Dr. Parag Jitendra Parikh MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
2799 W GRAND BLVD DETROIT MI, 48202About
Dr. Parag Parikh practices Radiation Oncology in Saint Louis, MO. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Parikh 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
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 2001
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effect of novel amplitude/phase binning algorithm on commercial four-dimensional computed tomography quality.
- Prediction of intrafraction prostate motion: accuracy of pre- and post-treatment imaging and intermittent imaging.
- Efficient use of continuous, real-time prostate localization.
- Integration of real-time internal electromagnetic position monitoring coupled with dynamic multileaf collimator tracking: an intensity-modulated radiation therapy feasibility study.
- Quality assurance for clinical implementation of an electromagnetic tracking system.
- Application of the continuity equation to a breathing motion model.
- Practical method of adaptive radiotherapy for prostate cancer using real-time electromagnetic tracking.
- Effect of mid-scan breathing changes on quality of 4DCT using a commercial phase-based sorting algorithm.
- The correlation of tissue motion within the lung: implications on fiducial based treatments.
- Accuracy and consistency of respiratory gating in abdominal cancer patients.
- Adaptive radiation therapy for postprostatectomy patients using real-time electromagnetic target motion tracking during external beam radiation therapy.
- Planning 4-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) cannot adequately represent daily intrafractional motion of abdominal tumors.
- RTOG 0529: a phase 2 evaluation of dose-painted intensity modulated radiation therapy in combination with 5-fluorouracil and mitomycin-C for the reduction of acute morbidity in carcinoma of the anal canal.
- Respiratory amplitude guided 4-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging.
- A respiratory correlated image guided surgery method: quantitative accuracy results in swine and human cadaver environments.
Treatments
- Liver Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Brain Tumor
- Lung Cancer
- Anal Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Aerolase® Technologies
Dr. Parag Jitendra Parikh MD's Practice location
Practice At 4921 Parkview Pl Siteman Cancer Center Lower Level
4921 Parkview Pl Siteman Cancer Cente -Saint Louis, MO 63110Get Direction
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