Dr. John Joseph Ptacek MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
61 Hemingway Circle Savannah GA, 31411About
Dr. John Ptacek practices Radiation Oncology in Savannah, GA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Ptacek 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 Ia Roy J & L Carver Com 1967
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Breaking bad news to patients: physicians' perceptions of the process.
- "I'm sorry to tell you ..." physicians' reports of breaking bad news.
- Patients' perceptions of receiving bad news about cancer.
- Coping, distress, and marital adjustment in couples with cancer: an examination of the personal and social context.
- Localization of 99m Tc in the choroid plexus of the fourth ventricle.
- Bowel damage after radiation therapy of carcinoma of the cervix.
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