Derek Tsang, MSc, MD, FRCPC

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Clinician Investigator, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Cancer Clinical Research Unit (CCRU), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9762-6901

Keywords: radiation therapy, brain tumour, pediatric cancer, re-irradiation, proton therapy

Dr. Derek Tsang is a Clinician Investigator in the Radiation Medicine Program at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. He completed his medical training at Queen’s University, followed by residency in radiation oncology at the University of Toronto. He obtained fellowship training in pediatric radiation oncology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and completed a Master's degree in clinical epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He joined the Radiation Medicine Program in 2017 and is a member of the pediatric and adult central nervous system (CNS) tumour site groups.

My research goal is to optimize the use of precise radiation treatment for patients with brain tumours. By improving our understanding of treatment side effects after radiotherapy, as well as developing new ways to treat brain tumours (radiosurgery or proton therapy), my hope is that this research will enable oncologists to improve cancer treatments while decreasing long-term toxicities of radiation treatments. Current research projects focus on the following:

Management of pediatric central nervous system tumours
Reducing side effects of treatment for children with cancer
Repeat irradiation for recurrent tumours
Outcomes after radiosurgery for brain tumours
Use of advanced radiation modalities (proton therapy)

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Derek Tsang, MSc, MD, FRCPC

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