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Dr. Bhishamjit Singh Chera M.D.
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
171 ASHLEY AVE CHARLESTON SC, 29425About
Dr. Bhishamjit Chera practices Radiation Oncology in Chapel Hill, NC. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Chera 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
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine 2004
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Dosimetric study of pelvic proton radiotherapy for high-risk prostate cancer.
- Increasing incidence of oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma in young white women,
- Matched cohort analysis of the effect of pretreatment positron emission tomography on clinical outcomes of patients with head and neck cancer treated with definitive chemoradiotherapy.
- Improving quality of patient care by improving daily practice in radiation oncology.
- Incidence of nodal disease after nonsurgical therapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients with bilateral neck disease: can a bilateral neck dissection be avoided?
- Is image registration of fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography for head-and-neck cancer treatment planning necessary?
- Incidence of subclinical nodal disease at the time of salvage surgery for locally recurrent head and neck cancer initially treated with definitive radiation therapy.
- Management of nonesthesioneuroblastoma sinonasal malignancies with neuroendocrine differentiation.
- Costs of care in a matched pair comparison of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) versus conventional radiation therapy (CRT) for the treatment of head and neck cancer.
- Prognostic significance of bone invasion for oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma considered T1/T2 by American joint committee on cancer size criteria.
- Treatment of older patients with head and neck cancer: a review.
- Clinical significance of indeterminate pulmonary nodules in patients with locally
- External beam radiotherapy for head and neck cancers is associated with increased variability in retinal vascular oxygenation.
- Patterns of care in older patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: a surveillance, epidemiology, and end results-medicare analysis.
- Two-year and lifetime cost-effectiveness of intensity modulated radiation therapy versus 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy for head-and-neck cancer.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Throat Cancer
- Oral Cancer
Dr. Bhishamjit Singh Chera M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 101 Manning Dr
101 Manning Dr -Chapel Hill, NC 27514Get Direction
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2095 HENRY TECKLENBURG DRIVE CHARLESTON SC 29414EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTERl
2000 HOSPITAL DR MOUNT PLEASANT SC 29464