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Dr Kevin So

MBBS, BMedSc(Hons), FRANZCR

  • Radiation Oncologist
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Epworth Freemasons
03 9483 3331 03 9978 9423
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Biography

Dr Kevin So has a strong commitment to providing the highest quality, patient-centred care.

Dr Kevin So is an experienced radiation oncologist at Icon Cancer Centre Freemasons, Richmond, Mulgrave, Moreland and Geelong. In 2005 Dr So completed his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) at Monash University and subsequently commenced specialist oncology training at Alfred Health and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. He became a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) in 2015.

Dr So has expertise with the use of advanced radiation therapy techniques including stereotactic radiation therapy (SRS/SRT/SABR/SBRT) and intensity modulated radiation therapy/volumetric modulated arc therapy (IMRT/VMAT).  His main research interests include stereotactic radiosurgery for functional (benign) and oligometastatic (malignant) disease, as well as the use of advanced technology to further improve the delivery and accuracy of radiation treatment.

Dr So is principal investigator for TREMOR – a phase II study investigating the safety and effectiveness of frameless linac-based stereotactic radiosurgery on tremor in patients with essential tremor or Parkinson’s disease. He is also a co-investigator for SHRINC – a phase II study investigating the use of stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of multiple (up to 10) brain metastases. He is a treating specialist at the Jreissati Family Pancreatic Centre located within Epworth.

His clinical experience covers a broad range of solid tumour malignancies with a special interest in gastrointestinal cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, genitourinary cancer, breast cancer, haematological and central nervous system (CNS) malignancies.

Research

Trials being conducted by this doctor

TREMOR

This study is a trial of frameless linac-based stereotactic radiosurgical thalamotomy using coordinate-based targeting of the ventral intermediate (VIM) nucleus. All participants will receive 130Gy to be delivered to Dmax utilising a 4mm tertiary conical collimator. This dose will be delivered in a single fraction (i.e. one treatment session) for most participants, but if participants are not able to complete the treatment in one session and have received less than 110Gy they will have the opportunity to receive the remaining radiation dose no later than the next day. The treatment will take approximately 1 hour.Prior to treatment, participants will undergo a planning MRI and planning CT scan. Treatment will be planned and delivered at Icon Cancer Centre Richmond by a qualified investigator and radiation therapy team.A number of quality assurance measures are in place to ensure all treatment plans are reviewed and approved by the appropriate parties (e.g. medical physicist) to ensure safety and accuracy. Post-treatment, imaging is taken and reviewed by radiation therapists to check the treatment delivery. All reviews will be documented in the medical record.

Locations Epworth Richmond

Diagnosis Neurological conditions

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