Dr. Mark J Ratain MD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
180 Harvester Dr Suite 110 Willowbrook IL, 60527About
Dr. Mark Ratain is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Willowbrook, IL. Dr. Ratain specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood diseases such as anemia, hemophilia, sickle-cell disease, leukemia and lymphoma. Hematologist Oncologists are also trained in the study of cancer and its attack on other organs.
Education and Training
Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1980
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Phenotype-genotype correlation of in vitro SN-38 (active metabolite of irinotecan) and bilirubin glucuronidation in human liver tissue with UGT1A1 promoter polymorphism.
- Drug combinations: dangerous liaisons or great expectations?
- Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of 9-aminocamptothecin infused over 72 hours in phase II studies.
- A Phase I study of raltitrexed and paclitaxel given every 3 weeks to patients with solid tumors.
- Anticancer agents targeting signaling molecules and cancer cell environment: challenges for drug development?
- 5-fluorouracil pharmacokinetics: causes for variability and strategies for modulation in cancer chemotherapy.
- Development of target-based antineoplastic agents.
- Development of a schedule-dependent population pharmacodynamic model for rhizoxin without quantitation of plasma concentrations.
- A phase I study of liposomal doxorubicin (Doxil) with topotecan.
- Phase I and pharmacokinetic trial of gemcitabine in patients with hepatic or renal dysfunction: Cancer and Leukemia Group B 9565.
- Phase I clinical and pharmacological study of O6-benzylguanine followed by carmustine in patients with advanced cancer.
- Insights into the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of irinotecan.
- Flavopiridol metabolism in cancer patients is associated with the occurrence of diarrhea.
- Chronic daily low dose of 4-methyl-5-(2-pyrazinyl)-1,2-dithiole-3-thione (Oltipraz) in patients with previously resected colon polyps and first degree female relatives of breast cancer patients.
- Pharmacogenetics: a tool for individualizing antineoplastic therapy.
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