Dr. Rodney Ervin Wegner M.D.
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
5 Morgan Hwy Suite 7 Scranton PA, 18508About
Dr. Rodney Wegner practices Radiation Oncology in Pittsburgh, PA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Wegner 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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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Deciding on radical prostatectomy: a patient's perspective.
- Disruption of tissue-type plasminogen activator gene in mice reduces renal interstitial fibrosis in obstructive nephropathy.
- [The role of community-based public health services in child and adolescent health in Germany].
- Re-irradiation with radiosurgery for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme.
- Re-irradiation strategies for head-and-neck cancers: implications for stereotactic body radiotherapy: in regard to Chen et al (Int J Radiant Oncol Biol Phys 2011;81:1211-1219).
- Prospective evaluation of patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes following SBRT ± cetuximab for locally-recurrent, previously-irradiated head and neck cancer.
- Hypofractionated image guided radiation therapy followed by prostate seed implant boost for men with newly diagnosed intermediate and high risk adenocarcinoma of the prostate: Preliminary results of a phase 2 prospective study.
- Factor analysis of exercise capacity, dyspnoea ratings and lung function in patients with severe COPD.
- Effects of theophylline withdrawal in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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