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Aruna Turaka, MD

Radiation Oncology

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neuro-oncology (Brain cancer) treatment team.

Clinical Expertise:

Lung cancer, CNS malignancies, Lymphomas

Certifications:

Delhi Medical Counsel Registration, Certificate in Radiation Oncology

After completing my fellowship, I joined Fox Chase's department of radiation oncology in 2009. During my training, I took special interest in lung cancers. In my practice, I specialize in treating patients with lung cancer (with new treatment techniques like IMRT and SBRT), CNS malignances and leukemia/Lymphomas (CNS Lymphoma, Plasmacytomas).

The collaboration in the multidisciplinary team leads to better patient care. Through tumor board meetings we interact with other specialty faculty, which helps to decide the best course of care for tumors and better choices for individual patient treatments.

My philosophy has been to provide the best patient care to improve the quality of life. Along with an interest in research in lung cancer, I try to maintain a dual commitment to patient care and clinical research.

Medical Education

MBBS, Guntur Medical College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1996

Honors and Awards

Travel grant for the 2011 Pan Pacific Lymphoma Conference, Island of Kauai, Hawaii;
Adjudged “Poster of Distinction” Award at the AHNS 2009 Annual Meeting on the IMRT dataoutcomes of Head and Neck Cancer patients treated at Fox Chase Cancer Center.

Professional Societies

Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (AROI);
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO);
American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)

Research Interests

Lung cancer, Lymphoma

Publications

Hemraj Pal, Ankush Singhal, T Aruna, Renuka Jena. Quality of life in breast cancer patients. Hospital Today Vol. VII (1): 23-29; Jan 2002.
Siddarth Nanda, Munish Gairola, Aruna T, S.Chander. Carcinoma of Ureter: A case report. J Obst. Gynae & Family welfare Vol VII (28), 14-15; April 2001.
Aruna Turaka, Suman Bhasker, Kiran Turaka, PK Julka. Late metastases from Retinoblastoma to the mandible. Bangladesh J Child Health. Vol 28 (2): 69-70; 2004.
Bhaskar S, Bajpai V, Turaka A. Palliative radiotherapy in Paediatric Malignancies. Singapore Med J. 49 (12): 998, 2008.
Turaka A, Freedman GM, Li T, Anderson PR, Swaby R, Nicolaou N, Goldstein L, Sigurdson ER, Bleicher RJ. Young Age is Not Associated with Increased Local Recurrence for DCIS Treated by Breast-Conserving Surgery and Radiation. Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2009 July 1; 100 (1): 25-31.
Aruna Turaka, Rosaleen B Parsons, Mark K. Buyyounouski. Lung Cancer Presents As Addisonian Crisis Secondary To A Solitary Pituitary Metastasis. Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice. December, 8 (4): 229-232, 2009.
[This article 'Lung cancer presents as Addisonian crisis secondary to a solitary pituitary metastasis' in Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice was featured on MDLinx.com site. http://www.mdlinx.com/pulmonologylinx/news-article.cfm/3011404].
Aruna Turaka, Tianyu Li, Navesh K. Sharma, Linna Li, Nicos Nicolaou, Ranee Mehra, Barbara Burtness, Roger B. Cohen, Miriam N. Lango, Eric M. Horwitz, John A. Ridge and Steven J. Feigenberg. Increased Recurrences Using Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy in the Postoperative setting. Published ahead of print in American J of Clinical Oncology, December 30, 2009.
A.Turaka, T Li, N. Nicolaou, M. N. Lango, B. Burtness, E. M. Horwitz, J. A. Ridge, S. J. Feigenberg. The use of a Low Neck Field (LNF) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT): No clinical detriment of IMRT to an anterior LNF during the treatment of Head and Neck Cancer. Published ahead of print in Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, April 10, 2010.
Aruna Turaka, M.D., Tianyu Li, M.S., Jian Q. Yu, M.D, FRCPC., Nicos Nicolaou, M.D., Barbara Burtness, M.D., Miriam N. Lango, M.D., John A. Ridge, M.D, FACS., and Steven J. Feigenberg, M.D. Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) for Thyroid Cancer. January 14, 2010 "Thyroid Science", 5(1):CLS1-8, 2010.
Lango MN, Topham NS, Perlis CS, Flieder DB, Weaver MW, Turaka A, Patel SA, Ridge JA. Surgery in the Multimodality Treatment of Sinonasal Malignancies. Curr Probl Cancer. 2010 Sep-Oct; 34(5):304-21.
Matthew Johnson, Aruna Turaka*, and Steven J. Feigenberg. Head and Neck Cancer Metastasis to the Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube site: A Report of Two Cases. Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice, Cambridge University Press 11 Nov 2010.
Aruna Turaka, Rosaleen B. Paarsons. A rare complication of a CT guided Biopsy. Case report: Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Vol 6 (8): 1438, August 2011.
A. Turaka, M. K. Buyyounouski, A. L. Hanlon, E. M. Horwitz, R. E. Greenberg, B. Movsas; Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA; Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI. Hypoxic Prostate/Muscle PO2 (P/M PO2) Ratio Predicts for Biochemical Failure in Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer: Long-term Results: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Oct 8. [Epub ahead of print].
Aruna Turaka*, Rosaleen B. Parsons, Mark K. Buyyounouski. Radiotherapy Techniques used for the Pituitary Metastasis: Report of Four Cases. Manuscript accepted for publication to“Tumori”on 7/8/2011.
Lu Wang, Ph.D., Steve Feigenberg, M.D., James Fan, Ph.D., Lihui Jin, Ph.D., Aruna Turaka, M.D., Lili Chen, Ph.D., Charlie M. Ma, Ph.D. Target Relocalization Accuracy and PTV Margin Verification using Three-dimensional Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) in Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) of Lung Cancers. Manuscript accepted for publication to“Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics (JACMP)”, 11/15/2011.
Natasha Townsend, Aruna Turaka*, Mitchell R. Smith. Lacrimal Gland Lymphoma: A Report of Case Series and Role of Radiation Therapy. Manuscript accepted for publication to“Oman Journal of Ophthalmology (OJO)”, 1/6/2012.

* denotes Corresponding author

Text Book Chapters

Aruna Turaka, Michael Unger. Endobronchial high dose rate brachytherapy for lung cancer: Interventional Pulmonology Text, edited by Pablo Diaz-Jimenez and Alicia Rodriguez, 2012.

Editorials

Age bows out as factor in cancer recurrence for women with ductal carcinoma, October10, 2008: Diagnostic Imaging
Examine | Mammography: Ductal Carcinoma in Situ: Young age and radiation therapy
Assessment of a Postsurgical Radiation Therapy for Thyroid Cancer Patients.

Editorial Services

2011: Editor, Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Oncology
2012: Editor, Radiology OMICS group

Abstracts

T. Ganesh, V. Subramani, R Joshi, T. Aruna, R. Sharma, N. Gopishankar, G. Rath, All Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Treatment Planning in HDR Intracavitary Brachytherapy: Comparison of critical organ doses as estimated by orthogonal radiographs based planning and image based planning. Med. Phys. Volume 32, Issue 6, pp. 1961-1962 (June 2005).
A. Turaka, B.K. Mohanti, S.Chander, S.V.S. Deo, R. Jena, G.K. Rath; All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Quality of Life Assessment in patients above 60 and below 50 years of age during and after curative radiotherapy in Head and Neck cancers. Journal of Clinical Oncology Vol 24, No 18 S (I), 293S, June 2006, (Abstract No# 5552).
Citation: Radiation therapy in the elderly: More side effects and complications? Jaime Gomez-Millan. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology. Volume 71, Issue 1, July 2009, Pages 70-78
S. Bhasker, A. Turaka, B K. Mohanti, V. Bajpai. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Palliative Radiotherapy in Pediatric malignancies. Journal of Clinical Oncology Vol 24, No 18 S (I), 514S, June 2006, (Abstract No# 9050).
A. Turaka, B. K. Mohanti, S. Chander, R. Jena, S. V. Deo. Acute and late effects of radical radiotherapy in elderly head and neck cancer patients. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2007 ASCO Annual Meeting Proceedings Part I. Vol 25, No. 18S (June 20 Supplement), 2007, (Abstract No# 16515).
Turaka A, Freedman G, Li T, Bleicher R, Swaby R, Nicolaou N, Goldstein L, Sigurdson E, Anderson P. Young Age is Not Associated with Increased Local Recurrence for DCIS Treated by Breast-Conserving Surgery and Radiation. Int J of Rad Oncol Biol Phys 72, 1S, S151, 2008, (Abstract No# 1085).
Linna Li MD, Yan Chen PhD, Aruna Turaka MD, Nicos Nicolaou MD, Steven J Feigenberg MD. The use of an intermediate risk volume dose constraint in head and neck IMRT can increase hotspots. Presented at the American Radium Society, 2009 Annual Meeting, April 25-29, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Aruna Turaka, Tianyu Li, Navesh K. Sharma, Linna Li, Nicos Nicolaou, Ranee Mehra, Barbara Burtness, Roger B. Cohen, Miriam N. Lango, Eric M. Horwitz, John A. Ridge and Steven J. Feigenberg. Increased loco-regional failures using Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) in the postoperative setting. Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA. Presented as Poster for the American Head and Neck Society Meeting, May 30- 31, 2009 Phoenix, Arizona (Abstract No# 21215).
A.Turaka, M. K. Buyyounouski, A. L. Hanlon, E. M. Horwitz, R. E. Greenberg, B. Movsas; Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA; Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI. Hypoxic Prostate/Muscle PO2 (P/M PO2) Ratio Predicts for Biochemical Failure in Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer: Long-term Results: Journal of Clinical Oncology; vol 27, 15 S (I-II), 267S, May 20, 2009, (Abstract No# 5136).
Linna Li, M.D., Brian Lally, M.D., George R. Simon, Aruna Turaka, M.D., Ranee Mehra, M.D., Abraham Lebenthal, M.D., Walter Scott, M.D., , M.D., Nicolas. K. Kuritzky, M.D., Steven J. Feigenberg M.D. Second Primary Lung Cancer in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Survivors: Implications for long term follow up and screening. Abstract presented as Poster Discussion to the 13th World Congress on Lung Cancer, Moscone west, San Francisco, July 31- August 4, 2009.
Navesh K. Sharma, DO, PhD, Kruti Patel, BS, Karen J. Ruth, MS, Aruna Turaka, MD, Mark K. Buyyunouski, MD, Hossein Borghaei, DO, Jian Q. Yu, MD, FRCPC, Lu Wang, PhD, Earl King, MD, Walter J. Scott, MD, Benjamin Movsas, MD, and Steven J. Feigenberg, MD. Tumor Histology and Initial SUVmax predict for a greater than 55% decrease on post SBRT PET Scans: Implications in using PET as a surrogate for local control. Abstract presented as poster presentation to the ASTRO Translational Advances in Radiation Oncology and Cancer Imaging meeting, September 11-12, 2009, St. Louise, MO.
A.Turaka, T Li, N. Nicolaou, M. N. Lango, B. Burtness, E. M. Horwitz, J. A. Ridge, S. J. Feigenberg. The use of a Low Neck Field (LNF) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT): No clinical detriment of IMRT to an anterior LNF during the treatment of Head and Neck Cancer. Int J of Rad Oncol Biol Phys 75, 3S, S 427, 2009, (Abstract No# 2548).
Aruna Turaka, Tianyu Li, Yan Chen, Robert A. Price Jr., Nicos Nicolaou, Barbara Burtness, Miriam N. Lango, John A. Ridge and Steven J. Feigenberg. Predictors of Outcomes and Toxicities among the Postoperative Head and Neck Cancer Patients treated with Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT). Abstract presented as poster to the 2010 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, Feb 25-27, 2010, Chandler, AZ.
Ben Weinberg, Aruna Turaka, Tianyu Li, Joshua Silverman, Nicos Nicolaou, Barbara Burtness, Miriam N. Lango, John A. Ridge and Steven J. Feigenberg. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) in the Treatment of Oropharyngeal Carcinoma: Clinical outcomes and relation of parotid gland volume with xerostomia. Abstract accepted for Poster presentation for the American Head and Neck Society Meeting (AHNS), April 28 – 29, 2010, Los Vegas, Nevada (Abstract ID: #30655).
A. Turaka, T. Li, W. Lubbe, M. R. Smith, M. M. Millenson, R. J. Schilder, H. Borghaei, A. D. Cohen, T. I. Al-Saleem, N. Nicolaou. Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA. Curative radiation therapy for primary ocular lymphomas: Demonstration of dose response. Abstract accepted for publication for the 2010 ASCO Annual Meeting, June 4-8, 2010 (Abstract # 42060).
C. Aggarwal, B. Egleston, L. Li, H. Borghaei, R. Mehra, N. Somaiah, A. Turaka, W. J. Scott, C. J. Langer, G. R. Simon. Role of surgery in patients with stage IIIA non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); Lessons learned from a tertiary referral cancer center experience. Abstract accepted as poster for the 2010 ASCO Annual Meeting, June 4-8, 2010.
C. Aggarwal, B. Egleston, L. Li, H. Borghaei, R. Mehra, N. Somaiah, A. Turaka, W. J. Scott, C. J. Langer, G. R. Simon. Role of surgery in patients with stage IIIA non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); Lessons learned from a tertiary referral cancer center experience. Journal of Clinical Oncology 28:15s, 2010 (suppl; Abstract # 7066).
W. J. Scott,, C. Aggarwal, B. Egleston, A. Lebenthal, H. Borghaei, R. Mehra, N. Somaiah, A. Turaka, and G. R. Simon. Influence of surgical interventions on survival in patients with stage IIIB Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) - The Fox Chase Cancer Center experience. Journal of Clinical Oncology 28:15s, 2010 (suppl; Abstract # 7067).
Aruna Turaka, Ben Weinberg, Tianyu Li, Nicos Nicolaou, Barbara Burtness, Miriam N. Lango, John A. Ridge and Steven J. Feigenberg. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) in the Treatment of Oropharyngeal Carcinoma: Clinical outcomes and relation of parotid gland volume with xerostomia. Abstract presented as poster for the 52nd AAPM Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, July 18-22, 2010 (Abstract # 12605).
Aruna Turaka, Cattaneo Richard, Tianyu Li, Nicos Nicolaou, Miriam N. Lango, Barbara Burtness, John A. Ridge and Steven J. Feigenberg. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for the Para-nasal sinus malignancies: Outcomes from Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC). Abstract presented as poster for the 52nd AAPM Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, July 18-22, 2010 (Abstract # 12575).
L Jin, R Price, L Wang, J Fan, A. Turaka, M Buyyounouski, C Ma. Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA. Dosimetric impact of beam margin on 3D conformal treatment plan in the lung cancer Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy. Abstract presented as poster for the 52nd AAPM Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, July 18-22, 2010 (Abstract # 13510).
Aruna Turaka, Zhu Fang, Mark K. Buyyounouski, Eric M. Horwitz, Deborah Watkins-Bruner, Andre A. Konski, and Alan Pollack. Conventional versus Hypofractionated IMRT: Results of Late GI and GU Toxicity and Quality of Life from a Phase III Trial. International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics Vol. 78, Issue 3, Supplement, Page S67, 1 November, 2010 (Abstract # 142).
Mark K. Buyyounouski, Tianyu Li, Aruna Turaka, David Y.T. Chen, Eric M. Horwitz. Interval to biochemical failure (IBF) is highly prognostic for distant metastases and mortality after salvage radiation therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics Vol. 78, Issue 3, Supplement, Page S 348, 1 November 2010 (Abstract # 2323).
Z Husain, N Sharma, A Hanlon, M Yu, W Chen, A.Mirimiran, A Dhople, M Buyyounouski, A Turaka, S Feigenberg. Low Pretreatment PET SUV Predicts for Increased Local Failure Following Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics Vol. 78, Issue 3, Supplement, Page S 525, 1 November 4, 2010 (Abstract # 2717).
H. Borghaei, A. Turaka, T. Li, M. R. Smith, R. J. Schilder, N. Nicolaou. Curative radiation therapy for primary ocular lymphomas: Demonstration of dose response. International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics Vol. 78, Issue 3, Supplement, Page S556, 1 November 4, 2010 (Abstract # 2788).
Cattaneo Richard, Aruna Turaka, Tianyu Li, Nicos Nicolaou, Miriam N. Lango, Barbara Burtness, John A. Ridge and Steven J. Feigenberg. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for the Para-nasal sinus malignancies: Outcomes from Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC). International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics Vol. 78, Issue 3, Supplement, Page S478-S479, 1 November 4, 2010 (Abstract # 2616).
Pavlos Papavasiliou, Rodrigo Arrangoiz, Aruna Turaka, Clifford Perlis, Miriam Lango, Michael Yu, Jeffrey Farma. Preoperative FDG-PET/CT changes management in patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol, 18 (Suppl 1): S112, 2011 (Abstract # P 244).
J. Oxenberg, W Scott T. Li, E, Ross, A. Lebenthal, P. Shah, A. Turaka, H Borghaei, M. Goldberg, S. Feigenberg, B. Movsas, C Langer. Is Neoadjuvant Chemo-Radiation A Risk Factor for 90-day Mortality after Pneumonectomy? Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Vol 6 (6), Supplement 2: S 455, June 2011 (Abstract # MO 02.07).
A Turaka, Z. Fang, W. J. Scott, P. C. Shah, R. Mehra, C. Aggarwal, H. Borghaei, E. King, S. J. Feigenberg, C. Langer. Trimodality treatment (Carboplatin + Paclitaxel + Radiation Therapy and Surgery) of Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: The Fox Chase Cancer Center Experience. Abstract accepted as Poster to the 53rd Annual Meeting American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), October 2-6, 2011, Miami Beach, FL (Abstract # 1136).
A. Turaka, C. T. Murphy, Z. Fang, J. M. Farma, M. N. Lango, H. Wu, P. Engstrom, N. Nicolaou, C. Perlis. Merkel Cell Carcinoma and Sentinel Lymph Node Evaluation: Outcomes from a Single Institution. Abstract accepted as Poster to the 53rd Annual Meeting American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), October 2-6, 2011, Miami Beach, FL (Abstract # 1609)
Galloway T J, Turaka A, Ruth K, Mehra R, Lango MN, Burtness B, Ridge JA, Horwitz EM. Low Rates of Gastrostomy Tube Dependence in Patients with Small Primary Oropharynx Cancer Treated without Pharyngeal Constrictor Avoidance. Abstract accepted as Poster to the 53rd Annual Meeting American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), October 2-6, 2011, Miami Beach, FL (Abstract # 1547).C. T. Murphy, A. Turaka, Z. Fang, J. M. Farma, M. N. Lango, H. Wu, P.
Engstrom, T. Galloway, N. Nicolaou, C. Perlis. Adjuvant Radiotherapy in Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A 20-year Experience at a Single Institution. Abstract accepted as Poster to the 53rd Annual Meeting American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), October 2-6, 2011, Miami Beach, FL (Abstract # 821).
Aruna Turaka, Tianyu Li, Adam D. Cohen, Nicos Nicolaou, Barbara Pro , Michael M. Millenson, Valentine Robu, Tahseen I. Al-Saleem, Mitchell R. Smith. Results of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Stage I Primary Extranodal Lymphoma of the Head and Neck: A report of 5 cases. Abstract accepted as Poster to the 2011 Pan Pacific Lymphoma Conference, August 15-19, 2011, Koloa, Hawaii.
Mauricio Gamez, Aruna Turaka, Tianyu Li, Thomas Galloway, Barbara Burtness, Miriam N. Lango, John A. Ridge and Steven J. Feigenberg, Jian Q. Yu. The Use Of F18FluoroDeoxyGlucose Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanning in Predicting Treatment Response. Abstract presented as Oral presentation to the RSNA 97th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, November 27December 2, 2011, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois.
Aruna Turaka, Tianyu Li, Adam D. Cohen, Barbara Pro, Valentine Robu, Tahseen I. AlSaleem, Mitchell R. Smith. Results of Radiation Therapy for Primary Extranodal Lymphoma of the Head and Neck: A Report of Case Series. Abstract accepted as Poster to the Lymphoma and Myeloma 2011 Meeting (An International Congress on Hematological Malignancies) October 2022, 2011, New York, NY (Abstract P 02).

Presentations:

Oral

"Evaluation of Primary Dermis-fat graft (DFG) compared with Acrylic sphere implant following Evisceration". Scientific session presentation at the 60th AIOS Conference, 2002, Ahmadabad, India.
"Zoledronic acid, a new Bisphosphonate effective in the treatment of bone metastases": Experience from All Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Scientific session presentation at the 25th AROI, Nov 2003, Kochi, India.
Conventional versus Hypofractionated IMRT: Results of Late GI and GU Toxicity and Quality of Life from a Phase III Trial. 52nd Annual Meeting American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), San Diego, October 31- November 4, 2010.

Poster Discussion

"Young Age is Not Associated with Increased Local Recurrence for DCIS Treated by Breast-Conserving Surgery and Radiation". Scientific session presentation at the 50th Annual Meeting American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), September 21 – 25, 2008, Boston, MA.
"Second Primary Lung Cancer in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Survivors: Implications for long term follow up and screening". Scientific session presentation at the 13th World Congress on Lung Cancer, Moscone west, San Francisco, July 31- August 4, 2009.

Poster

"Limb saving surgery, survival and prognostic factors for Osteosarcoma": All Institute of Medical Sciences Experience, Department of Radiotherapy, All Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Scientific session presentation at the ASCO-PAN ASIA Cancer Conference (A-PACC), 24-26th February’2002, New Delhi, India
"Quality of Life Assessment in patients above 60 and below 50 years of age during and after curative radiotherapy in Head and Neck cancers". Scientific session presentation at the 7th International Conference on Geriatric Oncology: Cancer in the Elderly, September 27-28, 2002 Boston, USA
"Zoledronic acid, a new Bisphosphonate effective in the treatment of bone metastases from Breast cancer": Experience from All Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Scientific session presentation at the 2nd International Conference of Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, 26th &27th April’2003, New Delhi.
"Impact of CT slice thickness on 3-D conformal radiotherapy": All Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Scientific session presentation at the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO), October, 2004, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
"Treatment Planning in HDR Intracavitary Brachytherapy: Comparison of critical organ doses as estimated by orthogonal radiographs based planning and image based planning". All Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Scientific session presentation at the 47th American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual meeting, July 24-28, 2005, Washington, Seattle, USA.
"Palliative Radiotherapy in Pediatric malignancies". All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Scientific session presentation at the 13th International Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care, 9-12 February 2006 and the 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), June 2-6, 2006, Atlanta, GA, USA
"Quality of Life Assessment in patients above 60 and below 50 years of age during and after curative radiotherapy in Head and Neck cancers". Scientific session presentation at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), June 2-6, 2006, Atlanta, GA, USA.
"Acute and late effects of radical radiotherapy in elderly head and neck cancer patients". Accepted for publication in the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), June 2-5, 2007, Chicago, IL, USA.
"The use of an intermediate risk volume dose constraint in head and neck IMRT can increase hotspots". Scientific session presentation at the American Radium Society, 2009 Annual Meeting, April 25-29, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
"Increased loco-regional failures using Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) in the postoperative setting". Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA. Scientific session presentation at the American Head and Neck Society Meeting (AHNS), May 30- 31, 2009 Phoenix, Arizona.
"Hypoxic Prostate/Muscle PO2 (P/M PO2) Ratio Predicts for Biochemical Failure in Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer: Long-term Results". Scientific session presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), May 29 to June 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA.
"The use of a Low Neck Field (LNF) and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT): No clinical detriment of IMRT to an anterior LNF during the treatment of Head and Neck Cancer". Scientific session presentation at the 51st Annual Meeting American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), November 1-5, 2009, Chicago, IL.
"Tumor Histology and Initial SUVmax predict for a greater than 55% decrease on post SBRT PET Scans: Implications in using PET as a surrogate for local control". Scientific session presentation at the ASTRO Translational Advances in Radiation Oncology and Cancer Imaging meeting, September 11-12, 2009, St. Louise, MO.
"Predictors of Outcomes and Toxicities among the Postoperative Head and Neck Cancer Patients treated with Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)". Scientific session presentation at the 2010 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, Feb 25-27, 2010, Chandler, AZ.
"Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) in the Treatment of Oropharyngeal Carcinoma: Clinical outcomes and relation of parotid gland volume with xerostomia". Scientific session presentation at the American Head and Neck Society Meeting (AHNS), April 28 – 29, 2010, Los Vegas, Nevada and the 52nd AAPM Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, July 18-22, 2010.
"Role of surgery in patients with stage IIIA non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); Lessons learned from a tertiary referral cancer center experience". Scientific session presentation at the 2010 ASCO Annual Meeting, June 4-8, 2010.
"Influence of surgical interventions on survival in patients with stage IIIB Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) - The Fox Chase Cancer Center experience". Scientific session presentation at the 2010 ASCO Annual Meeting, June 4-8, 2010.
"Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for the Para-nasal sinus malignancies: Outcomes from Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC)". Scientific session presentation at the 52nd AAPM Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, July 18-22, 2010 and 52nd Annual Meeting American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), San Diego, October 31- November 4, 2010.
"Dosimetric impact of beam margin on 3D conformal treatment plan in the lung cancer Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy". Scientific session presentation at the 52nd AAPM Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, July 18-22, 2010.
"Interval to biochemical failure (IBF) is highly prognostic for distant metastases and mortality after salvage radiation therapy". Scientific session presentation at the 52nd Annual Meeting American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), San Diego, October 31- November 4, 2010.
"Low Pretreatment PET SUV Predicts for Increased Local Failure Following Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer". Scientific session presentation at the 52nd Annual Meeting American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), San Diego, October 31- November 4, 2010.
"Curative radiation therapy for primary ocular lymphomas: Demonstration of dose response". Scientific session presentation at the 52nd Annual Meeting American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), San Diego, October 31- November 4, 2010.

Submitted for Publication/ Meetings

Aruna Turaka, Steven J. Feigenberg, Rosaleen B. Parsons, Navesh K. Sharma, Brian E. Lally, Mark K. Buyyounouski. Radiotherapy for the Pituitary Metastasis: Report of Three Cases. Submitted to Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology.
Aruna Turaka, M.D., Steven J. Feigenberg, M.D. NOT THE TYPICAL BUTTERFLY. Submitted to "Clinical Nuclear Medicine".
Aruna Turaka. A rare complication of a CT guided Biopsy. Submitted to the RadiologyInfo.org Image Contest, RSNA.
A. Turaka, M. K. Buyyounouski, A. L. Hanlon, E. M. Horwitz, R. E. Greenberg, B. Movsas; Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA; Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI. Hypoxic Prostate/Muscle PO2 (P/M PO2) Ratio Predicts for Biochemical Failure in Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer: Long-term Results: Manuscript submitted for publication to Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys.
Lu Wang, Ph.D., Steve Feigenberg, M.D., James Fan, Ph.D., Lihui Jin, Ph.D., Aruna Turaka, M.D., Lili Chen, Ph.D., Charlie M. Ma, Ph.D. Target Relocalization Accuracy and PTV Margin Verification using Three-dimensional Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) in Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) of Lung Cancers. Manuscript submitted for publication to Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys.
Pavlos Papavasiliou, MD, Rodrigo Arrangoiz, MD, Aruna Turaka, MD, Clifford Perlis, MD, Miriam Lango, MD, Michael Yu, MD, Jeffrey Farma, MD. Preoperative FDG-PET/CT changes management in patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Abstract submitted to the Society of Surgical Oncology, March 2-6, 2011—San Antonio, Texas.
Aruna Turaka, Tianyu Li, Adam D. Cohen, Nicos Nicolaou, Barbara Pro , Michael M. Millenson, Valentine Robu, Tahseen I. Al-Saleem, Mitchell R. Smith. Results of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Stage I Primary Extranodal Lymphoma of the Head and Neck: A report of 5 cases. Abstract submitted to the American Head and Neck Society meeting (AHNS) 2011, April 27-28, Chicago IL.