Radiation Oncology

Dian Wang, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology Department of Radiation Oncology 8701 Watertown Plank Road Milwaukee, WI 53226 (414) 805-4496

Curriculum Vitae

Patient Care Emphases

• Male Genital-Urinary Cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Brachytherapy
• Head & Neck Cancer
• Soft Tissue Sarcomas
• General Radiation Oncology

Clinical Practice Locations

• Radiation Oncology Clinic at Froedtert & Medical College Clinics: (414) 805-4400
• Clement Zablocki VA Medical Center: (414) 384-2000 ext 42585

Education

• PhD, Molecular Genetics of Cancer, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (1996).
• Doctor of Medicine, Anhui College of Medicine, China (1984).

Training

• Board Certification, Radiation Oncology, American Board of Radiology (2002).
• Residency Radiation Oncology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (2002).

Representative Publications (last 5 years)

• Bradley J, Kainz K, Li XA, Wang D.  The role of image-guided radiotherapy in the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma.  Cancer Therapy Review, in press, 2009. 
• Wang D, Lawton C. Pelvic lymph node irradiation for prostate cancer - Who? Why? When? Semin Radiat Oncol 81(1): 35-40, 2008.   
• Yang Q, Feng Y, Schultz CJ, Li XA, Wu H, Wang D.  Synergistic effect of 15-lipoxygenase 2 and radiation in killing carcinoma cells of head and neck.  Cancer Gene Therapy, 15(5):323-30, 2008. 
• Vernon MR, Maheshwari M, Schultz CJ, Michel MA, Wong SJ, Campbell BH, Massey BL, Wilson JF, Wang D.  Clinical outcomes of patients recieving PET/CT-guided radiotherapy for head and neck carcinoma.   Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 70(3):678-674, 2008.
• Li XA, Wang JZ, Stewart RD, Dibiase SJ, Wang D, Lawton CA.  Designing equivalent treatment regimens for prostate radiotherapy based on equivalent uniform dose.  British Journal of Radioloyg 81(961):59-68, 2008. 
• Li XA, Qi XS. Pitterle M, Kalakota K, Mueller K, Erickson BA, Wang D, Schultz CJ, Firat SY, Wilson JF.  Interfractional variations in patient setup and anatomic change assessed by daily computed tomography.   Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 68(2):581-591, 2007.  
• Wu H, Wang D.  Radiation induced alarm and failure of an implated programmable intrathecal pump.  Clinical Journal of Pain, 23(9):826-828, 2007.
• Wang D, Grecula JC, Gahbauer RA, Schuller DE, Lang JC. P16 gene alterations and clinical correlation with treatment outcome in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.  Oncology Reports, 15:661-665, 2006.
• Wang D, Chen S, Feng Y, Campbell HB, Tang X, Campbell WB. Reduced expression of 15-lipoxygenase 2 in human head and neck carcinoma. Tumor Biology, 27:261-273, 2006.  
• Wang D, Schultz CJ, Jursinic PA, Bialkowski M,  Zhu R, Brown WD, Rand SD, Campbell BH, Wong S, Li XA. Initial experience of FDG-PET/CT guided IMRT study for head and neck carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 65(1):143-15, 2006.  
• Li XA, Wang JZ, Jursinic PA, Lawton CA, Wang D. Dosimetric advantages of IMRT simultaneous integrated boost for high-risk prostate cancer. Int J Radiation Oncology Biol Phys, 61(4):1251-7, 2005.
• Feng Y, Chen S, Stoner GD, Wang D. Black raspberry extracts induce growth inhibition in human oral carcinoma cells. IJCP, 2(1):45-54, 2005.