Dr. Richard S. Lawson MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
1308 Wonder World Dr San Marcos TX, 78666About
Dr. Richard Lawson practices Radiation Oncology in San Marcos, TX. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Lawson 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
MD at the University of Texas at San Antonio
The University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio 1999
Board Certification
The American Board of Radiology- Radiation Oncology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Uptake, localization, and dosimetry of 111in and 201tl in human testes.
- Delivery and collection of radioactive packages to and from UK hospital nuclear medicine departments.
- Attenuation correction of myocardial SPECT studies using low resolution computed tomography images.
- The value of registration correction in the attenuation correction of myocardial SPECT studies using low resolution computed tomography images.
- Apical thinning: real or artefact?
- Changes in the appearance of attenuation artefacts due to change in posture in myocardial perfusion imaging.
- Evaluation of 99mTc(CO)5I as a potential lung perfusion agent.
- Extracellular fluid volume and glomerular filtration rate in 1878 healthy potential renal transplant donors: effects of age, gender, obesity and scaling.
- Reduced-count myocardial perfusion SPECT with resolution recovery.
- The reliability of glomerular filtration rate measured from plasma clearance: a multi-centre study of 1,878 healthy potential renal transplant donors.
- Attenuation correction of myocardial perfusion SPET in patients of normal body mass index.
- An audit of manufacturers' implementation of reconstruction filters in single-photon emission computed tomography.
- UK audit of quantification of left-ventricular function using gated myocardial perfusion imaging.
- Higher extracellular fluid volume in women is concealed by scaling to body surface area.
- An audit of half-count myocardial perfusion imaging using resolution recovery software.
Treatments
- Liver Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Melanoma
- Throat Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Kidney Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Anal Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Stomach Cancer
- Multiple Myeloma
- Lightpod Neo
Internships
- Emory University, 2004
Fellowships
- Emory University
What do you attribute your success to?
- Hard work.
Hobbies / Sports
- Traveling
Favorite professional publications
- Red Journal
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- Dr. David C Jones MD1304 WONDER WORLD DR SAN MARCOS TX 78666