Dr. Allen G. Meek M.D.
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
University Hospital L2 Stony Brook NY, 11794About
Dr. Allen Meek practices Radiation Oncology in Stony Brook, NY. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Meek 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
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1974
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1974
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Increased plasma levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 in lung and breast cancer are altered during chest radiotherapy.
- Assessment of geometric treatment accuracy using time-lapse display of electronic portal images.
- A prospective study of prostate specific antigen levels in patients receiving radiotherapy for localized carcinoma of the prostate.
- Primary, adjuvant, and palliative radiation therapy.
- Tests of an electron monitor for routine quality control measurements of electron energies.
- Depth dose and profile analysis using Library Least-Squares method.
- Evaluation of the eclipse electron Monte Carlo dose calculation for small fields.
- An assessment of a film enhancement system for use in a radiation therapy department.
- Interleaved carbon minibeams: an experimental radiosurgery method with clinical potential.
- Clarification.
- X-ray microbeam irradiation of the contusion-injured rat spinal cord temporarily improves hind-limb function.
- Synergistic efficacy of staged total lymphoid irradiation and cyclosporine in the preoperative preparation of high-risk hyperimmunized canine renal allograft recipients.
- Immunosuppressive strategies for the induction of unresponsiveness to canine renal allografts.
- Fractionation considerations for boron neutron capture therapy: the perspective of a clinician.
- Continuous three-dimensional radiation dosimetry in tissue-equivalent phantoms using electron paramagnetic resonance in L-alpha-alanine.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Prostate Cancer
- Throat Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Brain Tumor
- Lung Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Aerolase® Technologies
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