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Dr. Leonard R Prosnitz M.D.
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
4101 N Roxboro St Durham NC, 27704About
Dr. Leonard Prosnitz practices Radiation Oncology in Durham, NC. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Prosnitz 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
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Brooklyn, Coll of Med, Brooklyn Ny 1961
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Impact of consolidation radiotherapy in patients with advanced breast cancer treated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow rescue.
- Treatment of stage IIIA Hodgkin's disease: is radiotherapy alone adequate?
- Treatment of stage IIIA Hodgkin's disease: is radiotherapy alone adequate?
- Assessing the impact of elective regional radiotherapy on survival.
- Assessing the cost-effectiveness of postmastectomy radiation therapy.
- Is axillary lymph node dissection indicated for early-stage breast cancer? A decision analysis.
- Postmastectomy radiotherapy: toxicities and techniques to reduce them.
- Acute and late morbidity of using a breast positioning ring in women with large/pendulous breasts.
- Mounting evidence for postmastectomy locoregional radiation therapy.
- A pilot study of preoperative continuous infusion 5-fluorouracil, external microwave hyperthermia, and external beam radiotherapy for treatment of locally advanced, unresectable, or recurrent rectal cancer.
- Variability of the depth of supraclavicular and axillary lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer: is a posterior axillary boost field necessary?
- Postoperative radiotherapy for lung cancer: the breast cancer story all over again?
- Radiation dose selection in Hodgkin's disease patients with large mediastinal adenopathy treated with combined modality therapy.
- Complementary therapies in cancer patients.
- Cardiac perfusion changes in patients treated for breast cancer with radiation therapy and doxorubicin: preliminary results.
Dr. Leonard R Prosnitz M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 4101 N Roxboro St
4101 N Roxboro St -Durham, NC 27704Get Direction
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. Rachel Blitzblau MD, PHDDuke University Medical Center Durham North Carolina 27710
- Dr. John F Reilly M.D.4101 Macon Pond Rd Raleigh NC 27607
- Dr. Joel E Tepper MD101 Manning Dr Chapel Hill NC 27599
- Dr. Christopher Ryan Kelsey M.D.MORRIS BUILDING, SCIENCE DRIVE, ROOM 05135 DURHAM NC 27710
- Dr. Christopher Willett M.D.4101 N Roxboro St Durham NC 27704
- Dr. Bridget Fey Koontz M.D.Duke University Dept Of Radiation Oncology Durham NC 27710
Nearest Hospitals
DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALl
PO BOX 3814 DUMC ERWIN RD DURHAM NC 27710DUKE REGIONAL HOSPITALl
3643 N ROXBORO ROAD DURHAM NC 27704