Dr. Alan B Weitberg M.D.
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
820 Harrison Ave Fgh 1 Boston MA, 02118Rating
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Dr. Alan Weitberg is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Weitberg 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.
Education and Training
Umdnj-New Jersey Med Sch- Newark Nj 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Hematology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The effect of epigallocatechin galleate and sarcophytol A on DNA strand breakage induced by tobacco-specific nitrosamines and stimulated human phagocytes.
- High-dose intravenous zidovudine with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin. A phase I trial.
- Stem cells in medicine: designing the clinical research.
- Cytarabine plus idarubicin or daunorubicin as induction and consolidation therapy for previously untreated adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
- The antioxidant effect of lovastatin on phagocyte-induced DNA damage: implications for cancer prevention.
- A phase I/II trial of beta-(1,3)/(1,6) D-glucan in the treatment of patients with advanced malignancies receiving chemotherapy.
- Role of calcium/ magnesium infusion in oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy for colorectal cancer patients.
- Clinical pharmacokinetics of 3-day continuous infusion cisplatin and daily bolus 5-fluorouracil.
- Hydroxy- and hydroperoxy-6,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acids induce sister chromatid exchanges in cultured mammalian cells.
- Niacin prevents DNA strand breakage by adenosine deaminase inhibitors.
- Translocation of chromosomes 16 and 18 in oxygen radical-transformed human lung fibroblasts.
- Hydroxy- and hydroperoxy-6,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acids induce DNA strand breaks in human lymphocytes.
- Effect of combinations of antioxidants on phagocyte-induced sister-chromatid exchanges.
- A phase I/II trial of 5-fluorouracil and etoposide in metastatic colorectal carcinoma.
- Non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation and cancer--is there a relationship?
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