Dr. Christopher N. Frantz MD
Hematologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
A. I. Dupont Hospital For Children 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington DE, 19803Rating
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About
Dr. Christopher Frantz is a pediatric hematologist practicing in Wilmington, DE. Dr. Frantz 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. Frantz treats include leukemias, lymphomas and certain tumors. Dr. Frantz can also treat bleeding disorders in children. Pediatric hematologists can be found in childrens hospitals, community hospitals, university medical centers and more.
Education and Training
Albert Einstein Medicine
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology- 1990
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD- 1977
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Phosphoinositide 3-hydroxide kinase blockade enhances apoptosis in the Ewing's sarcoma family of tumors.
- Factors affecting metabolism and mutagenicity of dimethylnitrosamine and diethylnitrosamine.
- Inhibition of N-myc expression and induction of apoptosis by iron chelation in human neuroblastoma cells.
- Bromodeoxyuridine resistance induced in mouse lymphoma cells by microsomal activation of dimethylnitrosamine.
- Bromodeoxyuridine resistance induced in mouse lymphoma cells by microsomal activation of dimethylnitrosamine.
- The quantitative microsomal mutagenesis assay method.
- Effect of IL-1 on experimental bone/bone-marrow metastases.
- Incidence and distribution of experimental metastases in mutant mice with defective organ microenvironments (genotypes Sl/Sld and W/Wv).
- An 80,000-kd glycoprotein cell surface antigen found only on nonhematopoietic cells in human bone marrow.
- Complement depletion in vitro limits monoclonal antibody 6-19-dependent complement-mediated killing of tumor cells in bone marrow.
- Vascular anatomy and organ-specific tumor growth as critical factors in the
- Regulation of N-myc gene expression in human neuroblastoma.
- Pathogenesis of vertebral metastasis and epidural spinal cord compression.
- Experimental bone and bone marrow metastasis in laboratory animals.
- Liver failure due to hepatic angiosarcoma in an adolescent with dyskeratosis congenita.
Clinical Trials
- Response and Biology-Based Risk Factor-Guided Therapy in Treating Younger Patients With Non-high Risk Neuroblastoma
- Assessing Compliance With Mercaptopurine Treatment in Younger Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in First Remission
- Maintenance Chemotherapy or Observation Following Induction Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Ependymoma
- Study of Kidney Tumors in Younger Patients
- Neuropsychological and Behavioral Testing in Younger Patients With Cancer
Awards
- 2012 Philadelphia Super Doctors
Fellowships
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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