Dr. Andrew Scott Kennedy MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
300 Ashville Ave Suite 110 Cary NC, 27518Rating
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Dr. Andrew Kennedy practices Radiation Oncology in Cary, NC. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Kennedy 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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RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Physical aspects of yttrium-90 microsphere therapy for nonresectable hepatic tumors.
- Radiation absorbed dose distribution in a patient treated with yttrium-90 microspheres for hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Pathologic response and microdosimetry of (90)Y microspheres in man: review of four explanted whole livers.
- Cytotoxicity of docetaxel (Taxotere) used as a single agent and in combination with radiation in human gastric, cervical and pancreatic cancer cells.
- Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) for liver metastases secondary to colorectal adenocarcinoma.
- Safety and efficacy of Y-90 microsphere treatment in patients with primary and metastatic liver cancer: the tumor selectivity of the treatment as a function of tumor to liver flow ratio.
- Radioembolization with 90Y microspheres: angiographic and technical considerations.
- Use of yttrium-90 microspheres in the treatment of unresectable hepatic metastases from breast cancer.
- Resin 90Y microsphere activity measurements for liver brachytherapy.
- 90Y Radioembolization for metastatic neuroendocrine liver tumors: preliminary results from a multi-institutional experience.
- Incidence of radiation pneumonitis after hepatic intra-arterial radiotherapy with yttrium-90 microspheres assuming uniform lung distribution.
- A first report of radioembolization for hepatic metastases from ocular melanoma.
- Computer modeling of yttrium-90-microsphere transport in the hepatic arterial tree to improve clinical outcomes.
- Computer modeling of controlled microsphere release and targeting in a representative hepatic artery system.
- Radioembolization (yttrium-90 microspheres) for primary and metastatic hepatic malignancies.
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