Chung Chung, MD
Hospital Campus
Clinical Section Affiliations
- Radiation Oncology
- Upstate Cancer Center: Radiation Oncology
Research Programs and Affiliations
- Cancer Research Institute
- Radiation Oncology
Clinic/Unit
- Gamma Knife Center (Gamma Knife Referrals)
Campus West Building (CWB)
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750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 464-8400/8401
- University Radiation Oncology
Upstate University Hospital - Downtown Campus
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Rm. 222, 750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 464-5276
- Hill Radiation Oncology
Hill Medical Center
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Suite 101, 1000 East Genesee Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 476-3535
Education & Fellowships
- Residency: SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, 1974, Radiation Oncology
- MD: Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 1967
Research Interests
- Treatment of advanced head and neck cancer with altered fractionation radiation therapy in combination with chemotherapy.
Specialties & Certification
- Radiation Oncology
Diseases & Conditions Treated
- Esophageal Cancer
- Laryngeal Cancer
- Nasal Cavity Cancer
- Oral Cancer
- Orbit Cancer
Treats
- Adults and Children
Treatments/Services
- Brachytherapy
- Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
- High Dose Rate (HDR) Afterloader Brachytherapy
- Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy
- Radiation Therapy
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)
- Stereotactic Guided Radiosurgery (SRS)
Associations/Memberships
- American College of Radiology (ACR)
- American Society of Clinical Oncology - ASCO
- Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
- American Medical Association
Current Hospital Privileges
- Upstate University Hospital
- Crouse Hospital
- St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center
- VA Medical Center
Languages Spoken (Other Than English)
- Korean
Publications
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Research Abstract
Treatment of Advanced Head and Neck Cancer with Altered Fractionation Radiotherapy in Combination with Chemotherapy. With S. Lemke, R. Young, R. Kellman, R. Kelley, S. Tatum, J. Bogart and J. Aronowitz
For advanced cancers of the head and neck, surgery in combination with irradiation has become the mainstay of treatment. However, survival results are still disappointing, and functional results may be undesirable. Efforts to improve the results of these treatments as well as to preserve the organs have led to an increasing role for chemotherapy. We have completed preliminary pilot studies of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with carboplatin, 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin, followed by altered fractionation radiotherapy with concurrent taxol. In altered fractionation radiotherapy, the second half of the treatments are given twice daily in an attempt to increase local tumor control. This protocol has special merits, with neoadjuvant chemotherapy, which may shrink the tumor, and may also have a role in preventing distant metastases, and altered fractionation radiotherapy, which probably is superior to standard fractionation, with concurrent chemotherapy, which may enhance the radiation effect.
Faculty Profile Shortcut: http://www.upstate.edu/faculty/chungc
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