Frank Vicini

Dr. Vicini has been involved in numerous national clinical studies involving breast and prostate cancer and has designed and developed numerous phase I/II trials to evaluate low-dose rate and high-dose rate brachytherapy as the sole method of radiation therapy for selected patients with Stage I & II breast carcinoma. He is currently the Principle Investigator for RTOG 0319, which is a phase III study exploring the use of 3D conformal external beam irradiation to the lumpectomy cavity alone for selected patients with early stage breast cancer. He is also the Principal Investigator for the national NSABP B39/RTOG 0413 phase III study comparing partial breast irradiation (PBI) versus whole breast irradiation. He has recently received approval for a second phase III trial (as Principal Investigator) from the NCI to investigate accelerated whole breast irradiation for women with early stage breast cancer. His goals for the research are to achieve the best disease control; reduce treatment time; and minimize damage to healthy tissue and vital organs. Innovations have included the development of breath hold techniques to reduce or minimize long-term cardiac toxicity in women treated with left-sided breast cancer and the use of IMRT to reduce acute radiation toxicities to the skin and late toxicities to prevent breast and arm edema, lung and heart related morbidity in women treated for breast cancer.

His other area of sub-specialty is prostate cancer.

Dr. Vicini is listed in "Best Doctors in America," a Web-based directory of the country's premier physicians and is included among "Best Doctors," a listing compiled by Best Doctors, Inc. He has also been included on Good Housekeeping magazine's list of top cancer specialists for women.

Dr. Vicini has authored more than 200 articles on breast and prostate cancer, which have been published in numerous different scientific, peer-reviewed journals and has presented his research at national and international meetings as well as a Visiting Professor in the United States and Europe. He has also authored chapters in textbooks and is on the editorial board of several oncology journals including Cancer, the Journal of Clinical Oncology and the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Dr. Vicini's memberships include the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology and the American Board of Radiology.