Dr. David J Sher MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
55 Fruit Cox 302 Massachusetts Genera Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. David Sher practices Radiation Oncology in Boston, MA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Sher 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.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cost-effectiveness studies in radiation therapy.
- Survival outcomes after radiation therapy for stage III non-small-cell lung cancer after adoption of computed tomography-based simulation.
- Primary radiotherapy versus radical prostatectomy for high-risk prostate cancer: a decision analysis.
- Death from high-risk prostate cancer versus cardiovascular mortality with hormonal therapy: a decision analysis.
- Cost-effectiveness of stereotactic body radiation therapy versus surgical
- Patterns-of-failure after helical tomotherapy-based chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer: implications for CTV margin, elective nodal dose and bilateral parotid sparing.
- Patterns of regional failure in stage III non-small cell lung cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy and resection.
- Prevalence and predictors of neoadjuvant therapy for stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer in the National Cancer Database: importance of socioeconomic status and treating institution.
- Influence of conformal radiotherapy technique on survival after chemoradiotherapy for patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer in the National Cancer Data Base.
- Low incidence of chest wall pain with a risk-adapted lung stereotactic body radiation therapy approach using three or five fractions based on chest wall dosimetry.
- Efficacy and Tolerability of Palliative Split-Course Thoracic Chemoradiotherapy for Symptomatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
- Systematic review of the cost effectiveness of radiation therapy for prostate cancer from 2003 to 2013.
- Patterns of locoregional failure in stage III non-small cell lung cancer treated with definitive chemoradiation therapy.
- Outcomes by tumor histology and KRAS mutation status after lung stereotactic body radiation therapy for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer.
- Stereotactic body radiotherapy and treatment at a high volume facility is associated with improved survival in patients with inoperable stage I non-small cell lung cancer.
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