Hyder Arastu, MD, Radiation Oncologist, Department of Radiation Oncology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

Clinical Professor

M.D., Dow Medical College, University of Karachi, Pakistan, 1977
Internship: Frankford Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
Radiation Oncology Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center, NY
Radiation Oncology Fellowship: Albert Einstein Medical Center, NY

Clinical Services

External beam radiation therapy to all anatomical sites
Breast Tumor Board
Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
Gamma Knife radiosurgery

Selected Publications

Lee TK, Allison R, O'Brien KF, Johnke RM, Christie KI, Naves JL, Kovacs CJ, Arastu H, Karlsson UL., Lymphocyte radiosensitivity correlated with pelvic radiotherapy morbidity.Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2003 Sep 1;57(1):222-9.

B. Emami, C. Scott, C. Perez, S. Asbell, P. Grigsby, A. Montesano, P. Rubin, W. Curran, J. Delrowe, H. Arastu, K. Fu, E. Moros, "Phase III Study of Interstitial Thermoradiotherapy Compared with Interstitial Radiotherapy Alone in the Treatment of Recurrent or Persistent Human Tumors: A Prospectively Controlled Randomized Study by the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group".Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1996 Mar 15;34(5):1097-104.

S.A. Leon, S.O. Asbell, G. Edelstein, H.H Arastu, I. Daskal, S. Sheehan, D.M. Plunkett, G.G. Guttmann, A.J. Packel, and O. Leon, Effects of Hyperthermia on Bone. I. Heating Rate Patterns Induced by Microwave Irradiation in Bone and Muscle Phantoms, Int. J. Hyperthermia, Volume 9, No. 1, 69-75, 1993.

S.A. Leon, S.O. Asbell, H.H. Arastu, G. Edelstein, A.J. Packel, S. Sheehan, I. Daskal, G.G. Guttmann and I. Santos, Effects of Hyperthermia on Bone. II. Heating of Bone In Vivo and Stimulation of Bone Growth, Int. J. Hyperthermia, Volume 9, No.1, 77-87, 1993.

H. Arastu, P. Ginsberg, M. Hightower, H. Nisenbaum, D. Plunkett, and S. Jayaraman, The Efficacy of Transurethral Interstitial Microwave Hyperthermia in the Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Hyperthermia of the Prostate: State of the Art, K.H. Bichler, W.L. Strohmaier, D.M. Wilbert, Frankfurt Am Main: pmi-Verl., ISBN 3-89119-220-7, NE: Bichler, K.H. (Hrsg.), 1992.