Dr Phuong Tran
MBBS FRANZCR, Radiation Oncologist
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MBBS FRANZCR, Radiation Oncologist
Biography
Clinical interests in breast cancer, urological including prostate cancer, lung malignancies, and palliative radiation therapy.
Dr Tran graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1998. She undertook her postgraduate training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and at Adelaide Radiotherapy Centre/Flinders Medical Centre, gaining her specialist qualifications in Radiation Oncology in 2006.
Dr Tran works across all areas but with subspecialty interests in urological malignancies (in particular prostate cancer), breast and lung malignancies. She established the Prostate Low-Dose Rate Brachytherapy Program at Tennyson Centre.
Oncology SA's Research Committee was formed under Dr Tran's leadership, encouraging participation of all craft groups and helping to enable a broad range of both investigator-initiated and external trials.
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Dr Tran is a member of GenesisCare’s state Research Committee, reviewing the clinical impact and feasibility of potential trials to ensure patients across different tumour types have access to well-conducted clinical trials. She has been a principal and sub-investigator in South Australia on numerous internal and external research trials.
- RANZCR
- Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group
- American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
- Faculty of Radiation Oncology Genitourinary Group
- Australasian Society for Breast Disease