Dr. John Armstrong M.D.
Surgeon
200 Hawkins Dr Uihc Dept Of Surgery Iowa City IA, 52242About
Dr. John Armstrong is a general surgeon practicing in Iowa City, IA. Dr. Armstrong specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Armstrong provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 2011
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Failure of commercial ligase chain reaction to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Accelerated radiation therapy, seven fractions per week, for advanced head and neck cancer--a feasibility study.
- Cetuximab plus radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease, acid suppression, and Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease.
- Acneiform rash secondary to cetuximab plus head and neck radiotherapy.
- Conformity index (CI) and radiation treatment of lung cancer: in regards to Chang et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006;65:1087-1096).
- SMART-COP: a tool for predicting the need for intensive respiratory or vasopressor support in community-acquired pneumonia.
- Abnormal hCG levels in a patient with treated stage I seminoma: a diagnostic dilemma.
- Pilomatrix carcinoma presenting as an extra axial mass: clinicopathological features.
- A randomized trial (Irish clinical oncology research group 97-01) comparing short versus protracted neoadjuvant hormonal therapy before radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer.
- Early salvage hormonal therapy for biochemical failure improved survival in prostate cancer patients after neoadjuvant hormonal therapy plus radiation therapy--a secondary analysis of irish clinical oncology research group 97-01.
- The effect of short term neo-adjuvant androgen deprivation on erectile function in patients treated with external beam radiotherapy for localised prostate cancer: an analysis of the 4- versus 8-month randomised trial (Irish Clinical Oncology Research
- Temporal patterns of late bowel and bladder radiotherapy toxicity in a randomised controlled trial assessing duration of neo-adjuvant hormones in prostate cancer.
- A randomized trial comparing bladder volume consistency during fractionated prostate radiation therapy.
- The curative management of synchronous rectal and prostate cancer.
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