Dr. William F Hartsell M.D.
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
3815 Highland Ave Downers Grove IL, 60515About
Dr. William Hartsell practices Radiation Oncology in Downers Grove, IL. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Hartsell 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
Univ of Ok Coll of Med, Oklahoma City Ok 1984
University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine 1984
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Efficacy of targeted chemoradiation and planned selective neck dissection to control bulky nodal disease in advanced head and neck cancer.
- Junctioning adjacent fields using border films and table top measurements.
- A review of hypofractionated palliative radiotherapy.
- Myth: we can tailor palliative care to match life expectancy. Reality: no we can't.
- Is pelvic irradiation necessary in stage III1A Hodgkin's disease?
- Anterior-oriented proton beams for prostate cancer: A multi-institutional experience.
- Using simulation data to predict lung geometry for inhomogeneity corrections in breast cancer treatments.
- Patterns of failure following bone marrow transplantation for metastatic breast cancer: the role of consolidative local therapy.
- A single isocenter three-field breast irradiation technique using an empiric simulation and asymmetric collimator.
- Dose to contralateral breast: a comparison of four primary breast irradiation techniques.
Treatments
- Prostate Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Brain Tumor
- Lung Cancer
- Bone Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Oral Cancer
- Aerolase® Technologies
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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