Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Radiation Oncology
Dr. John B. Fiveash, MD
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John B. Fiveash, MD works in the field of Radiation Oncology. He studied medicine at Medical College of Georgia. He over the years received 3 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer" and "Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". John B. Fiveash is a published doctor. He has 55 publications published. The most current publication "Cognitive predictors of understanding treatment decisions in patients with newly diagnosed brain metastasis." He accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- In Reply: Volumetric Arc Therapy (RapidArc) vs Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Multiple Brain Metastases.
- Cognitive predictors of understanding treatment decisions in patients with newly diagnosed brain metastasis.
- Prolonged treatment with bevacizumab is associated with brain atrophy: a pilot study in patients with high-grade gliomas.
- Capacity of patients with brain metastases to make treatment decisions.
- Reduced Radiation Tolerance of Penile Structures Associated With Dose-escalated Hypofractionated Prostate Radiotherapy.
- Cognition in patients with newly diagnosed brain metastasis: profiles and implications.
- Comparison of Plan Quality and Delivery Time between Volumetric Arc Therapy (RapidArc) and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Multiple Cranial Metastases.
- Beam geometry selection using sequential beam addition.
- PSA response to neoadjuvant androgen deprivation is an independent prognostic marker and may identify patients who benefit from treatment escalation.
- A Phase I trial of Oncolytic HSV-1, G207, Given in Combination with Radiation for Recurrent GBM demonstrates Safety and Radiographic Responses.
- Efficacy and toxicity of conventionally fractionated pelvic radiation with a hypofractionated simultaneous versus conventionally fractionated sequential boost for pati...
- The effect of tumor subtype on the time from primary diagnosis to development of brain metastases and survival in patients with breast Cancer.
- Treatment of Children With Glioblastoma With Conformal Radiation, Temozolomide, and Bevacizumab as Adjuncts to Surgical Resection.
- Hypofractionated Prostate Radiotherapy with or without Conventionally Fractionated Nodal Irradiation: Clinical Toxicity Observations and Retrospective Daily Dosimetry.
- Stereotactic radiosurgical treatment of brain metastasis of primary tumors that rarely metastasize to the central nervous system.
- TU-E-BRB-11: End-To-End Positioning Quality Assurance for Image-Guided Radiosurgery of Multiple Targets Using a Single-Isocenter.
- SU-E-T-631: Beam Geometry Selection Using Sequential Beam Addition.
- Summary Report on the Graded Prognostic Assessment: An Accurate and Facile Diagnosis-Specific Tool to Estimate Survival for Patients With Brain Metastases.
- Reply to drs. Mulvenna and holt.
- Effect of Tumor Subtype on Survival and the Graded Prognostic Assessment for Patients With Breast Cancer and Brain Metastases.
- Diagnosis-specific prognostic factors, indexes, and treatment outcomes for patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases: a multi-institutional analysis of 4,259 pati...
- RapidArc radiation therapy: first year experience at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
- Stereotactic body radiation therapy for liver metastases and primary hepatocellular carcinoma: normal tissue tolerances and toxicity.
- A phase 1 trial of ABT-510 concurrent with standard chemoradiation for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma.
- Feasibility of single-isocenter volumetric modulated arc radiosurgery for treatment of multiple brain metastases.
- Bi- and tri-exponential fitting to TG-43 radial dose functions of brachytherapy sources based on a genetic algorithm.
- Adjuvant whole brain radiotherapy: strong emotions decide but rationale studies are needed: in regard to Brown et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2008;70:1305-1309)....
- Development of an accelerated GVF semi-automatic contouring algorithm for radiotherapy treatment planning.
- Enhancement of glioma radiotherapy and chemotherapy response with targeted antibody therapy against death receptor 5.
- Prognostic factors and preoperative radiation therapy associated with sphincter preservation in patients with resectable rectal Cancer.
- Predictors of distant brain recurrence for patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgery alone.
- An imrt technique to increase therapeutic ratio of breast irradiation in patients with early-stage left breast Cancer: limiting second malignancies.
- Hitting a moving target: evolution of a treatment paradigm for atypical meningiomas amid changing diagnostic criteria.
- Vacuum-assisted closure for radiation-associated wound complications.
- Effect of beam number on organ-at-risk sparing in dynamic multileaf collimator delivery of intensity modulated radiation therapy.
- A dosimetric comparison of electronic compensation, conventional intensity modulated radiotherapy, and tomotherapy in patients with early-stage carcinoma of the left b...
- Intensity modulation with respiratory gating for radiotherapy of the pleural space.
- Phase I single-dose study of intracavitary-administered iodine-131-TM-601 in adults with recurrent high-grade glioma.
- Preoperative radiation therapy with selective dose escalation to the margin at risk for retroperitoneal sarcoma.
- Dosimetric and radiobiological impact of dose fractionation on respiratory motion induced IMRT delivery errors: a volumetric dose measurement study.
- Simultaneous optimization of sequential IMRT plans.
- IMRT dose escalation for positive para-aortic lymph nodes in patients with locally advanced cervical Cancer while reducing dose to bone marrow and other organs at risk.
- Radionecrosis of the inferior occipital lobes with altitudinal visual field loss after gamma knife radiosurgery.
- Refining the staging evaluation of pineal region germinoma using neuroendoscopy and the presence of preoperative diabetes insipidus.
- Adenoviral vector-mediated augmentation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFr) enhances the radiosensitization properties of anti-EGFr treatment in prostate Cancer...
- Anti-EGFR-mediated radiosensitization as a result of augmented EGFR expression.
- Validation of target volume and position in respiratory gated CT planning and treatment.
- Dosimetric effect of respiration-gated beam on IMRT delivery.
- Bulb of penis as a marker for prostatic apex in external beam radiotherapy of prostate Cancer.
- Role of radiation therapy and radiosurgery in glioblastoma multiforme.
- Different rectal toxicity tolerance with and without simultaneous conventionally-fractionated pelvic lymph node treatment in patients receiving hypofractionated prosta...
- Patterns of failure for glioblastoma multiforme following limited-margin radiation and concurrent temozolomide.
- Effects of flattening filter-free and volumetric-modulated arc therapy delivery on treatment efficiency.
- Flattening filter-free linac improves treatment delivery efficiency in stereotactic body radiation therapy.
Schools
Medical College Of Georgia School Of Medicine
Med College Of Ga Hospital and Cli
Mem Health University Med Center
Conditions Treated
- Pituitary Gland Cancer
Doctors Specialties
- Radiation Oncology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
Education
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Medical College of Georgia -
Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Alabama Hospital -
Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center -
Children's of Alabama -
Cooper Green Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1700820339 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | FIVEASH | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | JOHN | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 35233 | |
| NPPES Provider State | AL | |
| Specialty Description | Radiation Oncology | |
| Total Claim Count | 122.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1700820339 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | FIVEASH |
| First Name Of The Provider | JOHN |
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