Dr. William M. Mendenhall MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
1600 SW Archer Rd Gainesville FL, 32610Rating
4/5
About
With more than 30 years on the faculty of the UF department of radiation oncology, Dr. Mendenhall is recognized as an expert in head and neck cancer as well as central nervous system, gastrointestinal ...
Education and Training
Univ of South Fl Coll of Med, Tampa Fl 1978
University of South Florida (Usf) Medicine
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
Provider Details
Dr. William M. Mendenhall MD's Expert Contributions
Is radiotherapy effective for prostate cancer?
Hi, yes. It’s as effective as surgery. The Protect trial from the UK recently published in the New England Journal showed equivalent cure rates and better quality of life after radiation. Radiation can either be given with photons ( conventional radiation) or protons. The latter treats less normal tissue and, for the same dose, may more effective. Best wishes, Bill READ MORE
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Linac radiosurgery for benign meningiomas.
- Linear accelerator radiosurgery for nonacoustic schwannomas.
- Recent advances in the treatment and outcome of locally advanced rectal cancer.
- The impact of primary tumor volume on local control for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated with radiotherapy.
- Laryngeal or hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: can follow-up CT after
- Solitary brain metastasis. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria.
- Perineural spread of cutaneous squamous and basal cell carcinoma: CT and MR detection and its impact on patient management and prognosis.
- Squamous cell carcinomas of the soft palate treated with radiation therapy alone or followed by planned neck dissection.
- Radiotherapy for carcinoma in situ of the true vocal cords.
- Differentiated thyroid carcinoma: comparison between papillary and follicular carcinoma in a single institute.
- Follicular thyroid carcinoma: prognostic factors and the role of radioiodine.
- Influence of radiation therapy on reconstructive flaps after radical resection of head and neck cancer.
- Radiation therapy for esthesioneuroblastoma: rationale for elective neck
- Distant metastases after definitive radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
- Does feeding tube placement predict for long-term swallowing disability after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer?
Awards
- 2011 Top Doctors, US News and World Report
- 2004 America's Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 4th Edition, .
- 1999 The 318 Top Cancer Specialists for Women, Good Housekeeping, pp. 67-8
- 1996 Listed in The Best Doctors in America, American Health, page 70. (Rad
Treatments
- Larynx Cancer, Throat Cancer, Skin Cancer And More
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