Dr. Larry E Kun MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 332 N Lauderdale St. Memphis TN, 38105About
Dr. Larry Kun practices Radiation Oncology in Memphis, TN. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Kun 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- Preliminary results from a Phase II trail of conformal radiation therapy for pediatric patients with localised low-grade astrocytoma and ependymoma.
- Ocular preservation after 36 Gy external beam radiation therapy for retinoblastoma.
- Influence of tumor grade on time to progression after irradiation for localized ependymoma in children.
- Craniopharyngioma: the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital experience 1984-2001.
- Preirradiation endocrinopathies in pediatric brain tumor patients determined by dynamic tests of endocrine function.
- Medulloblastoma metastatic to the suprasellar region at diagnosis: a report of six cases with clinicopathologic correlation.
- Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and the risk of secondary myeloid malignancy after etoposide treatment.
- Survival and functional outcome of children with hypothalamic/chiasmatic tumors.
- Treatment of intraocular retinoblastoma with vincristine and carboplatin.
- Primary perineal alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma metastatic to an extraocular muscle.
- Extended follow-up of long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
- Predicting intellectual outcome among children treated with 35-40 Gy craniospinal irradiation for medulloblastoma.
- Early neuro-otologic effects of three-dimensional irradiation in children with primary brain tumors.
- Attentional functioning and white matter integrity among survivors of malignant brain tumors of childhood.
- Second neoplasms in pediatric patients with primary central nervous system tumors: the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital experience.
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