Dr. Alan Howard Epstein M.D.
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
504 Scott St U. S. Army Med Resea Frederick MD, 21702About
Dr. Alan Epstein practices Radiation Oncology in Frederick, MD. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Epstein 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.
Education and Training
University of California 2007
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Tumour radiosensitization with the halogenated pyrimidines 5'-bromo- and 5'-iododeoxyuridine.
- Out on a limb on sarcomas.
- An in vitro flow model to study streaming during pelvic intra-arterial drug infusions.
- Pulmonary radiation injury.
- Primary cardiac sarcoma: a novel treatment approach.
- Response during radiotherapy may be associated with outcome in mediastinal Hodgkin's disease.
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