Dr. Asa Joel Nixon M.D., M.P.H.
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
789 Central Ave Dover NH, 03820Rating
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Dr. Asa Nixon practices Radiation Oncology in Dover, NH. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Nixon 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
New York University School of Medicine 1988
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prolactin receptor and insulin-like growth factor expression in wool follicles.
- Effect of exogenous prolactin on the hair growth cycle.
- Coordinate upregulation of cartilage matrix synthesis in fibrin cultures supplemented with exogenous insulin-like growth factor-I.
- Enhanced repair of extensive articular defects by insulin-like growth factor-I-laden fibrin composites.
- Identification of differentially expressed genes during a wool follicle growth cycle induced by prolactin.
- The significance of extracapsular extension of axillary lymph node metastases in early-stage breast cancer.
- Molecular cloning of equine transforming growth factor-beta1 reveals equine-specific amino acid substitutions in the mature peptide sequence.
- Primary nucleotide structure of predominant and alternate splice forms of equine insulin-like growth factor I and their gene expression patterns in tissues.
- Effect of transforming growth factor beta1 on chondrogenic differentiation of cultured equine mesenchymal stem cells.
- Insulinlike growth factor-I gene therapy applications for cartilage repair.
- Orthopaedic gene therapy. Chondroprogenitors.
- Direct adenovirus-mediated insulin-like growth factor I gene transfer enhances transplant chondrocyte function.
- Subchondral cystic lesions of the proximal extremity of the tibia in horses: 12 cases (1983-2000).
- Arthroscopic laser extirpation of metacarpophalangeal synovial pad proliferation in eleven horses.
Treatments
- Liver Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Brain Tumor
- Lung Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Aerolase® Technologies
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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