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Chika Nwachukwu

Title(s)Assistant Professor Of Clinical, Radiation Medicine and Applied Science
SchoolVc-health Sciences-schools
Address9500 Gilman Drive #
La Jolla CA 92093
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    1. Rapid AI Auto-Planning Rivals Manual Expert Planning for Cervical Brachytherapy. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2026 May 09. Mitra A, Moore LC, Kallis K, Rash DL, Einck JP, Nwachukwu C, Yashar CM, Mayadev JS, Ayala-Peacock DN, Balogun OD, Chino JP, Contreras JA, Zoberi I, Kisling K, Zou J, Vasconcelos N, Meyers SM. PMID: 42114806.
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    2. Vaginal Cancer, Version 2.2026, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines In Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2026 03; 24(3):101-126. Abu-Rustum NR, Campos SM, Amarnath S, Arend R, Barber E, Bradley K, Brooks R, Chino J, Chon HS, Crispens MA, Damast S, Fisher CM, Frederick P, Gaffney DK, Gaillard S, Giuntoli R, Glaser G, Glaser S, Howitt BE, Kendra K, Landrum L, Lea J, Lee N, Mantia-Smaldone G, Mariani A, Mutch D, Nagel C, Nekhlyudov L, Nwachukwu C, Podoll M, Rodabaugh K, Salani R, Schorge J, Schuetze S, Siedel J, Soliman P, Ueda S, Urban R, Wyse E, McMillian N, Sambandam V. PMID: 41825134.
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    3. Cervical Cancer, Version 2.2026, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines In Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2025 Dec; 23(12):549-573. Abu-Rustum NR, Campos SM, Amarnath S, Arend R, Barber E, Bradley K, Brooks R, Chino J, Chon HS, Crispens MA, Damast S, Fisher CM, Frederick P, Gaffney DK, Gaillard S, Giuntoli R, Glaser S, Howitt BE, Kendra K, Landrum L, Lea J, Lee N, Mantia-Smaldone G, Mariani A, Mutch D, Nagel C, Nekhlyudov L, Nieto K, Nwachukwu C, Podoll M, Rodabaugh K, Salani R, Schorge J, Schuetze S, Siedel J, Sisodia R, Soliman P, Ueda S, Urban R, Wyse E, McMillian N, Sambandam V. PMID: 41671440.
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    4. Ablative Preoperative Single-Fraction Radiation Dose Escalation Among Patients With Breast Cancer: A Phase 1 Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Nov 03; 8(11):e2543689. Rahimi A, Leitch M, Dogan B, Liu Y, Alluri P, Arbab M, Li X, Parsons DDM, Kim DWN, Wandrey N, Farr D, Seiler S, Unni N, Nguyen A, Wooldridge R, Chiu TD, Lu W, Stojadinovic S, Visak J, Nwachukwu C, Patel I, Morgan H, Bahrami S, Stein M, McArthur HL, Sahoo S, Timmerman R. PMID: 41236737; PMCID: PMC12619099.
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    5. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Uterine Neoplasms, Version 3.2025. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2025 Aug; 23(8):284-291. Abu-Rustum NR, Campos SM, Amarnath S, Arend R, Barber E, Bradley K, Brooks R, Chino J, Chon HS, Crispens MA, Damast S, Fisher CM, Frederick P, Gaffney DK, Gaillard S, Giuntoli R, Glaser S, Howitt BE, Landrum L, Lea J, Lee N, Mantia-Smaldone G, Mariani A, Mutch D, Nagel C, Nekhlyudov L, Nieto K, Nwachukwu C, Podoll M, Rodabaugh K, Salani R, Schorge J, Schuetze S, Siedel J, Sisodia R, Soliman P, Ueda S, Urban R, Wyse E, McMillian N, Sambandam V. PMID: 40763788.
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    6. 3D HDR brachytherapy for cervical cancer in LMIC: Audit of a single institution experience in Lagos, Nigeria. Brachytherapy. 2025 Jul-Aug; 24(4):479-485. Joseph A, Nwachukwu C, Adegboyega B, Salako O, Andero T, Alabi A, Ajose A, Adeneye S, Adedewe N, Kotkat A, Oladipo A, Irabor OC, Habeebu M, Puthoff D, Onitilo A, Ngwa W, Balogun O. PMID: 40300972.
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    7. Development and implementation of a 3d-HDR brachytherapy program for cervical cancer in a sub-Saharan African centre. Brachytherapy. 2025 Mar-Apr; 24(2):258-264. Joseph A, Balogun O, Adegboyega B, Salako O, Irabor OC, Ajose A, Adeneye S, Alabi A, Ohazurike E, Ogamba CF, Oladipo A, Fagbemide O, Habeebu M, Puthoff D, Onitilo A, Ngwa W, Nwachukwu C. PMID: 39730268.
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    8. Second Look Opportunity for Radiation Oncology Medical Residency During Virtual Interview Season. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2025 Mar; 10(3):101635. Mahoney MT, Kwon YS, Nwachukwu CR, Iyengar P, Timmerman RD, Arbab M, Kumar KA. PMID: 40034478; PMCID: PMC11872653.
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    9. A guide to global access to HPV vaccination to all women in low- and middle-income countries; a minireview of innovation and equity. Front Oncol. 2024; 14:1380663. Ewongwo A, Sahor AF, Ngwa W, Nwachukwu C. PMID: 39416459; PMCID: PMC11480722.
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    10. Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for Gynecological Oligometastatic and Oligoprogessive Tumors. JAMA Oncol. 2024 Jul 01; 10(7):941-948. Donovan EK, Lo SS, Beriwal S, Chen H, Cheung P, Keller A, Nwachukwu C, Mantz C, Pond GR, Schnarr K, Swaminath A, Albuquerque K, Leung E. PMID: 38869888; PMCID: PMC11177214.
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    11. Neural network dose prediction for cervical brachytherapy: Overcoming data scarcity for applicator-specific models. Med Phys. 2024 Jul; 51(7):4591-4606. Moore LC, Ahern F, Li L, Kallis K, Kisling K, Cortes KG, Nwachukwu C, Rash D, Yashar CM, Mayadev J, Zou J, Vasconcelos N, Meyers SM. PMID: 38814165; PMCID: PMC11309769.
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    12. Predicting treatment plan approval probability for high-dose-rate brachytherapy of cervical cancer using adversarial deep learning. Phys Med Biol. 2024 Apr 17; 69(9). Gao Y, Gonzalez Y, Nwachukwu C, Albuquerque K, Jia X. PMID: 38537309; PMCID: PMC11023000.
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    13. Transferring care to enhance access to early-phase cancer clinical trials: Protocol to evaluate a novel program. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2024 Jun; 39:101292. Nwachukwu C, Makhnoon S, Person M, Muthukrishnan M, Kazmi S, Anderson LD, Kaur G, Kapinos KA, Williams EL, Fatunde O, Sadeghi N, Robles F, Basey A, Hulsey T, Pruitt SL, Gerber DE. PMID: 38623454; PMCID: PMC11016932.
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    14. A Tale of Two Hospitals: Effect of Access to Care Through a Safety Net Hospital on Adjuvant Therapy, Imaging Compliance and 5-Year Survival Rates Compared to the University Hospital Served by the Same Breast Cancer Clinical Teams. Acad Radiol. 2024 07; 31(7):2728-2738. Mootz AR, Ozcan BB, Polat DS, Acevedo Z, Xi Y, Unni N, Nwachukwu C, Dogan BE. PMID: 38365491.
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    15. Definitive radiation for advanced cervix cancer is not associated with vaginal shortening-a prospective vaginal length and dose correlation. Brachytherapy. 2024 Mar-Apr; 23(2):136-140. Owrangi A, Medrano A, Gao Y, Kazemifar S, Hrycushko B, Medin P, Nwachukwu C, Jia X, Albuquerque K. PMID: 38242726.
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    16. Optimizing Online Adaptation Timing in the Treatment of Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2024 Mar-Apr; 14(2):e159-e164. Yen A, Zhong X, Lin MH, Nwachukwu C, Albuquerque K, Hrycushko B. PMID: 37923136.
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    17. Spare the Bowel, Don't Spoil the Target: Optimal Margin Assessment for Online Cone Beam Adaptive Radiation Therapy (OnC-ART) of the Cervix. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2023 Mar-Apr; 13(2):e176-e183. Yen A, Choi B, Inam E, Yeh A, Lin MH, Park C, Hrycushko B, Nwachukwu C, Albuquerque K. PMID: 36356834.
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    18. Change in image-guided planning strategies over time impacts oncologic and survival outcomes for intracavitary cervical cancer brachytherapy. Brachytherapy. 2022 Sep-Oct; 21(5):668-677. D'Cunha P, Gonzalez Y, Nwachukwu C, Hrycushko B, Medin P, Owrangi A, Jia X, Albuquerque K. PMID: 35871130.
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    19. A How-To Compendium for GammaPod Treatments, Clinical Workflow, and Clinical Program at an Early Adopting Institution. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2022 May-Jun; 12(3):e177-e182. Zhang-Velten E, Zhang Y, Radpour S, Gu X, Kim DN, Alluri P, Nwachukwu C, Chiu T, Lu W, Parsons D, Tan J, Gillespie J, Stevenson S, Choy H, Timmerman R, Rahimi A. PMID: 35150897.
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    20. Updating and Optimizing Anatomic Atlases for Elective Radiation of Para-Aortic Lymph Nodes in Cervical Cancer. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2021 May-Jun; 11(3):e301-e307. D'Cunha P, Pinho DF, Nwachukwu C, Xi Y, Frame R, Albuquerque K. PMID: 33421621.
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    21. The ASTRO clinical practice guidelines in cervical cancer: Optimizing radiation therapy for improved outcomes. Gynecol Oncol. 2020 12; 159(3):607-610. Chino J, Annunziata CM, Beriwal S, Bradfield L, Erickson BA, Fields EC, Fitch J, Harkenrider MM, Holschneider CH, Kamrava M, Leung E, Lin LL, Mayadev JS, Morcos M, Nwachukwu C, Petereit D, Viswanathan AN. PMID: 32972783.
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    22. Radiation Therapy for Cervical Cancer: Executive Summary of an ASTRO Clinical Practice Guideline. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2020 Jul - Aug; 10(4):220-234. Chino J, Annunziata CM, Beriwal S, Bradfield L, Erickson BA, Fields EC, Fitch K, Harkenrider MM, Holschneider CH, Kamrava M, Leung E, Lin LL, Mayadev JS, Morcos M, Nwachukwu C, Petereit D, Viswanathan AN. PMID: 32473857; PMCID: PMC8802172.
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    23. To Fracture Not-Sustained Benefits of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) in Pelvic Malignancies. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 03 01; 106(3):493-495. Nwachukwu C, Chino J, Albuquerque K. PMID: 32014147.
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    24. Evaluating Barriers and Opportunities in Delivering High-Quality Oncology Care in a Resource-Limited Setting Using a Comprehensive Needs Assessment Tool. J Glob Oncol. 2018 12; 4:1-9. Nwachukwu CR, Mudasiru O, Million L, Sheth S, Qamoos H, Onah JO, Okemini A, Rhodes M, Barry M, Banjo AA, Habeebu M, Olasinde TA, Bhatt AS. PMID: 30532992; PMCID: PMC6818301.
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    25. Invasive nodal evaluation prior to stereotactic ablative radiation for non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 2018 10; 124:76-85. Harris JP, Nwachukwu C, Qian Y, Pollom E, Loo BW, Das M, Diehn M. PMID: 30268484.
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    26. Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy for Stage IIIB Cervical Cancer-Global Impact Through Power. JAMA Oncol. 2018 04 01; 4(4):514-515. Nwachukwu CR, Mayadev J, Viswanathan AN. PMID: 29423514.
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    27. Radiation therapy improves disease-specific survival in women with Stage II endometrioid endometrial cancer-Brachytherapy may be sufficient. Brachytherapy. 2018 Mar - Apr; 17(2):383-391. Nwachukwu CR, Von-Eyben R, Kidd EA. PMID: 29198879.
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