Dr. Robert Thompson

Radiation Oncologist

Oncology

Saint John Area

Dr. Robert Thompson is a Radiation Oncologist practicing in Saint John, NB. After completing a BSc in Physics at Acadia University, he received his Medical Degree from Dalhousie University and then completed a residency in Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto at the Princess Margaret and Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centres. He then completed a fellowship at Sunnybrook, specializing in Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) and Prostate Brachytherapy. His Radiation Oncology clinical practice focus is on patients with Genitourinary (including Prostate, Bladder, and Testicular), Thoracic (Lung, Esophageal), and Gastrointestinal Malignancies, as well as Spine Metastases (SBRT).

Dr. Thompson is the local Principal Investigator for a number of multi-centre clinical trials run through the Canadian Cancer Trials Group and NRG Oncology (USA). He is the chair of the Dalhousie Radiation Oncology Residency Training Program Competency Committee.

Publications:

  1. Mitera, D. Tsang, B. McCurdy, K. Goddard, A. Ebacher, T. Craig, J. Greenland, S. Kentish, R. Koul, N. Logie, M. Morneau, A. Morrison, L. Pan, J. Pantarotto, S. Foxcroft, J. Sussman, R. Thompson, S. Tyldesley, P. Wright, S. Hicks, E. Brown, S. Patel, CAPCA pan-Canadian PBT Working Group. Pan-Canadian consensus recommendations for proton beam therapy access in Canada. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2022 Nov; 176: 228-233.
  2. H. Wu, N. Malik, M. Kim, T. Stuckless, R. Halperin, J. Archambault, R. Thompson, J. Ringash, M. Brundage, S. K. Loewen. Employment Outcomes for Canadian Radiation Oncology Graduates: 2020 Assessment and Longitudinal Trends. Advances in Radiation Oncology. 2022 Feb; 7(3): 100915.
  3. Thompson, P. Cheung, W. Chu, S. Myrehaug, I. Poon, A. Sahgal, H. Soliman, C.L. Tseng, S. Wong, Y. Ung, B.K. Abrahao, D. Erler, L Zhang, Y.J. Ko, H.T. Chung. Outcomes of extra-cranial stereotactic body radiotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer: Dose and site of metastases matter. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 2019 Sept. [epub ahead of print]
  4. L. Chan, R. Thompson, M. Lam, N. Pavlakis, J. Hallet, C. Law, S. Singh, S. Myrehaug. External Beam Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours: A Systematic Review. Clinical Oncology (Royal College of Radiology). 2018 July; 30(7): 400-408.
  5. Thompson, Y. Lu, M. Potvin, J. Holmes, L. Di Prospero, B. Keller, E. Szumacher, B. Liszewski, P. Catton, M. Giuliani, B. Pitcher, M. Pintilie, J-P Bissonnette. Hazards and Incidents: Detection and Learning in Radiation Medicine, A Comparison of Two Educational Interventions. Practical Radiation Oncology. 2017 Nov-Dec; 7(6): e431-e438.
  6. Gillan, M. Giuliani, O Wong, N. Harnett, E. Milne, D. Moseley, R. Thompson, P. Catton, JP Bissonnette. Team-based clinical simulation in Radiation Medicine: value to attitudes and perceptions of interprofessional collaboration. Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice. 2015 June; 14(2): 117-125.
  7. Giuliani, C. Gillan, O Wong, N. Harnett, E. Milne, D. Moseley, R. Thompson, P. Catton, JP Bissonnette. Evaluation of high-fidelity simulation training in Radiation Oncology using an outcomes logic model. Radiation Oncology. 2014 Aug; 9(1):189.
  8. Thompson, M. Giuliani, M. Yap, S. Atallah, L. Le, A. Sun, A. Brade, J, Cho, A. Bezjak, and D. Hope, Stereotactic Lung Radiotherapy in Patients with Previous Pneumonectomy: Safety and Efficacy. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2014 Jun; 9(6):843-7.