Dr. Sewa S Legha MD
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
6624 Fannin Suite 1440 Houston TX, 77030About
Dr. Sewa Legha is an oncologist practicing in Houston, TX. Dr. Legha specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Legha manages and oversees the treatment of a cancer patient after he or she has been diagnosed with the disease. Oncologists will care for their patients throughout the course of the disease. Types of oncologists include medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, gynecologic oncologists, pediatric oncologists and hematologist oncologists.
Education and Training
Christian Medical College 1971
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Antiestrogens in the treatment of breast cancer.
- Phase II trial of doxil for patients with metastatic melanoma refractory to frontline therapy.
- Phase II trial of escalated dose of tirapazamine combined with cisplatin in advanced malignant melanoma.
- Pilot study of intra-arterial cisplatin and intravenous vinblastine and dacarbazine in patients with melanoma in-transit metastases.
- Uveal melanoma: natural history and treatment options for metastatic disease.
- A phase II study of "decrescendo" interleukin-2 plus interferon-alpha-2a in patients with progressive metastatic melanoma after chemotherapy.
- Vulvar melanoma at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center: 25 years later.
- Efficacy of ondansetron against nausea and vomiting caused by dacarbazine-containing chemotherapy.
- Phase II study of thalidomide in patients with metastatic melanoma.
- Treatment of brain metastases from melanoma.
- Spontaneous rupture of spleen in a patient with splenic metastasis of melanoma. A case report.
- A phase II open-label trial of apomine (SR-45023A) in patients with refractory melanoma.
- Multicenter phase III randomized trial of polychemotherapy (CVD regimen) versus the same chemotherapy (CT) plus subcutaneous interleukin-2 and interferon-alpha2b in metastatic melanoma.
- Cutaneous melanoma.
- Immunological properties of melanoma tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes before and after IL-2-based biotherapies.
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