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Barbara L. Fowble, M.D., F.A.C.R.

Radiation cancer specialist

Dr. Barbara Fowble is a radiation oncologist who specializes in the treatment of breast cancer. She is internationally recognized for her expertise in radiation and breast cancer. Dedicated to the treatment of breast cancer patients, Fowble has treated thousands of women with radiation. Her research studies have defined the roles of breast conservation therapy as an alternative to mastectomy and radiation after mastectomy.

Fowble received her medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Her internship was completed at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City and was followed by a residency in radiation oncology at New York University and Drexel University and a fellowship in radiation oncology at Thomas Jefferson Hospital. She is board certified in radiation oncology and has been awarded fellowships in the American College of Radiology and the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.

Clinics

Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center
1600 Divisadero St., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 353-7070
Fax: (415) 353-7050

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Radiation Oncology at Mount Zion
1600 Divisadero St., Basement Level
San Francisco, CA 94143-1708
Main Phone: (415) 353-7175
New Patient Appointments: (415) 353-9807
Fax: (415) 353-9884

Hours: Monday to Friday
7 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Radiation Oncology at Parnassus
505 Parnassus Ave, Room L-75
San Francisco, CA 94143-0226
Main Phone: (415) 353-7175
New Patient Appointments: (415) 353-8335
Fax: (415) 353-7281

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Conditions & Treatments

More about Barbara L. Fowble

Education

Jefferson Medical College 1972

Residencies

New York University Medical Center 1975
Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions, Radiation Oncology 1976

Fellowships

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Radiation Oncology 1977

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Hwang ES, Lichtensztajn DY, Gomez SL, Fowble B, Clarke CA. Survival after lumpectomy and mastectomy for early stage invasive breast cancer: The effect of age and hormone receptor status. Cancer. 2013 Apr 1; 119(7):1402-11.
  2. Peled AW, Foster RD, Esserman LJ, Park CC, Hwang ES, Fowble B. Increasing the time to expander-implant exchange after postmastectomy radiation therapy reduces expander-implant failure. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012 Sep; 130(3):503-9.
  3. Fowble BL, Einck JP, Kim DN, McCloskey S, Mayadev J, Yashar C, Chen SL, Hwang ES. Role of postmastectomy radiation after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in stage II-III breast cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Jun 1; 83(2):494-503.
  4. Chan LW, Rabban J, Hwang ES, Bevan A, Alvarado M, Ewing C, Esserman L, Fowble B. Is radiation indicated in patients with ductal carcinoma in situ and close or positive mastectomy margins? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 May 1; 80(1):25-30.
  5. Descovich M, Fowble B, Bevan A, Schechter N, Park C, Xia P. Comparison between hybrid direct aperture optimized intensity-modulated radiotherapy and forward planning intensity-modulated radiotherapy for whole breast irradiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Jan 1; 76(1):91-9.
  6. Zakhireh J, Fowble B, Esserman LJ. Application of screening principles to the reconstructed breast. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Jan 1; 28(1):173-80.
  7. Anderson PR, Hanlon AL, Fowble BL, McNeeley SW, Freedman GM. Low complication rates are achievable after postmastectomy breast reconstruction and radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004 Jul 15; 59(4):1080-7.
  8. Freedman GM, Hanlon AL, Fowble BL, Anderson PR, Nicolaou N, Nicoloau N. Recursive partitioning identifies patients at high and low risk for ipsilateral tumor recurrence after breast-conserving surgery and radiation. J Clin Oncol. 2002 Oct 1; 20(19):4015-21.
  9. Morrow M, Strom EA, Bassett LW, Dershaw DD, Fowble B, Harris Ja, O'Malley F, Schnitt SJ, Singletary SE, Winchester DP. Standard for the management of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast (DCIS). CA Cancer J Clin. 2002 Sep-Oct; 52(5):256-76.
  10. Morrow M, Strom EA, Bassett LW, Dershaw DD, Fowble B, Giuliano A, Harris JR, O'Malley F, Schnitt SJ, Singletary SE, Winchester DP. Standard for breast conservation therapy in the management of invasive breast carcinoma. CA Cancer J Clin. 2002 Sep-Oct; 52(5):277-300.
  11. Movsas B, Li BS, Babb JS, Fowble BL, Nicolaou N, Gonen O. Quantifying radiation therapy-induced brain injury with whole-brain proton MR spectroscopy: initial observations. Radiology. 2001 Nov; 221(2):327-31.
  12. Fowble B, Hanlon A, Freedman G, Nicolaou N, Anderson P. Second cancers after conservative surgery and radiation for stages I-II breast cancer: identifying a subset of women at increased risk. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2001 Nov 1; 51(3):679-90.
  13. Sasson AR, Fowble B, Hanlon AL, Torosian MH, Freedman G, Boraas M, Sigurdson ER, Hoffman JP, Eisenberg BL, Patchefsky A. Lobular carcinoma in situ increases the risk of local recurrence in selected patients with stages I and II breast carcinoma treated with conservative surgery and radiation. Cancer. 2001 May 15; 91(10):1862-9.
  14. Chao C, Torosian MH, Boraas MC, Sigurdson ER, Hoffman JP, Eisenberg BL, Fowble B. Local recurrence of breast cancer in the stereotactic core needle biopsy site: case reports and review of the literature. Breast J. 2001 Mar-Apr; 7(2):124-7.
  15. Freedman GM, Fowble BL. Local recurrence after mastectomy or breast-conserving surgery and radiation. Oncology (Williston Park). 2000 Nov; 14(11):1561-81; discussion 1581-2, 1582-4.
  16. Iyer RV, Hanlon A, Fowble B, Freedman G, Nicolaou N, Anderson P, Hoffman J, Sigurdson E, Boraas M, Torosian M. Accuracy of the extent of axillary nodal positivity related to primary tumor size, number of involved nodes, and number of nodes examined. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2000 Jul 15; 47(5):1177-83.
  17. Fowble B, Hanlon A, Freedman G, Nicolaou N, Hoffman J, Sigurdson E, Boraas M, Torosian M, Goldstein L. Internal mammary node irradiation neither decreases distant metastases nor improves survival in stage I and II breast cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2000 Jul 1; 47(4):883-94.
  18. Padmore RF, Fowble B, Hoffman J, Rosser C, Hanlon A, Patchefsky AS. Microinvasive breast carcinoma: clinicopathologic analysis of a single institution experience. Cancer. 2000 Mar 15; 88(6):1403-9.
  19. Freedman GM, Fowble BL, Nicolaou N, Sigurdson ER, Torosian MH, Boraas MC, Hoffman JP. Should internal mammary lymph nodes in breast cancer be a target for the radiation oncologist? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2000 Mar 1; 46(4):805-14.
  20. Freedman G, Fowble B, Hanlon A, Nicolaou N, Fein D, Hoffman J, Sigurdson E, Boraas M, Goldstein L. Patients with early stage invasive cancer with close or positive margins treated with conservative surgery and radiation have an increased risk of breast recurrence that is delayed by adjuvant systemic therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1999 Jul 15; 44(5):1005-15.

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