Dr. Geraldine M Jacobson MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
200 Hawkins Dr Iowa City IA, 52242About
Dr. Geraldine Jacobson practices Radiation Oncology in Iowa City, IA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Jacobson 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
Univ of Ut Sch of Med, Salt Lake Cty Ut 1981
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Paclitaxel combined with inhibitors of glucose and hydroperoxide metabolism enhances breast cancer cell killing via H2O2-mediated oxidative stress.
- When is standard treatment sufficiently active to make use of a placebo-controlled trial unethical?
- The dosimetric impact of heterogeneity corrections in high-dose-rate ¹⁹²Ir brachytherapy for cervical cancer: Investigation of both conventional Point-A and volume-optimized plans.
- The dosimetric impact of vaginal balloon-packing on intracavitary high-dose-rate brachytherapy for gynecological cancer.
- High resolution (3 Tesla) MRI-guided conformal brachytherapy for cervical cancer: consequences of different high-risk CTV sizes.
- Target volume changes through high-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer when evaluated on high resolution (3.0 Tesla) magnetic resonance imaging.
- Risk of radiation-induced malignancy with heterotopic ossification prophylaxis: a case-control analysis.
- Delayed radiation-induced inflammation accompanying a marked carbohydrate antigen 19-9 elevation in a patient with resected pancreatic cancer.
- Low-Energy Intraoperative Radiation Therapy and Competing Risks of Local Control and Normal Tissue Toxicity.
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