Dr. Ronald C Chen M.D.
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
101 Manning Dr Chapel Hill NC, 27514Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Ronald Chen practices Radiation Oncology in Chapel Hill, NC. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Chen 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
Harvard Medical School 2004
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Non-small cell lung cancer: prognostic importance of positive FDG PET findings in the mediastinum for patients with N0-N1 disease at pathologic analysis.
- Impact of distance to a urologist on early diagnosis of prostate cancer among black and white patients.
- Is primary prostate cancer treatment influenced by likelihood of extraprostatic disease? A surveillance, epidemiology and end results patterns of care study.
- The use of radiation therapy appears to improve outcome in patients with malignant primary tracheal tumors: a SEER-based analysis.
- Patient-reported quality of life during radiation treatment for localized prostate cancer: results from a prospective phase II trial.
- Intensity-modulated radiation therapy, proton therapy, or conformal radiation therapy and morbidity and disease control in localized prostate cancer.
- Comparing physician-reported cancer management plans with Medicare services received.
- Impact of diagnosis and treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer on health-related quality of life for older Americans: a population-based study.
- Comparative cost-effectiveness of stereotactic body radiation therapy versus intensity-modulated and proton radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer.
- Guideline-adherent care vs quality care in cancer patients: twins or distant cousins?
- Comparative effectiveness of intensity-modulated radiotherapy and conventional conformal radiotherapy in the treatment of prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy.
- Racial differences in time from prostate cancer diagnosis to treatment
- Comparing dosimetric, morbidity, quality of life, and cancer control outcomes after 3D conformal, intensity-modulated, and proton radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
- Trends in the use of postprostatectomy therapies for patients with prostate cancer: a surveillance, epidemiology, and end results Medicare analysis.
- Making individualized decisions in the midst of uncertainties: the case of prostate cancer and biochemical recurrence.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Prostate Cancer
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DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALl
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101 MANNING DRIVE CHAPEL HILL NC 27514