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James J. Urbanic, MD, a radiation oncologist, and Carnell J. Hampton, PhD, a physicist at the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, use the most advanced linear accelerator to treat lung cancer.

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James J.  Urbanic, M.D.

James J. Urbanic, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology
Contact Information
Appointment:
336-713-3600
Office:
336-713-3600
Fax:
336-713-6622
Clinical Specialties
Lung Cancer, Radiation Oncology, Radiosurgery, Brachytherapy, Breast Cancer
Education & Training
  BSUS Merchant Marine Academy1992
  MDMedical Univ Of South Carolina2003
ResidencyRadiation OncologyNorth Carolina Baptist Hospital2007
  Radiation OncologyNorth Carolina Baptist Hospital2008
InternshipInternal MedicineMed U Sc Teaching Hosps2004
Memberships
American Association of Cancer Research
Radiation Research Society
American Medical Association
Radiological Society of North Amer
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Society of Therapeutic Rad & Onc
NPI Number
1164607875
James J.  Urbanic, M.D.

James J. Urbanic, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology
Contact Information
Appointment:
336-713-3600
Office:
336-713-3600
Fax:
336-713-6622
Recent Publications
Jensen CA, Chan MD, McCoy TP, Bourland JD, deGuzman AF, Ellis TL, Ekstrand KE, McMullen KP, Munley MT, Shaw EG, Urbanic JJ, Tatter SB. Cavity-directed radiosurgery as adjuvant therapy after resection of a brain metastasis. J Neurosurg. 2011; 114(6):1585-1591.

Lowell D, Tatter SB, Bourland JD, DeGuzman AF, Ekstrand KE, Ellis TL, Lovato JF, McMullen KP, Munley MT, Shaw EG, Urbanic JJ, Chan MD. Toxicity of gamma knife radiosurgery in the treatment of intracranial tumors in patients with collagen vascular diseases or multiple sclerosis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011; 81(4):e519-e524.

Petty WJ, Voelzke WR, Urbanic JJ, Varela VA, Waller LL, Swift CB, Graham RM, Memoli VA, Dragnev KH. High cyclin D3 expression confers erlotinib resistance in aerodigestive tract cancer. Lung Cancer. 2011; 74(3):384-391.

Petty WJ, Varela VA, Swift CB, Urbanic JJ. A role for angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition in lung cancer chemoprevention [abstract]. Int J Mol Med. 2011; 28(Suppl 1):S68.

Kilburn JM, Ellis TL, Urbanic JJ, Bourland JD, Munley MT, deGuzman AF, McMullen KP, Shaw EG, Tatter SB, Chan MD. Outcomes for gamma knife radiosurgery for brainstem metastases [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011; 81(2 Suppl):S302.

Kuremsky JG, Urbanic JJ, Petty WJ, Lovato JF, Bourland JD, Tatter SB, Ellis TL, McMullen KP, Shaw EG, Chan MD. Tumor histology predicts patterns of failure and survival in patients with lung cancer treated with gamma knife radiosurgery [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011; 81(2 Suppl):S595.

Loganathan AG, Chan MD, Alphonse N, Peiffer AM, Johnson A, McMullen KP, Urbanic JJ, Saconn PA, Bourland JD, Munley MT, Shaw EG, Tatter SB, Ellis TL. Clinical outcomes of brain metastases treated with gamma knife radiosurgery with 3.0 T vs. 1.5 T MRI-based treatment planning [abstract]. Neuro Oncol. 2011; 13(Suppl 3):129.

Vern-Gross TZ, McMullen KP, Case LD, Bourland JD, Ellis TL, Lawrence JA, Tatter SB, Shaw EG, Urbanic JJ, Chan MD. Patterns of failure in patients receiving gamma knife radiosurgery for breast carcinoma to the brain [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011; 81(2 Suppl):S216-S217.

Vern-Gross TZ, McMullen KP, Case LD, Bourland JD, Ellis TL, Lawrence JA, Tatter SB, Shaw EG, Urbanic JJ, Chan MD. Patterns of failure in patients receiving gamma knife radiosurgery for breast carcinoma to the brain [abstract]. Neuro Oncol. 2011; 13(Suppl 3):127.

McMullen KP, Harris S, Lovato J, Ellis TL, Tatter SB, Urbanic J, Bourland JD, Shaw EG, Chan MD. Salvage radiosurgery for patients with small cell lung cancer after previous whole brain radiations [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010; 78(3 Suppl):S274-S275.

Lally BE, Geiger AM, Urbanic JJ, Butler JM, Wentworth S, Perry MC, Wilson LD, Horton JK, Detterbeck FC, Miller AA, Blackstock AW, et al. Trends in the outcomes for patients with limited stage small cell lung cancer: an analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. Lung Cancer. 2009; 64(2):226-231.

Lally BE, Urbanic JJ, Blackstock AW. Could it be that less is more? [editorial]. Lancet Oncol. 2009; 10(5):435-437.

Urbanic JJ, Lally B, Blackstock AW. 'The best-laid plans ... often go awry ... ' [editorial]. J Thorac Oncol. 2009; 4(7):783-784.

Hampton CJ, Kearns WT, Urbanic JJ, McMullen KP, Blackstock AW, Hinson WH. Impact of individualized target volumes on stereotactic body radiotherapy treatment planning (SBRT): volumetric analysis [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008; 72(1 Suppl):S617.

Hampton CJ, Kearns WT, Urbanic JJ, McMullen KP, Blackstock AW, Hinson WH. Impact of individualized target volumes on stereotactic body radiotherapy treatment planning (SBRT): dosimetric analysis [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008; 72(1 Suppl):S625-S626.

Kearns WT, Urbanic JJ, Hampton CJ, McMullen KP, Blackstock AW, Stieber VW, Hinson WH. Radiation safety issues with positron-emission/computed tomography simulation for stereotactic body radiation therapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2008; 9(3):141-146.

Urbanic JJ, McMullen KP, Stieber VW, Hinson WH, Kearns WT, Hampton CJ, Lovato JF, Livengood K, Rosdahl R, Blackstock AW. A phase I/II dose-escalation/efficacy study, of single fraction stereotactic body radiotherapy (SF-SBRT) for metastatic cancer [abstract]. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008; 72(1 Suppl):S140.

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Last Updated 5/8/2012
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