Western Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncology
Dr. Al V. Taira, MD
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Taira practices Radiation Oncology. He graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine. Stanford University School of Medicine is one of the top medical schools in the US. Stanford University School of Medicine is ranked 2 in research and 25 in primary care medicine Taira is also a published physician. He has 42 paper published. The most recent paper is: A long-term surviving patient with cancer of papilla of Vater after local resection. He accepts Medicare.
Publications
- Metformin is not associated with improved biochemical free survival or cause-specific survival in men with prostate cancer treated with permanent interstitial brachyth...
- ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Definitive External-Beam Irradiation in Stage T1 and T2 Prostate Cancer.
- Long-term outcomes of prostate cancer patients with Gleason pattern 5 treated with combined brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy.
- Prognostic importance of small prostate size in men receiving definitive prostate brachytherapy.
- 20 Gy Versus 44 Gy of Supplemental External Beam Radiotherapy with Palledium-103 for Patients with Greater Risk Disease: Results of a Prospective Randomized Trial.
- Distant Metastases Following Permanent Interstitial Brachytherapy for Patients With Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer.
- Serum Testosterone Kinetics After Brachytherapy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer.
- Long-term outcome for clinically localized prostate cancer treated with permanent interstitial brachytherapy.
- Natural history of clinically staged low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer treated with monotherapeutic permanent interstitial brachytherapy.
- Factors impacting all-cause mortality in prostate cancer brachytherapy patients with or without androgen deprivation therapy.
- Erectile function durability following permanent prostate brachytherapy.
- Pretreatment serum testosterone and androgen deprivation: effect on disease recurrence and overall survival in prostate cancer patients treated with brachytherapy.
- Detection of bone metastases: assessment of integrated FDG PET/CT imaging.
- Evaluating human papillomavirus vaccination programs.
- Cost-effectiveness of a potential vaccine for human papillomavirus.
- Impact of small prostate size on postimplant prostate dosimetry: analysis of a large community database.
- Relationship between prostate cancer mortality and number of unfavourable risk factors in men treated with definitive brachytherapy.
- Prostatic acid phosphatase adversely affects cause-specific survival in patients with intermediate to high-risk prostate cancer treated with brachytherapy.
- Performance of transperineal template-guided mapping biopsy in detecting prostate cancer in the initial and repeat biopsy setting.
- Reviving the acid phosphatase test for prostate cancer.
- Mature results from a randomized Phase II trial of cisplatin plus 5-fluorouracil and radiotherapy with or without tirapazamine in patients with resectable Stage IV hea...
- A review of 103 cases with elective repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm: an analysis of the risk factors based on postoperative complications and long-term follow-up.
- [Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis--an analysis of the risk factors for operative mortality and long-term follow-up].
- Congenital bicuspid aortic valve: analysis of 63 surgical cases.
- Repair of an acute type A dissection: fate of the remnant false lumen and preserved aortic valve.
- Clinical experience of 473 patients with the omnicarbon prosthetic heart valve.
- [Surgical treatment of primary cardiac tumors].
- [Double valve replacement with mechanical prostheses--an operative results].
- The influence of human T lymphotropic virus type I infection on the outcome of cardiovascular surgery.
- Intramural hematoma of the thoracic aorta.
- [Surgical results of valve replacement with the Björk-Shiley tilting disc valves].
- The management of patients with dissection of the descending thoracic aorta: a comparison between closing and nonclosing dissections.
- The surgical treatment of 30 patients with cardiac myxomas: a comparison of clinical features according to morphological classification.
- Preoperative autologous donation of blood for a simple cardiac anomaly: analysis of children weighing under twenty kilograms.
- Satisfaction with bispectral index monitoring of propofol-mediated sedation during endoscopic submucosal dissection: a prospective, randomized study.
- [Surgical results of valve replacement with porcine bioprostheses].
- Surgical and medical treatments of true and dissecting aortic aneurysm in cases over 65 years old.
- [Myocardial protection with cold blood potassium cardioplegia in aortic regurgitation].
- [Late results of emergency operation in acute type A dissection].
- A long-term surviving patient with cancer of papilla of Vater after local resection.
- [Natural history of patients with myocardial infarction in coronary angiographic findings].
Schools
Stanford Univ Sch Of Med
Doctors Specialties
- Radiation Oncology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Power Select HMO
- Benesys
- Blue Card PPO
- Advantage Preferred DirectAccess Plus PPO
- Select Plus HMO
- Access Plus Savenet
- Enhanced Exclusive for Small Business HMO
- Local Access Plus HMO
- Cigna HMO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Delta Health System
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- GEHA
- Blue & Gold HMO
- Covered California - Bronze PPO
- Employer Group HMO
- Health Net PPO
- Individual and Family PPO
- SmartCare HMO
- WholeCare Network HMO
- Humana
- Medicare MCR
- Kaiser PHCS Network PPO
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- MVP Health Care
- Simplifi
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- PacifiCare HMO
- United Healthcare
Education
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University of Washington -
Stanford University School of Medicine
Hospital
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El Camino Hospital -
Good Samaritan Hospital -
Mills-Peninsula Health Services
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1346322567 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | TAIRA | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | AL | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 981956340 | |
| NPPES Provider State | WA | |
| Specialty Description | Radiation Oncology | |
| Total Claim Count | 229.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 17.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 7.42 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1346322567 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | TAIRA |
| First Name Of The Provider | AL |
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