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Ewa Szumacher

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Ewa Szumacher

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
23 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2015.

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153

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Research

Cancer Treatment Elderly Geriatric Oncology Network Development Research Priorities

Latest papers

Long-term patient-reported outcomes in a randomized controlled trial of Mepitel Film versus standard of care for the prevention of acute breast radiation dermatitis
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment · 2026
Effectiveness of virtual delivery of cancer education for patients: a systematic review.
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
Implementation of a Multi-Disciplinary Geriatric Oncology Clinic in Toronto, Canada.
Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025

All 86 publications

Latest funding

The Canadian Network on Aging and Cancer (CNAC): Meeting the needs of our aging population
CIHR · 2015 · Principal investigator
$20,000

All 1 grants and awards

86 publications.

Long-term patient-reported outcomes in a randomized controlled trial of Mepitel Film versus standard of care for the prevention of acute breast radiation dermatitis

Bayrakdarian S, Hircock C, Wong HCY, Zhang L, Ding K, Karam I, Gallant F, Rakovitch E, Tran W, Soliman H

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10549-026-07987-5

Effectiveness of virtual delivery of cancer education for patients: a systematic review.

Mascan B, Sferrazza D, Zhang B, Csaki M, Rembielak A, Szumacher E, Goh P, Patel P, Alkhafi M, Lee SF, Raman S, Rivlin L, Chow E, Wong HCY

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00520-026-10883-9 PMID: 42287464

Implementation of a Multi-Disciplinary Geriatric Oncology Clinic in Toronto, Canada.

Menjak IB, Campos K, Pasetka M, Budden A, Curle E, Gibson L, Szumacher E, Mehta R

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2025

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol32020089 PMID: 39996889

Two-fraction Versus Five-fraction Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Intermediate-risk Prostate Cancer: The TOFFEE Meta-analysis of Individual Patient Data from Four Prospective Trials.

Udovicich C, Cheung P, Chu W, Chung H, Detsky J, Liu S, Morton G, Szumacher E, Tseng CL, Vesprini D, Ong WL, Kennedy T, Davidson M, Ravi A, McGuffin M, Zhang L, Mamedov A, Deabreu A, Kulasingham-Poon M, Loblaw A

European urology oncology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.euo.2024.12.015 PMID: 39904690

Radiation enhancement using focussed ultrasound-stimulated microbubbles for breast cancer: A Phase 1 clinical trial

Moore-Palhares D, Dasgupta A, Saifuddin M, Pena MLA, Prasla S, Ho L, Lu L, Kung J, McNabb E, Sannachi L

PLoS Medicine202434 citations

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004408

StrataXRT for the prevention of acute radiation dermatitis in breast cancer: a pilot study.

Kennedy SKF, Gojsevic M, Rajeswaran T, Zhang L, Kuszaj O, Day M, Karam I, Vesprini D, Leung E, Szumacher E, Rakovitch E, Soliman H, Chen H, Lee SF, Behroozian T, Tran W, Wronski M, Gallant F, Carothers K, Yewhans T, Wong C, Wong H, Chow E

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2024

DOI: 10.1007/s00520-024-08851-2 PMID: 39292351

An Exploration of the Pillars of Leadership in Cancer Education.

Rajeswaran T, Dawdy K, Bishop M, Amiel G, Heneghan K, Khader J, de Vries J, Silva FS, Wiljer D, Szumacher E

Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s13187-024-02409-w PMID: 38421568

Prostate high dose-rate brachytherapy as monotherapy for low and intermediate-risk prostate cancer: Efficacy results from a randomized phase II clinical trial of one fraction of 19 Gy or two fractions of 13.5 Gy: A 9-year update.

Hudson JM, Loblaw A, McGuffin M, Chung HT, Tseng CL, Helou J, Cheung P, Szumacher E, Liu S, Zhang L, Deabreu A, Mamedov A, Morton G

Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2024.110381 PMID: 38879130

Elective pelvic nodal irradiation in the setting of ultrahypofractionated versus moderately hypofractionated and conventionally fractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer: Outcomes from 3 prospective clinical trials.

Glicksman RM, Loblaw A, Morton G, Vesprini D, Szumacher E, Chung HT, Chu W, Liu SK, Tseng CL, Davidson M, Deabreu A, Mamedov A, Zhang L, Cheung P

Clinical and translational radiation oncology2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2024.100843 PMID: 39318680

Randomized Trial of Concomitant Hypofractionated Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Boost Versus Conventionally Fractionated Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Boost for Localized High-Risk Prostate Cancer (pHART2-RCT).

Glicksman RM, Loblaw A, Morton G, Vesprini D, Szumacher E, Chung HT, Chu W, Liu SK, Tseng CL, Correa R, Deabreu A, Mamedov A, Zhang L, Cheung P

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.11.006 PMID: 37979707

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Ewa Szumacher

Research

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Latest funding

Long-term patient-reported outcomes in a randomized controlled trial of Mepitel Film versus standard of care for the prevention of acute breast radiation dermatitis

Effectiveness of virtual delivery of cancer education for patients: a systematic review.

Implementation of a Multi-Disciplinary Geriatric Oncology Clinic in Toronto, Canada.

Two-fraction Versus Five-fraction Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Intermediate-risk Prostate Cancer: The TOFFEE Meta-analysis of Individual Patient Data from Four Prospective Trials.

Radiation enhancement using focussed ultrasound-stimulated microbubbles for breast cancer: A Phase 1 clinical trial

StrataXRT for the prevention of acute radiation dermatitis in breast cancer: a pilot study.

An Exploration of the Pillars of Leadership in Cancer Education.

Prostate high dose-rate brachytherapy as monotherapy for low and intermediate-risk prostate cancer: Efficacy results from a randomized phase II clinical trial of one fraction of 19&#xa0;Gy or two fractions of 13.5&#xa0;Gy: A 9-year update.

Elective pelvic nodal irradiation in the setting of ultrahypofractionated versus moderately hypofractionated and conventionally fractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer: Outcomes from 3 prospective clinical trials.

Randomized Trial of Concomitant Hypofractionated Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Boost Versus Conventionally Fractionated Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Boost for Localized High-Risk Prostate Cancer (pHART2-RCT).

The Canadian Network on Aging and Cancer (CNAC): Meeting the needs of our aging population

Frequent collaborators

Gerard Morton

Andrew Loblaw

Lisa Di Prospero

Stanley Liu

Martine Puts

Maureen Trudeau

Eileen Rakovitch

Shabbir Alibhai

Manon Lemonde

Urban Emmenegger

Eitan Amir

Simon Bergman

Monika Krzyzanowska

Elizabeth Barnes

Janet Ellis

Lawrence Paszat

Meredith Giuliani

Frances Wright

Elysia Donovan

Glenn Bauman

Wassim Kassouf

Angela Jerath

Yan Xu

Daniel Moore Freitas Palhares

Murray Krahn

Kelly Metcalfe

Gregory Czarnota

Michael Kolios

Kelvin Chan

Timothy Whelan

Michael Kolios

Justin Lee

Sachi Voruganti

Prostate high dose-rate brachytherapy as monotherapy for low and intermediate-risk prostate cancer: Efficacy results from a randomized phase II clinical trial of one fraction of 19 Gy or two fractions of 13.5 Gy: A 9-year update.