Dr. Helen Alice Shih MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
100 Blossom Street Cox 3 Radiation Oncology Boston MA, 02114Rating
4/5
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Dr. Helen Shih practices Radiation Oncology in Boston, MA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Shih 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
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 2000
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Screening for genomic rearrangements in families with breast and ovarian cancer identifies BRCA1 mutations previously missed by conformation-sensitive gel electrophoresis or sequencing.
- Germline TP53 mutations in breast cancer families with multiple primary cancers: is TP53 a modifier of BRCA1?
- Advances in combined radiation therapy for the management of rectal cancer.
- Planar fluorescence imaging using normalized data.
- Approximating convex pareto surfaces in multiobjective radiotherapy planning.
- An approach for practical multiobjective IMRT treatment planning.
- Stereotactic radiation treatment for benign meningiomas.
- Radiation therapy in acromegaly.
- Fractionated radiotherapy versus stereotactic radiosurgery for pituitary
- Visual outcome and tumor control after conformal radiotherapy for patients with optic nerve sheath meningioma.
- Systematic analysis of biological and physical limitations of proton beam range verification with offline PET/CT scans.
- Proton stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of benign meningiomas.
- Improved planning time and plan quality through multicriteria optimization for intensity-modulated radiotherapy.
- Modeling intracranial second tumor risk and estimates of clinical toxicity with various radiation therapy techniques for patients with pituitary adenoma.
- Radiation therapy in the management of pituitary adenomas.
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