Research Interests
Sentinel node/lymphatic mapping for melanoma and breast cancer.
Immunotherapy for melanoma
Radioguided minimally invasive parathyroid surgery
Selected Publications and Presentations
Downie GH, Allison RA, Cuenca RE. Photodynamic Therapy: Indications and Results. 13th World Congress for Bronchology, Barcelona, Spain, June 23, 2004.
Hu Xin-Hua, Feng Yuanming, Lu Jun Q., Allison, Ron R., Cuenca, Rosa, Downie Gordon, Sibata Claudio. Modeling of Type II Photodynamic Therapy Process in a Heterogeneous Tissue Phantom. Phys Med Biol. (Submitted, in Review)
Ron R. Allison, Gordon H. Downie, Rosa Cuenca, Xin-Hua Hu, Claudio H. Sibata. Photosensitizers in Clinical PDT. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, Vol. 1. (Accepted)
Rosa E. Cuenca, Ron R. Allison, Claudio Sibata, Gordon H. Downie. Breast Cancer with Chest Wall Progression: Treatment with Photodynamic Therapy. Annals of Surgical Oncology. (Accepted)
Gordon H. Downie, Rosa Cuenca, Claudio Sibata, Xin-Hua Hu, Imtiaz Khurshid, Ron Allison, Carter Childs. Tumor Ablation thru Self-Expandable Metal Stent (SEMS) for Airway Neoplasm: The Dosimetry and Efficacy of Photodynamic Therapy. (Manuscript in preparation)
Gordon H. Downie, Rosa Cuenca, Claudio Sibata, Xin-Hua Hu, Imtiaz Khurshid, Ron Allison, Carter Childs. PDT Light Dosimetry and Variable Clinical Responses, in Carcinoma-In-Situ and Early Stage Lung Cancer. (Manuscript in preparation)
Ron R. Allison, Claudio H. Sibata, Thomas S. Mang, Vanderlei S. Bagnato, Gordon H. Downie, Xin-Hua Hu, Rosa Cuenca. Photodynamic Therapy for Chest Wall Recurrence from Breast Cancer. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, (Accepted)
Ron R. Allison, Gordon H. Downie, Rosa Cuenca, Xin-Hua Hu, Carter Childs, Claudio H. Sibata. Photosensitizers in Clinical PDT. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, (Accepted).
Downie GH, RE Cuenca, RR Allison, BW McIlroy. A Comparison of Interstitial and Superficial Light Delivery for Photodynamic Therapy of Intraluminal. Journal of Bronchology. 2002 July; (9): 193-196.
Sakakibara, T., Chen, F.A., Kida, H., Cuenca, R.E., Martin, F.J., and Bankert, R.B. Doxorubicin Encapsulated in Sterically Stabilized Liposomes is Superior to Free Drug-Containing Conventional Liposomes at Suppressing Growth and Metastases of Human Lung Tumor Xenografts. Cancer Research 1996; 56:3743-3746.
Egilmez, N.K., Cuenca, R.E., Yokota, S.J., Sorgi, F., and Bankert, R.B., In Vivo Cytokine Gene Therapy of Human Tumor Xenografts in Scid Mice by Liposome Mediated DNA Delivery. Gene Therapy 1996; 3:607-614.
Cuenca, R.E., Valle, A., Weber, T., Rodriquez-Bigas, M., and Petrelli,, N.J. Colovaginal Anastomosis: A Unique Complication of End-to-End Anastomosis Stapler Use in Low Anterior Resection. The American Surgeon 1998; 64:1023-1026.
Hennington, M.D., Cuenca, R.E., Sun, B., Wilms, C., and Baker, C.C. Chronic Afferent Loop Obstruction. Surgery Rounds, 1992; 15(9):833-836.
Cuenca, R.E., Butts, J., and Baker, C.C. Fatal Victims of Lightening Injuries in North Carolina Over an Eleven-Year Period. J. Wild. Med. 1992; 3:269-276.
Cuenca, R.E., Azizkhan, R.G., and Haskill, S. Characterization of GRO a, b, and g Expression in Human Colonic Tumors: Potential for Cytokine Involvement. Surgery Oncology, 1992; 1:323-329.
Erratum. Surgery Oncology, 1992; 1:417.
Azizkhan, R.G., Cuenca, R.E., and Powers, S.K. Transoral Repair of a Rare Basioccipital meningocele in a Neonate: Case Report. Neurosurgery, 1989; 25:469-471.
Cuenca, R.E., Bray, J., and Pories, W.J. Bromine Levels in Human Serum, Urine, and Hair. Biol. Trace Element Res. 1988; 16:151-154.
Thomas, C.G., Cuenca, R.E., Azizkhan, R.G., Underwood, L.E., and Carney, C.N. Changing Concepts of Islet Cell Dysplasia in Neonatal and Infantile Hyperinsulinism. World J. Surg., 1988; 12:598-609.
Mega, LT., and Cuenca, R.E. Incest and Physician Responsibility. Southern Med. J., 1984; 77:1109-1114.
