Theodore C.M. Lo, M.D.
Office address:
College:
Medical School:
Internship:
Residency:
Fellowship:
Staff of the Lahey Clinic/Medical Center,
Board Certification: American Board of Radiology, 1974
Meeting Abstract Reviewer
Board Examiner (Radiation Oncology)
Editorial Board Member
* Oral presentations in National or International Society meetings
*Lo, Wiley et al: Combined Radiation Therapy and 5-
Fluorouracil for Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral
Cavity and Oropharynx: a Randomized Study. A.J.R. 126:229-
235, 1976
*Lo and Son: Radiation Therapy for Testicular Tumors
Metastasizing to the Lungs. A.J.R. 126:475-480, 1976
Lo: Preoperative Irradiation in the Treatment of Cancer.
Lahey Clinic Foundation Bulletin 27: 1-6, 1978
*Lo, Salzman et al: Dose Considerations in Total Skin
Electron Irradiation for Mycosis Fungoides. A.J.R. 132: 261-
263, 1979
*Lo, Salzman et al: Whole Body Surface Electron Irradiation
in the Treatment of Mycosis Fungoides: an Evaluation of 200
Patients. Radiology 130: 453-457, 1979
Wiley, Ramirez, Johnson, Brandenburg, Lieberman, Lo and
Vermund: Treatment of Carcinoma of Base of Tongue with
Radiation Therapy and 5-Fluorouracil. Acta Radiologica
Oncology 18: 235-243, 1979
*Lo, Salzman et al: Radiotherapy for Kaposi's Sarcoma. Cancer
45: 684-687, 1980
*Lo, Salzman et al: Megavolt Electron Irradiation for
Localized Mycosis Fungoides. Acta Radiologica Oncology 20:
71-74, 1981
*Lo, Salzman et al: Megavolt Electron Irradiation in the
Treatment of Recurrent Carcinoma of the Breast on the Chest
Wall. Acta Radiologica Oncology 22: 97-99, 1983
Lo, Salzman and Swartz: Radiotherapy for Cancer of the Head
and Neck. Otolaryngologic Clinic of North America 18: 521-
531, 1985
Lo, Silverman and Edelstein: Postirradiation Hemangiosarcoma
of the Chest Wall: Report of a case. Acta Radiologica
Oncology 24: 237-240, 1985
Hohwieler, Lo, Silverman and Friedberg: Brain Necrosis After
Radiotherapy for Primary Intracerebral Tumor. Neurosurgery
18: 67-73, 1986
Wick, Whelan and Lo: Cancer of the Skin. In Cancer, A Manual
for Practitioners, 7th & 8th Editions, American Cancer
Society, Massachusetts Division Inc. 1986, 1990
*Lo, Healy et al: Heterotopic Bone Formation After Hip
Surgery: Prevention with Single-Dose Postoperative Hip
Irradiation. Radiology 168: 851-854, 1988
Hohwieler Schloss, Friedberg, Heatley and Lo: Glucocorticoid
Dependence as a Prognostic Factor in Radiotherapy for
Cerebral Gliomas. Acta Oncologica 28: 51-55, 1989
Hazen, Freidberg, Thomas, Wallman, Clerkin and Lo: Multiple
Distinct Intracranial Tumors: Association of Pineocytoma and
Craniopharyngioma. Surg Neurol 31: 381-386, 1989
*Lo, Seckel et al: Single-Dose Electron Beam Irradiation in
Treatment and Prevention of
Keloids and Hypertrophic
Scars. Radiotherapy and Oncology 19: 267-272, 1990
*Lo: Electron Beam Irradiation for Cutaneous Lymphoma. Curr
Probl Dermatol. Basel, Karger 19: 238-251, 1990
Healy, Lo et al: Single-Dose Radiation Therapy for Prevention
of Heterotopic Ossification After Total Hip Arthroplasty.
The Journal of Arthroplasty 5: 369-375, 1990
Ellis, Levitan and Lo: Cancer of the Esophagus. In Holleb,
Fink and Murphy (Eds) American Cancer Society Textbook of
Clinical Oncology (7th Edition) pp. 254-262, American Cancer
Society, 1991
*Lo, Beamis et al: Intraluminal Low-dose Rate Brachytherapy
for Malignant Endobronchial Obstruction. Radiotherapy and
Oncology 23: 16-20, 1992
Zhang, Girshovich, Cronin and Lo: High Dose Radiotherapy in
the Treatment of Prostate Cancer. Chinese Journal of
Radiation Oncology 2(1): 31-34, 1993
Beamis and Lo: Occult Lung Cancer: We Can Treat It, But Can
We Find It? (Editorial) Journal of Bronchology 1: 267-268,
1994
Healy, Lo et al: Single-Dose Irradiation for the Prevention
of Heterotopic Ossification after Total Hip Arthroplasty: A
Comparison of Doses of Five Hundred and Fifty and Seven
Hundred Centigray. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 77-
A: 590-595, 1995
*Lo et al: Low Dose Rate versus High Dose Rate Intraluminal
Brachytherapy for Malignant Endobronchial Tumors.
Radiotherapy and Oncology 35: 193-197, 1995
Villanueva, Lo et al: Endobronchial Brachytherapy. Clinics
in Chest Medicine 16: 445-454, 1995
Lo, Pfeifer et al: Radiation Prevention of Heterotopic
Ossification After Bone and Joint Surgery in Sites Other Than Hips: Case
Reports. British Journal of Radiology 69: 673-677, 1996
Hughes, Lee ..... Lo et al: Breast-Conserving Therapy for
Patients with Ductal Carcinoma in situ. Breast Disease 9:1-14, 1996
Lo: Oncology Online: Your Guide to the Internet.... Advance for Administrators in Radiology and Radiatin Oncology Vol. 8 No. 10: 73-76, 1998
Villanueva, Gray, Lo: Endobronchial Brachytherapy. In Interventional Pulmonology, Edited by Beamis, J.F., Jr. and Mathur, P.N., McGraw-Hill, N.Y., Chapter 11, 141-149, 1999
Lo : Radiation Therapy for Heterotopic Ossification. Seminars in Radiation Oncology 9: 163-170, 1999
Lo and Healy: Re-irradiation for Prophylaxis of Heterotopic Ossification After Hip Surgery. British Journal of Radiology 74: 503-506, 2001
*Lo, Beamis et al: Intraluminal Brachytherapy for Malignant Endobronchial Tumors: An Update on Low-Dose Rate Versus High-Dose Rate Radiation Therapy. Clinical Lung Cancer 3: 65-68, 2001
Lo: Commentary on Neoadjuvant Androgen Ablation and Late Toxicity After Prostate Radiotherapy. The American Journal of Urology Review 2: 412-413, 2004
Chow, Bosco ..... Lo et al: A Pilot Study of High-Dose Rate Intraluminal Brachytherapy via ERCP for the Palliative Treatment of Malignant Biliary Obstruction. (to be submitted for publication)
Latini, Lo , et al: High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy for High-Risk Low-Stage Prostate Cancer (to be submitted for publication)
Additional Abstracts and Presentations:
1) as first author:
Lo, Andrews et al: Electron Irradiation for Cutaneous T Cell
Lymphoma: A review of 750 patients. Presented at the 5th
Annual Meeting of the European Society for Therapeutic
Radiology and Oncology, September 8-10, 1986
Lo: The Use of Computer Program LOGRAD in Radiotherapy.
Presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of the European Society
for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, September 8-10, 1986
and the Ninth International Conference on the Use of Computer
in Radiation Therapy, June 22-25, 1987
Lo, Hohwieler et al: Decadron Quotient as a Prognostic Factor
in Radiotherapy for Cerebral Glioma. Presented (Poster) at
the 17th International Congress of Radiology, July 1-8, 1989
Lo, Andrews et al: The Effectiveness of Radiotherapy in the
Treatment of Localized Lymphoma of the Thyroid. Presented
(Poster) at the 17th International Congress of Radiology,
July 1-8, 1989
Lo, Levitan et al: Informed Consent in Conservative Therapy
for Early Breast Cancer. Presented (Poster) at the 5th
European Conference on Clinical Oncology, September 3-7, 1989
Lo and Beamis: Intraluminal Low-Dose Rate Brachytherapy for
Malignant Endobronchial Obstruction. Journal of Cancer
Research and Clinical Oncology 116 (supp): 490 (Abstract),
1990. Presented at the 15th International Cancer Congress,
August 16-22, 1990
Lo: Combined Therapy in Early Breast Cancer -- the Lahey
Clinic Experience. European Journal of Gynaecological
Oncology 12: 245 (Abstract), 1991. Presented at the 7th
International Meeting and 1st World Convention of Gynecologic
Oncology, April 14-18, 1991
Lo: Conservative Surgery and Radiotherapy in the Treatment of
Early Breast Cancer -- the Lahey Clinic Experience.
Presented (Poster) at the EORTC 5th Breast Cancer Working
Conference, September 3-6, 1991
Lo and Mower: The Use of GAMMAMED in Intraluminal
Brachytherapy for Malignant Endobronchial Obstruction.
Presented at the 7th International Brachytherapy Conference,
May 6-9, 1992
Lo: Sandwich Radiotherapy for Advanced Head and Neck
Carcinoma. European Journal of Cancer 27 (supp 2): S143
(Abstract), 1991; also presented (Poster) at the Third
International Conference in Head and Neck Cancer, July 26-30,
1992
Lo, Zhang et al: High Dose Radiotherapy in the Treatment of
Prostate Cancer. Presented at the International Congress of
Radiation Oncology, June 21-25, 1993
Lo, Girshovich et al: Is There Value in Preoperative
Irradiation in Sandwich Radiotherapy for Rectal Carcinoma?
Presented at the 8th European Congress of Radiology,
September 12-17, 1993
Lo and Girshovich: High Dose Irradiation in the Treatment of
Prostate Cancer. Presented (Poster) at the 7th European
Conference on Clinical Oncology and Cancer Nursing, November
14-18, 1993
Lo, Healy et al: Postoperative Hip Irradiation in Prevention
of Heterotopic Ossification: In Search of the Minimum
Effective Single Dose. Presented at the 76th Annual Meeting
of the American Radium Society, April 22-26, 1994
Lo, Girshovich et al: Low Dose Rate versus High Dose Rate
Intraluminal Brachytherapy for Malignant Endobronchial
Obstruction. Radiotherapy and Oncology 31 (suppl. 1): S45,
1994. Presented at the Annual Brachytherapy Meeting GEC-
ESTRO, May 9-11, 1994
Lo: Low Dose Rate vs High Dose Rate Intraluminal
Brachytherapy for Malignant Endobronchial Tumors. Presented
at the International Congress for Lung Cancer, June 22-26,
1994
Lo, Girshovich et al: Sandwich Radiotherapy for Advanced Head
and Neck Cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology 32 (suppl. 1):
S82, 1994. Presented (Poster) at the 13th Annual Meeting and
Teaching Courses of the European Society for Therapeutic
Radiology and Oncology, September 26-29, 1994
Lo, Girshovich et al: Intraluminal Brachytherapy for
Malignant Endobronchial Tumors. Presented (Poster) at the
77th Annual Meeting of the American Radium Society, April 29-
May 3, 1995
Lo: Post-operative Single Dose Electron Beam Irradiation in
Prevention of Recurrence of Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars.
Presented at the International Symposium on Hypertrophic
Scars, June 3-4, 1995
Lo: Treatment Scheduling in a Radiation Oncology Department.
Presented as workshop at the Society for Radiation Oncology
Administrators annaul meeting, October 8-11, 1995
Lo: Low Dose Rate versus High Dose Rate Intraluminal
Brachytherapy for Endobronchial Malignancies. Radiotherapy and
Oncology 43 (Suppl. 1): S11, 1997. Presented at the GEC-ESTRO Annual
Brachytherapy Meeting, May 5-7, 1997
Lo: Low Dose Rate vs High Dose Rate Intraluminal
Brachytherapy for Malignant Endobronchial Tumors. Presented at the 3rd
International Congress on Lung Cancer, October 31-November 4, 1998
Lo, Watson et al: Laser Removal of Radiation Tattoos. Presented (Poster)
at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Radium Society, April 1-5, 2000
Lo, Bouyounes et al:
HDR Brachytherapy
for High-Risk Low-Stage Prostate
Cancer. Presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Radium Society, April
26-29, 2001
Lo, Cassady et al:
Single Dose Electron Beam Radiation Therapy for Tumor Wound Seeding Prophylaxis in Mesothelioma. Published in the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Proceedings, June 5-8, 2004
Lo, Cronin et al:
LDR vs. HDR Brachytherapy for Gleason 7 Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate. Presented (Poster abstract) at the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Brachytherapy Society, June 1-3, 2005
2) as co-author:
Wright, Trump, Salzman, Lo and Costey: Physical Aspects of
Megavolt Electron Beam Therapy. (Abstract) Symposium on
Electron Beam Therapy, September, 1979
Girshovich, Leibenhaut, Salzman and Lo: "Sandwich"
Radiotherapy for Carcinoma of the Rectum. Presented (Poster)
at the 31st Annual ASTRO Meeting, October 2-6, 1989
Girshovich, Lo et al: "Sandwich" Radiotherapy for Carcinoma
of the Rectum. Presented (Poster) at the 2nd International
Conference of Gastrointestinal Cancer, August 28-31, 1989
Girshovich, Lo et al: "Sandwich" Radiotherapy for Carcinoma
of the Rectum. Presented (Poster) at the E.O.R.T.C.
Symposium on Advances in Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer.
November 15-17, 1989
Healy, Covall, Lo et al: Single Dose Radiation Therapy for Prevention of Heterotopic Ossification Following Total Hip Arthroplasty. Presented at the American Academy of Orthopedics Surgeons. February 8-13, 1990
Girshovich, Lo et al: Improved Cure Rate in Combined Therapy
for Carcinoma of the Anus. Presented at the World Congress
of Gastroenterology, August 27-31, 1990
Leibenhaut, Girshovich, Lo: Hodgkin's Disease in the Elderly.
Presented at the 4th International Conference on Malignant
Lymphoma, 1990
Leibenhaut, Girshovich, Lo: Primary Radiation Therapy after
Lumpectomy for Colloid Carcinoma of the Breast. Presented at
the 9th Annual Meeting of the European Society for
Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 1990
Mower and Lo: Independent Confirmation of Treatment Plan for
High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy. Presented at the 7th
International Brachytherapy Conference, May 6-9, 1992
Mower and Lo: Radiation Protection for High-Dose Rate Remote
Afterloading Brachytherapy System. Presented (Poster) at the
National Conference on Radiation Control, May 18-20, 1992
Mower and Lo: Preparing for a High Dose Rate Remote
Afterloading Brachytherapy Program. Presented at the Health
Physics Society Annual Meeting, June 21-25, 1992
Mower, Lo et al: Verification of High Dose Rate Brachytherapy
Plans. Presented at the RSNA Annual Meeting, December 1992
Hayes, Lo et al: High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Malignant
Endobronchial Tumors. Presented (Poster) at the 7th European
Conference on Clinical Oncology and Cancer Nursing, November
14-18, 1993
Girshovich and Lo: Treatment for Early Stage Breast Cancer in
the Elderly. Presented at the 8th International Congress on
Senology, May 8-12, 1994 and (Poster) at the 17th Annual San
Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, December 9-10, 1994
Healy, Lo et al: Single Dose Radiation in Prevention of Heterotopic Ossification after Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Comparison of 550 cGy and 700 cGy. American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, February 16-21, 1995
Zhang, Girshovich and Lo: High Dose Radiotherapy in the
Treatment of Prostate Cancer. Presented at the 3rd Shanghai
International Conference on Radiation Oncology, April 20-22,
1995
Chow, Bosco ...... Lo et al: High Dose Rate Intraluminal
Brachytherapy and External Beam Radiation Therapy for Palliative Treatment
of Malignant Biliary Obstruction. (Abstract) Gastroenterology 110(4):
A-503, 1996
Hanson, Chow, Lo et al: Endoscopic Access for High Dose
Rate Intraluminal Brachytherapy Using a New Modified Nasobiliary Catheter.
(Abstract) Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 45: 4, 1997
Chow, Bosco and
Lo: High Dose Rate Biliary Brachytherapy
with Endoscopic Retrograde Biliary Technique. Presented (Poster) at the
80th Annual Meeting of the American Radium Society, May 2-6, 1998
Watson, Lo et al: Laser Removal of Radiation Therapy Tattoo Markers.
Presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Laser Medicine
and Surgery, April 5-9, 2000
Bouyounes, Lo et al: Effect of High Dose Rate Brachytherapy on High Risk Prostate Cancer.
Presented at the New England Section of the AUA Meeting, September 21-23, 2000
Shuffler, Lo et al:
Early Adjuvant Radiation Following Radical Prostatectomy Increases
Biochemical Success in Patients with Pathologic T3 Disease.
Presented at the AUA 96th Annual Meeting, June 2-7, 2001
Latini, Lo et al:
High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for High Risk Prostate Cancer.
Presented at the New England Section of the AUA Metting, October 11-14, 2001
Latini, Lo et al:
High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy in Combination with External Beam Irradiation for Patients
with High-Risk Prostate Cancer.
Presented (Poster) at the AUA 97th Annual Meeting, May 25-30, 2002
Zinkin, Roth and Lo:
Outcome and Quality of Life after HDR Brachytherapy in Patients with High-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer. Presented at the Joint Brachytherapy Meeting GEC/ESTRO-ABS-GLAC, May 13-15, 2004
Tsai, Lutz, Mower, Cheng, Lo et al: Clinical Implementation of Total Skin Electron Therapy Using 16-Field Technique. Presented (Poster) at AAPM 46th Annual Meeting, July 25-29, 2004