Dr. Robert S Lavey MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
717 W Robertson St Brandon FL, 33511About
Dr. Robert Lavey practices Radiation Oncology in Brandon, FL. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Lavey 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
Stanford Univ Sch Of Med- Stanford Ca 1980
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Impact of hemoglobin level and use of recombinant erythropoietin on efficacy of preoperative chemoradiation therapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity and oropharynx.
- Potential therapeutic misadministration due to inappropriate electron beam field shaping.
- Reproducibility and treatment planning advantages of a carbon fiber relocatable head fixation system.
- The influence of dose and time on wound complications following post-radiation neck dissection.
- In reply to the letter from Drs. Krafft and Hess.
- Dose, time, and fraction size issues for late effects in head and neck cancers.
- Premature carotid artery disease in long-term survivors of childhood cancer treated with neck irradiation: a series of 5 cases.
- Time-dose factors in positive neck nodes treated with irradiation only.
- Partial laryngectomy for glottic cancer after high-dose radiotherapy.
- Optimal treatment for intracranial germinoma: can we lower, radiation dose without chemotherapy? In regard to Yen S-H et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys Epub October 27, 2009).
- Temozolomide in the treatment of high-grade gliomas in children: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.
- AAML03P1, a pilot study of the safety of gemtuzumab ozogamicin in combination with chemotherapy for newly diagnosed childhood acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.
- Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia after radiation and MOPP chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease.
- Efficacy and morbidity of partial laryngectomy and postoperative radiation therapy.
- What to do when there is no standard of care: A brief review of treatment options for glioblastoma in children.
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