Phuoc T. Tran

Phuoc T. Tran, MD, PhD is a Professor and Senior Vice Chair for Research in the Radiation Oncology Department at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He specializes in treating genitourinary cancers using advanced stereotactic radiation techniques (SRS/SBRT/SABR) and focuses on improving clinical radiotherapy for prostate, adrenal, bladder, penile, testicular, and urethral cancers, particularly in oligometastatic disease contexts.

• Trained at Oregon Health & Sciences University (MD/PhD, 2003) and Stanford University (Residency, 2008)
• Board-certified in Radiation Oncology by the American Board of Radiology

His research explores epithelial-mesenchymal transitions (EMT/MET) in tumorigenesis, treatment resistance, and radiation-induced fibrosis using inducible transgenic mouse models. He also investigates tumor-selective radiosensitizers to enhance radiotherapy's therapeutic ratio.

Key article trends include:

• 2023 Eur Urol study on advanced molecular imaging for oligometastatic prostate cancer
• 2022 J Clin Oncol analysis of genetic predictors for metastasis-directed therapy
• 2021 JAMA Oncol validation of genomic classifiers in recurrent prostate cancer

Scientific awards span NCI grants (1R01CA166348-01A1, 1U01CA231776-01, etc.), Movember Foundation-PCF Challenge Awards, and recognition as a Top Doctor by Baltimore Magazine (2012). He serves as a senior editor for Cancer Research and leads the Tran Laboratory, which bridges radiogenomics and radiation oncology to develop clinical innovations.