Mylin A. Torres, MD
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RoleRadiation Oncology
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Specialty
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Research Program
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Practicing Since2009
Biography
Mylin Torres, MD is a professor and serves as the vice chair of academic operations and the director of the Division of Health Services Research, Outcomes, and Policy in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Torres serves as co-leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control research program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University where she coordinates and promotes all of the cancer prevention and control-related research activities. She previously served as director of the Glenn Family Breast Center.
A board certified radiation oncologist, Dr. Torres practices general radiation oncology and specializes in the treatment of breast cancer.
Titles & Roles
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Professor, Department of Radiation OncologyEmory University School of Medicine
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Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Research ProgramWinship Cancer Institute of Emory University
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Vice Chair of Academic Operations, Department of Radiation OncologyEmory University School of Medicine
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Director, Division of Health Services Research, Outcomes, and Policy, Department of Radiation OncologyEmory University School of Medicine
Education & Training
Education
- Residency, Radiation Oncology, 2008Univ of TX M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr
- Internship, Transitional, 2004Highland General Hospital
- Medical Education, MD, 2003Stanford University School of Medicine
Board Certifications
- Radiation OncologyAmerican Board of Radiology, 2009
Professional Memberships
Dr. Torres holds memberships with American Association for Women Radiologists, American Society for Therapeutic Radiology, and Oncology and American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Research
Dr. Torres' research interests include multi-disciplinary treatment techniques to improve breast cancer outcomes. Her research includes clinical trial development, outcomes measures, identifying patients at risk for side effects of breast cancer treatment and the life quality of breast cancer survivors.
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Prevention of Frailty with Fisetin and Exercise (PROFFi) in Breast Cancer Survivors
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ConditionsAnatomic Stage I Breast Cancer American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) V8, Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC V8, Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC V8, Early Stage Breast Carcinoma
- LocationWinship Cancer Institute
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Fatigue in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy-eSMART-MH
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ConditionsBreast Cancer
- LocationEmory University Hospital Midtown, Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital, Winship Cancer Institute
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Grants
Grant Number Title 5K12CA237806-05 Emory Clinical Oncology Career Development Award K12 Program Publications
Dr. Torres is a manuscript reviewer for the prestigious International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics and she serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. She has written and co-authored a number of publications and abstracts.
Title/Journal Authors Publication Date Negative 18F-FES PET/CT Despite Estrogen Receptor Positivity by Immunohistochemistry.
Clinical nuclear medicine
IO Lawal, X Li, EA Sakach, CR Farley, JL Meisel, Y Baum, KK Chaudhary, Q Wang, MA Torres, DA Mankoff, DM Schuster 06/06/2025 Omitting Regional Nodal Irradiation after Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.
The New England journal of medicine
EP Mamounas, H Bandos, JR White, TB Julian, AJ Khan, SF Shaitelman, MA Torres, FA Vicini, PA Ganz, SA McCloskey, PC Lucas, N Gupta, XA Li, B McCormick, B Smith, RD Tendulkar, VS Kavadi, K Matsumoto, SA Seaward, WJ Irvin, JY Lin, RW Mutter, TM Muanza, J Stromberg, R Jagsi, AC Weiss, WJ Curran, N Wolmark 06/05/2025 Contemporary clinical trials
G Sadigh, F Duan, IF Gareen, J Hancock, JD Sicks, S Hawley, V Shankaran, M Torres, LI Wagner, RC Carlos 06/01/2025 Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
KU Park, MR Somerfield, N Anne, M Brackstone, AK Conlin, HL Couto, LT Dengel, A Eisen, BE Harvey, J Hawley, JN Kim, N Lasebikan, ES McDonald, D Pradhan, S Shams, RM Vega, AM Thompson, MA Torres 05/10/2025 Clinical breast cancer
K Jhaveri, CK Anders, A Bardia, M Bhave, AJ Chien, I Krop, TA Traina, Y Abdou, R Basho, AK Conlin, FJ Esteva, KR Fox, V Gadi, PA Kaufman, A Litvak, CX Ma, EP Mamounas, H McArthur, K McCann, Z Mitri, R Shatsky, M Telli, MA Torres, K Kalinsky 04/08/2025 International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
J Bai, C Gong, YJ Hu, DW Bruner, MA Torres, ZS Buchwald, JY Lin 03/08/2025 Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
X Cui, Y Zhu, L Zeng, M Zhang, A Uddin, TW Gillespie, LE McCullough, S Zhao, MA Torres, Y Wan 03/01/2025 Asian American Representation in Medicine by Career Stage and Residency Specialty.
JAMA network open
PMG Santos, CIA Oronce, K Shah, F Chino, MA Torres, R Jagsi, C Deville, N Vapiwala 11/04/2024 European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
A Mushtaq, IO Lawal, S Muzahir, SC Friend, M Bhave, JL Meisel, MA Torres, TM Styblo, CL Graham, K Kalinsky, J Switchenko, GA Ulaner, DM Schuster 11/01/2024 Nature communications
CS Jansen, MS Pagadala, MA Cardenas, RS Prabhu, S Goyal, C Zhou, P Chappa, BT Vo, C Ye, B Hopkins, J Zhong, A Klie, T Daniels, M Admassu, I Green, NT Pfister, SG Neill, JM Switchenko, N Prokhnevska, KB Hoang, MA Torres, S Logan, JJ Olson, EK Nduom, L Del Balzo, K Patel, SH Burri, AL Asher, S Wilkinson, R Lake, AH Kesarwala, KA Higgins, P Patel, V Dhere, AG Sowalsky, H Carter, MK Khan, H Kissick, ZS Buchwald 10/14/2024 JAMA oncology
B Hopkins, R Jagsi, M Torres 10/01/2024 JCO oncology practice
I Graetz, S Hernandez, S Arshad, K Byers, J Meisel, G Sadigh, EA Sakach, K Gogineni, MA Torres 10/01/2024 BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
SF Lee, SKF Kennedy, S Caini, HCY Wong, PL Yip, PM Poortmans, I Meattini, O Kaidar-Person, A Recht, T Hijal, MA Torres, JQ Cao, KS Corbin, JI Choi, WY Koh, JYY Kwan, I Karam, AW Chan, E Chow, GN Marta 09/11/2024 JAMA
R Jagsi, KA Griffith, KC Paradis, PMG Santos, MA Torres, RD Jones, EA Kerr 08/27/2024 Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
J Bai, ZA Barandouzi, KA Yeager, I Graetz, C Gong, M Norman, J Hankins, S Paul, MA Torres, DW Bruner 06/22/2024 Asian American and Pacific Islander Female Faculty and the Double Whammy.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
MA Torres 06/01/2023 Ultrasound-Based Grading System for Radiation-Induced Acute Breast Toxicity.
Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
J Wang, B Zhou, X Yang, S Tridandapani, J Lin, MA Torres, T Liu 06/01/2023 Clinical nuclear medicine
OA Adediran, IO Lawal, S Muzahir, MA Bhave, S Friend, B Fielder, J Meisel, MA Torres, TM Styblo, C Graham, A Holbrook, K Kalinsky, RJ Crowe, GA Ulaner, DM Schuster 04/01/2023 POLARized Risk for Local Recurrence on the Basis of Tumor Biology: Is It That Simple?
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
MA Torres 03/10/2023 Future oncology (London, England)
HS Rugo, A Brufsky, X Liu, B Li, L McRoy, C Chen, RM Layman, M Cristofanilli, MA Torres, G Curigliano, RS Finn, A DeMichele 03/01/2023 Clinical breast cancer
J Aldrich, P Ekpo, M Rupji, JM Switchenko, MA Torres, K Kalinsky, MA Bhave 01/01/2023 Clinical nuclear medicine
IO Lawal, OA Adediran, S Muzahir, S Friend, MA Bhave, J Meisel, MA Torres, TM Styblo, C Graham, A Holbrook, K Kalinsky, B Fielder, RJ Crowe, GA Ulaner, DM Schuster 01/01/2023 Frontiers in oncology
JM Miller-Kleinhenz, L Moubadder, KM Beyer, Y Zhou, AH Gaglioti, LJ Collin, J Gohar, W Do, K Conneely, U Krishnamurti, K Gogineni, S Gabram-Mendola, O D'Angelo, K Henry, M Torres, LE McCullough 01/01/2023 International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
FA Vicini, GB Mann, C Shah, S Weinmann, MC Leo, P Whitworth, R Rabinovitch, MA Torres, JA Margenthaler, D Dabbs, J Savala, SC Shivers, K Mittal, F Wärnberg, T Bremer 01/01/2023 Ultrasound in medicine & biology
B Zhou, J Wang, X Yang, S Henry, JY Lin, MA Torres, T Liu 01/01/2023 Female erectile tissues and sexual dysfunction after pelvic radiotherapy: A scoping review.
CA: a cancer journal for clinicians
DC Marshall, ES Tarras, A Ali, J Bloom, MA Torres, JM Kahn 07/01/2022 International journal of molecular sciences
S Joshi, C Garlapati, S Bhattarai, Y Su, L Rios-Colon, G Deep, MA Torres, R Aneja 05/10/2022 Nature communications
M Wielscher, PR Mandaviya, B Kuehnel, R Joehanes, R Mustafa, O Robinson, Y Zhang, B Bodinier, E Walton, PP Mishra, P Schlosser, R Wilson, PC Tsai, S Palaniswamy, RE Marioni, G Fiorito, G Cugliari, V Karhunen, M Ghanbari, BM Psaty, M Loh, JC Bis, B Lehne, N Sotoodehnia, IJ Deary, M Chadeau-Hyam, JA Brody, A Cardona, E Selvin, AK Smith, AH Miller, MA Torres, E Marouli, X Gào, JBJ van Meurs, J Graf-Schindler, W Rathmann, W Koenig, A Peters, W Weninger, M Farlik, T Zhang, W Chen, Y Xia, A Teumer, M Nauck, HJ Grabe, M Doerr, T Lehtimäki, W Guan, L Milani, T Tanaka, K Fisher, LL Waite, S Kasela, P Vineis, N Verweij, P van der Harst, L Iacoviello, C Sacerdote, S Panico, V Krogh, R Tumino, E Tzala, G Matullo, MA Hurme, OT Raitakari, E Colicino, AA Baccarelli, M Kähönen, KH Herzig, S Li, KN Conneely, JS Kooner, A Köttgen, BT Heijmans, P Deloukas, C Relton, KK Ong, JT Bell, E Boerwinkle, P Elliott, H Brenner, M Beekman, D Levy, M Waldenberger, JC Chambers, A Dehghan, MR Järvelin 05/03/2022 Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of Breast: From Molecular Etiology to Therapeutic Management.
Endocrinology
SL Hophan, O Odnokoz, H Liu, Y Luo, S Khan, W Gradishar, Z Zhou, S Badve, MA Torres, Y Wan 04/01/2022 Breast cancer research and treatment
J Gohar, WL Do, J Miller-Kleinhenz, K Conneely, U Krishnamurti, O D'Angelo, K Gogineni, M Torres, S Gabram-Mendola, LE McCullough 02/01/2022 Clinical breast cancer
A Schlafstein, Y Liu, S Goyal, S Kahn, K Godette, J Lin, MA Torres, TJ Royce, SA Patel 02/01/2022 Race, Ethnicity, and Sex Among Senior Faculty in Radiation Oncology From 2000 to 2019.
JAMA network open
JR Janopaul-Naylor, SE Roberts, HK Shu, AH Kesarwala, JY Lin, JM Switchenko, MA Torres 01/04/2022 Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN
LJ Collin, M Yan, R Jiang, K Gogineni, P Subhedar, KC Ward, JM Switchenko, J Lipscomb, J Miller-Kleinhenz, MA Torres, J Lin, LE McCullough 08/16/2021 Breast cancer research : BCR
A DeMichele, M Cristofanilli, A Brufsky, X Liu, J Mardekian, L McRoy, RM Layman, B Emir, MA Torres, HS Rugo, RS Finn 03/24/2021 Clinical breast cancer
CE Escott, D Zaenger, JM Switchencko, JY Lin, M Abugideiri, CA Arciero, NT Pfister, KM Xu, JL Meisel, P Subhedar, M Torres, WJ Curran, PR Patel 12/01/2020 Postmastectomy and Regional Nodal Radiation for Breast Cancer.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
MA Torres, KC Horst, GM Freedman 07/10/2020 Obesity-associated methylation in breast tumors: a possible link to disparate outcomes?
Breast cancer research and treatment
WL Do, K Conneely, S Gabram-Mendola, U Krishnamurti, O D'Angelo, J Miller-Kleinhenz, K Gogineni, M Torres, LE McCullough 05/01/2020 Radiation Oncology Alternative Payment Model-Reply.
JAMA
DH Howard, MA Torres 03/10/2020 Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan)
F Andic, AH Miller, G Brown, L Chu, J Lin, T Liu, Y Sertdemir, MA Torres 03/01/2020 Journal of the National Cancer Institute
MA Torres, K Gogineni, DH Howard 03/01/2020 Clinical breast cancer
D Wang, X Yang, J He, J Lin, S Henry, G Brown, L Chu, KD Godette, ST Kahn, T Liu, MA Torres 02/01/2020 The breast journal
C Arciero, K Buhariwalla, Y Liu, MA Torres, P Subhedar 02/01/2020 PloS one
KN Lee, MA Torres, AN Troeschel, J He, K Gogineni, LE McCullough 01/01/2020 Implications of ARTIC: Is This the Beginning of a Climate Change?
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
MA Torres 12/10/2019 Journal of surgical oncology
JY Lin, X Yang, M Serra, AH Miller, KD Godette, ST Kahn, S Henry, G Brown, T Liu, MA Torres 12/01/2019 Alternative Payment for Radiation Oncology.
JAMA
DH Howard, MA Torres 11/19/2019 Disadvantaged neighborhoods and racial disparity in breast cancer outcomes: the biological link.
Cancer causes & control : CCC
G Saini, A Ogden, LE McCullough, M Torres, P Rida, R Aneja 07/01/2019 Time to Radiation After Oncoplastic Reduction.
Annals of plastic surgery
SM Kapadia, A Reitz, A Hart, J Broecker, MA Torres, GW Carlson, TM Styblo, A Losken 01/01/2019 NPJ breast cancer
LJ Collin, M Yan, R Jiang, KC Ward, B Crawford, MA Torres, K Gogineni, PD Subhedar, S Puvanesarajah, MM Gaudet, LE McCullough 01/01/2019 The breast journal
BP Lovasik, RL Seidel, M Novello, MA Torres, A Losken, M Rizzo 01/01/2019 Multidisciplinary Approaches to Chest Wall Recurrences of Breast Cancer.
Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.)
C Arciero, P Thompson, JL Meisel, CE Taylor, MA Torres, WC Wood 08/15/2018 First international TNBC conference meeting report.
Breast cancer research and treatment
P Rida, A Ogden, IO Ellis, Z Varga, AC Wolff, TA Traina, C Hatzis, JR Palmer, CB Ambrosone, BD Lehmann, R Nanda, V Montgomery Rice, OW Brawley, MA Torres, E Rakha, R Aneja 06/01/2018 Massage therapy decreases cancer-related fatigue: Results from a randomized early phase trial.
Cancer
B Kinkead, PJ Schettler, ER Larson, D Carroll, M Sharenko, J Nettles, SA Edwards, AH Miller, MA Torres, BW Dunlop, JJ Rakofsky, MH Rapaport 02/01/2018 International journal of breast cancer
AJ Schlafstein, AE Withers, S Rudra, D Danelia, JM Switchenko, D Mister, S Harari, H Zhang, W Daddacha, S Ehdaivand, X Li, MA Torres, DS Yu 01/01/2018 The role of postmastectomy radiotherapy in women with pathologic T3N0M0 breast cancer.
Cancer
RJ Cassidy, Y Liu, ST Kahn, NK Jegadeesh, X Liu, PD Subhedar, CA Arciero, TW Gillespie, MA Torres 08/01/2017 Psychological medicine
C Xiao, AH Miller, J Felger, D Mister, T Liu, MA Torres 07/01/2017 Comparison of different cell type correction methods for genome-scale epigenetics studies.
BMC bioinformatics
A Kaushal, H Zhang, WJJ Karmaus, M Ray, MA Torres, AK Smith, SL Wang 04/14/2017 Breast cancer research and treatment
X Li, J Yang, L Peng, AA Sahin, L Huo, KC Ward, R O'Regan, MA Torres, JL Meisel 01/01/2017 PloS one
X Yang, M Torres, S Kirkpatrick, WJ Curran, T Liu 01/01/2017 Cancer
BR Eaton, R Jiang, MA Torres, ST Kahn, K Godette, TL Lash, KC Ward 10/01/2016 International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
MA Torres, X Yang, S Noreen, H Chen, T Han, S Henry, D Mister, F Andic, Q Long, T Liu 06/01/2016 ATRIP Deacetylation by SIRT2 Drives ATR Checkpoint Activation by Promoting Binding to RPA-ssDNA.
Cell reports
H Zhang, PE Head, W Daddacha, SH Park, X Li, Y Pan, MZ Madden, DM Duong, M Xie, B Yu, MD Warren, EA Liu, VR Dhere, C Li, I Pradilla, MA Torres, Y Wang, WS Dynan, PW Doetsch, X Deng, NT Seyfried, D Gius, DS Yu 02/16/2016 Psycho-oncology
TJ Han, JC Felger, A Lee, D Mister, AH Miller, MA Torres 02/01/2016 A prospective study of quality of life in breast cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy.
Advances in radiation oncology
C Xiao, AH Miller, J Felger, D Mister, T Liu, MA Torres 01/01/2016 The 21-gene recurrence score and locoregional recurrence in breast cancer patients.
Annals of surgical oncology
NK Jegadeesh, S Kim, RS Prabhu, GM Oprea, DS Yu, KG Godette, AB Zelnak, D Mister, JM Switchenko, MA Torres 04/01/2015 Clinical breast cancer
AB Zelnak, P Nikolinakos, J Srinivasiah, W Jonas, A Pippas, Y Liu, X Li, M Torres, RM O'Regan 02/01/2015 International journal of breast cancer
S Rudra, DS Yu, ES Yu, JM Switchenko, D Mister, MA Torres 01/01/2015 International journal of breast cancer
S Kandula, JM Switchenko, S Harari, C Fasola, D Mister, DS Yu, AB Zelnak, MA Torres 01/01/2015 A gemcitabine sensitivity screen identifies a role for NEK9 in the replication stress response.
Nucleic acids research
SC Smith, AV Petrova, MZ Madden, H Wang, Y Pan, MD Warren, CW Hardy, D Liang, EA Liu, MH Robinson, S Rudra, J Wang, S Ehdaivand, MA Torres, Y Wang, DS Yu 10/01/2014 Epigenetic changes associated with inflammation in breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy.
Brain, behavior, and immunity
AK Smith, KN Conneely, TW Pace, D Mister, JC Felger, V Kilaru, MJ Akel, PM Vertino, AH Miller, MA Torres 05/01/2014 Ultrasound 2D Strain Estimator Based on Image Registration for Ultrasound Elastography.
Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering
X Yang, M Torres, S Kirkpatrick, WJ Curran, T Liu 03/20/2014 Annals of surgical oncology
BR Eaton, A Losken, D Okwan-Duodu, DM Schuster, JM Switchenko, D Mister, K Godette, MA Torres 01/01/2014 Automated skin segmentation in ultrasonic evaluation of skin toxicity in breast cancer radiotherapy.
Ultrasound in medicine & biology
Y Gao, A Tannenbaum, H Chen, M Torres, E Yoshida, X Yang, Y Wang, W Curran, T Liu 11/01/2013 Cancer
MA Torres, TW Pace, T Liu, JC Felger, D Mister, GH Doho, JN Kohn, AM Barsevick, Q Long, AH Miller 06/01/2013 Breast reconstruction and post-mastectomy radiation practice.
Radiation oncology (London, England)
SA Chen, C Hiley, D Nickleach, J Petsuksiri, F Andic, O Riesterer, JM Switchenko, MA Torres 03/02/2013 International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
SA Chen, T Ogunleye, A Dhabbaan, EH Huang, A Losken, S Gabram, L Davis, MA Torres 03/01/2013 International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
SA Chen, DM Schuster, D Mister, T Liu, K Godette, MA Torres 02/01/2013 Frontiers in oncology
DM Marcus, JM Switchenko, R Prabhu, R O'Regan, A Zelnak, C Fasola, D Mister, MA Torres 01/01/2013 Annals of surgical oncology
SG Patterson, P Teller, R Iyengar, GW Carlson, SG Gabram-Mendola, A Losken, T Styblo, M Torres, WC Wood, SD Perez, M Mosunjac, M Rizzo 08/01/2012 International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
R Prabhu, K Godette, G Carlson, A Losken, S Gabram, C Fasola, R O'Regan, A Zelnak, M Torres 03/15/2012 International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics
EJ Yoshida, H Chen, M Torres, F Andic, HY Liu, Z Chen, X Sun, WJ Curran, T Liu 02/01/2012 Treatment adherence and outcome in women with inflammatory breast cancer: does race matter?
Cancer
F Andic, K Godette, R O'Regan, A Zelnak, T Liu, M Rizzo, S Gabram, M Torres 12/15/2011 Spectrophotometer and ultrasound evaluation of late toxicity following breast-cancer radiotherapy.
Medical physics
EJ Yoshida, H Chen, MA Torres, WJ Curran, T Liu 10/01/2011 Investigational new drugs
MA Torres, U Raju, D Molkentine, O Riesterer, L Milas, KK Ang 08/01/2011 Awards
Dr. Torres has been awarded many accolades for breakthroughs in breast cancer research and patient care. She has received highly competitive grants from the National Cancer Institute, Radiation Oncology Group (now NRG Oncology), Susan G. Komen and Winship Cancer Institute.
Dr. Torres received research awards and a traveling scholarship from Harvard and Stanford Universities. At MD Anderson Cancer Center, she was awarded the Barkley Award for Outstanding Resident Research (two consecutive years) and the Connie and Jim Walter Fellowship in Sarcoma Research.
Dr. Torres is the recipient of the Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial International Study Grant from the Union for International Cancer Control. With the grant, she studied a novel Japanese technology which enables real time tumor tracking radiotherapy.
For her work with patients, Dr. Torres received the Winship Above and Beyond Award. For her research on breast cancer treatment toxicities and side-effects, she was selected as the recipient the 2014 Health Care Heroes Rising Star Award sponsored by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
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