Medical Director Lakewood Ranch Oncology a division of 21st Century Oncology
Radiation Oncology
Dr. John E. Sylvester, MD
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John E. Sylvester, MD is an expert in the field of Radiation Oncology. He went to medical school at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is a top medical university. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is ranked 13/7 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received awards:"Sarasota Magazine: Top Doctors" and "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Doctor John E. Sylvester, MD has written publications. He has 38 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Reduction of radioactive seed embolization to the lung following prostate brachytherapy.' He is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Fifteen-Year Biochemical Relapse-Free Survival, Cause-Specific Survival, and Overall Survival following I(125) Prostate Brachytherapy in Clinically Localized Prostate ...
- Optimal equations for describing the relationship between Prostate volume, number of sources, and total activity in permanent Prostate brachytherapy.
- Prostate tumor alignment and continuous, real-time adaptive radiation therapy using electromagnetic fiducials: clinical and cost-utility analyses.
- Permanent Prostate brachytherapy preplanned technique: The modern Seattle method step-by-step and dosimetric outcomes.
- Inter-institutional variation of implant activity for permanent Prostate brachytherapy.
- 15-Year biochemical relapse free survival in clinical Stage T1-T3 prostate Cancer following combined external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy; Seattle experience.
- Interstitial implant alone or in combination with external beam radiation therapy for intermediate-risk prostate Cancer: a survey of practice patterns in the United St...
- Second malignancies after prostate brachytherapy: incidence of Bladder and colorectal cancers in patients with 15 years of potential follow-up.
- High-dose-rate versus low-dose-rate monotherapy in the treatment of localized prostate Cancer. The case for high-dose-rate monotherapy: An up and coming treatment opti...
- Technical improvement in permanent seed implantation: a two-stage brachytherapy system. Description and comparison with current technique.
- Ten-year biochemical relapse-free survival after external beam radiation and brachytherapy for localized prostate Cancer: the Seattle experience.
- Brachytherapy for carcinoma of the Prostate: techniques, patient selection, and clinical outcomes.
- First report on the use of a thinner (125)I radioactive seed within 20-gauge needles for permanent radioactive seed Prostate brachytherapy: evaluation of postimplant d...
- Factors predicting the use of breast-conserving therapy in stage I and II breast carcinoma.
- Technical considerations in the use of prophylactic radiation therapy to prevent heterotopic bone formation.
- Advances in brachytherapy.
- The use of postoperative irradiation for the prevention of heterotopic bone formation after total hip replacement.
- The effect of pro-qura case volume on post-implant Prostate dosimetry.
- Interstitial implantation techniques in prostate Cancer.
- Postoperative irradiation for the prevention of heterotopic bone: analysis of different dose schedules and shielding considerations.
- Does brachytherapy have a role in the treatment of prostate Cancer?
- Prostate brachytherapy seed identification on post-implant TRUS images.
- Should brachytherapy be considered a therapeutic option in localized prostate Cancer?
- Influence of Pro-Qura-generated plans on postimplant dosimetric quality: a review of a multi-institutional database.
- Outcomes after Prostate brachytherapy are even better than predicted.
- Interstitial iodine-125 radiation without adjuvant therapy in the treatment of clinically localized Prostate carcinoma.
- Brachytherapy for clinically localized prostate Cancer: results at 7- and 8-year follow-up.
- Postimplant rectal dosimetry is not dependent on 103Pd or 125I seed activity.
- Initial analysis of Pro-Qura: a multi-institutional database of Prostate brachytherapy dosimetry.
- Analysis of the Pro-Qura Database: rectal dose, implant quality, and brachytherapist's experience.
- The role of androgen ablation in patients with biochemical or local failure after definitive radiation therapy: a survey of practice patterns of urologists and radiati...
- Short-course androgen ablation combined with external-beam radiation therapy and low-dose-rate permanent brachytherapy in early-stage prostate Cancer: a matched subset...
- Transient elevation of serum prostate-specific antigen following (125)I/(103)Pd brachytherapy for localized prostate Cancer.
- Reduction of radioactive seed embolization to the lung following Prostate brachytherapy.
- Palladium-103 brachytherapy for Prostate carcinoma.
- Effects of the time interval between Prostate brachytherapy and postimplant dosimetric evaluation in community practice: analysis of the Pro-Qura database.
- 10-year biochemical (prostate-specific antigen) control of prostate Cancer with (125)I brachytherapy.
Schools
David Geffen School Of Medicine At UCLA University Of California Los Angeles
Huntington Memorial Hospital
University Of California Los Angeles
University Of California At Santa Barbara
Procedures Preformed
- Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)
- Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
- Prostate Brachytherapy
- Prostate Radioactive Seed Implants
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Conditions Treated
- Bladder Cancer
- Metastatic Cancer
- Metastatic Prostate Cancer
- Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
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Doctors Specialties
- Radiation Oncology
Accepted Insurances
- Choice Plus POS II
- Assurant Health
- Blue Card PPO
- Cigna
- Health Net PPO
- Humana
- Medicare MCR
- PHCS Network PPO
- ODS Health Plan
- Heritage Plus
- Personal Option EPO
- Preferred Provider Network
- Choice Plus POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
- WellPoint
Awards
- Sarasota Magazine: Top Doctors
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
Education
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UCLA Medical Center -
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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