Dr. Bhishamjit Singh Chera M.D.
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
101 Manning Dr Chapel Hill NC, 27514About
Dr. Bhishamjit Chera practices Radiation Oncology in Chapel Hill, NC. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Chera 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
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine 2004
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Dosimetric study of pelvic proton radiotherapy for high-risk prostate cancer.
- Increasing incidence of oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma in young white women,
- Matched cohort analysis of the effect of pretreatment positron emission tomography on clinical outcomes of patients with head and neck cancer treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy.
- Improving quality of patient care by improving daily practice in radiation oncology.
- Incidence of nodal disease after nonsurgical therapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients with bilateral neck disease: can a bilateral neck dissection be avoided?
- Is image registration of fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography for head-and-neck cancer treatment planning necessary?
- Incidence of subclinical nodal disease at the time of salvage surgery for locally recurrent head and neck cancer initially treated with definitive radiation therapy.
- Management of nonesthesioneuroblastoma sinonasal malignancies with neuroendocrine differentiation.
- Costs of care in a matched pair comparison of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) versus conventional radiation therapy (CRT) for the treatment of head and neck cancer.
- Prognostic significance of bone invasion for oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma considered T1/T2 by American joint committee on cancer size criteria.
- Treatment of older patients with head and neck cancer: a review.
- Clinical significance of indeterminate pulmonary nodules in patients with locally
- External beam radiotherapy for head and neck cancers is associated with increased variability in retinal vascular oxygenation.
- Patterns of care in older patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: a surveillance, epidemiology, and end results-medicare analysis.
- Two-year and lifetime cost-effectiveness of intensity modulated radiation therapy versus 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy for head-and-neck cancer.
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Treatments
- Throat Cancer
- Oral Cancer
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. Rachel Blitzblau MD, PHDDuke University Medical Center Durham North Carolina 27710
- Dr. Christopher Ryan Kelsey M.D.MORRIS BUILDING, SCIENCE DRIVE, ROOM 05135 DURHAM NC 27710
- Dr. Joel E Tepper MD101 Manning Dr Chapel Hill NC 27599
- Dr. Christopher Willett M.D.4101 N Roxboro St Durham NC 27704
- Dr. Joseph Kamel Salama M.D.2100 Erwin Rd Durham NC 27705
- Dr. Bridget Fey Koontz M.D.Duke University Dept Of Radiation Oncology Durham NC 27710