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
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:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- J. Mullins, M.-A. Renaud, M. Serban, J. Seuntjens, Simultaneous trajectory generation and volumetric modulated arc therapy optimization, Medical Physics, 47 (2020) 3078-3090