Dr. Richard K. Valicenti M.D.
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
111 S 11th St Bodine Center Philadelphia PA, 19107About
Dr. Richard Valicenti practices Radiation Oncology in Philadelphia, PA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Valicenti 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.
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The management of locally advanced prostate cancer.
- Use of neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy to prevent or delay recurrence of prostate cancer in patients undergoing surgical treatment for prostate cancer.
- Long-term outcome of patients with prostate cancer and pathologic seminal vesicle invasion (pT3b): effect of adjuvant radiotherapy.
- Inverse treatment planning using volume-based objective functions.
- Combining external beam radiotherapy with prostate brachytherapy: issues and rationale.
- Dose escalation with proton-beam boost for low-risk prostate cancer.
- Advanced prostate cancer and postoperative radiotherapy.
- A cone beam CT-Based Study for Clinical Target Definition Using Pelvic Anatomy During Postprostatectomy Radiotherapy.
- Technique of outpatient placement of intraprostatic fiducial markers before external beam radiotherapy.
- Effect of percentage of positive prostate biopsy cores on biochemical outcome in low-risk PCa treated with brachytherapy or 3D-CRT.
- Time of decline in sexual function after external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer.
- A Phase I trial of samarium-153-lexidronam complex for treatment of clinically nonmetastatic high-risk prostate cancer: first report of a completed study.
- Relationship between pelvic organ-at-risk dose and clinical target volume in postprostatectomy patients receiving intensity-modulated radiotherapy.
- Radiation treatment for patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer.
- Postoperative Radiation After Radical Prostatectomy.
Clinical Trials
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy or Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IIA-B Prostate Cancer
- Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy or Conventional Radiation Therapy After Surgery in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer
- Stereotactic Boost and Long-Term Androgen Deprivation for Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate
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