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Office
500 University Dr
Radiation Oncology, CH63
Hershey, PA 17033Phone+1 888-531-6585
Summary
- Leonard Tuanquin is a board-certified radiation oncologist in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He specializes in the treatment of central nervous system tumors, genitourinary cancer, leukemia/lymphoma, thoracic cancer, and gastrointestinal cancer. He received his medical degree from the West Virginia University School of Medicine then completed a preliminary general surgery internship and residency in radiation oncology at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center. After working as the section chief of radiation oncology at St. Joseph Cancer Center in Reading, Pennsylvania from 2010 - 2015, he transitioned to his role as an Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, the medical director, and Vice Chair of Quality of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. In January 2022, he transitioned to serving as the Interim Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
Education & Training
- University of Kentucky College of MedicineResidency, Radiation Oncology, 2006 - 2010
- University of Kentucky College of Medicine (Bowling Green)Internship, Transitional Year, 2005 - 2006
- West Virginia University School of MedicineClass of 2005
Certifications & Licensure
- PA State Medical License 2010 - 2024
- American Board of Radiology Radiation Oncology
Clinical Trials
- Prostate Radiation Therapy or Short-Term Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Pelvic Lymph Node Radiation Therapy With or Without Prostate Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With a Rising Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) After Surgery for Prostate Cancer Start of enrollment: 2008 Feb 01
- Higher Per Daily Treatment-Dose Radiation Therapy or Standard Per Daily Treatment Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer That Was Removed by Surgery Start of enrollment: 2011 May 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 4 citationsCurrent Landscape and Future Prospects of Radiation Sensitizers for Malignant Brain Tumors: A Systematic Review.Usman Beg, Brianna Michelle Snyder, Sarosh Madhani, Nima Hamidi, Varun Padmanaban
World Neurosurgery. 2021-05-08 - 117 citationsEvaluation of First-line Radiosurgery vs Whole-Brain Radiotherapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer Brain Metastases: The FIRE-SCLC Cohort Study.Chad G. Rusthoven, Masaaki Yamamoto, Denise Bernhardt, Derek E. Smith, Dexiang Gao
JAMA Oncology. 2020-07-01 - 152 citationsSuicide among cancer patientsNicholas G. Zaorsky, Ying Zhang, Leonard Tuanquin, Shirley M. Bluethmann, Henry S. Park
Nature Communications. 2019-01-14
Journal Articles
- Evaluation of First-Line Radiosurgery vs Whole-Brain Radiotherapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer Brain MetastasesChad G Rusthoven, Ajay Niranjan, Leonard C Tuanquin, Brad E Zacharia, Veronica Chiang, James B Yu, Steve Braunstein, Ayal A Aizer, Michael D Chan, Douglas Kondziolka, ..., JAMA Oncology
Authored Content
- Evaluation of First-Line Radiosurgery vs Whole-Brain Radiotherapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer Brain MetastasesJune 2020
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