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Dr. Justin Eli Bekelman MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
3400 Spruce St 2 Donner Bldg Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Justin Bekelman practices Radiation Oncology in Philadelphia, PA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Bekelman 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
Yale School of Medicine 2003
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology- 2009
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Scope and impact of financial conflicts of interest in biomedical research: a systematic review.
- Effectiveness of radiation therapy in older women with ductal carcinoma in situ.
- Head-and-neck target delineation among radiation oncology residents after a teaching intervention: a prospective, blinded pilot study.
- Quality of radiotherapy reporting in randomized controlled trials of Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: a systematic review.
- Predicted rates of secondary malignancies from proton versus photon radiation therapy for stage I seminoma.
- Outcomes after intensity-modulated versus conformal radiotherapy in older men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer.
- Hospital racial composition and the treatment of localized prostate cancer.
- Prostate-specific antigen surveillance among men with clinically localized prostate cancer who do not receive initial treatment.
- Variation in use of androgen suppression with external-beam radiotherapy for nonmetastatic prostate cancer.
- Postoperative radiation therapy for low-grade glioma: patterns of care between 1998 and 2006.
- Prospective preference assessment of patients' willingness to participate in a randomized controlled trial of intensity-modulated radiotherapy versus proton therapy for localized prostate cancer.
- Testicular cancer: Underestimating radiotherapy toxicity for stage I seminoma.
- Out-of-pocket expenses and treatment choice for men with prostate cancer.
- Physician evaluation of internet health information on proton therapy for prostate cancer.
- Risk of fatal cerebrovascular accidents after external beam radiation therapy for early-stage glottic laryngeal cancer.
Treatments
- Prostate Cancer, Genitourinary Cancer (urologic Cancer)
- Liver Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Brain Tumor
- Bladder Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Bone Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
Professional Memberships
- Member International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement , Advanced Prostate Cancer Working Group
- Member American Radium Society (ARS)
Dr. Justin Eli Bekelman MD's Practice location
Practice At 3400 Spruce St 2 Donner Bldg
3400 Spruce St 2 Donner Bldg -Philadelphia, PA 19104Get Direction
Dept of Radiation Oncology
51 N 39th St -Philadelphia, PA 19104Get Direction
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