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Spraker, Matthew, MD, PhD
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- Matthew Spraker, MD, believes it is his privilege to help heal people with cancer. Dr. Spraker enjoys the science of oncology and is building upon his knowledge by completing an integrative medicine fellowship. He treats patients with cancer, osteoarthritis, and plantar fasciitis. Dr. Spraker performs stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), radiosurgery, and brachytherapy. Dr. Spraker earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. He completed his residency at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
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Clinical Program
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Research Department
Publications
Most Recent Publications
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2025Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis. PRACTICAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 15:19-24.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2024.09.003 PMID: 39503700
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2024A Dose Accumulation Assessment of Alignment Errors During Spatially Fractionated Radiation Therapy. PRACTICAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 14:e283-e290.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2023.11.015 PMID: 38081359
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2024Overview and Recommendations for Prospective Multi-institutional Spatially Fractionated Radiation Therapy Clinical Trials. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS. 737-749.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.12.013 PMID: 38110104
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2024Script-based implementation of automatic grid placement for lattice stereotactic body radiation therapy. PHYSICS & IMAGING IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 29.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.phro.2024.100549 PMID: 38380154
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2024The impact of individual-level income predicted from the BRFSS on the association between insurance status and overall survival among adults with cancer from the SEER program*. CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY. 89.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2024.102541 PMID: 38325026
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2023A feasibility trial of skin surface motion-gated stereotactic body radiotherapy for treatment of upper abdominal or lower thoracic targets using a novel O-ring gantry. CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 44.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2023.100692 PMID: 38021090
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2023From Bragg Peaks to Adaptive Fields-The Need for Evidence-Based Adoption of New Technologies in Radiotherapy. JAMA ONCOLOGY. 1333-1334.Full Text via DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.2931 PMID: 37589990
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2023Great Ideas: In Regard to DePaoli et al. PRACTICAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 363-363.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2022.11.014 PMID: 37391237
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2023First treatments for Lattice stereotactic body radiation therapy using magnetic resonance image guided radiation therapy. CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 39.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2023.100577 PMID: 36718251
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2023Nearest Neighbor-Based Strategy to Optimize Multi-View Triplet Network for Classification of Small-Sample Medical Imaging Data. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL NETWORKS AND LEARNING SYSTEMS. 34:586-600.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/tnnls.2021.3059635
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2022A pilot study of same-day MRI-only simulation and treatment with MR-guided adaptive palliative radiotherapy (MAP-RT). CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 39.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2022.100561 PMID: 36594078
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2022Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Version 2.2022 Featured Updates to the NCCN Guidelines. JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK. 20:1204-1214.Full Text via DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2022.0058 PMID: 36351335
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2022Simulation-Free Radiation Therapy: An Emerging Form of Treatment Planning to Expedite Plan Generation for Patients Receiving Palliative Radiation Therapy. ADVANCES IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 8.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2022.101091 PMID: 36304132
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2022Treatment of Stage I Lung Cancer Detected by Computed Tomography Screening. JTO CLINICAL AND RESEARCH REPORTS. 3.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jtocrr.2022.100399 PMID: 36160306
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2022Remote Symptom Monitoring of Patients With Cancer Undergoing Radiation Therapy. CUREUS. 14.Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.29734 PMID: 36324357
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2022Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Version 2.2022. JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK. 20:815-833.Full Text via DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2022.0035 PMID: 35830886
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2022Considerations for Optimal Implementation of Radiation Therapy Into Multidisciplinary Care for Patients With Sarcoma. PRACTICAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 12:84-86.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2021.08.015 PMID: 35248241
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2022LITE SABR M1: A phase I trial of Lattice stereotactic body radiotherapy for large tumors. RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY. 167:317-322.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.11.023 PMID: 34875286
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2022Tilting the Balance, and Gantry, Towards Preservation of Function. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS. 280-280.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.04.036 PMID: 34998531
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2022LITE SABR M1: Planning design and dosimetric endpoints for a phase I trial of lattice SBRT. RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY. 167:172-178.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.12.003 PMID: 34896459
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2022Neoadjuvant Therapy Induces a Potent Immune Response to Sarcoma, Dominated by Myeloid and B Cells. CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. 28:1701-1711.Full Text via DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-4239
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2022Regularizing the Deepsurv Network Using Projection Loss for Medical Risk Assessment. IEEE ACCESS. 10:8005-8020.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3142032
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2021Tumor Lysis Syndrome in a Patient With Metastatic Endometrial Cancer Treated With Lattice Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. ADVANCES IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 7.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2021.100797 PMID: 34761139
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2021MRI-based delta-radiomics predicts pathologic complete response in high-grade soft-tissue sarcoma patients treated with neoadjuvant therapy. RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY. 164:73-82.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.08.023 PMID: 34506832
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2021A Dose Accumulation Assessment of Alignment Errors During Spatially Fractionated Radiation Therapy. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY-CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS. S135-S136.
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2021Assessment and Development of Plan Quality Metrics for Spatially Fractionated Radiation Therapy. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY-CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS. S136-S137.
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2021Impact of Dosimetric Factors on Distant Failure in Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY-CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS. S103-S104.
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2021A single-institution phase I feasibility study of dose-escalated IMRT for non-operative locally advanced esophageal carcinoma. CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 30:19-25.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2021.06.007 PMID: 34278011
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2021Development and External Validation of Deep-Learning-Based Tumor Grading Models in Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Patients Using MR Imaging. CANCERS. 13.Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/cancers13122866 PMID: 34201251
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2021Socio-economic factors do not affect overall survival in soft tissue sarcoma when patients treated at a single high-volume center. BMC CANCER. 21.Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/s12885-021-08352-z PMID: 34039294
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2021Spatially fractionated stereotactic body radiation therapy (Lattice) for large tumors. ADVANCES IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 6.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2020.100639 PMID: 34195486
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2021Prognostic Assessment in High-Grade Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Patients: A Comparison of Semantic Image Analysis and Radiomics. CANCERS. 13.Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/cancers13081929 PMID: 33923697
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2021Concurrent paclitaxel and radiation therapy for the treatment of cutaneous angiosarcoma. CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 27:114-120.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ctro.2021.01.009 PMID: 33604458
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2021Preoperative radiotherapy for retroperitoneal sarcoma. LANCET ONCOLOGY. E2-E2.PMID: 33387501
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2021Association of Outpatient Cancer Rehabilitation With Patient-Reported Outcomes and Performance-Based Measures of Function. REHABILITATION ONCOLOGY. 39:137-142.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/01.reo.0000000000000245
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2021Preoperative radiotherapy for retroperitoneal sarcoma. LANCET ONCOLOGY. 22:e2.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(20)30626-4
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2020NCCN Guidelines Insights: Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Version 1.2021.. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN. 18:1604-1612.Full Text via DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2020.0058 PMID: 33285515
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2020Implementation of a Novel Remote Physician Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Coverage Process during the Coronavirus Pandemic. ADVANCES IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 5:690-696.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2020.04.012 PMID: 32346656
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2020Implementing a Novel Remote Physician Treatment Coverage Practice for Adaptive Radiation Therapy During the Coronavirus Pandemic. ADVANCES IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 5:737-742.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2020.05.007 PMID: 32775784
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2020In regard to Kabarriti et al. ADVANCES IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 711-712.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2020.05.009 PMID: 32775779
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2020Outpatient cancer rehabilitation to improve patient reported and objective measures of function.. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY.
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2019Local consolidative therapy for oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer. JOURNAL OF THORACIC DISEASE. 5649-5651.Full Text via DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2019.11.19 PMID: 32030290
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2019Tumor grading of soft tissue sarcomas using MRI-based radiomics. EBIOMEDICINE. 48:332-340.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.08.059 PMID: 31522983
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2019CT-based radiomic features predict tumor grading and have prognostic value in patients with soft tissue sarcomas treated with neoadjuvant radiation therapy. RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY. 135:187-196.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2019.01.004 PMID: 30961895
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2019MRI Radiomic Features Are Independently Associated With Overall Survival in Soft Tissue Sarcoma. ADVANCES IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 4:413-421.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2019.02.003 PMID: 31011687
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2019Analysis of Gastrointestinal Toxicity in Patients Receiving Proton Beam Therapy for Prostate Cancer: A Single-Institution Experience. ADVANCES IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 4:70-78.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2018.08.002 PMID: 30706013
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2018Radiation oncology resident training in patient safety and quality improvement: a national survey of residency program directors. RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 13.Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/s13014-018-1128-5 PMID: 30249302
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2018Emerging Targeted and Immune-Based Therapies in Sarcoma. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 36:125-135.Full Text via DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.75.1610
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2017A patient safety education program in a medical physics residency. JOURNAL OF APPLIED CLINICAL MEDICAL PHYSICS. 18:268-274.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/acm2.12166 PMID: 28895282
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2017Are we making an impact with incident learning systems? Analysis of quality improvement interventions using total body irradiation as a model system. PRACTICAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 7:418-424.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2017.05.010 PMID: 28688909
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2017Evaluation of near-miss and adverse events in radiation oncology using a comprehensive causal factor taxonomy. PRACTICAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 7:346-353.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2017.05.008 PMID: 28865683
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2017T-Cell Infiltration and Clonality Correlate With Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 and Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Expression in Patients With Soft Tissue Sarcomas. CANCER. 123:3291-3304.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30726 PMID: 28463396
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2017A survey of residents' experience with patient safety and quality improvement concepts in radiation oncology. PRACTICAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY. 7:E253-E259.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2016.11.008 PMID: 28462894
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2017Solitary Orbital Metastasis 35 Years after a Diagnosis of Lobular Carcinoma in Situ. CUREUS. 9.Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.1404 PMID: 28852601
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2013An Analysis of Patient Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes in Primary Pulmonary Sarcoma. JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY. 8:147-151.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/jto.0b013e318277401f
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2012Effects of aging on the ventral and dorsal substantia nigra using diffusion tensor imaging. NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING. 33:35-42.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.02.006 PMID: 20359780
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2010Basal Ganglia Hypoactivity During Grip Force in Drug Naive Parkinson's Disease. HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING. 31:1928-1941.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20987 PMID: 20225221
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2009Cortical and Subcortical Mechanisms for Precisely Controlled Force Generation and Force Relaxation. CEREBRAL CORTEX. 19:2640-2650.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp015 PMID: 19254959
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2007Role of individual basal ganglia nuclei in force amplitude generation. JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 98:821-834.Full Text via DOI: 10.1152/jn.00239.2007 PMID: 17567775
Background
Full Name
- Matthew Spraker, MD
Education
- University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Residency
- Radiation Oncology at University Of Washington School Of Medicine
Board Certification
- Radiation Oncology: The American Board of Radiology
Contact
primary email
- Research.Institute@AdventHealth.com