Dr. Taofeek Kunkle Owonikoko M.D.
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
200 Delafield Rd Suite 3050 Pittsburgh PA, 15215About
Dr. Taofeek Owonikoko is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Owonikoko specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood diseases such as anemia, hemophilia, sickle-cell disease, leukemia and lymphoma. Hematologist Oncologists are also trained in the study of cancer and its attack on other organs.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Hematology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Colorectal neoplasms: a retrospective study.
- Small cell lung cancer in elderly patients: a review.
- The role of targeted agents in the treatment of elderly patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
- Unusual suspects: pulmonary opportunistic infections masquerading as tumor metastasis in a patient with adrenocorticotropic hormone-producing pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer.
- Upholding the principles of autonomy, beneficence, and justice in phase I clinical trials.
- Altered glutamine metabolism and therapeutic opportunities for lung cancer.
- Taxanes: vesicants, irritants, or just irritating?
- HPV-associated lung cancers: an international pooled analysis.
- Small cell lung cancer: therapies and targets.
- Bcl2 inhibits recruitment of Mre11 complex to DNA double-strand breaks in response to high-linear energy transfer radiation.
- Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene alteration in signet ring cell carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Inhibitors of mTOR pathway for cancer therapy, moving on from rapalogs to TORKinibs.
- Biomarkers and targeted systemic therapies in advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
- Trends, predictors, and impact of systemic chemotherapy in small cell lung cancer patients between 1985 and 2005.
- Systemic treatment and management approaches for medullary thyroid cancer.
Clinical Trials
- Pegzilarginase and Pembrolizumab for Extensive Disease Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Rovalpituzumab Tesirine in Delta-Like Protein 3-Expressing Advanced Solid Tumors
- Phase 1/1b Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of CPI-444 Alone and in Combination With Atezolizumab in Advanced Cancers
- Screening Protocol for Tumor Antigen Expression Profiling and HLA Typing for Eligibility Determination
- MAGE A10????T for Advanced NSCLC
- Study of the Glutaminase Inhibitor CB-839 in Solid Tumors
- Dinutuximab and Irinotecan Versus Irinotecan to Treat Subjects With Relapsed or Refractory Small Cell Lung Cancer
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