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Torunn (Torunn) Yock, MD

Director, Pediatric Radiation Oncology

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Chair, Radiation Oncology Quality Assurance

  • Phone: 617-724-1836
Departments
Department of Radiation Oncology

Specialties

  • Cancer Center
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Oncology
  • Neuro-Oncology (Brain)
  • Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
  • MassGeneral Hospital for Children
  • Radiation Oncology
Clinical Interests
Pediatric oncology
Outcomes research
Quality assurance and improvement
Pediatric tumors
Pediatric brain tumors
Thoracic oncology
Pediatric malignancies
Proton Radiation Therapy
Locations
Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital
Medical Education
MD, Harvard Medical School
Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
Board Certifications
Radiation Oncology, American Board of Radiology
Gender
Female
Patient Age Group
Adult and pediatric
Accepting New Patients
Yes

Publications

View my most recent publications at PubMed

Partial list of recent publications:

  1. Gensheimer MF, Yock TI, Liebsch NJ, Sharp GC, Paganetti H, Madan N, Grant PE,Bortfeld T. In vivo proton beam range verification using spine MRI changes. Int JRadiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Sep 1;78(1):268-75. Epub 2010 May 17. PubMed PMID:20472369.
  2. Macdonald SM, Trofimov A, Safai S, Adams J, Fullerton B, Ebb D, Tarbell NJ,Yock TI. Proton Radiotherapy for Pediatric Central Nervous System Germ CellTumors: Early Clinical Outcomes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 May 6. [Epubahead of print] PubMed PMID: 20452141.
  3. MacDonald SM, Yock TI. Proton beam therapy following resection for childhoodependymoma. Childs Nerv Syst. 2010 Mar;26(3):285-91. Epub 2009 Dec 19. Review.PubMed PMID: 20024657.
  4. Hoffman KE, Yock TI. Radiation therapy for pediatric central nervous systemtumors. J Child Neurol. 2009 Nov;24(11):1387-96. Review. PubMed PMID: 19841427.
  5. Kozak KR, Adams J, Krejcarek SJ, Tarbell NJ, Yock TI. A dosimetric comparisonof proton and intensity-modulated photon radiotherapy for pediatric parameningealrhabdomyosarcomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 May 1;74(1):179-86. Epub2008 Nov 18. PubMed PMID: 19019562.

Tommy's Story

Tommy McGraw, 8 years old, received Proton Beam Therapy at Massachusetts General Hospital after having a brain tumor removed at their hometown hospital, Seattle Children’s Hospital.

Crushing Cancer

After their 8-year-old son had a successful brain tumor surgery in their home state of Washington, Joe and Leigh McGraw chose to take Tommy to MassGeneral Hospital for Children's Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center for targeted treatment. The McGraw's share the story of their experience at MGHfC in the letter and video below.

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