Dr. Joseph A Sparano MD
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
Mmc - Dept. Of Oncology 1695 Eastchester Roa Bronx NY, 10461About
Dr. Sparano is Professor of Medicine & Women's Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Associate Chairman for Clinical Research in the Department of Oncology at Montefiore Medical Center, a ...
Education and Training
New York Medical College 1982
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Phase I trial of escalating doses of paclitaxel plus doxorubicin and dexrazoxane in patients with advanced breast cancer.
- Molecular cloning of LMO41, a new human LIM domain gene.
- Doxorubicin/taxane combinations: cardiac toxicity and pharmacokinetics.
- Patterns of central nervous system recurrence in patients with systemic human immunodeficiency virus-associated non-hodgkin lymphoma.
- Taxane-based therapy for breast cancer: combination or sequential therapy?
- Primary central nervous system lymphoma.
- Special considerations regarding antiretroviral therapy and infection prophylaxis in the HIV-infected individual with cancer.
- Cardiac toxicity of trastuzumab (Herceptin): implications for the design of adjuvant trials.
- Phase I trial of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin and docetaxel in advanced breast cancer.
- Clinical aspects and management of AIDS-related lymphoma.
- Infusional CDE with rituximab for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus-associated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: preliminary results of a phase I/II study.
- Phase I/II trial of gemcitabine plus cyclophosphamide in patients with metastatic breast carcinoma previously treated with taxanes.
- Microvessel density and p53 overexpression in young women with breast cancer: a case-control study.
- Taxanes for breast cancer: an evidence-based review of randomized phase II and phase III trials.
- Predicting cancer therapy-induced cardiotoxicity: the role of troponins and other markers.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- 2008-2012 New York Super Doctors
Treatments
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Anemia
- Breast Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Wrinkle & Scar Improvement
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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