Dr. Franco M Nichini MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
216 N Broad St 1st Fl Philadelphia PA, 19102About
Dr. Franco Nichini practices Radiation Oncology in Philadelphia, PA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Nichini 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
Westminster Medical School, University Of London MD
Charing Cross & Westminster Medical Schools 1956
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Serum magnesium fall in radiation-induced gastrointestinal symptomatology.
- Inflammatory carcinoma of the breast in a 12-year-old girl.
- Association of low serum magnesium concentration with severity of gastrointestinal symptomatology in the irradiated patient.
- Distant metastases as an evaluation of the treatment of breast cancer.
- Beryllium window tubes for mammographic examinations.
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