Radiation Oncology

Elizabeth M. Gore, MD Professor of Radiation Oncology Associate Director, Radiation Oncology at Zablocki VA Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology 8701 Watertown Plank Road Milwaukee, WI 53226 (414) 805-4465

Curriculum Vitae

Patient Care Emphases

• Lung Cancer
• Esophageal Cancer

Clinical Practice Locations

• Clement Zablocki VA Medical Center: (414) 384-2000, ext. 42585
• Froedtert and the Medical College Clinical Cancer Center: (414) 805-4400

Education

• Doctor of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (1990).

Training

• Fellowship Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, WI (1994-1995).
• Residency Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (1990-1994).

Certifications

• Recertification, Radiation Oncology, American Board of Radiology (2000).
• Radiation Oncology, American Board of Radiology (1995).

Representative Publications (last 5 years)

• Gore E, Bae K, Langer C, Extermann M, Movsas B, Okunieff P, Videtic G, Choy H. Phase I/II trial of a Cox-2 inhibitor with limited field radiation for intermediate prognosis patients who have locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 0213. Clin Lung Cancer, 12(2):125-30, 2011.
• Alt CA, Gore EM, Montagnini ML, Ng AV. Muscle endurance, cancer-related fatigue, and radiotherapy in prostate cancer survivors. Muscle Nerve 43(3):415-24, 2011.
• Gore EM, Bae K, Wong SJ, Sun A, Bonner JA, Schild SE, Gaspar LE, Bogart JA, Werner-Wasik M, Choy H. Phase III comparison of prophylactic cranial irradiation versus observation in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: primary analyisis of radiation therapy oncology group study RTOG 0214. J Clin Oncol 29(3):272-8, 2011.
• Sun A, Bae K, Gore EM, Movsas B, Wong SJ, Meyers CA, Bonner JA, Schild SE, Gaspar LE, Bogart JA, Werner-Wasik M, Choy H. Phase III trial of prophylactic cranial irradiation compared with observation in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: Neurocognitive and quality of life analysis. J Clin Oncol 29(3):279-86, 2011. 
• Machtay M, Bae K, Movsas B, Paulus R, Gore EM, Komaki R, Albain K, Sause WT, Curran WJ. Higher biologically effective dose of radiotherapy is associated with improved outcoms for locally advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma treated with chemoradiation: An analysis of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys Oct 25 [Epub ahead of print], 2010.
• Gore EM. Non-surgical management of stage I lung cancer. F1000 Med Rep Mar 25;2:23, 2010.
• Choong NW, Gore E. Stereotactic radiosurgery for the management of brain metastases.  N Eng J Med 363(6):592, 2010.
• Bradley JD, Moughan J, Graham MV, Byhardt R, Govindan R, Fowler J, Purdy JA, Michalski JM, Gore E, Choy H. A phase I/II radiation dose escalation study with concurrent chemotherapy for patients with inoperably stages I to III non-small cell lung cancer: Phase I results of RTOG 0117. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 77(2):367-72.
• Bradley J, Bae K, Graham M, Byhardt R, Govindan R, Fowler J, Purdy J, Michalski J, Gore EM, Choy H.  Primary analysis of the phase II component of a phase I/II dose intensification study using three dimensional conformal radiation therapy and concurrent chemotherapy for patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer: RTOG 0117. J Clin Oncol 28:2475-2480, 2010. 
• Timmerman R, Paulus R, Galvin J, Michalski J, Straube W, Bradley J, Fakiris A, Bezjak A, Videtic G, Johnstone D, Fowler J, Gore E, Choy H. Stereotactic body radiation therapy for inoperable early stage lung cancer. JAMA 303(11):1070-6, 2010.
• Ulrich CM, James JL, Walker EM, Stine SH, Gore EM, Prestidge B, Michalski J, Gwede CK, Chamberlain R, Bruner DW. RTOG physician and research associate attitudes, beliefs, and practices regarding clinical trials: Implications for improving patient recruitment.  Contemp Clin Trials 31(3):221-3, 2010.  
• Stinchcombe TE, Gore EM. Limited stage small cell lung cancer: Current chemoradiotherapy treatment paradigms. Oncologist 15(2):187-95, 2010.
• Tai A, Christensen JD, Gore E, Khamene A, Boettger T, Li XA. Gated treatment delivery verification with on-line megavoltage fluoroscopy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 76(5):1592-8, 2010.
• Gore EM, Choong N, Currey A.  Tracheo-esophageal fistula associated with bavacizumab twenty-one months after completion of radiation therapy. Case Report. J Thorac Oncol 4(12):1590-91, 2009.
• Gore EM, Brain Metastases in Very Young Patients with Lung Cancer Are Still Brain Metastases. Onkologie 31(6):297-8, 2008. 
• Gore E. Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Lung Cancer: Principles and Practice 4^th Edition. Pass H, Carbone D, Johnson D, Minna J, Turrisi A, Scagliotti V (eds). Lippencott, Williams and Wilkin, Baltimore MD, 2010.
• Ng A, Alt CA, Gore E. Fatigue. Handbook of Cancer Survivorship Feuerstein, M (ed). Springer, NY, pg 133-150, 2007.