Welela Tereffe, M.D., M.P.H.
Department of Breast Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2009 | Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA, MPH, Public Health |
| 2000 | New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA, MD, Medicine |
| 1995 | Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, BA, Education |
Board Certifications
| 2006 | American Board of Radiology (Radiation Oncology) |
| 2001 | National Board of Medical Examiners (General Medicine) |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2005 - 2012
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Deputy Division Head, Clinical Operations, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2017 - 2018
Clinical Medical Director, MD Anderson Main Clinic Radiation Center, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2018
Director, Clinical Affairs and Operations, MD Anderson Cancer Center Division of Radiation Oncology, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2017
Committee Vice Chair, MD Anderson Cancer Center Institutional Research Board (IRB), Houston, TX, 2012 - 2018
Member, MD Anderson Cancer Center Executive Institutional Research Board (Executive IRB), Houston, TX, 2012 - 2018
Associate Medical Director, MD Anderson Nellie B. Connally Breast Center, Houston, TX, 2012 - 2016
Committee Chair, MD Anderson Cancer Center Clinical Research Committee (CRC), Houston, TX, 2009 - 2012
Institutional Committee Activities
Co-Chair, Inpatient Service Planning Group, 2018 - 2019
Chair, Clinical Space Committee, 2017 - 2019
Co-Lead, Ambulatory Centers Room Utilization Strategic Team, 2014 - 2018
Representative, Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty Senate, 2012 - 2016
Representative, Division of Radiation Oncology, Physicians' Referral Service (PRS) Retirement Board, 2010 - 2015
Consultantships
Consultant, MD Anderson Physicians Network, Houston, TX, 2011 - 2014
Honors & Awards
| 2018 | Faculty Excellence Award, Clinical Quality Improvement, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2010 | Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, MD Anderson Department of Radiation Oncology |
| 2000 | Election into the Society, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Pasalic D, Strom EA, Allen PK, Williamson TD, Poenisch F, Amos RA, Woodward WA, Stauder MC, Shaitelman SF, Smith BD, Perkins GH, Tereffe W, Hoffman KE. Proton Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: Clinical Outcomes at a Planned Interim Analysis of a Prospective Phase II Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 109(2):441-448, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32946965.
- Christopherson K, Lei X, Barcenas C, Buchholz TA, Garg N, Hoffman KE, Kuerer HM, Mittendorf E, Perkins G, Shaitelman SF, Smith GL, Stauder M, Strom EA, Tereffe W, Woodward WA, Smith BD. Outcomes of Curative-Intent Treatment for Patients With Breast Cancer Presenting With Sternal or Mediastinal Involvement. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 104(3):574-581, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30851348.
- Grossberg AJ, Lei X, Xu T, Shaitelman SF, Hoffman KE, Bloom ES, Stauder MC, Tereffe W, Schlembach PJ, Woodward WA, Buchholz TA, Smith BD. Association of Transforming Growth Factor β Polymorphism C-509T With Radiation-Induced Fibrosis Among Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol 4(12):1751-1757, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30027292.
- Shaitelman SF, Lei X, Thompson A, Schlembach P, Bloom ES, Arzu IY, Buchholz D, Chronowski G, Dvorak T, Grade E, Hoffman K, Perkins G, Reed VK, Shah SJ, Stauder MC, Strom EA, Tereffe W, Woodward WA, Amaya DN, Shen Y, Hortobagyi GN, Hunt KK, Buchholz TA, Smith BD. Three-Year Outcomes With Hypofractionated Versus Conventionally Fractionated Whole-Breast Irradiation: Results of a Randomized, Noninferiority Clinical Trial. J Clin Oncol:JCO1800317. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30379626.
- Ovalle V, Strom EA, Shaitelman S, Hoffman K, Amos R, Perkins G,Tereffe W, Smith BD, Stauder M, Woodward W. Proton Partial Breast Irradiation: Detailed Description of Acute Clinico-Radiologic Effects. Cancers (Basel) 10(4), 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29642467.
- Lang JE, Tereffe W, Babiera G. Primary Locoregional Treatment in Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Reply. Ann Surg Oncol 24(Suppl 3):579-580, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29147929.
- Woodward WA, Fang P, Arriaga L, Gao H, Cohen EN, Reuben JM, Valero V, Le-Petross H, Middleton LP, Babiera GV, Strom EA, Tereffe W, Hoffman K, Smith BD, Buchholz TA, Perkins GH. A Phase 2 Study of Preoperative Capecitabine and Concomitant Radiation in Women With Advanced Breast Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 99(4):777-783, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28843370.
- Ayoub Z, Strom EA, Ovalle V, Perkins GH, Woodward WA, Tereffe W, Smith BD, Shaitelman SF, Stauder MC, Hoffman KE, DeSnyder SM, Garvey PB, Clemens MW, Barcenas CH, Kuerer HM, Kronowitz S. A 10-Year Experience with Mastectomy and Tissue Expander Placement to Facilitate Subsequent Radiation and Reconstruction. Ann Surg Oncol. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28766219.
- Swanick CW, Lei X, Shaitleman SF, Schlembach PJ, Bloom ES, Fingeret MC, Strom EA, Tereffe W, Woodward WA, Stauder MC, Dvorak T, Thompson AM, Buchholz TA, Smith BD. Longitudinal Analysis of Patient-Reported Outcomes and Cosmesis in a Randomized Trial of Conventionally Fractionated versus Hypofractionated Whole-Breast Irradiation. Cancer 122(18), 2016.
- Thaker NG, Sturdevant L, Jhingran A, Das P, Delclos ME, Gunn GB, McAleer MF, Tereffe W, Choi SL, Frank SJ, Simeone WJ, Martinez W, Hahn SM, Famiglietti R, Kuban DA. Assessing the Quality of a Radiation Oncology Case-Based, Peer-Review Program in an Integrated Academic and Community Cancer Center Network. J Oncol Pract 12(4):e476-86, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26931402.
- Shaitelman SF, Schlembach PJ, Arzu I, Ballo M, Bloom ES, Buchholz D, Chronowski GM, Dvorak T, Grade E, Hoffman KE, Kelly P, Ludwig M, Perkins GH, Reed V, Shah S, Stauder MC, Strom EA, Tereffe W, Woodward WA, Ensor J, Baumann D, Thompson AM, Amaya D, Davis T, Guerra W, Hamblin L, Hortobagyi G, Hunt KK, Buchholz TA, Smith BD. Acute and Short-term Toxic Effects of Conventionally Fractionated vs Hypofractionated Whole-Breast Irradiation: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol 1(7):931-41, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26247543.
- Shaitelman SF, Tereffe W, Dogan BE, Hess KR, Caudle AS, Valero V, Stauder MC, Krishnamurthy S, Candelaria RP, Strom EA, Woodward WA, Hunt KK, Buchholz TA, Whitman GJ. Role of Ultrasonography of Regional Nodal Basins in Staging Triple-Negative Breast Cancer and Implications For Local-Regional Treatment. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 93(1):102-10, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26279028.
- Strom EA, Amos RA, Shaitelman SF, Kerr MD, Hoffman KE, Smith BD, Tereffe W, Stauder MC, Perkins GH, Amin MD, Wang X, Poenisch F, Ovalle V, Buchholz TA, Babiera G, Woodward WA. Proton partial breast irradiation in the supine position: Treatment description and reproducibility of a multibeam technique. Pract Radiat Oncol 5(4):e283-90, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25804105.
- Wecsler JS, Tereffe W, Pedersen RC, Sieffert MR, Mack WJ, Cui H, Russell CA, Woods RR, Viscusi RK, Sener SF, Lang JE. Lymph node status in inflammatory breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 151(1):113-20, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25846421.
- Thaker NG, Hoffman KE, Stauder MC, Shaitelman SF, Strom EA, Tereffe W, Smith BD, Perkins GH, Huo L, Munsell MF, Pusztai L, Buchholz TA, Woodward WA. The 21-gene recurrence score complements IBTR! Estimates in early-stage, hormone receptor-positive, HER2-normal, lymph node-negative breast cancer. Springerplus 4:36, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25674496.
- Haynes AB, Bloom ES, Bedrosian I, Kuerer HM, Hwang RF, Munsell MF, Chemaly RF, Graviss LS, Caudle AS, Hunt KK, Tereffe W, Shaitelman SF, Babiera GV. Timing of infectious complications following breast conserving therapy with catheter-based accelerated partial breast irradiation. Ann Surg Oncol 21(8):2512-2516, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24736987.
- Yang J, Woodward WA, Reed VK, Strom EA, Perkins GH,Tereffe W, Buchholz TA, Zhang L, Balter P, Court LE, Li XA, Dong L. Statistical Modeling Approach to Quantitative Analysis of Interobserver Variability in Breast Contouring. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 89(1):214-21, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24613812.
- Advani PS, Ying J, Theriault R, Melhem-Bertrand A, Moulder S, Bedrosian I, Tereffe W, Black S, Pini TM, Brewster AM. Ethnic disparities in adherence to breast cancer survivorship surveillance care. Cancer 120(6):894-900, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24258799.
- MacDermed DM, Houtman KM, Thang SH, Allen PK, Caudle AS, Gainer SM, Hunt KK, Perkins GH, Shaitelman SF, Smith BD, Strom EA, Tereffe W, Woodward WA, Buchholz TA, Hoffman KE. Therapeutic radiation dose delivered to the low axilla during whole breast radiation therapy in the prone position: Implications for targeting the undissected axilla. Pract Radiat Oncol 4(2):116-22, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24890352.
- Takiar V, Akay CL, Stauder MC, Tereffe W, Alvarez RH, Hoffman KE, Perkins GH, Strom EA, Buchholz TA, Ueno NT, Babiera G, Woodward WA. Predictors of durable no evidence of disease status in de novo metastatic inflammatory breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and post-mastectomy radiation. Springerplus 3:166, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24711988.
- Wang X, Zhang X, Li X, Amos RA, Shaitelman SF, Hoffman K, Howell R, Salehpour M, Zhang SX, Sun TL, Smith B, Tereffe W, Perkins GH, Buchholz TA, Strom EA, Woodward WA. Accelerated Partial-Breast Irradiation Using Intensity-Modulated Proton Radiotherapy: Do Uncertainties Outweigh Potential Benefits?. Br J Radiol 86(1029):20130176, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23728947.
- Lang JE, Tereffe W, Mitchell MP, Rao R, Feng L, Meric-Bernstam F, Bedrosian I, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK, Hortobagyi GN, Babiera GV. Primary tumor extirpation in breast cancer patients who present with Stage IV disease is associated with improved survival. Ann Surg Oncol 20(6):1893-9, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23306905.
- Kong AL, Tereffe W, Hunt KK, Yi M, Kang T, Weatherspoon K, Mittendorf EA, Bedrosian I, Hwang RF, Babiera GV, Buchholz TA, Meric-Bernstam F. Impact of internal mammary lymph node drainage identified by preoperative lymphoscintigraphy on outcomes in patients with stage I to III breast cancer. Cancer 118(24):6287-96, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22648744.
- Pinnix C, Perkins GH, Strom EA, Tereffe W, Woodward W, Oh JL, Arriaga L, Munsell MF, Kelly P, Hoffman KE, Smith BD, Buchholz TA, Yu TK. Topical Hyaluronic Acid vs. Standard of Care for the Prevention of Radiation Dermatitis After Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer: Single-Blind Randomized Phase III Clinical Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 83(4):1089-94, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22172912.
- Wang X, Pan T, Pinnix C, Zhang SX, Salehpour M, Sun TL, Gladish G, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Tereffe W, Woodward W, Hoffman KE, Buchholz TA, Yu TK. Cardiac motion during deep-inspiration breath-hold: implications for breast cancer radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 82(2):708-714, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21444161.
- Nagar H, Mittendorf EA, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Oh JL, Tereffe W, Woodward WA, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Hunt KK, Buchholz TA, Yu TK. Local-regional recurrence with and without radiation therapy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and mastectomy for clinically staged T3N0 breast cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 81(3):782-7, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21885207.
- Wang X, Amos RA, Zhang X, Taddei PJ, Woodward WA, Hoffman KE, Yu TK, Tereffe W, Oh J, Perkins GH, Salehpour M, Zhang SX, Sun TL, Gillin M, Buchholz TA, Strom EA. External-beam accelerated partial breast irradiation using multiple proton beam configurations. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 80(5):1464-72, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20708848.
- Albert JM, Buzdar AU, Guzman R, Allen PK, Strom EA, Perkins GH, Woodward WA, Hoffman KE, Tereffe W, Hunt KK, Buchholz TA, Oh JL. Prospective randomized trial of 5-fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide (FAC) versus paclitaxel and FAC (TFAC) in patients with operable breast cancer: impact of taxane chemotherapy on locoregional control. Breast Cancer Res Treat 128(2):421-7, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21553292.
- Kronowitz SJ, Lam C, Tereffe W, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM, Valero V, Lance S, Robb GL, Feng L, Buchholz TA. A multidisciplinary protocol for planned skin-preserving delayed breast reconstruction for patients with locally advanced breast cancer requiring postmastectomy radiation therapy: 3-year follow-up. Plast Reconstr Surg 127(6):2154-2166, 2011. PMID: 21311392.
- Albert JM, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Guray M, Sahin A, Tereffe W, Woodward WA, Strom EA, Hunt KK, Tucker SL, Buchholz TA. Patients with only 1 positive hormone receptor have increased locoregional recurrence compared with patients with estrogen receptor-positive progesterone receptor-positive disease in very early stage breast cancer. Cancer 117(8):1595-1601, 2011. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21472707.
- Woodward WA, Truong PT, Yu TK, Tereffe W, Oh J, Perkins G, Strom E, Meric-Bernstam F, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Speers C, Ragaz J, Buchholz TA. Among women who experience a recurrence after postmastectomy radiation therapy irradiation is not associated with more aggressive local recurrence or reduced survival. Breast Cancer Res Treat 123(2):597-605, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20306128.
- Albert JM, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Guray M, Sahin A, Strom EA, Tereffe W, Woodward WA, Tucker SL, Hunt KK, Hortobagyi GN, Buchholz TA. Estrogen/progesterone receptor negativity and HER2 positivity predict locoregional recurrence in patients with T1a,bN0 breast cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 77(5):1296-302, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20472353.
- Zhang YJ, Oh JL, Whitman GJ, Iyengar P, Yu TK, Tereffe W, Woodward WA, Perkins G, Buchholz TA, Strom EA. Clinically apparent internal mammary nodal metastasis in patients with advanced breast cancer: Incidence and local control. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 77(4):1113-9, 2010. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 20004535.
- Greenbaum MP, Strom EA, Allen PK, Perkins GH, Oh JL,Tereffe W, Yu TK, Buchholz TA, Woodward WA. Low locoregional recurrence rates in patients treated after 2000 with doxorubicin based chemotherapy, modified radical mastectomy, and post-mastectomy radiation. Radiother Oncol 95(3):312-6, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20227126.
- Smith GL, Shih YC, Xu Y, Giordano SH, Smith BD, Perkins GH, Tereffe W, Woodward WA, Buchholz TA. Racial disparities in the use of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery: A national Medicare study. Cancer 116(3):734-41, 2010. PMID: 20014181.
- 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 73(5):1493-500, 2009. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18804333.
- 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, 2009. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18707822.
- 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, 2009. PMID: 19204903.
- 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, 2009. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18676090.
- 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 72(2):474-484, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18439768.
- 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, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18234430.
- 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):1022-1027, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18234447.
- 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, 2008. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 18164831.
- 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, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18213620.
- 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, 2008. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17869019.
- 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, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17855016.
- 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, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17941034.
- 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, 2007. PMID: 17889264.
- 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, 2007. PMID: 17587208.
- 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, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 17418973.
- 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, 2007. PMID: 17236970.
- 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, 2006. PMID: 17075114.
- 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, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16750325.
Invited Articles
- Tereffe W. Accelerated Hypofractionated Whole Breast Radiotherapy: A Viable Alternative to Standard Treatment?. Breast Diseases Quarterly 19(3), 2008.
Editorials
- Tereffe W. Statin Prescriptions and Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk: A Danish Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study. Breast Diseases: A Year Book Quarterly 23(3):228-229, 2012.
Abstracts
- Shaitelman SF, Lei XD, Thompson A, Schlembach P, Arzu I, Bloom ES, Buchholz DJ, Chronowski GM, Dvorak T, Grade EJ, Hoffman KE, Kelly P, Perkins GH, Reed V, Shah S, Stauder MC, Strom EA, Tereffe W, Woodward WA, Baumann D, Amaya D, Guerra W, Morrison M, Hortobagyi G, Hunt KK, Buchholz TA, Smith BD. Three-year outcomes with hypofractionated (HF) versus conventionally fractionated (CF) whole breast irradiation (WBI). Cancer Research 78(4), 2018.
- Christopherson KM, Lei X, Barcenas CH, Buchholz TA, Hoffman KE, Kuerer HM, Mittendorf EA, Perkins GH, Shaitelman SF, Smith GL, Stauder MC, Strom EA, Tereffe W, Woodward WA, Smith BD. Outcomes of Curative-Intent Treatment for Breast Cancer Patients Presenting with Sternal or Mediastinal Involvement. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 99(2):E10-E11, 2017.
- Van Wyhe RD, Caudle AS, Shaitelman SF, Perkins GH, Buchholz TA, Hoffman KE, Strom EA, Smith BD, Tereffe W, Woodward WA, Stauder MC. A Component of Lobular Carcinoma in Clinically Lymph Node-Negative Patients Predicts for an Increased Likelihood of Upstaging to Pathologic Stage III Breast Cancer. Advances in Radiation Oncology.
Book Chapters
- Tereffe W, Strom EA. Radiation therapy for early and advanced breast disease. In: Breast Cancer: M. D. Anderson Cancer Care Series. 2nd. Springer: New York, NY, 2008.
Books (edited and written)
- Castle K, Holliday E, Wang J. Breast Cancer section: General (ch. 42), DCIS (ch. 43), early stage (ch.44) and locally advanced (ch.45). In: Radiation Oncology: a question-based review. Ed(s) Tereffe W(section editor). 2nd. Wolters Kluwer: Philadelphia, chapters 42-45, 2015.