Dr. Loren K. Mell M.D.
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
200 West Arbor Dr San Diego CA, 92103About
Dr. Loren Mell, MD--specialist in radiation oncology--currently practices medicine at La jolla, California. Dr. Mell graduated from University Of Chicago, Pritzker School Of Medicine and is licensed to ...
Education and Training
Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago, IL Other Degree
Chief, Head & Neck Malignancy Service Medical Degree
Associate Professor of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences Medical Degree
The University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Medical Degree
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Preliminary analysis of chronic gastrointestinal toxicity in gynecology patients treated with intensity-modulated whole pelvic radiation therapy.
- Association between streptococcal infection and obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette's syndrome, and tic disorder.
- A dosimetric analysis of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) as an alternative to adjuvant high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy in early endometrial cancer patients.
- Pharmacologic normal tissue protection in clinical radiation oncology: focus on amifostine.
- Utilization of advanced imaging technologies for target delineation in radiation oncology.
- Normal tissue complication probability modeling of acute hematologic toxicity in cervical cancer patients treated with chemoradiotherapy.
- Impact of bone marrow radiation dose on acute hematologic toxicity in cervical cancer: principal component analysis on high dimensional data.
- Consensus guidelines for delineation of clinical target volume for intensity-modulated pelvic radiotherapy for the definitive treatment of cervix cancer.
- A survey of image-guided radiation therapy use in the United States.
- Clinical outcomes of intensity-modulated pelvic radiation therapy for carcinoma of the cervix.
- Pitfalls of using composite primary end points in the presence of competing risks.
- Dosimetric comparison study between intensity modulated radiation therapy and three-dimensional conformal proton therapy for pelvic bone marrow sparing in the treatment of cervical cancer.
- Daily online cone beam computed tomography to assess interfractional motion in patients with intact cervical cancer.
- How does TPF improve survival over PF?
- A comparison of dose-response characteristics of four NTCP models using outcomes of radiation-induced optic neuropathy and retinopathy.
Clinical Trials
- PD 0332991 and Cetuximab in Patients With Incurable SCCHN
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy With Cisplatin and Gemcitabine to Treat Locally Advanced Cervical Carcinoma
- Study With Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy With Cisplatin to Treat Stage I-IVA Cervical Cancer
- Radiation Therapy With Durvalumab or Cetuximab in Treating Patients With Stage III-IVB Head and Neck Cancer Who Cannot Take Cisplatin
- Radiation Therapy and Cisplatin With or Without Triapine in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Stage IB2, II, or IIIB-IVA Cervical Cancer or Stage II-IVA Vaginal Cancer
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