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Nina Sanford, M.D.

Nina Sanford, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Chief of Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology Service

Associate Professor

Endowed Title
Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care
School
Medical School
Department
Radiation Oncology

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  • Education
    Medical School
    Harvard Medical School (2013)
    Internship
    Brigham and Women's Hospital (2014), Internal Medicine
    Residency
    Harvard/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital (2018), Radiation Oncology
  • Publications
    Definitive Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer: Historical Review, Current State and Future Directions
    Kumar AR, Sanford NN Seminars in Radiation Oncology 2025 Oct 35 510-513
    Controversies in upper gastrointestinal cancers—the role of radiotherapy in borderline resectable pancreatic cancer
    Dekervel J, Sanford N, Groot Koerkamp B ESMO Gastrointestinal Oncology 2025 Sep 9
    Presurgical Ablative Radiation Is Associated with Local Control and Immune Response in Pancreatic Cancer
    Leung PQ, Elghonaimy EA, Elamir AM, Wachsmann M, Zhang S, Barrows N, Notgrass H, Johnson E, Lewis CM, von Ebers R, Hamilton C, Castillo-Flores S, Nunez-Rocha RE, Josephson G, Chi Z, Al Mutar S, Polanco PM, Sanford NN, Ali Kazmi SM, Porembka MR, Hsiehchen D, Yopp AC, Mansour JC, Beg MS, Zeh HJ, Aguilera TA Clinical Cancer Research 2025 Jul 31 2777-2792
    The role of radiotherapy in the management of metastatic rectal cancer: A narrative review on the opportunities for non-operative management and organ preservation
    Ghalehtaki R, Pezeshki PS, Azimi A, Tabatabaei Fs, Sanford NN, Jethwa KR Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology 2025 Jul 53
    Moving From the Background Toward the Spotlight: A Critical Review of Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Pancreas Cancer
    Chuong MD, Ashman J, Jethwa K, Kharofa J, Kim H, Koay E, Ludmir E, Miller E, Nelson B, Reyngold M, Sanford N, Chang D International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2025 Jun 122 294-312
    Distant Metastases With Nonoperative Management in Rectal Cancer: Challenges in Defining Risk
    Jethwa KR, Hallemeier CL, Sanford NN Journal of Clinical Oncology 2025 May 43 1743-1745
    Benchmarks of success in radiotherapy vs systemic therapy: National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) randomized controlled trials sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
    Sanford NN, Shi Q, Hein DM, Hall WA Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2025 May 117 879-889
    Emerging evidence-based role for external-beam radiation therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma
    Dudzinski SO, Newman NB, McIntyre J, Engineer R, Sanford NN, Wo JY, Seong J, Guha C, Chang DT, Hong TS, Dawson LA, Koay EJ, Ludmir EB The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2025 Apr 10 387-398
    NRG Oncology International Consensus Contouring Atlas on Target Volumes and Dosing Strategies for Dose-Escalated Pancreatic Cancer Radiation Therapy
    Sanford NN, Narang AK, Aguilera TA, Bassetti MF, Chuong MD, Erickson BA, Goodman KA, Herman JM, Intven M, Kilcoyne A, Kim H, Paulson E, Reyngold M, Tsai S, Tchelebi LT, Tuli R, Versteijne E, Wei AC, Wo JY, Zhang Y, Hong TS, Hall WA International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 2025 Mar 121 918-929
    Erratum to: Defining Minimum Treatment Parameters of Ablative Radiation Therapy in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Expert Consensus. Yanagihara TK, Tepper JE, Moon AM, et al. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2024 Mar-Apr;14(2):134-145 (Practical Radiation Oncology (2024) 14(2) (134–145), (S187985002300276X), (10.1016/j.prro.2023.08.016))
    Yanagihara TK, Tepper JE, Moon AM, Barry A, Molla M, Seong J, Torres F, Apisarnthanarax S, Buckstein M, Cardenes H, Chang DT, Feng M, Guha C, Hallemeier CL, Hawkins MA, Hoyer M, Iwata H, Jabbour SK, Kachnic L, Kharofa J, Kim TH, Kirichenko A, Koay EJ, Makishima H, Mases J, Meyer JJ, Munoz-Schuffenegger P, Owen D, Park HC, Saez J, Sanford NN, Scorsetti M, Smith GL, Wo JY, Yoon SM, Lawrence TS, Reig M, Dawson LA Practical Radiation Oncology 2025 Mar 15 214-215
  • Honors & Awards
    • Dedman Family Scholar in Cancer Care
      (2019)