Dr. Frank J Brescia MD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
171 Ashley Ave Charleston SC, 29425About
Dr. Frank Brescia is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Charleston, SC. Dr. Brescia 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
Rutgers 1968
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Reason, courage, and grace: notes of a death watcher.
- Irinotecan in the management of patients with pancreatic cancer.
- Semiallogeneic cancer vaccines formulated with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor for patients with metastatic gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas: a pilot phase I study.
- Docetaxel followed by gemcitabine and irinotecan in solid tumors.
- Irinotecan/gemcitabine combination chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer.
- Killing the known dying: notes of a death watcher.
- Lung cancer--a philosophical, ethical, and personal perspective.
- Palliative care in pancreatic cancer.
- Philosophical oncology: on being needed--thoughts of a deathwatcher.
- The goals and challenges of palliative care: thoughts of a deathwatcher.
- Killing the known dying: notes of a death watcher.
- Philosophical oncology: calling on the principle of double effect.
- Comfort for patients with advanced cancer.
- Clinitron therapy and pain management in advanced cancer patients.
- Hospitalized advanced cancer patients: a profile.
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Breast Cancer
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