Sandler HM, Balter JM. 

comparison of ventilatory prostate movement in four treatment positions. Int J Radiat 

Oncol Biol Phys. 48(2): 319-23, 2000. Principal Author 

10. Pierce L, Strawderman M, Narod S, Olivotto I, Eisen A, Dawson L, Gaffney D, Solin L, 

Nixon A, Garber J, Berg C, Isaacs C, Heimann R, Olopade O, Haffty B, Weber BL. 

Effect of radiotherapy following breast-conserving treatment in women with breast 

cancer and germline BRCA1/2 mutations. J Clin Oncol 18(3):3360-9, 2000. Collaborator 


11. Eisbruch A, Shewach DS, Bradford CR, Littles JF, Teknos TN, Chepeha DB, Marentette 

LJ, Terrell JE, Hogikyan ND, Dawson LA, Urba S, Wolf GT, Lawrence TS. Radiation 

concurrent with gemcitabine for locally advanced head and neck cancer: A phase I trial 

and intracellular drug incorporation study. J Clin Oncol 19(3):792-99, 2001. 

Collaborator 

12. Dawson LA, Myers LL, Bradford CL, Terrell JE, Chepeha DB, Teknos TN, Hogikyan 

ND, Wolf GT, Eisbruch A. Conformal re-irradiation of head and neck recurrent or 

second primary cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 50(2): 377-85, 2001. Principal 

Author 

13. Reynolds C, Ratanatharathorn V, Adams P, Braun T, Silver S, Ayash L, Carson E, 

Eisbruch A, Dawson LA, McDonagh, Ferrara J, Uberti J. Allogeneic stem cell 

transplantation reduces disease progression compared to autologous transplantation in 

patients with multiple myeloma. Bone Marrow Transplantation 27(8): 801-7, 2001. 

Collaborator 

14. Eisbruch A, Kim HM, Terrel J, Marsh LH, Dawson LA, Ship JA. Xerostomia and its 

predictors following parotid-sparing irradiation of head and neck cancer. Int J Radiat 

Oncol Biol Phys 50 (30): 695-704, 2001. Collaborator 

15. Balter JM, Dawson LA, Kazanjian S, McGinn C, Brock KK, Lawrence T, Ten Haken R. 

Determination of ventilatory liver movement via radiographic evaluation of diaphragm 

position. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 51(1): 267-70, 2001. Co-Principal Author 

16. Dawson LA, Brock KK, Kazanjian S, Fitch D, McGinn CJ, Lawrence TS, Ten Haken 

RK, Balter J. The reproducibility of organ position using active breathing control (ABC) 

during liver radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 51(5): 1410-21, 2001. 

Principal Author 

17. Balter JM, Brock KK, Litzenberg DW, McShan DL, Lawrence TS, Ten Haken R, 

McGinn CJ, Lam KL, Dawson LA. Daily targeting of intrahepatic tumors for 

radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 52(1):266-71, 2002. Senior Responsible 

Author 

18. Litzenberg DW, Dawson LA, Sandler HM, Sanda M, McShan DL, Ten Haken RK, Lam 

KL, Brock KK, Balter JM. Daily prostate targeting using implanted radio-opaque 

markers. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 52: 699-703, 2002. Collaborator 

19. Eisbruch A, Lyden T, Bradford CR, Dawson LA, Haxer MJ, Miller A, Hogikyan A, 

Teknos TN, Chepeha DB, Terrell JE, Urba S, Wolf GT. Objective assessment of 

dysphagia and aspiration following chemo-irradiation for head and neck cancer. Int J 

Radiat Oncol Biol Phys.53(1):23-28, 2002. Collaborator 

20. Dawson LA, Normolle D, Balter J, McGinn CJ, Lawrence TS, Ten Haken RK. Analysis 

of radiation induced liver disease using the lyman NTCP model. Int J Radiat Oncol 

Biol Phys. 53(4): 810-21, 2002. Principal Author 


21. Brock KK, Hollister SJ, Dawson LA, Balter JM. Technical Note: Creating a fourdimensional 

model of the liver using finite element analysis. Med Phys. 29(7), 1403-5, 

2002. Collaborator 

22. Wolf GT, Bradford CR, Urba S, Smith A, Eisbruch A, Chepeha DB, Teknos TN, Worden 

F, Dawson LA, Terrell JE, Hogikyan ND. Immune reactivity does not predict 

chemotherapy response, organ preservation, or survival in advanced laryngeal cancer. The 

Laryngoscope Vol 112, 1351-6, 2002. Collaborator 

23. Rayan G, Dawson LA, Bezjak A, Lau A, Fyles AW, Qi-Long Y, Merante P, Vallis K. A 

prospective comparison of breast pain in patients participating in a randomized trial of 

breast conserving surgery and tamoxifen with or without radiation therapy. Int J Radiat 

Oncol Biol Phys 55(1): 154-161, 2003. Collaborator 

24. Brock KK, McShan DL, Ten Haken RK, Hollister SJ, Dawson LA, Balter JM. 

Inclusion of organ deformation in dose calculations. Med Phys 30(3): 290-95, 2003. 

Collaborator 

25. Brock KK, Balter J, Dawson LA, Kessler M, Meyer C. Automated generation of a fourdimensional 

model of the liver using warping and mutual information. Med Phys 30(6), 

1128-1133, 2003. Collaborator 

26. Lin A, Kim M, Terrell JE, Dawson LA, Ship J, Eisbruch A. Patient-reported quality of 

life correlates highly with xerostomia following parotid-sparing IMRT of head and neck 

cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 57(1), 61-70, 2003. Collaborator 

27. Rosu M, Dawson LA, Balter JM, McShan DL, Lawrence TS, Ten Haken RK. 

Alterations in normal liver doses due to organ motion. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 

57(5), 1472-79, 2003. Collaborator 

28. Eisbruch A, Ship JA, Dawson LA, Kim HM, Bradford CR, Terrell JE, Chepeha DB, 

Teknos TN, Hogikyan ND, Anzai Y, Marsh LH, Ten Haken RK, Wolf GT. Salivary 

gland sparing and improved target irradiation by conformal and intensity modulated 

irradiation of head and neck cancer. World J Surg. 27(7):832-7, 2003. Collaborator 

29. Eisbruch A, Marsh LH, Dawson LA, Bradford CR, Teknos TN, Chepeha DB, Worden 

FP, Urba S, Lin, A, Schipper MJ, Wolf GA. Recurrences near the base-of-skull 

following IMRT of head and neck cancer: Implications for target delineation in the high 

neck, and for parotid sparing. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 59(1), 28-42, 2004. 

Collaborator 

30. Dawson LA, Saito NG, Ratanatharathorn V, Uberti JP, Adams PT, Ayash LJ, Reynolds 

CM, Silver SM, Schipper MJ , Lichter AS, Eisbruch A. Phase I study of involved field 

radiation preceding autologous stem cell transplantation for patients with high risk 


lymphoma or hodgkin’s disease. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 59(1), 208-18, 2004. 


31. Dawson LA, Lawrence TS. The role of radiotherapy in the treatment of liver metastases. 

The Cancer Journal. Special Issue: Hepatic Cancer, 10(2), 139-44, 2004. Principal 

Author 

32. Brock KK, Sharpe MB, Dawson LA, Kim S, Jaffray DA. Accuracy of finite element 

model (FEM)-based multi-organ deformable image registration. Medical Physics, 32(6), 

1647-1659, 2005. Collaborator 

33. Dawson LA, Biersack M, Lockwood G, Eisbruch A, Lawrence TS, Ten Haken RK. Use 

of principal component analysis to evaluate the partial organ tolerance of normal tissues 

to radiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 62(3),829-837, 2005. Principal Author 

34. Dawson LA, Eccles C, Bissonnette JP, Brock KK. Accuracy of daily image guidance for 

hypofractionated liver radiotherapy with active breathing control. Int J Radiat Oncol 

Biol Phys, 62(4):1247-52, 2005. Principal Author 

35. Ringash J, Perkins G, Brierley J, Lockwood G, Islam M, Catton P, Cummings B, Kim J, 

Wong R, Dawson LA. IMRT for adjuvant radiation in gastric cancer: a preferred plan? 

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 63(3): 732-738, 2005. Collaborator 

36. Eccles C, Brock KK, Hawkins, M, Bissonnette JP, Dawson LA. Reproducibility of liver 

using active breathing control. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 64(3): 751-759, 2006. 

Senior Responsible Author 

37. Balter JM, Brock KK, Lam QL, Tatro DS, Dawson LA, McShan DL, Ten Haken RK. 

Evaluating the influence of setup uncertainties on treatment planning for focal liver 

tumors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 63(2):610-614, 2005. Collaborator 

38. Feng M, Jabbari S, Lin A, Bradford CR, Chepeha DB, Teknos TN, Worden FP, Tsien C, 

Schipper MJ, Wolf GT, Dawson LA, Eisbruch A. Predictive factors of local-regional 

recurrence following IMRT for head and neck cancer. Radiotherapy Oncol, 77(1): 32-8 


39. Wang Y, Brierley J, Cummings B, Dawson LA, Kim J, Ringash J, Wong R, Yi Q-L, 

Catton P. Primary radical external beam radiotherapy of rectal adenocarcinoma: long 

term outcome of 271 patients. Radiotherapy Oncol, 77(2): 126-32, 2005. Collaborator 

40. Ben-Josef E, Normolle D, Pan C, Tatro D, Ten Haken RK, Knol J, Walker S, Dawson 

LA, Ensminger WD, Lawrence TS. A phase II trial of high-dose conformal radiation 

therapy with concurrent hepatic artery fluorodeoxyuridine for unresectable intrahepatic 

malignancies. J Clin Oncol, 23(24):8739-47, 2005. Collaborator 


41. Brock, KK, Dawson LA, Sharpe MB, Moseley DJ, Jaffray DA. Feasibility of a novel 

deformable image registration technique to facilitate classification, targeting, and 

monitoring of tumor and normal tissue. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 64(4): 1245-54, 


42. Hawkins M, Dawson LA. From Palliation to Cure: Radiotherapy for hepatocellular 

carcinoma. Cancer, 106(8): 1653-1663, 2005. Senior Responsible Author 

43. Pierce LJ, Levin A, Rebbeck T, Kardia S, Ben-David MA, Friedman E, Solin L, Harris E, 

Gaffney D, Haffty B, Dawson LA, Metcalfe K, Narod N, Olivotto IO, Eisen A, Whelan 

T, Meirovitz A, Galinsky D, Olopade O, Isaacs C, Merajver S, Wong J, Garber J, Weber 

BL. Ten-Year outcomes of breast-conserving surgery and radiotherapy in women with 

breast cancer and germline BRCA1/2 Mutations: results of a multi-institutional 

collaboration. J Clin Oncol, 24 (16): 2437-2443, 2006. Collaborator 

44. Dawson LA. Eccles C, Craig T. Individualized image guided iso-NTCP based liver 

cancer SBRT. Acta Oncol. 45: 856 – 864, 2006. Principal Author 

45. Hawkins M, Brock KK, Eccles, C, Moseley D, Jaffray DA, Dawson LA. Assessment of 

residual error in liver position using kV cone-beam CT for liver cancer high precision 

radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 66(2): 610-619, 2006. Senior 

Responsible Author 

46. Dawson LA. Sharpe M. Image guided radiotherapy: rationale benefits and limitation. 

gains. Lancet Oncol 7: 848-858, 2006. Principal Author 

47. Voroney JP, Brock K, Eccles C, Haider M, Dawson LA. Prospective comparison of 

computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging for liver cancer delineation using 

deformable image registration. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys,66(3):780-791, 2006. Senior 


48. Dawson LA, Jaffray DA. Advances in image guidance for radiation therapy. J Clin 

Oncol 25(8): 938-946. 2007. Principal Author 

49. Skala M, Catton C, Dawson LA, Divanbeigi L, Rosewall T, Lockwood G, Thomas C, 

Bayley A, Bristow R, Crook J, Gospodarowicz M, McLean M, Milosevic M, Warde P. 

Low patient-assessed late toxicity rates following image guided radiation therapy for 

prostate cancer and lack of correlation with dose-volume histograms. Int J Radiat Oncol 

Biol Phys, 68(3): 690-698, 2007. Collaborator 

50. Breen S, Publicover J, De Silva S, Pond G, Brock K, O’Sullivan B, Cummings B, 

Dawson L, Keller A, Kim J, Ringash J, Yu E, Hendler A, Waldron J. Intraobserver and 

interobserver variability in GTV delineation on FDG-PET-CT images of head and neck 

cancers. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 68(3): 763-770, 2007. Collaborator 


51. Taremi M, Ringash J, Dawson LA. IMRT for upper abdominal malignancies. Front 

Radiat Ther Oncol 40:272-288, 2007. Senior Responsible Author 

52. Sadikov E. Bezjak A. Yi QL. Wells W. Dawson L. Millar BA. Laperriere N. Value of 

whole brain re-irradiation for brain metastases-single centre experience. Clin Oncol 

(Royal College of Radiologists). 19(7): 532-8, 2007. Collaborator 

53. Kaus MR, Brock KK, Jaffray DA, Pekar V, Dawson LA, Nichol A. Assessment of a 

model-based deformable image registration approach for radiation therapy planning. Int J 

Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 68(2): 572-580, 2007. Collaborator 

54. Allen AM, Elshaikh M, Worden FP, Bradford CR, Teknos TN, Chepeha DB, Hogikyan 

ND, Dawson LA, Urba S, Wolf GT, Normolle D, Eisbruch A. Acceleration of 

hyperfractionated chemoirradiation regimen for advanced head and neck cancer. Head 

and Neck 29(2); 137-42, 2007. Collaborator 

55. Letourneau D, Finlay M, O’Sullivan B, Waldron JN, Cummings BJ, Ringash J, Kim JJ, 

Bayley AJ, Dawson LA. Lack of influence of intravenous contrast on head and neck 

IMRT dose distributions. Acta Oncol. 11:1-5, 2007. (Senior Responsible Author 

56. Krishnan S, Dawson LA, Seong J, Akine Y, Beddar S, Briere TM, Crane CH, Mornex F. 

Radiation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 15(4): 1015-24, 2008. 

Collaborator 

57. Tse, R, Dawson LA, Wei, A, Moore, M. Neoadjuvant therapy for pancreas cancer. A 

Review. Crit Rev Onc Hematol 65(3): 263-74, 2008. Collaborator 

58. Tse RV. Hawkins M. Lockwood G. Kim JJ. Cummings B. Knox J. Sherman M. Dawson 

LA. Phase I study of individualized stereotactic body radiotherapy for hepatocellular 

carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. J Clin Oncol. 26(4): 657-64, 2008. 


59. Dawson LA. The evolving role of radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer 

Radiother 12(2): 96-101, 2008. Principal Author 

60. Dawson LA, Guha C. Hepatocellular carcinoma: radiation therapy. Cancer J: J Prin 

Pract Oncol, 14(2): 111-116, 2008. Principal Author 

61. Kirilova A, Bana N, Choi P, Haider MA, Lockwood G, Eccles C, Brock KK, Dawson 

LA. Three dimensional motion of liver tumors using cine MRI compared to liver motion 

assessed at fluoroscopy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71(4): 1189-95, 2008. Senior 


62. Tse R, Guha C, Dawson LA. Conformal radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Crit 

Rev Oncol Hematol, Vol 67(2):113-23, 2008. Senior Responsible Author 


63. Prakash V, Stainsby JA, Satkunasingham, J, Craig T, Catton C, Chan P, Dawson LA, 

Hensel J, Jaffray D, Milosevic M, Nichol A, Sussman MS, Lockwood G, Ménard C. 

Validation of supervised automated algorithm for fast quantitative evaluation of organ 

motion on magnetic resonance imaging. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 

15;71(4):1253-60. Collaborator 

64. Eccles C, Bissonnette J, Tim C, Taremi M, Wu X, Dawson L. A treatment planning 

study to determine the potential benefit of intensity modulated radiotherapy vs. conformal 

radiation for unresectable hepatic malignancies. Int J Radiat Oncol Phys. Oct 1; 72(2): 

582-88, 2008. Senior Responsible Author 

65. Lee M, Brock KK, Dawson LA. Multimodality image guided radiation therapy for liver 

cancer. Imaging Decisions, Vol 12(1): 32-41, 2008. Senior Responsible Author 

66. Gasent Blesa JM, Dawson LA. Options for radiotherapy in the treatment of liver 

metastases. Clin Transl Oncol, Vol 10(10); 638-45, 2008. Senior Responsible Author 

67. Brock K, Hawkins M, Eccles C, Moseley J, Moseley D, Dawson L. Improving imageguided 

target localization through deformable registration. Acta Oncol. 2008;Vol. 47(7): 

1279-85. Senior Responsible Author 

68. Huang SH, Lockwood G, Irish J, Ringash J, Cummings, B, Waldron J, Kim J, Dawson 

LA, Bayley A, Hope A, O’Sullivan B. Truths and myths about radiotherapy for 

verrucous carcinoma of larynx. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 2009, Vol. 73 (4): 1110- 


69. Lee M, Kim JJ, Dinniwell R, Brierley J, Lockwood G, Wong R, Cummings B, Ringash J, 

Tse RV, Knox JJ, Dawson L. Phase I study of individualized stereotactic body 

radiotherapy of liver metastases. J Clin Oncol. 27(10): 1585-91, 2009. Senior 


70. Nguyen TN, Moseley LJ, Dawson LA, Jaffray DA, Brock KK. Adapting liver motion 

models using a navigator channel technique. Med Phys.36(4):1061-73, 2009. Collaborator 

71. Zeng GG, Breen SL, Bayley A, White E, Keller H, Dawson LA, Jaffray DA. A method to 

analyze the cord geometrical uncertainties during head and neck radiation therapy using 

cone beam CT. Radiother Oncol. 2009, 90(2): 228-30. Collaborator 

72. Case RB, Sonke J-J, Moseley DJ, Kim J, Brock KK, Dawson LA. Inter- and intrafraction 

reproducibility of liver position in non-breath hold stereotactic body radiotherapy 

.Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009, 75 (1): 302-08. Senior Responsible Author 

73. Bissonnette JP, Franks K, Thomas P, Moseley D, Sonke JJ, Jaffray D, Dawson LA, 

Bezjak A. Quantifying interfraction and intrafaction tumor motion in lung stereotactic 

body radiotherapy using respiration-correlated cone beam computed tomography. Int J 

Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 75(3); 688-695, 2009. Collaborator 


74. Eccles C, Haider E Haider M, Fung S, Lockwood G, Dawson LA. Change in diffusion 

weighted MRI during liver cancer radiotherapy: preliminary observations. Acta Oncol 

2009; 26:1-10. Senior Responsible Author 

75. Timmerman R, Bizekis C, Pass H, Fong Y, Dupuy D, Dawson LA, Lu D. Local surgical, 

ablative, and radiation treatment of metastases. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians 

2009, 59(3): 145-70. Collaborator 

76. Shi W, Kato H, Perez-Ordonez B, Pintilie M, Huang S, Hui A, O’Sullivan B, Waldron J, 

Cummings B, Kim J, Ringash J, Dawson LA, Gullane P, Siu L, Gillison M, Liu FF. 

Comparative prognostic value of HPV16 E6 mRNA vs in-situ hybridization for human 

oropharyngeal squamous carcinoma. J Clin Oncol, 2009, 27(36):6213-21. Collaborator 

77. Wysocka B, Kassam Z, Lockwood G, Math M, Brierley J, Dawson LA, Buckley C, 

Jaffray D, Cummings B, Kim J, Wong R, Ringash J. Interfraction and respiratory organ 

motion during conformal radiotherapy in gastric cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 

77(1): 53-59, 2010. Collaborator. 

78. Shrime M, Gullane P, Dawson LA, Gilbert R, Irish J, Brown D, Goldstein D. The impact 

of adjuvant radiotherapy on survival in T1-2N1 squamous cell carcinoma of the oral 

cavity. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010; 136(3):225-8. Collaborator 

79. Velec M, Waldron JN, OSullivan B, Cummings B, Kim JJ, Ringash J, Breen SL, 

Lockwood GA, Dawson LA. Cone beam CT assessment of inter- and intra-fraction setup 

error of two head and neck cancer thermoplastic masks. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 

76(3): 949-955, 2010. Senior Responsible Author. 

80. Dawson LA, Kavanagh BD, Paulino AC, Das SK, Miften M, Li XI, Pan C, Ten Haken 

RK, Schultheiss TE. Radiation-associated kidney injury. Special QUANTEC Issue. Int J 

Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. Phys 76(3), Suppl 1: S108-115, 2010. Principal Author. 

81. Pan C, Dawson LA, Das SK, Miften M, Li XI, Pan C, Li A, Kavanaugh BD, Ten Haken 

RK. Radiation-associated liver injury. Special QUANTEC Issue. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol 

Phys 76(3), Suppl 1: S94-S100, 2010. Collaborator. 

82. Pan C, Kavanaugh BD, Das SK, Miften M, Li XI, Pan C, Li A, Dawson LA, Haken RK 

Radiation-associated stomach and small bowel injury. Special QUANTEC Issue. Int J 

Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. Phys 76(3), Suppl 1: S101-S107, 2010. Collaborator. 

83. Milot L, Guindi M, Gallinger S, Moulton C, Brock K, Dawson LA, Haider MA. MRI 

Correlates of intratumoral tissue types within colorectal liver metastases: a high 

resolution fresh ex-vivo radiologic pathologic correlation study. Radiology 254; 747-754, 

2010. Collaborator. 


84. Sandroussi C, Dawson LA, Lee M, Guindi M, Fischer S, Ghanekar A, Cattral M.S, 

McGilvray I.D, Levy G.A, Renner E, Greig P.D, Grant DR. Radiotherapy as a bridge to 

liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma. Transplant International 23(3):299- 

306, 2010. Collaborator. 

85. Case R, Moseley D, Sonke JJ, Eccles C, Dinniwell R, Kim J, Bezjak A, Milosevic M, 

Brock KK, Dawson LA. Inter-and intra-fraction changes in amplitude of breathing 

motion in stereotactic liver radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 77(3), 918-925, 

2010. Senior Responsible Author. 

86. Chung C, Dawson LA, Joshua AM, Brade AM. Radiation recall dermatitis triggered by 

multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitors: Sunitinib and sorafenib. Anti-Cancer Drugs. 

Collaborator. 

87. Dawson LA, Menard C. Imaging in radiation oncology: a perspective. Oncologist. 

21(2): 206-209, 2010. Principal Author. 

88. Coolens C. Dawson LA. Imaging for liver cancer radiation therapy planning, delivery 

and monitoring. Imaging Decisions 2(1):29-39, 2010. Senior Responsible Author. 

89. Swaminath A, Dawson LA. Emerging Role of radiotherapy in the management of liver 

metastases. The Cancer Journal 16(2): 150-155, 2010. Senior Responsible Author. 

90. Eskander A, Ghazarian D, Bray P, Dawson LA, Goldstein D. Squamous cell carcinoma 

arising in proliferating pilar (trichilemmal) cyst with nodal and distant metastases. 

Journal of Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 39(5):E63-7, 2010. Collaborator 

91. Wong K, Huang S, O’Sullivan B, Lockwood G, Dale D, Michaelson T, Waldron J, 

Bayley A, Cummings B, Dawson LA, Kim J, Liu G, Ringash J. Point-of-care outcome 

assessment in the cancer clinic: audit of data quality. Radiother Oncol 95(3): 339-343, 

2010. Collaborator. 

92. Dawson LA, Menard C. Imaging in radiation oncology: a perspective. The Oncolologist 

15(4): 338-349, 2010. Primary Author. 

93. Vickers M, Samson B, Colwell B, Cripps C, Jalink D, El-Sayed S, Chen E, Porter G, 

Goel R, Villeneuve J, Asselah J, Biagi J, Jonker D, Dawson LA, Letourneau L, Rother 

M, Maroun J, Thirwell M, Hussein M, Tehfe M, Perrin M, Michaud N, Hammad N, 

Champion P, Rajan R, Burkes R, Barrette S, Welch S, Yarom N, Asmis T. Report of the 

Eastern Canadian Colorectal Cancer Consensus Conference (EC5): Setting the limits of 

resectable disease. Curr Oncol 17(3): 70-77, 2009. Collaborator. 

94. Lo S, Dawson LA, Kim E, Mayr N, Wang J, Huang Z, Cardenes H. Stereotactic body 

radiation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Discov Med, 9(48): 404-10, 2010. 

Collaborator. 


95. Horgan AM, Dawson LA, Swaminath A, Knox JJ. Sorafenib and radiation therapy for 

the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. J gastrointestinal cancer. 

Collaborator. In press 

96. Giuliani M, Knox J, Dawson L. Malignant intracardiac thrombus from hepatocellular 

carcinoma treated with external beam radiation therapy. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 

13(10): 1293-5, 2010. Senior Responsible Author 

97. Khrizman P, Small W, Dawson L, Benson AB. The use of stereotactic body 

radiationtherapy in gastrointestinal malignancies in locally advanced and metastatic 

settings. Clin Colorectal Cancer, 9(3): 136-43, 2010. Collaborator 

98. Chang D, Swaminath A, Kozak M, Koong A, Kim J, Dinniwell R, Brierley J, Kavanagh 

B, Dawson LA., Schefter T. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Colorectal Liver 

Metastases: A Pooled Analysis. Cancer. In press, 2011. Collaborator. 

99. Lee MT, Purdie TG, Eccles CL, Sharpe MB, Dawson LA. Comparison of simple and 

complex liver intensity modulated radiotherapy. Radiation Oncology 5: 115, 2010. 


100. Franks KN, Purdie TG, Dawson LA, Bezjak, Jaffray DA, Bissonnette JP. Incorporating 

heterogeneity correction and 4DCT in lung stereotactic body radiaton therapy (SBRT). 

The effect on target coverage, organ at risk doses and dose conformality. Medical 

dosimetry 35(2):101-7, 2010. Collaborator. 

101. Huang SH, O’Sullivan B, Waldron J, Lockwood G, Bayley A, Kim J, Cummings B, 

Dawson LA, Hope A, Cho J, Witterick I, Chem EX, Ringash J. Patterns of care in elderly 

head-and-neck cancer radiation oncology patients: a single-center cohort study. Int J 

Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 79(1):46-51, 2011. Collaborator. 

102. Bujold A, Dawson LA. Stereotactic radiation therapy and selective internal radiation 

therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Radiother 15(1):54-63, 2011. Collaborator. 

103. Eccles CL, Patel R, Purdie T, Kirilova A, Haider M, Dawson LA. Comparison of liver 

tumour motion with abdominal compression using cine-magnetic resonance imaging. Int 

J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 79(2):602-608, 2011. Collabotator. 

104. Brierley J, Sampson E, Scott S, Kim J, Dawson LA, Ringas J, Wong R, Cummings B, 

Brock KK. Rectal Motion in patients receiving preoperative radiotherapy for carcinoma 

of the rectum. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 80(1):97-102, 2011. Collaborator. 

105. Velec M, Moseley JL, Eccles CL, Draig T, Sharpe MB, Dawson LA, Brock KK. Effect 

of Breathing Motion on radiotherapy dose accumulation in the abdomen using 

deformable registration. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 80(1):265-272, 2011. Collaborator. 


106. Eccles CL, Dawson LA, Moseley JL, Brock KK. Interfraction liver shape variability and 

impact on GTV position during liver stereotactic radiotherapy using abdominal 

compression. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 80(3):938-946, 2011. Collaborator. 

107. Lo SS, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Dawson LA, Scwarz RE, Teh BS, Mayr NA, Lu JJ, Grecula 

JC, Olencki TE, Timmerman RD. The role of local therapy in the management of 

oligometastases. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 8:405-416, 2011. Collaborator. 

108. Kim J, Meyer JL, Dawson LA. Image guidance and the new practice of radiotherapy: 

what to know and use from a decade of investigation. Front Radiat Ther Oncol 43:315- 

330, 2011. Collaborator. 

109. Swaminath A, Dawson LA. Image-guided radiotherapy strategies in upper 

gastrointestinal malignancies. Front Radiat Ther Oncol 43:196-216, 2011. Senior 

Responsible Author. 

110. Stevens CM, Huang SH, Fung S, Bayley AJ, Cho JB, Cummings BJ, Dawson LA, Hope 

AJ, Kim JJ, O’Sullivan B, Waldron JN, Ringash J. Retrospective study of palliative 

radiotherapy in newly diagnosed head and neck carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 

81(4):958-963, 2011. Collaborator. 

Refereed Letters /Editorials/Commentaries 

1. Dawson LA, Chow E, Morton G. Letter to the editor re: fulminant hepatic failure 

associated with bicalutamide. Urology 49(2):283-284,1997. Principal Author 

2. Dawson LA, Errata. Analysis of radiation induced liver disease using the lyman NTCP 

model. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 54(5): 1422, 2002. Principal Author 

3. Dawson LA , Lawrence TS, Ten Haken RK. Letter to the editor. Re: Analysis of 

radiation induced liver disease using the lyman NTCP model. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol 

Phys 58(4), page 1319-1320, 2004. Principal Author 

4. Dawson LA. Invited Commentary. Hepatic arterial Yttrium-90 microspheres – another 

treatment option for hepatocellular carcinoma. J Intervent Radiol. 16(2); 161-4, 2005. 


5. Hawkins M, Dawson LA. Letter to the editor. Re: Case 23-2005: A Man with a mass in 

the liver. New England Journal of Medicine 353(20): 2195, Nov 17, 2005. Senior 


6. Ringash J, Brierley J, Dawson LA. Letter to the editor. Re: IMRT for adjuvant radiation 

in gastric cancer: A preferred plan? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 63(3):732-8. 2005. 



7. Ten Haken RK, Lawrence TS, Dawson LA. Letter to the editor. Prediction of radiationinduced 

liver disease by Lyman normal-tissue complication probability model in threedimensional 

conformal radiation therapy for primary liver carcinoma.: In regards to Xu et 

al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006;65:189-195. Senior Responsible Author 

8. Dawson LA. Editorial. Protons or photons for hepatocellular carcinoma? Let’s move 

forward together. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009;74(3):831-6. Principal Author 

9. Eccles C, Haider M, Dawson LA. Letter to the editor. In reply to letter to the editor by 

Dr Willems et al re: Change in diffusion weighted MRI during liver cancer radiotherapy: 

preliminary observations. Acta Oncol. 26:1-10, by Eccles et al. Senior Responsible 

Author 

10. Loo B, Chang Y, Dawson LA, Kavanagh B, Koong A, Senan S, Timmerman R. 

Editorial. Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy: What’s in a name? Practical Radiation 

Oncology 1, 38-39, 2011. Collaborator. 

Non-Refereed Invited Publications 

1. Davison (Dawson) LA, Chau V, Mandema RH, Stern M: Computer simulation of 

molecules of biological significance. The XIXth Summer Science Institute Scientific 

Works, Dr. Bessie Lawrence Science Research Program, Weizmann Institute of Science, 

Rehovot, Israel, 1987. Principal Author 

2. Dawson LA, Chow E, Morton G. Fulminant hepatic failure associated with 

bicalutamide. Review Series Urology 4:11-12, 1998. Principal Author 

3. Cummings JP, Dawson LA, Matuszewski KA, Phillips MH, Ratko TA, Yu CX. 

Technology report: intensity-modulated radiation therapy, in University Health System 

Consortium (UHC) Clinical Practice Advancement Center, June 2000. Collaborator 

4. Eisbruch A, Dawson LA, Kim HM, Bradford CR, Terrell JE, Chepeha DB, Teknos TN, 

Anzai Y, Marsh LH, Martel MK, Ten Haken RK, Ship JA. Conformal and intensity 

modulated irradiation of head and neck cancer: The potential for improved target 

irradiation, salivary gland function and quality of life. Acta oto-rhino-laryngologica 

Belg. 53:131-35, 1999. Collaborator 

5. Dawson LA, Lawrence TS, Ten Haken, RK. Partial liver irradiation. Seminars in 

Radiation Oncology 11(3):240-46, 2001. Principal Author 

6. Dawson LA, Myers LL, Bradford CL, Terrell JE, Chepeha DB, Teknos TN, Hogikyan 

ND, Wolf GT, Eisbruch A. Conformal re-irradiation of head and neck recurrent or second 

primary cancer. Year Book of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 2002. Principal 

Author 


7. Dawson LA, Introduction to contouring and virtual simulation. Supplement to The first 

Asan Medical Center Workshop on Conformal Radiotherapy, 2002. Principal Author 

8. Dawson LA, Clinical issues in choosing an optimal 3D plan. Supplement to The first 


9. Dawson LA, Conformal therapy of prostate and liver cancers. Supplement to the first 


10. Dawson LA, Clinical experience of IMRT in University of Michigan, Supplement to the 

first Asan Medical Center Workshop on Conformal Radiotherapy, 2002. Principal Author 

11. Dawson LA, McGinn CJ, Lawrence TS. Conformal chemoradiation for primary and 

metastatic liver malignancies. Seminars in Surgical Oncology, 21: 249-255, 2003. 


12. Dawson LA. High precision radiotherapy for unresectable liver metastases and primary 

liver cancer. Radiation Medicine Program (RMP) News. A Newsletter for RMP, 

Princess Margaret Hospital. Vol 2(5). Aug. 15, 2003. Principal Author 

13. Dawson LA, Balter J. Image guidance treatment methods interventions to reduce organ 

motion effects in radiation delivery. High precision radiation therapy of moving targets. 

Seminars in Radiation Oncology, 14 (1): 76-80, January 2004. Principal Author 

14. Dawson LA, Radiotherapy – A new treatment option for patients with unresectable liver 

metastases and primary liver cancer. Research Corner. Hot spot. The Newsletter of the 

Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program of the Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer 

Center. Vol 6 (3). Aug 2004. Principal Author 

15. Dawson LA, Ten Haken, RK. Toxicities following conformal radiation to liver 

malignancies. Seminars in Radiation Oncology. Vol 15 (4):279-283, October 2005. 


16. Enachescu C, Dawson LA. Carcinomul hepatocelular medical update. Vol. V 21: 71-74. 

September 2006. (Romanian) Senior Responsible Author 

17. Dawson LA. How do we safely irradiate liver metastases? ASCO Educational Book, p 

161 – 164, 2008. Principal Author 

18. Dawson LA. Role of radiation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma, with and without 

portal vein thrombosis. ASCO GI Educational Book. 2009 Principal Author 

20. Brock K, Dawson LA. Adaptive radiation therapy for liver cancer. Semin Radiat Oncol. 

20(2): 107-15, April 2010. Senior Responsible Author 


21. Dawson LA. Hepatocellular carcinoma radiation therapy: from palliation to cure. 

Proceedings for the 58 th Annual Meeting of the Radiologic Society of the Republic of 

China 2009. TS01. page 257. Principal Author 

22. Abou Alfa G, Befeler G, Dawson LA, Georgiades C, Geschwind J-F, Greenlee H, 

Jacobson JS, Kim TK, Krishnan S, Mulcahy MF, Roa JC, Rosen CB, Salem R, Siegel A, 

Tanabe KK, Thomas M.. CanLiv Website for patients hepatobiliary cancer. 

http://www.canliv.org/topic.asp?pid=1. Collaborator 

23. Dawson LA, Ismal A, Krishnan S, Ng I, Imai R, Salminen E, Seong J. The first IAEA 

consensus report of role of radiation therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma guidelines for 

the palliative management of common cancers using radiotherapy in limited resource 

settings. The applied radiation biology and radiotherapy section of the division of human 

health. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). 2009. Accepted. IAEA Human 

Health Series/Status 091008. Collaborator 

24. Dawson LA. Internal and external radiation therapy for liver cancer. GI ESMO 

Educational Book, p 207 – 227, 2009. Principal Author 

25. Image guidance in non-small cell lung cancer. Cho J, Bezjak A, Dawson LA. Semin 

Radiat Oncolo, 20(3): 164-70. Senior Responsible Author. 

26. Dawson LA. Overview: Where does radiation therapy fit in the spectrum of liver cancer 

local-regional therapies? Semin Radiat Oncol 21(4):241-246, 2011. Principal Author 

Book Chapters 

1. Dawson LA, Lawrence T. Radiation as an adjunct to surgery, in surgery: scientific basis 

and current practice. Norton, Bollinger, Chang, Lowry, Mulvihill, Pass and Thompson 

eds., 1999. Chapter 77: 1677-1698. Principal Author 

2. Eisbruch A, Dawson L, Reirradiation of head and neck tumors: benefits and toxicities, 

in hematologic/oncology clinics in North America, August 1999. Volume 13 (4): 825- 


3. Bartlett D, Di Bisceglie AM, Dawson LA. Cancer of the liver, cancer principles and 

practice of oncology, 7 th edition, Editors – VT DeVita, TS Lawrence and SA Rosenberg, 

Section 7, 2008, page 1129-1156. Collaborator 

4. Dawson LA. Fuss M. Chapter 21. Image-Guided radiation therapy and stereotactic body 

radiation therapy. Biliary tract and gallbladder neoplasms. Editors - Charles R. Thomas, 

Jr. and Clifton David Fuller, 2008, page 251-263 Principal Author 

5. Kemeny N, Kemeny M, Dawson LA, Chapter 59. Liver metastases. Abeloff’s Clinical 

Oncology. 4 th edition. Abeloff MD, Armitage JO, Niederhuber JE, Kastan MB, McKenna 

WG, eds. page 885-923, 2008. Collaborator 


6. Cleary SP. Dawson LA. Knox JJ. Gallinger S. Cancer of the gallbladder and extrahepatic 

bile ducts. Current problems in surgery. 44(7):396-482, 2007 July. Collaborator. In press 

7. Millar BA, Dawson LA. Radiation as an Adjunct to Surgery, in Surgery: Scientific basis 

and current practice. Norton, Bollinger, Chang, Lowry, Mulvihill, Pass and Thompson 

eds. Chapter 58, pp 82-87. 2004. Senior Responsible Author 

8. Dawson LA. Stereotactic body radiotherapy. Principles and practice of stereotactic 

radiosurgery. Chin Lawrence, Regine William (eds.) Chapter 62, pp 611. 2008. Principal 

Author 

9. Goldstein D, Clark J, Gullane P, Dawson L, Siu L, Irish J. Chapter 3. Hypopharyngeal 

cancer. Head and neck cancer. An evidence-based team approach. Editors- Eric M 

Genden, Mark A Varvares. Thieme Medical Publishers. New York, Chapter 3, pp 44-67 

2006. Collaborator. In press 

10. Brock K, Dawson LA. Image guidance for liver cancer. Image guided and adaptive 

radiation therapy, edited by Robert D. Timmerman, MD, and Lei Xing, PhD. 2009. 

Senior Responsible Author. In press 

11. Dawson LA, Adeyi O, Guha C. The liver. Volume 2: Specific normal tissue sites. 

ISBN 978-3-540-75862-4. ALERT – Adverse late effects of cancer treatment. medical 

radiology - Radiation Oncology Edited by P. Rubin, L.S. Constine, L.B. Marks, L.A. 

Dawson. Springer 2009. Principal Author. In press 

12. Dawson LA, Cohen E. The kidney and ureter. Volume 2: Specific normal tissue Sites 

ISBN 978-3-540-75862-4. ALERT – Adverse late effects of cancer treatment. Medical 

Radiology - Radiation Oncology Edited by P. Rubin, L.S. Constine, L.B. Marks, L.A. 

Dawson. Springer 2009. Principal Author. In press 

13. Cleary S, Know J, Dawson LA. Carcinoma of the biliary tract. Gastrointestinal 

oncology: a practical guide. Blanke, Roedel, Talamonti (editors) 2009. Senior 

Responsible Author. In press 

14. Cho C, Lee M, Dawson LA. Magnetic resonance image-guided target delineation in 

hepatocellular cancer. IGRT: A clinical perspective. Editors - John C. Roeske, PhD, 

Arno J. Mundt, MD. Senior Responsible Author. In press 

15. Tai A, Li XA, Dawson LA. Adaptive radiation therapy for liver cancer. Adaptive 

Radiation Therapy. Senior Responsible Author. In press 

16. DeVita VT, Lawrence TS, Rosenberg SA, DePinho RA, Weinberg RA, Dawson LA. 

Cancer of the Liver. Cancer Principles & Practice of Oncology, 9 th Edition. Editors – 

V.T. Devita, S.A. Rosenberg, 2011, pp 997-1019. 

17. Portelance L, Dawson LA. Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy in the Management of 

Primary Liver Cancer. Hypofractionation – Scientific Concepts and Clinical 


Experiences. Editors – A. Pollack, M.M. Ahmed. Chapter 9, pp 147-162. 2011. Senior 

Responsible Author. 

Books Edited 

Dawson LA (Co- Editor), Meyer JL (Editor). IMRT IGRT SBRT, Advances in the Treatment 

Planning and Delivery of Radiotherapy, 2 nd revised and extended edition. Frontiers of Radiation 

Therapy and Oncology. 2011. 

Dawson LA (Guest Editor), Tepper JE (Editor). Radiation Therapy of Primary and Metastatic 

Liver Tumors. Seminars in Radiation Oncology. 2011.

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