Dr. Alec C Kimmelman MD PHD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
160 E 34TH ST NEW YORK NY, 10016Rating
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About
Dr. Alec Kimmelman practices Radiation Oncology in Boston, MA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Kimmelman 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.
Education and Training
Mount Sinai School of Medicine 2003
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR- 2009
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Differential roles of Akt, Rac, and Ral in R-Ras-mediated cellular transformation, adhesion, and survival.
- R-Ras3, a brain-specific Ras-related protein, activates Akt and promotes cell survival in PC12 cells.
- Regulation of PTEN binding to MAGI-2 by two putative phosphorylation sites at threonine 382 and 383.
- KLF6, a candidate tumor suppressor gene mutated in prostate cancer.
- Small GTPases and tyrosine kinases coregulate a molecular switch in the phosphoinositide 3-kinase regulatory subunit.
- R-Ras3/M-Ras induces neuronal differentiation of PC12 cells through cell-type-specific activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade.
- Characterization of R-ras3/m-ras null mice reveals a potential role in trophic factor signaling.
- Common and distinct genomic events in sporadic colorectal cancer and diverse cancer types.
- Pancreatic cancers require autophagy for tumor growth.
- A critical role for autophagy in pancreatic cancer.
- The dynamic nature of autophagy in cancer.
- Targeting autophagy addiction in cancer.
- Inhibition of non-homologous end joining repair impairs pancreatic cancer growth and enhances radiation response.
- PARI overexpression promotes genomic instability and pancreatic tumorigenesis.
- Glutamine supports pancreatic cancer growth through a KRAS-regulated metabolic pathway.
Treatments
- Pancreatic Cancer
Experience & Accolades
- Professor, Department of Radiation OncologyNYU Langone Medical Center
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