Dr. Lee Jay Helman MD
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
7600 Shadywood Rd Bethesda MD, 20817About
Dr. Lee Helman is an oncologist practicing in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Helman specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Helman 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
Univ of Md Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1980
University of Maryland School of Medicine 1980
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Diminished G1 checkpoint after gamma-irradiation and altered cell cycle regulation by insulin-like growth factor II overexpression.
- Rhabdomyosarcoma--working out the pathways.
- Inguinal hernia in patients with Ewing sarcoma: a clue to etiology.
- Targeting tumor specific translocations in sarcomas in pediatric patients for immunotherapy.
- XAGE-1, a new gene that is frequently expressed in Ewing's sarcoma.
- Targeting pediatric malignancies for T cell-mediated immune responses.
- High-dose chemotherapy for rhabdomyosarcoma: where do we go from here.
- Immunomagnetic purging of Ewing's sarcoma from blood and bone marrow: quantitation by real-time polymerase chain reaction.
- Antigenicity of fusion proteins from sarcoma-associated chromosomal translocations.
- Seven BMPs and all their receptors are simultaneously expressed in osteosarcoma cells.
- Pilot trial of tumor-specific peptide vaccination and continuous infusion interleukin-2 in patients with recurrent Ewing sarcoma and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma: an inter-institute NIH study.
- A randomized controlled trial of octreotide pamoate long-acting release and carboplatin versus carboplatin alone in dogs with naturally occurring osteosarcoma: evaluation of insulin-like growth factor suppression and chemotherapy.
- Effect of insulin-like growth factor II on protecting myoblast cells against cisplatin-induced apoptosis through p70 S6 kinase pathway.
- Treatment of metastatic osteosarcoma with the somatostatin analog OncoLar: significant reduction of insulin-like growth factor-1 serum levels.
- Focus on sarcomas.
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