Dr. Heather Fraser West MD
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
777 BANNOCK ST DENVER CO, 80204About
Dr. Heather West is an oncologist practicing in Bend, OR. Dr. West specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. West 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.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Some effects of long-continued cortisone therapy in rheumatoid arthritis.
- Assessment of adrenocortical activity by assay of 17-ketogenic steroids in urine.
- Cortisone and rheumatoid disease.
- Purified ACTH gel control of therapy in rheumatoid patients.
- Ankylosing spondylitis and prolonged ACTH therapy.
- Cortisone acetate v. cortisol in the treatment of rheumatoid disease.
- Ankylosing spondylitis.
- Acquired resistance to corticotropins.
- Corticosteroid metabolism and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Effects of prolonged adrenocortical stimulation on patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
- Corticosteroid metabolism and the rheumatic diseases.
- Use of the intramuscular route for prednisolone acetate therapy.
- Protein metabolism during corticosteroid therapy.
- Functional and vocational recovery in severe poliomyelitis.
- Corticosteroid therapy in childhood.
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