Dr. William Carroll Hixson MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
29653 Anchor Cross Blvd Daphne AL, 36526About
Dr. William Hixson practices Radiation Oncology in Foley, AL. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Hixson 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
University of Alabama School of Medicine 1990
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Primate bioinstrumentation for two Jupiter ballistic flights.
- AN INSTRUMENT FOR VCG AND SCALAR ECG MEASUREMENTS. PROJ MR005.13-7004, SUBTASK 2, REP 2.
- A BIOINSTRUMENTATION CONTROL CENTER FOR THE HUMAN DISORIENTATION DEVICE. PROJ MR005.13-6001, SUBTASK 1, REP 79.
- EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO CONTINUOUS ROTATION ON NYSTAGMUS PHASE SHIFT. PROJECT MR005.13-6001, SUBTASK 1, REP NO. 87.
- INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE PENSACOLA CENTRIFUGE-SLOW ROTATION ROOM 1 FACILITY. PROJECT MR005.13-6001, SUBTASK 1, REP NO. 88.
- BIOTELEMETRY OF THE TRIAXIAL BALLISTOCARDIOGRAM AND ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IN A WEIGHTLESS ENVIRONMENT. MONOGR NO. 10.
- Classics in space medicine. An account of experiments in which two monkeys were recovered unharmed after ballistic space flight.
- Frequency response of the human semicircular canals. II. Nystagmus phase shift as a measure of nonlinearities.
- Observations on perceived changes in aircraft attitude attending head movements made in a 2-g bank and turn.
- On predictive equations for subjective judgments of vertical and horizon in a force field.
- The vestibulo-ocular reflex in man during voluntary head oscillation under three visual conditions.
Treatments
- Prostate Cancer
- Throat Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Brain Tumor
- Lung Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Lymphoma
- AerolaseĀ® Technologies
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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