Wendy A. Woodward MD, PhD

Dr. Woodward is a Professor and the Chief of the Clinical Breast Radiotherapy Service in the Department of Radiation Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The MD Anderson Breast Radiotherapy Service represents decades of breast cancer expertise by ten radiation oncology clinicians, and a specialized team of breast radiotherapy nurses, physicists, therapists, and dosimetrists. We treat all left-sided and selected right-sided breast cancer using deep-inspiration breath-hold to eliminate the heart from the radiation field. We offer every type of radiotherapy technology including proton therapy, always selected and personalized to each case. We are constantly working to improve radiotherapy for breast cancer and offer numerous clinical trial opportunities designed to make radiotherapy easier and more effective with fewer side effects.

Dr. Woodward treats all types of breast cancer and is particularly interested in complex, locally advanced breast cancers including a rare type that presents suddenly as a swollen redbreast, Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC). She is Deputy Director of the MDACC Inflammatory Breast Cancer Clinic and Research Program. This program is dedicated to advancing the radiation treatment and biologic understanding of inflammatory breast cancer through laboratory, translational, and clinical research.