
Hong Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
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About Me
Conditions I Treat:
- Prostate cancer
- Head and neck can...
Conditions I Treat:
- Prostate cancer
- Head and neck cancers
- Breast cancer
- Other cancers
Faculty Appointments
Professor - Department of Radiation Oncology (SMD)
Credentials
Residency & Fellowship
Residency, Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2002 - 2006
Internship, Internal Medicine, Rochester General Hospital. 2001 - 2002
Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University Endodontics Residency. 1993 - 1994
Education
MD | Yale University. 2001
PHD | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. 1993
Awards
Exceptional Women In Medicine 2023. 2023
Civic Service Award, Us TOO Rochester. 2018
Health Care Achievement Awards--Health Care Innovation. 2017
AAMC Mid-Career Woman Faculty Leadership Development Seminar 12/2017. 2017
Educator of the Year. 2016
Patient- and Family- Centered ICARE High Performance Award. 2013
Educator of the Year. 2012
Patient- and Family-Centered ICARE High Performance Award. 2012
Civic Service Award, Us TOO Rochester. 2012 - 2017
Upstate New York Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Fall Meeting Resident Presenter Award. 2005
ASTRO Translational Research in Radiation Oncology Symposium Travel Grant Award. 2005
Janet M.Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citations. 2001
Clyde Swift Award for Outstanding Medical Student. 2000
Research
Clinical Trials
Lead Researcher: Hong Zhang
This phase II trial tests whether relugolix and radiation therapy works to shrink tumors in patients with prostate cancer that has spread in a limited way to 1 to 5 other parts of the body (oligometastatic). Testosterone can cause the growth of prost...
Lead Researcher: Hong Zhang
This phase III trial studies whether adding apalutamide to the usual treatment improves outcome in patients with lymph node positive prostate cancer after surgery. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-ray to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Androg...
Publications
Journal Articles
Jagsi R, Barlow WE, Woodward WA, Connolly E, Mahtani R, Shumway D, Speers C, Stecklein SR, Zeidan Y, Zhang H, Sharma P, Pusztai L, Hortobagyi GN, Kalinsky K
JAMA oncology.. 2023 July 6 Epub 07/06/2023.
Hardy SJ, Bandyopadhyay S, Yang H, Williams A, Gudina A, Cummings MA, Zhang H, Singh DP, Chen Y, Mohile NA, Janelsins MC, Milano MT
Frontiers in oncology.. 2023 13 :1111764. Epub 06/15/2023.
Use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors is associated with reduced risk of late bladder toxicity following radiotherapy for prostate cancer
Kerns SL; Amidon Morlang A; Lee SM; Peterson DR; Marples B; Zhang H; Bylund K; Rosenzweig D; Hall W; De Ruyck K; Rosenstein BS; Stock RG; Gómez-Caamaño A; Vega A; Sosa-Fajardo P; Taboada-Valladares B; Aguado-Barrera ME; Parker C; Veldeman L; Fonteyne V; Bultijnck R; Talbot CJ; Symonds RP; Johnson K; Rattay T; Webb A; Lambrecht M; de Ruysscher D; Vanneste B; Choudhury A; Elliott RM; Sperk E; Herskind C; Veldwijk MR; Rancati T; Avuzzi B; Valdagni R; Azria D; Farcy Jacquet MP; Chang-Claude J; et al.
Radiother Oncol. 2022; 168: 75-82.
Increased risk of high-grade prostate cancer among testicular cancer survivors
Zhang H; Yang H; Bandyopadhyay S; Milano MT; Fung C; Messing EM; Chen Y.
PLoS One. 2022; 17(2): e0263573.
Zhang H, Yu A, Baran A, Messing E
Radiation oncology journal.. 2021 May 39 (2):91-98. Epub 06/28/2021.
Zhang H, Doucette C, Yang H, Bandyopadhyay S, Grossman CE, Messing EM, Chen Y
PloS one.. 2021 16 (7):e0253936. Epub 07/15/2021.
Quinn TJ, Daignault-Newton S, Bosch W, Mariados N, Sylvester J, Shah D, Gross E, Hudes R, Beyer D, Kurtzman S, Bogart J, Hsi RA, Kos M, Ellis R, Logsdon M, Zimberg S, Forsythe K, Zhang H, Soffen E, Francke P, Mantz C, DeWeese T, Gay HA, Michalski J, Hamstra DA
Practical radiation oncology.. 2020 10 (3):186-194. Epub 01/21/2020.
Zhang H, Kang S, Ali N, Baran A, Bylund K, Gentile D, Previte G, Matloubieh A, Gray A, Marou N
Advances in radiation oncology.. 2020 5 (3):388-395. Epub 02/21/2020.
Milano MT, Katz AW, Zhang H, Huggins CF, Aujla KS, Okunieff P
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.. 2019 February 131 :45-51. Epub 12/28/2018.
Hamstra DA, Mariados N, Sylvester J, Shah D, Gross E, Hudes R, Beyer D, Kurtzman S, Bogart J, Hsi RA, Kos M, Ellis R, Logsdon M, Zimberg S, Forsythe K, Zhang H, Soffen E, Francke P, Mantz C, Rossi P, DeWeese T, Daignault-Newton S, Fischer-Valuck BW, Chundury A, Gay HA, Bosch W, Michalski J
Practical radiation oncology.. 2018 8 (1):e7-e15. Epub 07/19/2017.
Hamstra DA, Mariados N, Sylvester J, Shah D, Karsh L, Hudes R, Beyer D, Kurtzman S, Bogart J, Hsi RA, Kos M, Ellis R, Logsdon M, Zimberg S, Forsythe K, Zhang H, Soffen E, Francke P, Mantz C, Rossi P, DeWeese T, Daignault-Newton S, Fischer-Valuck BW, Chundury A, Gay H, Bosch W, Michalski J
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2017 April 197 (5):976-985. Epub 12/23/2016.
Mariados N, Sylvester J, Shah D, Karsh L, Hudes R, Beyer D, Kurtzman S, Bogart J, Hsi RA, Kos M, Ellis R, Logsdon M, Zimberg S, Forsythe K, Zhang H, Soffen E, Francke P, Mantz C, Rossi P, DeWeese T, Hamstra DA, Bosch W, Gay H, Michalski J
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2015 August 192 (5):971-977. Epub 04/23/2015.
Singh D, Chen Y, Hare MZ, Usuki KY, Zhang H, Lundquist T, Joyce N, Schell MC, Milano MT
Journal of thoracic disease.. 2014 April 6 (4):369-74. Epub 1900 01 01.
Zhang H, Messing EM, Travis LB, Hyrien O, Chen R, Milano MT, Chen Y
Frontiers in oncology.. 2013 3 :312. Epub 12/23/2013.
Milano MT, Peterson CR, Zhang H, Singh DP, Chen Y
Head & neck.. 2012 December 34 (12):1782-8. Epub 02/09/2012.
Milano MT, Katz AW, Zhang H, Okunieff P
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2012 July 183 (3):878-86. Epub 12/13/2011.
Zhang H, Travis LB, Chen R, Hyrien O, Milano MT, Newlands SD, Chen Y
Cancer.. 2012 March 1118 (5):1276-87. Epub 07/19/2011.
Milano MT, Zhang H
American journal of clinical oncology.. 2011 August 34 (4):367-71. Epub 1900 01 01.
Milano MT, Zhang H
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.. 2010 November 5 (11):1841-8. Epub 1900 01 01.
Milano MT, Zhang H, Metcalfe SK, Muhs AG, Okunieff P
Breast cancer research and treatment.. 2009 June 115 (3):601-8. Epub 08/22/2008.
Zhang H, Hyrien O, Pandya KJ, Keng PC, Chen Y
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.. 2008 June 3 (6):563-8. Epub 1900 01 01.
Okunieff P, Cornelison T, Mester M, Liu W, Ding I, Chen Y, Zhang H, Williams JP, Finkelstein J
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics.. 2005 May 162 (1):273-8. Epub 1900 01 01.
Zhang H, Kelly G, Zerillo C, Jaworski DM, Hockfield S
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 1998 April 118 (7):2370-6. Epub 1900 01 01.
Lander C, Zhang H, Hockfield S
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 1998 January 118 (1):174-83. Epub 1900 01 01.
Miller RH, Payne J, Milner L, Zhang H, Orentas DM
Journal of neuroscience research.. 1997 October 1550 (2):157-68. Epub 1900 01 01.
Zhang H, Miller RH
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 1996 November 116 (21):6886-95. Epub 1900 01 01.
Fagan AM, Zhang H, Landis S, Smeyne RJ, Silos-Santiago I, Barbacid M
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 1996 October 116 (19):6208-18. Epub 1900 01 01.
Zhang H, Miller RH
Molecular and cellular neurosciences.. 1995 February 6 (1):16-31. Epub 1900 01 01.
Miller RH, Zhang H, Fok-Seang J
Perspectives on developmental neurobiology.. 1994 2 (3):225-31. Epub 1900 01 01.
Zhang H, Miller RH, Rutishauser U
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.. 1992 August 12 (8):3107-14. Epub 1900 01 01.
Books
Principles and Practice of Radiation Therapy (2009)
Chapter: Breast Cancer
Authors: Uschold G; Zhang H
Publisher: Mosby Elsevier 2009
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