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Welela Tereffe, M.D.

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

2009 Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, MPH, Public health
2000 New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, MD, Medicine
1995 Brown University, Providence, RI, BA, Education

Board Certifications

2006 American Board of Radiology (Radiation Oncology)
2001 National Board of Medical Examiners (General Medicine)

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Beadle BM, Woodward WA, Middleton LP, Tereffe W, Strom EA, Litton JK, Meric-Bernstam F, Theriault RL, Buchholz TA, Perkins GH. The impact of pregnancy on breast cancer outcomes in women </=35 years. Cancer 115(6):1174-84, 3/2009. PMID: 19204903.
2. Reed VK, Woodward WA, Zhang L, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Tereffe W, Oh JL, Yu TK, Bedrosian I, Whitman GJ, Buchholz TA, Dong L. Automatic Segmentation of Whole Breast Using Atlas Approach and Deformable Image Registration. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. e-Pub 9/17/2008. PMID: 18804333.
3. Beadle BM, Woodward WA, Tucker SL, Outlaw ED, Allen PK, Oh JL, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Tereffe W, Yu TK, Meric-Bernstam F, Litton JK, Buchholz TA. Ten-Year Recurrence Rates in Young Women With Breast Cancer by Locoregional Treatment Approach. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 73(3):734-44, 8/14/2008. e-Pub 8/14/2008. PMID: 18707822.
4. Garg AK, Frija EK, Sun TL, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Oh JL, Yu TK, Woodward WA, Tereffe W, Salehpour M, Buchholz TA. Effects of Variable Placement of Superior Tangential/Supraclavicular Match Line on Dosimetric Coverage of Level III Axilla/Axillary Apex in Patients Treated with Breast and Supraclavicular Radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 73(2):370-4, 8/2008. e-Pub 8/2008. PMID: 18676090.
5. Puri DR, Tereffe W, Yahalom J. Low-dose and limited-volume radiation alone for primary dural marginal zone lymphoma: Treatment approach and review of the literature. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71(5):1425-1435, 8/2008. PMID: 18234430.
6. Reed VK, Cavalcanti JL, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Oh JL, Tereffe W, Yu TK, Yeung H, Whitman GJ, Bedrosian I, Macapinlac HA, Buchholz TA, Woodward WA. Risk of subclinical micrometastatic disease in the supraclavicular nodal bed based on the anatomical distribution in patients with advanced breast cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71(2):435-440, Jun 1 2008, 6/2008. e-Pub 12/2007. PMID: 18164831.
7. Bristol IJ, Woodward WA, Strom EA, Cristofanilli M, Domain D,Singletary SE, Perkins GH, Oh JL, Yu TK, Tereffe W, Sahin AA, Hunt KK, Hortobagyi GN, Buchholz TA. Local-regional treatment outcomes after multimodality management of inflammatory breast cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. e-Pub 4/2008. PMID: 18439768.
8. Smith GL, Smith BD, Giordano SH, Shih YC, Woodward WA, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Tereffe W, Yu TK, Buchholz TA. Risk of hypothyroidism in older breast cancer patients treated with radiation. Cancer 112(6):1371-9, 3/15/2008. e-Pub 1/2008. PMID: 18213620.
9. Wahl AO, Rademaker A, Kiel KD, Jones EL, Marks LB, Croog V, McCormick BM, Hirsch A, Karkar A, Motwani SB, Tereffe W, Yu TK, Sher D, Silverstein J, Kachnic LA, Kesslering C, Freedman GM, Small W. A multi-Institutional review of re-irradiation of the chest wall and breast for recurrent breast cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 70(2):477-484, 2/2008. e-Pub 9/2007. PMID: 17869019.
10. Buchholz TA, Woodward WA, Duan Z, Fang S, Oh JL, Tereffe W, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Yu TK, Hunt KK, Meric-Bernstam F, Hortobagyi GN, Giordano SH. Radiation use and long-term survival in breast cancer patients with T1,T2 primary tumors and 1-3 positive axillary lymph nodes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71(4). e-Pub 1/2008. PMID: 18234447.
11. Garg AK, Oh JL, Oswald MJ, Huang E, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Woodward WA, Yu TK, Tereffe W, Meric-Bernstam F, Hahn K, Buchholz TA. Effect of postmastectomy radiotherapy in patients < 35 years old with stage II-III breast cancer treated with doxorubicin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy and mastectomy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 69(5):1478-1483, 12/2007. e-Pub 9/2007. PMID: 17855016.
12. Oh JL, Nguyen G, Whitman GJ, Hunt KK, Yu TK, Woodward WA, Tereffe W, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Buchholz TA. Placement of radiopaque clips for tumor localization in patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy and breast conservation therapy. Cancer 110(11):2420-2427, 12/2007. e-Pub 10/2007. PMID: 17941034.
13. Liengsawangwong R, Yu TK, Sun TL, Erasmus JJ, Perkins GH, Tereffe W, Oh JL, Woodward WA, Strom EA, Salephour M, Buchholz TA. Treatment optimization using computed tomography-delineated targets should be used for supraclavicular irradiation for breast cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 69(3):711-715, 11/2007. PMID: 17889264.
14. Hwang RF, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Yi M, Buchholz TA, Meric-Bernstam F, Kuerer HM, Babiera GV, Tereffe W, Liu DD, Hunt KK. Low local-regional failure rates in selected breast cancer patients with tumor-positive sentinel nodes who do not undergo completion axillary dissection. Cancer 110(4):723-730, 8/2007. PMID: 17587208.
15. McGuire SE, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Huang EH, Tucker SL, Kau SW, Yu TK, Strom EA, Oh JL, Woodward WA, Tereffe W, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM, Sahin AA, Hortobagyi GN, Buchholz TA. Post-mastectomy radiation improves the outcome of patients with stage III breast cancer who achieve a pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 68(4):1004-1009, 7/2007. e-Pub 4/2007. PMID: 17418973.
16. Huang EH, Strom EA, Valero V, Fornage B, Perkins GH, Oh JL, Yu TK, Tereffe W, Woodward WA, Hunt KK, Meric-Bernstam F, Sahin AA, Bedrosian I, Hortobagyi GN, Buchholz TA. Locoregional treatment outcomes for breast cancer patients with ipsilateral supraclavicular metastases at diagnosis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 67(2):490-496, 2/2007. PMID: 17236970.
17. Oh JL, Dryden MJ, Woodward WA, Yu TK, Tereffe W, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Middleton L, Hunt KK, Giordano SH, Oswald MJ, Domain D, Buchholz TA. Locoregional control of clinically diagnosed multifocal or multicentric breast cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and locoregional therapy. J Clin Oncol 24(31):4971-4975, 11/2006. PMID: 17075114.
18. Buchholz TA, Strom EA, Oswald MJ, Perkins GH, Oh J, Domain D, Yu TK, Woodward WA, Tereffe W, Singletary SE, Thomas E, Buzdar AU, Hortobagyi GN, McNeese MD. Fifteen-year results of a randomized prospective trial of hyperfractionated chest wall irradiation versus once-daily chest wall irradiation after chemotherapy and mastectomy for patients with locally advanced noninflammatory breast cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 65(4):1155-1160, 7/2006. e-Pub 6/5/2006. PMID: 16750325.

Last updated: 9/8/2009