Dr. Larry Calvin Daugherty M.D.
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
188 W NORTHERN LIGHTS BLVD STE 100 ANCHORAGE AK, 99503About
Dr. Larry Daugherty practices Radiation Oncology in Glenside, PA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Daugherty 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- Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma metastatic to lower-extremity soft tissues: a case report and literature review.
- Lack of Association between COX-2 Staining Level and Biochemical Recurrence Following Salvage Radiation Therapy for Recurrent Prostate Cancer.
- Image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy for prostate cancer: Dose constraints for the anterior rectal wall to minimize rectal toxicity.
- Compliance with National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines in the use of radiation therapy for extremity and superficial trunk soft tissue sarcoma in the United States.
- Extranodal rosai-dorfman disease of the bone treated with surgery and radiotherapy.
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