Dr. Rosemary M Altemus MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
1850 Town Center Parkway Reston VA, 20190About
Dr. Rosemary Altemus practices Radiation Oncology in Reston, VA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Altemus 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 Va Sch of Med, Charlottesville Va 1988
University of Virginia School of Medicine 1988
Mechanical Engineering 1994
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Eighteen-year results in the treatment of early breast carcinoma with mastectomy versus breast conservation therapy: the National Cancer Institute Randomized Trial.
- Ectopic Cushing's syndrome caused by an esthesioneuroblastoma.
- Oral pirfenidone in patients with chronic fibrosis resulting from radiotherapy: a pilot study.
Treatments
- Prostate Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Brain Tumor
- Lung Cancer
- Stomach Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Multiple Myeloma
- Aerolase® Technologies
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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