Dr. Gregory Stephen Merrick MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
1 Medical Park Wheeling WV, 26003About
Dr. Gregory Merrick practices Radiation Oncology in Wheeling, WV. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Merrick 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
Wv Univ Sch of Med, Morgantown Wv 1985
West Virginia University School of Medicine 1985
MCKEESPORT HOSP 1986
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Rectal dosimetric analysis following prostate brachytherapy.
- Prostate-specific antigen levels after radical prostatectomy versus brachytherapy.
- Nursing management of patients receiving brachytherapy for early stage prostate cancer.
- Potential role of various dosimetric quality indicators in prostate brachytherapy.
- Efficacy of sildenafil citrate in prostate brachytherapy patients with erectile dysfunction.
- The dependence of prostate postimplant dosimetric quality on CT volume determination.
- Seed fixity in the prostate/periprostatic region following brachytherapy.
- Comparison of seed loading approaches in prostate brachytherapy.
- Radioactive seed embolization to the lung following prostate brachytherapy.
- Temporal resolution of urinary morbidity following prostate brachytherapy.
- Modified uniform seed loading for prostate brachytherapy: rationale, design, and evaluation.
- Influence of prophylactic dexamethasone on edema following prostate brachytherapy.
- Isotope choice and the effect of edema on prostate brachytherapy dosimetry.
- Rectal function following prostate brachytherapy.
- Modern prostate brachytherapy.
Treatments
- Prostate Cancer
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