Lawrence Marks, MD

Department:
Radiation Oncology

Division:
Radiation Oncology

Physical Address:
DUMC 3085, Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
(919) 668-5640

Fax Telephone:
(919) 668-7345

Training:
M.D., University of Rochester School of Medicine, New York, 1985
Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1986-89

Clinical Interests:
Three-dimensional and conformal radiation treatment planning, breast cancer,lung cancer

Publications:
2001 -- Anscher MS, Marks LB, Shafman T, Clough R, Huang H, Tisch A, Munley M, Herndon J, Garst J, Crawford J, Jirtle RL: Using changes in plasma TGFß1 during radiotherapy to select patients for dose escalation: Feasibility and establishment of the MTD. American Society of Clinical Oncology, Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 12-15, 2001. ASCO 20 (1 of 2):327a, 2001.

2001 -- Marks LB, Garst J, Socinski MA, Herndon JE, Blackstock W, Turrisi A, Zhou S, Shafman TD, Sibley GS, Anscher MS, Crawford JB, Rosenman J: The maximally tolerated dose of accelerated hyperfractionated conformal radiation therapy (RT) following carboplatin/Taxol (CT) or carboplatin/Navelbine (CN) for unresectable non-small cell lung cancer: A phase I dose escalation study from the Carolina Conformal Therapy Consortium. American Society of Clinical Oncology, Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 12-15, 2001. ASCO 20 (1 of 2):330a, 2001.

2000 -- Fan M, Marks LB, Woel RT, Hollis D, Bentel GC, Shafman TD, Coleman RE, Jaszczak RJ, Munley MT: Radiation therapy (RT)-induced changes in lung function: Relating the sum of regional perfusion changes to reductions of global pulmonary function tests (PFTs). Proceedings of the 42nd Annual ASTRO Meeting. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 48(3) (Suppl):235, 2000.

2000 -- Fu XL, Huang H, Bentel GC, Clough R, Jirtle RL, Kong FM, Marks LB, Anscher MS: Changes in plasma transforming growth factor ß1 during radiotherapy: An independent predictor of radiation pneumonitis. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual ASTRO Meeting. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 48(3) (Suppl):161, 2000.

2000 -- Marks LB, Clough R, Fan M, Hollis D, Bowen MG, Lucas D, Pipergrass A, Bentel G, Hardenbergh P, Anscher M, Prosnitz LR: Radiation (RT)-induced pneumonitis following tangential breast/chestwall irradiation. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual ASTRO Meeting. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 48(3) (Suppl):294, 2000.