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Wenqing Sun, MD, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

Education

  • MD in Medicine, Peking University Health Science Center, China
  • PhD in Free Radical and Radiation Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Resident, Beijing Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China
  • Internship in Internal Medicine, University of Iowa
  • Resident in Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa

Research Interests

  • Research Summary

Licenses & Certifications

  • Radiation Oncology, The American Board of Radiology
  • Iowa Medical License, Iowa, United States
  • China Medical License

Selected Publications

  • Ma, D. C., Anderson, C. M., Rodman III, S. N., Buranasudja, V., McCormick, M. L., Davis, A., Loth, E., Bodeker, K. L., Ahmann, L., Parkhurst, J. R., Sun, W., Follmer, K. R., Simons, A. L., Buatti, J. M., Spitz, D. R., Fath, M. A. & Allen, B. G. (2021). Ketogenic Diet with Concurrent Chemoradiation in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Pre-clinical and Phase 1 Trial Results. Radiation Research. DOI: 10.1667/RADE-20-00150.1. PMID: 34087943.
  • Cheng, D., Xu, Q., Liu, Y., Li, G., Sun, W., Ma, D. & Ni, C. (2021). Long noncoding RNA-SNHG20 promotes silica-induced pulmonary fibrosis by miR-490-3p/TGFBR1 axis. Toxicology 451 152683. DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2021.152683. PMID: 33482250.
  • Xiong, X., Linhardt, T. J., Liu, W., Smith, B. J., Sun, W., Bauer, C., Sunderland, J. J., Graham, M. M., Buatti, J. M. & Beichel, R. R. (2020). A 3D deep convolutional neural network approach for the automated measurement of cerebellum tracer uptake in FDG PET-CT scans. Medical physics 47 (3) 1058-1066. DOI: 10.1002/mp.13970. PMID: 31855287. PMCID: PMC7067677.
  • Snyder, J. E., Willett, A. B., Sun, W. & Kim, Y. (2019). Is SBRT Boost Feasible for PET Positive Lymph Nodes for Cervical Cancer?: Evaluation using Tumor Control Probability (TCP) and QUANTEC Criteria. Practical Radiation Oncology 9 (2) e156-e163. DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2018.10.012. PMID: 30415074.
  • Plichta, K. A., Sun, W. & Buatti, J. M. (2019). Tissue Fibrosis after Radiation Treatment for Breast Cancer. In Toxicities of Radiation Treatment for Breast Cancer - Risks and Management Strategies. (chapter 9), pp. 159-174. New York NY: Springer Publishing. DOI: doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11620-0.
  • Lorenzen, A. W., Kiriazov, B., De Andrade, J. P., Lizarraga, I. M., Scott-Conner, C. E., Sugg, S. L., Erdahl, L. M., Sun, W. & Weigel, R. J. (2018). Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer Treatment in a Rural Community. Annals of surgical oncology 25 (10) 3004-3010. DOI: 10.1245/s10434-018-6574-7. PMID: 30030731.
  • Kim, Y., Cabel, K. & Sun, W. (2018). Does the apex optimization line matter for single-channel vaginal cylinder brachytherapy planning?. Journal of applied clinical medical physics 19 (4) 307-312. DOI: 10.1002/acm2.12351. PMID: 29766643. PMCID: PMC6036350.
  • Gelover, E., Katherine, C., Mart, C., Sun, W. & Kim, Y. (2018). Patient's specific integration of OAR doses (D2 cc) from EBRT and 3D image-guided brachytherapy for cervical cancer. Journal of applied clinical medical physics 19 (2) 83-92. DOI: 10.1002/acm2.12247. PMID: 29349933. PMCID: PMC5849844.
  • Andrew, M., Kim, Y., Ginader, T., Smith, B. J., Sun, W. & Wang, D. (2018). Reduction of applicator displacement in MR/CT-guided cervical cancer HDR brachytherapy by the use of patient hover transport system. J Contemp Brachytherapy 10 (1) 85-90. DOI: 10.5114/jcb.2018.73755. PMID: 29619060.
  • Andrew, M., Kim, Y., Ginader, T., Smith, B. J., Sun, W. & Wang, D. (2018). Reduction of applicator displacement in MR/CT-guided cervical cancer HDR brachytherapy by the use of patient hover transport system. J Contemp Brachytherapy 10 (1) 85-90.