
Dr. Janet K. Horton MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Janet Horton practices Radiation Oncology in San Francisco, CA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Horton 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.
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Radiosensitization of chemotherapy-refractory, locally advanced or locally recurrent breast cancer with trastuzumab: a phase II trial.
- Preoperative single fraction partial breast radiotherapy for early-stage breast cancer.
- Oncology scan--breast cancers.
- Radiotherapy after mastectomy.
- Dosimetric comparison of 3D conformal, IMRT, and V-MAT techniques for accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI).
- Treatment planning technique in patients receiving postmastectomy radiation therapy.
- Oncology scan--quality of life and patient perspectives during breast radiation therapy.
- Dosimetric comparison of preoperative single-fraction partial breast radiotherapy techniques: 3D CRT, noncoplanar IMRT, coplanar IMRT, and VMAT.
- Exercise behavior and patient-reported outcomes in women with early breast cancer receiving locoregional radiation therapy.
- A phase 1 trial of preoperative partial breast radiation therapy: Patient selection, target delineation, and dose delivery.
- Assessment of Treatment Response With Diffusion-Weighted MRI and Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI in Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Treated With Single-Dose Preoperative Radiotherapy: Initial Results.
- Prognostic significance of differential expression of angiogenic genes in women with high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma.
- FAS Death Receptor: A Breast Cancer Subtype-Specific Radiation Response Biomarker and Potential Therapeutic Target.
- Postmastectomy Conundrum.
Dr. Janet K. Horton MD's Practice location
UCSF Medical Center San Francisco
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 -San Francisco, CA 94143Get Direction
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