Proton Therapy
Radiation Oncology
Dr. Allan F. Thornton Jr., MD
Doctor Allan F. Thornton Jr., MD works in the field of Radiation Oncology. He studied medicine at University of Virginia School of Medicine. Allan F. Thornton Jr., MD is a published doctor. He published 38 publications, including: 'Results of re-irradiation of primary intracranial neoplasms with three-dimensional conformal therapy.' He is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- Validation of dosimetric field matching accuracy from proton therapy using a robotic patient positioning system.
- Hyperacute neuropathological findings after proton beam radiosurgery of the rat hippocampus.
- The dentist's role in an emerging Cancer treatment technology.
- Radiosurgery of the rat hippocampus: magnetic resonance imaging, neurophysiological, histological, and behavioral studies.
- In vivo 3-T MR spectroscopy in the distinction of recurrent glioma versus radiation effects: initial experience.
- Proton beam stereotactic radiosurgery of vestibular schwannomas.
- Neuroendocrine tumors of the sinonasal tract. Results of a prospective study incorporating chemotherapy, surgery, and combined proton-photon radiotherapy.
- Visual outcome of accelerated fractionated radiation for advanced sinonasal malignancies employing photons/protons.
- Dose-escalation with proton/photon irradiation for Daumas-Duport lower-grade glioma: results of an institutional phase I/II trial.
- Benign meningioma: partially resected, biopsied, and recurrent intracranial tumors treated with combined proton and photon radiotherapy.
- Successful treatment of esthesioneuroblastoma and neuroendocrine carcinoma with combined chemotherapy and proton radiation. Results in 9 cases.
- Accelerated fractionated proton/photon irradiation to 90 cobalt gray equivalent for glioblastoma multiforme: results of a phase II prospective trial.
- Results of primary and adjuvant CT-based 3-dimensional radiotherapy for malignant tumors of the paranasal sinuses.
- The clinical utility of magnetic resonance imaging in 3-dimensional treatment planning of brain neoplasms.
- Management of atypical and malignant meningiomas: role of high-dose, 3D-conformal radiation therapy.
- A precision cranial immobilization system for conformal stereotactic fractionated radiation therapy.
- Comparison of proton and x-ray conformal dose distributions for radiosurgery applications.
- Spinal cord astrocytoma: response to PCV chemotherapy.
- Procarbazine, lomustine, and vincristine (PCV) chemotherapy for grade III and grade IV oligoastrocytomas.
- FDG hypermetabolism associated with inflammatory necrotic changes following radiation of meningioma.
- Management of anterior cranial base and cavernous sinus neoplasms with conservative surgery alone or in combination with fractionated photon or stereotactic proton rad...
- Intra-arterial bromodeoxyuridine radiosensitization of malignant gliomas.
- Spinal cord astrocytomas: results of therapy.
- Results of re-irradiation of primary intracranial neoplasms with three-dimensional conformal therapy.
- Recommendations for treatment of brain metastases.
- Chemotherapy followed by accelerated fractionated radiation for larynx preservation in patients with advanced laryngeal Cancer.
- Three-dimensional motion analysis of an improved head immobilization system for simulation, CT, MRI, and PET imaging.
- A quantitative assessment of the addition of MRI to CT-based, 3-D treatment planning of brain tumors.
- Three-dimensional treatment planning of astrocytomas: a dosimetric study of cerebral irradiation.
- A head immobilization system for radiation simulation, CT, MRI, and PET imaging.
- Olfactory neuroblastoma: the results of modern treatment approaches at the University of Michigan.
- Intensive induction chemotherapy and radiation for organ preservation in patients with advanced resectable head and neck carcinoma.
- Technical advances in radiotherapy of head and neck tumors.
- Automated determination of patient setup errors in radiation therapy using spherical radio-opaque markers.
- Radiation-induced optic neuropathy: correlation of MR imaging and radiation dosimetry.
- Malignant astrocytomas: focal tumor recurrence after focal external beam radiation therapy.
- Neoadjuvant therapy for organ preservation in head and neck Cancer.
Schools
University of Virginia Main Campus
Hennepin County Med Center
Princess Margaret Hospital
Conditions Treated
- Pituitary Gland Cancer
- Vulvar Cancer
Doctors Specialties
Accepted Insurances
Education
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Hennepin County Medical Center
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University of Virginia School of Medicine
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