Dr. Nikhil Gadahad Rao MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
12902 Usf Magnolia Dr Tampa FL, 33612About
Dr. Nikhil Rao practices Radiation Oncology in Tampa, FL. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Rao specializes in treating cancer with radiation, using radiation therapy to treat a wide variety of cancers. Radiation therapy uses carefully targeted and regulated doses of high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells.
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Review of the role of radiation therapy in the management of Merkel cell carcinoma.
- Adjuvant Immunotherapy and Radiation in the Management of High-risk Resected Melanoma.
- Desmoplastic melanoma: is there a role for sentinel lymph node biopsy?
- Systematic review of antimicrobials, mucosal coating agents, anesthetics, and analgesics for the management of oral mucositis in cancer patients.
- Risk factors for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement during chemoradiotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer.
- Radiotherapy influences local control in patients with desmoplastic melanoma.
- Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy to the post-operative cavity for radioresistant and radiosensitive brain metastases.
- Postoperative concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy for high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
- Stability of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fiducial marker placement for esophageal cancer target delineation and image-guided radiation therapy.
- Outcomes Following Hypofractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy in the Management of Brain Metastases.
- Erratum to: Systematic review of antimicrobials, mucosal coating agents, anesthetics, and analgesics for the management of oral mucositis in cancer patients.
- LINAC-based stereotactic radiosurgery to the brain with concurrent vemurafenib for melanoma metastases.
- Role of Gamma Knife® Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Brain Metastases from Gynecological Cancers.
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