Dr. Arthur William Blackstock MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
MEDICAL CENTER BLVD WINSTON SALEM NC, 27157About
Dr. Arthur Blackstock practices Radiation Oncology in San Francisco, CA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Blackstock 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.
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RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Phase I trial of twice-weekly gemcitabine and concurrent radiation in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.
- Phase II trial of adjuvant radiation and intraperitoneal 5-fluorouracil for locally advanced colon cancer: results with 10-year follow-up.
- Schedule-selective biochemical modulation of 5-fluorouracil in advanced colorectal cancer--a phase II study.
- Chemoradiation with novel agents for rectal cancer.
- The mechanism of action of radiosensitization of conventional chemotherapeutic agents.
- Phase II study of pyrazine diazohydroxide (NSC 361456) for advanced non small-cell lung cancer.
- Twice-weekly gemcitabine and concurrent thoracic radiation for advanced non small-cell lung cancer.
- Carboplatin/paclitaxel or carboplatin/vinorelbine followed by accelerated hyperfractionated conformal radiation therapy: report of a prospective phase I dose escalation trial from the Carolina Conformal Therapy Consortium.
- Long-term results of local excision with and without chemoradiation for adenocarcinoma of the rectum.
- Phase II trial of induction gemcitabine/CPT-11 followed by a twice-weekly infusion of gemcitabine and concurrent external beam radiation for the treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer.
- Predictive value of 18-fluoro-deoxy-glucose-positron emission tomography (18F-FDG-PET) in the identification of responders to chemoradiation therapy for the treatment of locally advanced esophageal cancer.
- Determination of qualitative telomerase activity as an adjunct to the diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma by EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration.
- Colorectal cancer.
- The risk of death from heart disease in patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer who receive postoperative radiotherapy: analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database.
- Locally advanced pancreatic cancer: a review.
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