Dr. Eric Alejandro Sweet-cordero MD
Hematologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
725 Welch Rd Palo Alto CA, 94304About
Dr. Eric Sweet-cordero is a pediatric hematologist practicing in Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Sweet-cordero specializes in treating children that have a blood disease or cancer. Such blood diseases include disorders of red blood cells, white blood cells and/or platelets. The types of cancers that Dr. Sweet-cordero treats include leukemias, lymphomas and certain tumors. Dr. Sweet-cordero can also treat bleeding disorders in children. Pediatric hematologists can be found in childrens hospitals, community hospitals, university medical centers and more.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Chronic cisplatin treatment promotes enhanced damage repair and tumor progression in a mouse model of lung cancer.
- Loss of p130 accelerates tumor development in a mouse model for human small-cell lung carcinoma.
- Wilms tumor 1 (WT1) regulates KRAS-driven oncogenesis and senescence in mouse and human models.
- Cross-species functional analysis of cancer-associated fibroblasts identifies a
- Residual tumor cells that drive disease relapse after chemotherapy do not have enhanced tumor initiating capacity.
- Blocking NRG1 and other ligand-mediated Her4 signaling enhances the magnitude and duration of the chemotherapeutic response of non-small cell lung cancer.
- Mathematical modeling of tumor cell proliferation kinetics and label retention in a mouse model of lung cancer.
- The phosphatase PP2A links glutamine to the tumor suppressor p53.
- Two is better than one: combining IGF1R and MEK blockade as a promising novel treatment strategy against KRAS-mutant lung cancer.
- A rare population of CD24(+)ITGB4(+)Notch(hi) cells drives tumor propagation in NSCLC and requires Notch3 for self-renewal.
- Upregulation of the microRNA cluster at the Dlk1-Dio3 locus in lung adenocarcinoma.
- A meta-analysis of lung cancer gene expression identifies PTK7 as a survival gene in lung adenocarcinoma.
- Long noncoding RNA EWSAT1-mediated gene repression facilitates Ewing sarcoma oncogenesis.
- Combined inhibition of BET family proteins and histone deacetylases as a potential epigenetics-based therapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
- An Arntl2-Driven Secretome Enables Lung Adenocarcinoma Metastatic Self-Sufficiency.
Awards
- Innovative Research Award, SU2C 2011-2014
- Scholar Award, Rita Allen Foundation 2008-2011
- Clinical Scientist Development Award, Doris Duke Foundation 2007-2010
- Sidney Kimmel Scholar, Sidney Kimmel Foundation 2006-2008
- member, American Society for Clinical Investigation 2010
Fellowships
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute MA 2002
- Boston Children's/Dana Farber Hematology and Oncology 2002
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 2002
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