Dr. Howard Sandler is currently is Professor and Senior Associate Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology and Professor of Urology at the University of Michigan Medical School. He obtained and MD and MS (in physics) at the University of Connecticut and was trained in radiation oncology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the principal investigator of a national Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) protocol studying radiotherapy and chemotherapy for prostate cancer and is the principal investigator of an NIH-funded clinical trial grant investigating novel technological aspects of prostate cancer irradiation. Dr. Sandler is also the chair of the Genitourinary Cancer Committee of the RTOG. He is an active clinical trial scientist and has used an extensive prostate cancer database to study to role of radiation therapy in the treatment of prostate cancer.


Symon Z, Griffith K, Normolle D, McLaughlin PW, Sullivan M, Sandler HM: Dose escalation for localized prostate cancer: Substantial benefit observed with 3D-conformal therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 57:384-390, 2003.

Herman JM, Smith DC, Montie J, Hayman JA, Sullivan MA, Kent E, Griffith KA, Esper P, Sandler HM: Prospective quality of life (QOL) assessment in patients receiving concurrent gemcitabine and radiotherapy as a bladder preservation strategy. Urology 64:69-73, 2004.

Taylor JMG, Yu M, Sandler HM: Individualized predictions of disease progression following radiation therapy for prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol 23:816-825, 2005.

Roach M, Hanks G, Thames H, Schellhammer P, Shipley WU, Sokol GH, Sandler H: Defining biochemical failure following radiotherapy with or without hormonal therapy in men with clinically localized prostate cancer: Recommendations of the RTOG-ASTRO Phoenix Consensus Conference. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 65:965-974, 2006.

Symon Z, Daignault S, Symon R, Dunn RL, Sanda MG, Sandler HM: Measuring patients’ expectations regarding HRQOL outcomes associated with Prostate cancer surgery or radiotherapy. Urology 68:1224-1229, 2006.