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Office
333 Cottman Avenue
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA 19111Phone+1 215-728-6900
Summary
- Dr. Eric Horwitz is a radiation oncologist in Philadelphia, PA and is affiliated with Fox Chase Cancer Center-American Oncologic Hospital. He received his medical degree from Albany Medical College and has been in practice 25 years. He specializes in urologic cancer and is experienced in brachytherapy, prostate cancer, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, bladder cancer, and stereotactic body radiotherapy.
Education & Training
- Corewell Health East Beaumont (Royal Oak)Residency, Radiation Oncology, 1993 - 1997
- Corewell Health East Beaumont (Royal Oak)Internship, Transitional Year, 1992 - 1993
- Albany Medical CollegeClass of 1992
- University of PennsylvaniaB.A., History, 1984 - 1988
Certifications & Licensure
- MD State Medical License 2022 - 2026
- VA State Medical License 2022 - 2026
- MI State Medical License 1994 - 2025
- NJ State Medical License 2021 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 1997 - 2024
- American Board of Radiology Radiation Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Best Doctors in America® 2013-2021
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2008-2021
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2021
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Clinical Trials
- Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy With or Without Decreased Radiation Dose to Erectile Tissue in Treating Patients With Stage II Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2003 Dec 11
- Radiation Therapy With or Without Androgen-Deprivation Therapy in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 Sep 01
- Phase 3 Study of ProstAtak® Immunotherapy With Standard Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2011 Sep 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 97 citationsThe evolution of brachytherapy for prostate cancer.Nicholas G. Zaorsky, Brian J. Davis, Paul L. Nguyen, Timothy N. Showalter, Peter Hoskin
Nature Reviews. Urology. 2017-06-30 - 54 citationsDevelopment and Validation of a Clinical Prognostic Stage Group System for Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer Using Disease-Specific Mortality Results From the Internationa...Robert T. Dess, Krithika Suresh, Michael J. Zelefsky, Stephen J. Freedland, Brandon A. Mahal
JAMA Oncology. 2020-12-01 - 52 citationsWhat Are Medical Students in the United States Learning About Radiation Oncology? Results of a Multi-Institutional Survey.Nicholas G. Zaorsky, Talha Shaikh, Elizabeth Handorf, Gary Eastwick, Adam A. Hesney
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2016-02-01
Journal Articles
- Development and Validation of a Clinical Prognostic Stage Group System for Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer Using Disease-Specific Mortality Results from the Internationa...Michael J Zelefsky, Matthew R Cooperberg, Brian J Davis, Eric M Horwitz, Martha K Terris, Christopher L Amling, Christopher J Kane, Curtiland Deville, Theodore L Dewee..., JAMA Oncology
- Institutional clinical trial accrual volume and survival of patients with head and neck cancerWuthrick, E.J.; Zhang, Q.; Machtay, M.; Rosenthal, D.I.; Nguyen-Tan, P.F.; Fortin, A.; Silverman, C.L.; Raben, A.; Kim, H.E.; Horwitz, E.M.; Read, N.E.; Harris, J.; Wu..., J Clin Oncol, 1/1/2015
- Comparison of testicular dose delivered by intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in patients with prostate cancerMartin, J.M.; Handorf, E.A.; Price, R.A.; Cherian, G.; Buyyounouski, M.K.; Chen, D.Y.; Kutikov, A.; Johnson, M.E.; Ma, C. M.; Horwitz, E.M., Med Dosim, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- The Role of Adjuvant and Salvage Post-Prostatectomy IMRT or 3DCRT: The Fox Chase Experience.Horwitz, E.M.; Sharma, N.K.; Ruth, K.J.; Silverman, J.S.; Buyyounouski, M.K.; Chen, D.Y.T.; Greenberg, R.E.; Uzzo, R.G., 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Radiation Oncology, San Diego, CA, 1/31/2010
- The Role of Adjuvant and Salvage Post-Prostatectomy IMRT or 3DCRT: The Fox Chase Experience.Horwitz, E.M.; Sharma, N.K.; Ruth, K.J.; Silverman, J.S.; Buyyounouski, M.K.; Chen, D.Y.T.; Greenberg, R.E.; Uzzo, R.G., International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology and Physics, 1/1/2010
- Undetectable Post-Treatment PSA Following 3DCRT or IMRT Alone For Patients with Low or Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer Is an Independent Predictor of Biochemical and...Horwitz, E.M.; Ruth, K.; Sharma, N.K.; Chen, D.Y.T.; Buyyounouski, M.K.; Uzzo, R.G., 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Radiation Oncology, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2009
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Lectures
- Biochemical and Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Non-Metastatic Prostate Cancer Treated with Definitive Radiation Therapy or Surgery.Atlanta, GA - 1/23/2015
- Newest Trends in Radiation Oncology for Prostate Cancer.Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman - 1/16/2014
- Invited lecture, "Education Session 305: External Beam Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer: Dose, Volume, Fractionation."San Francisco, CA - 1/16/2014
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Press Mentions
- Cancer Is a Moving Target. CBCT-Based Adaptive Radiation Therapy Tracks It Every Day of TreatmentJanuary 24th, 2024
- Fox Chase Cancer Center Now Offers Adaptive Radiation TherapyMay 10th, 2023
- Fox Chase Receives Grant to Study Prostate Cancer Patients Being Treated with Androgen Deprivation TherapySeptember 15th, 2022
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Professional Memberships
- Member
- American Brachytherapy Society- ABSMember
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