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Monica Serban

Title: 
Dr
Academic title(s): 

Adjunct Professor, Department of Oncology & Medical Physics Unit, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ

Clinician Investigator, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto

Monica Serban
Contact Information
Email address: 
monica.serban [at] mcgill.ca
Address: 

Department of Medical Physics,

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre,

University Health Network,

610 University Avenue,

Toronto, ON M5G 2M9

Group: 
Adjunct Professor
Degree(s): 

BSc, Physics (Timisoara '94)

MSc, Materials Science & Strength of Materials (Timisoara '03)

MSc, Medical Physics (McGill '07)

PhD, Medical Physics (Aarhus '20)

Current research: 

Brachytherapy for cervical cancer, EMBRACE studies; External beam radiotherapy planning studies; Deformable image registration for dose summation from EBRT and BT in cervix cancer.

Awards, honours, and fellowships: 

Member, Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (MCCPM), 2012

Selected talks and presentations: 
  1. Radiotherapy and Oncology, Radiotherapy and Oncology: Journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, V. J. Heng, M. Serban, M. A. Renaud, C. Freeman, J. Seuntjens, Robust mixed electron-photon radiation therapy planning for soft tissue sarcoma, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, submitted November 2022
  2. L. M. Wang, R. Yadav, M. Serban, O. Arias, J. Seuntjens, N. Ybarra, Validation of a novel orthotopic non-small cell lung cancer mouse model protocol for radiotherapeutic studies, submitted September 2022
  3. V. J. Heng, M. Serban, J. Seuntjens, M. Renaud, Mixed electron-photon radiation therapy delivery and quality assurance, Medical Physics 48 (9) (2021), 5382-5395
  4. L. T. Tan, K. Tanderup, A. Nappa, P. Petric, I. Jürgenliemk-Schulz, M. Serban, J. Swamidas, M. Palmu, S. Duke, U. Mahantshetty, N. Nesvacil, R. Pötter, R. Nout, Impact of transitioning to an online course - a report from the ESTRO gyn teaching course, Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology, 29 (2021), 85-92
  5. R. Pötter, K. Tanderup, et. al. (25 co-authors), EMBRACE Collaborative Group, M. Serban part of a group of 66 co-authors, MRI-guided adaptive brachytherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer (EMBRACE-I): a multicentre prospective cohort study, The Lancet Oncology 22 (4), 538-547, 2021
  6. M. Serban, L. Fokdal, S.K. Nielsen, S.B. Hokland, A. Traberg Hansen, H. Spejlborg, S. Rylander, P. Petric, J. Lindegaard, K. Tanderup; Treatment planning for combined intracavitary/interstitial brachytherapy including oblique needles in locally advanced cervix cancer, Brachytherapy, 2021, 20 (4), 796-806
  7. M. Serban, A.A.C. de Leeuw, K. Tanderup, I. M. Jürgenliemk-Schulz; Vaginal dose-surface maps in cervical cancer brachytherapy: Methodology and preliminary results on correlation with morbidity, Brachytherapy, 2021, 20 (3), 565-575
  8. L.M. Wang, S. Jung, M. Serban, A. Chatterjee, S. Lee, K. Jeyaseelan, I.E. Naqa, J. Seuntjens, N. Ybarra, Comparison of quantitative and qualitative scoring approaches for radiation-induced pulmonary fibrosis as applied to a preliminary investigation into the efficacy of mesenchymal stem cell delivery methods in a rat model, BJR|Open 3(1) (2021) 20210006
  9. K. Tanderup, N. Nesvacil, K. Kirchheiner, M. Serban, S. Spampinato, N.B.K. Jensen, M. Schmid, S. Smet, H. Westerveld, S. Ecker, U. Mahantshetty, J. Swamidas, S. Chopra, R. Nout, L.T. Tan, L. Fokdal, A. Sturdza, I. Jürgenliemk-Schulz, A. de Leeuw, J.C. Lindegaard, C. Kirisits, R. Pötter, Evidence-Based Dose Planning Aims and Dose Prescription in Image-Guided Brachytherapy Combined With Radiochemotherapy in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer, Seminars in Radiation Oncology, 30 (2020) 311-327
  10. J. Mullins, M.-A. Renaud, M. Serban, J. Seuntjens, Simultaneous trajectory generation and volumetric modulated arc therapy optimization, Medical Physics, 47 (2020) 3078-3090
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