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Bernard Cummings

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ProfessorDepartment of Radiation OncologyUniversity of Toronto

Bernard Cummings

Professor

Department of Radiation Oncology

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.

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Latest papers

Evaluating the environmental Effects of Simulation-Free radiation therapy for palliative treatments.
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology · 2026
Adaptive Radiation Therapy in the 0-7-21 Regimen: A Retrospective Study of Tumor Volumetric Response.
Advances in radiation oncology · 2026
Impact of a Multidisciplinary Palliative Radiation Therapy Clinic on Patient Care.
Advances in radiation oncology · 2026

All 31 publications

31 publications.

Evaluating the environmental Effects of Simulation-Free radiation therapy for palliative treatments.

Lee J, Javor J, Tsai CJ, Cummings B, Mesci A, Kong V, Millar BA, Dawson LA, Wong R, Delposo-Lee K, Taylor E, Wong P

Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2026.111472 PMID: 41812863

Adaptive Radiation Therapy in the 0-7-21 Regimen: A Retrospective Study of Tumor Volumetric Response.

Chelvarajah RC, Bartolucci DD, Javor J, Taylor E, Liu ZA, Ye XY, Serban M, Cummings B, Dawson L, Keilty D, Hahn E, Tsai CJ, Wong P

Advances in radiation oncology2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2026.102088 PMID: 42382438

Impact of a Multidisciplinary Palliative Radiation Therapy Clinic on Patient Care.

Agrawal A, Javor J, Delposo-Lee K, Wong P, Taylor E, Dawson LA, Wong R, Millar BA, Chelvarajah R, Wattakiyanon N, Bezjak A, Cummings B, Tsai CJ

Advances in radiation oncology2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2026.102065 PMID: 42294412

Prospective Study of Patients Treated with Palliative Radiation Therapy While on Immunotherapy

Georgia Harris, Andrew Bang, Rebecca K.S. Wong, Jolie G. Ringash, Andrea Bezjak, Bernard Cummings, Barbara‐Ann Millar, Zhihui A Liu, Laura Ann Dawson

Advances in Radiation Oncology20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2025.101741 PMID: 40213311

Variability in Steroid Prophylaxis for Radiation-Induced Pain Flare: Practice of Canadian Radiation Oncologists

Tivanka P. Senanayake, Heng C. Fong, Barbara‐Ann Millar, Aisling S Barry, Bernard Cummings, Jolie G. Ringash, Manjula D. Maganti, Padraig Richard Warde, Rebecca K.S. Wong, Laura Ann Dawson

Journal of Palliative Medicine2021

DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2020.0761 PMID: 34128714

In Regard to Yerramilli et al’s “Palliative Radiotherapy for Oncologic Emergencies in the Setting of COVID-19: Approaches to Balancing Risks and Benefits”

Ezra Hahn, Jonathan Livergant, Barbara‐Ann Millar, Jolie G. Ringash, Rebecca K.S. Wong, Laura Ann Dawson, Padraig Richard Warde, Bernard Cummings, Aisling Barry

Advances in Radiation Oncology20206 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2020.04.017 PMID: 32395670

Can Conformity-Based Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy Improve Dosimetry and Speed of Delivery in Radiation Therapy to Lumbosacral Spine Compared with Conventional Techniques?

Javor J, Robbins M, Rosewall T, Craig T, Villafuerte CJ, Cummings B, Dawson L

Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences20204 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmir.2020.04.003 PMID: 32439283

Durable therapeutic gain despite competing mortality in long-term follow-up of a randomized hyperfractionated radiotherapy trial for locally advanced head and neck cancer.

O'Sullivan B, Hui Huang S, Keane T, Xu W, Su J, Waldron J, Gullane P, Liu FF, Warde P, Payne D, Tong L, Cummings B

Clinical and translational radiation oncology20202 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2020.01.003 PMID: 32055717

Effect of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy With Concurrent Chemotherapy on Survival for Patients With Cervical Esophageal Carcinoma.

McDowell LJ, Huang SH, Xu W, Che J, Wong RKS, Brierley J, Kim J, Cummings B, Waldron J, Bayley A, Hansen A, Witterick I, Ringash J

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics201735 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.01.003 PMID: 28258892

The Practice of Radiation Oncology in Canada.

Lalani N, Cummings B, Halperin R, Rakovitch E, Brundage M, Vigneault E, Milosevic M

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics201717 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.11.055 PMID: 28333001

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Bernard Cummings

Research

Latest papers

Evaluating the environmental Effects of Simulation-Free radiation therapy for palliative treatments.

Adaptive Radiation Therapy in the 0-7-21 Regimen: A Retrospective Study of Tumor Volumetric Response.

Impact of a Multidisciplinary Palliative Radiation Therapy Clinic on Patient Care.

Prospective Study of Patients Treated with Palliative Radiation Therapy While on Immunotherapy

Variability in Steroid Prophylaxis for Radiation-Induced Pain Flare: Practice of Canadian Radiation Oncologists

In Regard to Yerramilli et al’s “Palliative Radiotherapy for Oncologic Emergencies in the Setting of COVID-19: Approaches to Balancing Risks and Benefits”

Can Conformity-Based Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy Improve Dosimetry and Speed of Delivery in Radiation Therapy to Lumbosacral Spine Compared with Conventional Techniques?

Durable therapeutic gain despite competing mortality in long-term follow-up of a randomized hyperfractionated radiotherapy trial for locally advanced head and neck cancer.

Effect of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy With Concurrent Chemotherapy on Survival for Patients With Cervical Esophageal Carcinoma.

The Practice of Radiation Oncology in Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Jolie Ringash

Laura Dawson

John Waldron

Brian O'Sullivan

John Kim

Rebecca Wong

James Brierley

Fei-Fei Liu

Patrick Gullane

Padraig Warde

Barbara-Ann Millar

Lillian Siu

Andrew Bayley

Bayardo Perez-Ordonez

Zahra Kassam

Dale Brown

Edward Taylor

C. Tsai

David Payne

Ian Witterick

Ilan Weinreb

Philip Wong

Andrew Hope

Jonathan Irish

Jennifer Knox

Ezra Hahn

Jeremy Freeman

Ralph Gilbert

David Goldstein

Carol Swallow

Geoffrey Liu

Wei Xu

Erin Kennedy

Amit Oza

Richard Kirsch

Andrea Bezjak

Hany Soliman

Vickie Kong

Helen MacKay

Eileen Rakovitch