Colin George Orton

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Wayne State University
School of Medicine
Radiation Oncology
Professor EmeritusAppointed: 2003
Wayne State University
School of Medicine
Radiation Oncology
ProfessorAppointed: 1981
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Mailing Address

15810 Lakeview Court
Grosse Pointe, Michigan 48230
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (313) 823-8079
ortonc@kci.wayne.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., London University, Radiation Physics, 1965.
M.Sc., London University, Radiation Physics, 1961.
B.Sc., Bristol University, Physics, 1959.

Expertise and Research Interests

My major research interests are in the fields of radiation oncology physics and radiation biology.
Specific topics of recent publications include:
Radiobiology of low, medium, and high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy
HDR brachytherapy for cervix cancer
New fractionation regimes
The dose-rate effect in brachytherapy
Optimization in treatment planning
Radiobiology of pulsed brachytherapy
Inhomogeneity corrections in treatment planning
Mathematical models in treatment planning (NSD,TDF, L-Q)
Radiobiological principles of neutron radiotherapy
Radiobiology of intraoperative radiotherapy
Radiobiology of stereotactic radiosurgery
Predictive assays for radiotherapy
Practical utility of dose-volume histograms
Radiation carcinogenesis
Radiation embryology
Radiation injuries
Conformal radiotherapy
Therapeutic window in radiotherapy
Diode dosimetry
Distance learning

Other Expertise

Academic Appointments and Awards:
Editor, Medical Physics
President, International Union of Physical and Engineering Societies in Medicine (IUPESM)
Editor (North America), IOPP Medical Science Series
2003 IUPESM Award of Merit
1998 Gioacchino Failla Memorial Lecturer (RAMPS)
1997 Marvin M.D. Williams Professional Achievement Award (ACMP)
1995 Ulrich Henschke Lecturer (ABS)
1995 Hartman Orator (ACMP)
1993 William D. Coolidge Award (AAPM)
1993 Oettle Memorial Lecturer (Cancer Associationof South Africa)

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Cancer Or Carcinogenesis, Distance Learning, Dosimetry, Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Radiation Physics, Radiobiology.

Additional Terms:

Bioeffect Dosimetry, Cervix Cancer Brachytherapy, Distance Learning, Dose Rate Effects, Fractionation, HDR Brachytherapy, L-Q, NSD, Radiation Carcinogenesis, Radiation Injuries, Radiobiology, Remote Afterloading, TDF, Treatment Planning Optimisation.

Memberships

American Association of Physicists in Medicine
American Brachytherapy Society
American College of Medical Physics
American College of Radiology
American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
International Organization for Medical Physics
International Union of Physical and Engineering Societies in Medicine

Honors and Awards

Award of Merit, International Union of Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, Huddinge University Hospital
Marvin M.D. Williams Professional Achievement Award, American College of Medical Physics, 12100 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 130, Reston, VA 20190-5202
William D. Coolidge Award, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, American Center for Physics in College Park, MD

Previous Positions

1981-2003, Graduate Committee Chair, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Radiation Oncology
1975-1981, Associate Professor, Brown University, Radiation Medicine
1966-1975, Assistant Professor, New York University, Medical Center
1961-1966, Instructor, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London University

Publications

  • Orton, C.G., High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy may be Radiobiologically Superior to Low-Dose-Rate due to Slow Repair of Late-Responding Normal Tissue Cells, Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 49, 183-189, 2001
  • Narayana V, Orton CG, Pulsed brachytherapy: a formalism to account for the variation in dose rate of the stepping source., Med. Phys., 26(2), 161-5, February 1999 Abstract
  • Orton C G, Chungbin S, Klein E E, Gillin M T, Schultheiss T E, Sause W T, Study of lung density corrections in a clinical trial (RTOG 88-08). Radiation Therapy Oncology Group., International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 41(4), 787-94, 1 Jul 1998 Abstract
  • Orton CG, Chungbin S, Klein EE, Gillin MT, Schultheiss TE, Sause WT, Study of lung density corrections in a clinical trial \(RTOG 88-08\). Radiation Therapy Oncology Group., International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 41(4), 787-94, 1 1998 Abstract
  • Fractionation:Radiobiological principles and clinical practice, eds. Khan and Potish, Treatment Planning in Radiation Oncology, 295-318, 1998
  • Orton, C.G. and Ezzell, G.A., Physics and dosimetry of high dose rate brachytherapy, eds.Perez and Brady (3rd. Edition), Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology, 469-485, 1998
  • Orton C G, High and low dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical carcinoma [see comments], Acta Oncologica, 37(2), 117-25, 1998 Abstract
  • Orton CG, High and low dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical carcinoma [see comments, Acta Oncologica, 37(2), 117-25, 1998 Abstract
  • Orton C.G., Radiobiology, ed. Nag, Principles and Practice of Brachytherapy, 27-45, 1997
  • Orton C G, Uses of therapeutic x rays in medicine., Health Physics, 69(5), 662-76, November 1995 Abstract
  • Orton C G, Width of the therapeutic window: what is the optimal dose-per-fraction for high dose rate cervix cancer brachytherapy? [editorial; comment] [see comments], International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 31(4), 1011-3, 15 Feb 1995 Abstract
  • Orton, C.G., Width of the therapeutic window: What is the optimal dose-per-fraction for high dose rate cervix cancer brachytherapy, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 31, 1011-1013, 1995
  • Orton C G, Fractionation is important for HDR cervix cancer brachytherapy [letter; comment], International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 22(1), 222-3, 1992 Abstract
  • Orton C G, Fractionated high dose rate versus low dose rate cervix cancer regimens [letter; comment], British Journal of Radiology, 64(768), 1165-6, December 1991 Abstract
  • Orton C G, HDR in gynecological applications: dose and volume considerations [letter] [see comments], International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 20(6), 1379-80, June 1991 Abstract
  • Orton C G, HDR: forget not "time" and "distance" [editorial; comment], International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 20(5), 1131-2, May 1991 Abstract
  • Orton,C.G., Uses of therapeutic x rays in medicine, Health Physics, 69(5):662-676,1995
  • Orton,C.G., Single fraction treatment in stereotactic radiosurgery, Thai Cancer Journal,19: 35-41, 1994
  • Orton, C.G. High dose rate versus low dose rate brachytherapy for gynecological cancer, Seminars in Radiation Oncology, 3: 232-239, 1993
  • Orton, C.G. Update on time-dose models, in: Advances in Radiation Oncology Physics (Ed.J.A.Purdy), American Institute of Physics, New York, pp.374-389, 1992
  • Orton, C.G. Fast neutron radiotherapy: principles and practice, in: Advances in Radiation Oncology Physics (Ed.J.A.Purdy), American Institute of Physics, New York, pp.29-52, 1992

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