Description of Research Expertise
I have an academic focus limited to breast cancer. My research interests have been focused on shortening radiation courses by hypofractionation, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) with concurrent boost, proton beam radiation, and cardiac effects of radiation therapy/techniques to reduce cardiac dose in breast cancer. I have published over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts, review articles and book chapters about breast cancer, radiation for early and advanced stage disease, radiation for intact breast and post-mastectomy indications, and radiation therapy techniques and side effects.
Selected Publications
Iwai Y, Perez-Rojas S, Thomas SM, Tadros AB, Woodward SG, Zhang JQ, Elmore, LC, Freedman GM, Tchou JC, Bleznak AD, Fayanju OM: Guideline-Concordant Surgical Care for Lobular vs Ductal Inflammatory Breast Cancer Ann Surg Oncol : 2024.
Berlin E, Yegya-Raman N, Hollawell C, Haertter A, Rhodes S, Seol S, Gentile M, Li T, Freedman GM, Taunk NK: Breast Reconstruction Complications Following Post-Mastectomy Proton Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer Advances in Radiation Oncology 9 (3): 2024.
Hahn EA, Pugh SL, Lu HL, Vela AM, Gillespie EF, Nichols EM, Wright JL, MacDonald SM, Cahlon O, Baas C, Braunstein LZ, Fang LC, Freedman GM, Jimenez RB, Kesslering CM, Mishra MV, Mutter RW, Ohri N, Rosen LR, Urbanic JJ, Jagsi R, Mitchell SA, Bekelman JE, Cella D; RadComp (Radiotherapy Comparative Effectiveness Consortium).: Validation of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients With Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer Receiving Comprehensive Nodal Irradiation in the RadComp Trial Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys : 2024.
Freedman GM, Li T, Garver E, Shillington K, Shinkle B, Tchou JC, Fayanju OM, Lin L, Taunk NK: Five-year outcomes of a phase I/II trial of accelerated partial breast irradiation using proton therapy for women with stage 0-IIA breast cancer Advances in Radiation Oncology 9 (2): 2023.
Novick K, Chadha M, Daroui P, Freedman G, Gao W, Hunt K, Park C, Rewari A, Suh W, Walker W, Wong J, Harris EE: American Radium Society Appropriate Use Criteria Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy: Executive Summary of Clinical Topics Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys : 2023.
Manik R, Grady CB, Elmore LC, Fieber JH, Freedman GM, Jankowitz RC, Tchou JC, Zhang JQ, Hubbard RA, Fayanju OM: Temporal Trends and Factors Associated with Receipt of Post-Mastectomy Radiation after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Women with cT3 Breast Cancer ASO : 2023.
Jagsi R, Griffith KA, Harris EE, Wright JL, Recht A, Taghian AG, Lee L, Moran MS, Small Jr W, Johnstone C, Rahimi A, Freedman G, Muzaffar M, Haffty B, Horst K, Powell SN, Sharp J, Sabel M, Schott A, El-Tamer M: Omission of Radiotherapy After Breast-Conserving Surgery for Women With Breast Cancer With Low Clinical and Genomic Risk: 5-Year Outcomes of IDEA J Clin Oncol : 2023.
Dastgheyb S, Kim K, Doucette A, Freedman G, Shah P, Makhlin I, Clark A, Taunk N.: Acute skin radiation toxicity seen with concurrent T-DM1: A single institutional report of 35 patients The Breast : 2022.
Rhodes S, Shah NK, Gray K, Lahav J, Ryan T, Rivera M, Freedman GM, Taunk NK: Nursing Telemedicine Educational Encounters: Improved Patient Satisfaction in Radiation Therapy Clinics Clin J Oncol Nurs 26 (3): 275-82,2022.
Vallabhaneni S, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Smith A, Zou W, Feigenberg S, Plastaras J, Freedman G, Witschey W, Ky B, Han Y.: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in early detection of radiation associated cardiotoxicity with chest radiation Front. Cardiovasc. Med. : 2022.
Academic Contact Information
Radiation Oncology
Perelman School of Medicine
PCAM / TRC 4 West
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia,
PA
19104
Phone: 215-615-6767
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366