Anthony Mascia

Anthony E Mascia , PhD

Associate Professor of Clinical

Cincinnati Children's Hospital
UC Health Proton Therapy Center
7777 Yankee Road
Liberty Township, Ohio 45044
Phone (513)517-0343
Email anthony.mascia@cchmc.org

Education

Bachelor of Science: Fordham University New York City, NY, 1998 (Physics)

Master of Science: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, CA, (Biomedical Physics)

Doctor of Philosophy: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, CA, (Biomedical Physics)

Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

Delaney, Alexander R; Dong, Lei; Mascia, Anthony; Zou, Wei; Zhang, Yongbin; Yin, Lingshu; Rosas, Sara; Hrbacek, Jan; Lomax, Antony J; Slotman, Ben J; Dahele, Max; Verbakel, Wilko F A R (2018. ) Automated Knowledge-Based Intensity-Modulated Proton Planning: An International Multicenter Benchmarking Study.Cancers, , 10 (11 ) , More Information

Pater, Luke; Turpin, Brian; Mascia, Anthony (2017. ) Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy for Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Biliary Tract.Cureus, , 9 (10 ) ,e1747 More Information

Mascia, Anthony E; Daugherty, Emily C; Zhang, Yongbin; Lee, Eunsin; Xiao, Zhiyan; Sertorio, Mathieu; Woo, Jennifer; Backus, Lori R; McDonald, Julie M; McCann, Claire; Russell, Kenneth; Levine, Lisa; Sharma, Ricky A; Khuntia, Dee; Bradley, Jeffrey D; Simone, Charles B; Perentesis, John P; Breneman, John C (2022. ) Proton FLASH Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Symptomatic Bone Metastases: The FAST-01 Nonrandomized Trial.JAMA oncology, , More Information

Daugherty, Emily C; Mascia, Anthony E; Zhang, Yongbin; Lee, Eunsin; Xiao, Zhiyan; Sertorio, Mathieu; Woo, Jennifer; McCann, Claire; Russell, Kenneth J; Levine, Lisa L; Sharma, Ricky A; Khuntia, Deepak; Bradley, Jeffrey; Simone Nd, Charles B; Perentesis, John P; Breneman, John C (2022. ) FLASH Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Symptomatic Bone Metastases (FAST-01): Protocol for the First Prospective Feasibility Study.JMIR research protocols, , More Information

Xiao, Zhiyan; Zhang, Yongbin; Speth, Joseph; Lee, Eunsin; Mascia, Anthony; Lamba, Michael (2022. ) Evaluation of a conventionally shielded proton treatment room for FLASH radiotherapy.Medical physics, , More Information

Williams, Michael T; Sugimoto, Chiho; Regan, Samantha L; Pitzer, Emily M; Fritz, Adam L; Sertorio, Mathieu; Mascia, Anthony E; Vatner, Ralph E; Perentesis, John P; Vorhees, Charles V (2022. ) Cognitive and behavioral effects of whole brain conventional or high dose rate (FLASH) proton irradiation in a neonatal Sprague Dawley rat model.PloS one, , 17 (9 ) ,e0274007 More Information

Lee, Eunsin; Lourenço, Ana Mónica; Speth, Joseph; Lee, Nigel; Subiel, Anna; Romano, Francesco; Thomas, Russell; Amos, Richard A; Zhang, Yongbin; Xiao, Zhiyan; Mascia, Anthony (2022. ) Ultrahigh dose rate pencil beam scanning proton dosimetry using ion chambers and a calorimeter in support of first in-human FLASH clinical trial.Medical physics, , 49 (9 ) ,6171-6182 More Information

Nelson, Bailey; Tadesse, Dawit G; Sudhoff, Mickaela; Wang, Kyle; Meier, Teresa; Mascia, Anthony; Kharofa, Jordan (2022. ) Hematologic Toxicity Comparison of Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy in Anal Cancer Patients.American journal of clinical oncology, , 45 (6 ) ,264-267 More Information

Breneman, John; Perentesis, John P; Bradley, Jeffrey; Mascia, Anthony; Abel, Eric; Sharda, Agam; Khuntia, Deepak; Sharma, Ricky A; Simone, Charles B (2021. ) In Regard to Buchsbaum et al.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, , 110 (5 ) ,1544-1545 More Information

Hua, Chia-Ho; Mascia, Anthony E; Seravalli, Enrica; Lomax, Antony J; Seiersen, Klaus; Ulin, Kenneth (2021. ) Advances in radiotherapy technology for pediatric cancer patients and roles of medical physicists: COG and SIOP Europe perspectives.Pediatric blood & cancer, , 68 Suppl 2 ,e28344 More Information

Cunningham, Shannon; McCauley, Shelby; Vairamani, Kanimozhi; Speth, Joseph; Girdhani, Swati; Abel, Eric; Sharma, Ricky A; Perentesis, John P; Wells, Susanne I; Mascia, Anthony; Sertorio, Mathieu (2021. ) FLASH Proton Pencil Beam Scanning Irradiation Minimizes Radiation-Induced Leg Contracture and Skin Toxicity in Mice.Cancers, , 13 (5 ) , More Information

Sertorio, Mathieu; Nowrouzi, Ali; Akbarpour, Mahdi; Chetal, Kashish; Salomonis, Nathan; Brons, Stephan; Mascia, Anthony; Ionascu, Dan; McCauley, Shelby; Kupneski, Taylor; Köthe, Andreas; Debus, Jürgen; Perentesis, John P; Abdollahi, Amir; Zheng, Yi; Wells, Susanne I (2021. ) Differential transcriptome response to proton versus X-ray radiation reveals novel candidate targets for combinatorial PT therapy in lymphoma.Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, , 155 ,293-303 More Information

Williams, Michael T; Sugimoto, Chiho; Regan, Samantha L; Pitzer, Emily M; Fritz, Adam L; Mascia, Anthony E; Sertorio, Mathieu; Vatner, Ralph E; Perentesis, John P; Vorhees, Charles V (2020. ) Whole brain proton irradiation in adult Sprague Dawley rats produces dose dependent and non-dependent cognitive, behavioral, and dopaminergic effects.Scientific reports, , 10 (1 ) ,21584 More Information

Lee, Eunsin; Perry, Daniel; Speth, Joseph; Zhang, Yongbin; Xiao, Zhiyan; Mascia, Anthony (2020. ) Measurement-based study on characterizing symmetric and asymmetric respiratory motion interplay effect on target dose distribution in the proton pencil beam scanning.Journal of applied clinical medical physics, , 21 (4 ) ,59-67 More Information

Sertorio, Mathieu; Perentesis, John P; Vatner, Ralph E; Mascia, Anthony E; Zheng, Yi; Wells, Susanne I (2018. ) Cancer Cell Metabolism: Implications for X-ray and Particle Radiation Therapy.International journal of particle therapy, , 5 (1 ) ,40-48 More Information

Meier, Teresa; Mascia, Anthony; Wolf, Eric; Kharofa, Jordan (2017. ) Dosimetric Comparison of Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy and Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy in Anal Cancer Patients and the Ability to Spare Bone Marrow.International journal of particle therapy, , 4 (2 ) ,11-17 More Information

Shukla, Samriddhi; Saha, Taniya; Rama, Nihar; Acharya, Anusha; Le, Tien; Bian, Fenghua; Donovan, Johnny; Tan, Lin Abigail; Vatner, Ralph; Kalinichenko, Vladimir; Mascia, Anthony; Perentesis, John P; Kalin, Tanya V (2023. ) Ultra-high dose-rate proton FLASH improves tumor control.Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, , 186 ,109741 More Information

Mascia, Anthony; McCauley, Shelby; Speth, Joseph; Nunez, Stefanno Alarcon; Boivin, Gael; Vilalta, Marta; Sharma, Ricky A; Perentesis, John P; Sertorio, Mathieu (2023. ) Impact of Multiple Beams on the FLASH Effect in Soft Tissue and Skin in Mice.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, , More Information

Zou, Wei; Zhang, Rongxiao; Schüler, Emil; Taylor, Paige A; Mascia, Anthony E; Diffenderfer, Eric S; Zhao, Tianyu; Ayan, Ahmet S; Sharma, Manju; Yu, Shu-Jung; Lu, Weiguo; Bosch, Walter R; Tsien, Christina; Surucu, Murat; Pollard-Larkin, Julianne M; Schuemann, Jan; Moros, Eduardo G; Bazalova-Carter, Magdalena; Gladstone, David J; Li, Heng; Simone, Charles B; Petersson, Kristoffer; Kry, Stephen F; Maity, Amit; Loo, Billy W; Dong, Lei; Maxim, Peter G; Xiao, Ying; Buchsbaum, Jeffrey C (2023. ) Framework for Quality Assurance of Ultrahigh Dose Rate Clinical Trials Investigating FLASH Effects and Current Technology Gaps.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, , 116 (5 ) ,1202-1217 More Information

Nelson, Bailey; Meier, Teresa; Zhang, Yin; Wang, Kyle; Mascia, Anthony E; Paquette, Ian; Thompson, Earl; Rafferty, Janice; Snyder, Jonathan; Olowokure, Olugbenga; Sohal, Davendra; Kharofa, Jordan (2023. ) Feasibility Trial of Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy to Reduce Toxicity in Anal Cancer Patients.American journal of clinical oncology, , 46 (7 ) ,293-299 More Information

Mascia, Anthony E; Daugherty, Emily C; Breneman, John C (2023. ) FLASH Radiotherapy in a Value-Based Health Care Environment-Reply.JAMA oncology, , 9 (5 ) ,727 More Information

Lourenço, Ana; Subiel, Anna; Lee, Nigel; Flynn, Sam; Cotterill, John; Shipley, David; Romano, Francesco; Speth, Joe; Lee, Eunsin; Zhang, Yongbin; Xiao, Zhiyan; Mascia, Anthony; Amos, Richard A; Palmans, Hugo; Thomas, Russell (2023. ) Absolute dosimetry for FLASH proton pencil beam scanning radiotherapy.Scientific reports, , 13 (1 ) ,2054 More Information

Contact Information

Academic - Cincinnati Children's Hospital
UC Health Proton Therapy Center
Liberty Township  Ohio, 45044
Phone: (513)517-0343
anthony.mascia@cchmc.org