Dr. Allen M Chen M.D.
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
4501 X St Suite G140 Sacramento CA, 95817About
Dr. Allen Chen practices Radiation Oncology in Sacramento, CA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Chen 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.
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RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Development and validation of a standardized method for contouring the brachial plexus: preliminary dosimetric analysis among patients treated with IMRT for head-and-neck cancer.
- Comparison of peripheral dose from image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) using kV cone beam CT to intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT).
- Palliative radiation therapy for head and neck cancer: toward an optimal fractionation scheme.
- Clinical-dosimetric analysis of measures of dysphagia including gastrostomy-tube dependence among head and neck cancer patients treated definitively by intensity-modulated radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy.
- Utility of megavoltage fan-beam CT for treatment planning in a head-and-neck cancer patient with extensive dental fillings undergoing helical tomotherapy.
- Potential of helical tomotherapy to reduce dose to the ocular structures for patients treated for unresectable sinonasal cancer.
- Primary radiation therapy for head-and-neck cancer in the setting of human immunodeficiency virus.
- Postoperative radiation therapy for head and neck cancer in the setting of orocutaneous and pharyngocutaneous fistula.
- Down-regulation of microRNA 106b is involved in p21-mediated cell cycle arrest in response to radiation in prostate cancer cells.
- Validating the RTOG-endorsed brachial plexus contouring atlas: an evaluation of reproducibility among patients treated by intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head-and-neck cancer.
- Addition of a third field significantly increases dose to the brachial plexus for patients undergoing tangential whole-breast therapy after lumpectomy.
- Voice quality after organ-preservation therapy with definitive radiotherapy for
- Failure mode and effect analysis for delivery of lung stereotactic body radiation therapy.
- Racial disparities in the use of voice preservation therapy for locally advanced laryngeal cancer.
- Patterns-of-care for thoracic stereotactic body radiotherapy among practicing radiation oncologists in the United States.
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