Dr. Leland Jay Foshag M.D.
Surgical Oncologist | Surgical Oncology
11818 Wilshire Blvd Suite 200 Los Angeles CA, 90025Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Leland Foshag is a surgical oncologist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Foshag specializes in diagnosing, staging and treating cancer-related symptoms. Surgical oncologists also decide if the patient is a candidate for surgery or other cancer treatments based on certain factors such as age, physical fitness and other possible coexisting medical conditions
Education and Training
Ohio State University College of Medicine 1975
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Radiofrequency ablation: a novel primary and adjunctive ablative technique for hepatic malignancies.
- Radiofrequency ablation of 231 unresectable hepatic tumors: indications, limitations, and complications.
- Focused examination of sentinel lymph nodes upstages early colorectal carcinoma.
- Validation of lymphatic mapping in colorectal cancer: in vivo, ex vivo, and laparoscopic techniques.
- Systemic irinotecan and regional floxuridine after hepatic cytoreduction in 185 patients with unresectable colorectal cancer metastases.
- Active immunotherapy by reinduction with a polyvalent allogeneic cell vaccine correlates with improved survival in recurrent metastatic melanoma.
- Systemic irinotecan or regional floxuridine chemotherapy prolongs survival after hepatic cryosurgery in patients with metastatic colon cancer refractory to 5-fluorouracil.
- Radiofrequency ablation in 447 complex unresectable liver tumors: lessons learned.
- Role of sentinel lymphadenectomy in thin invasive cutaneous melanomas.
- Is sentinel lymph node mapping indicated for isolated local and in-transit recurrent melanoma?
- Prolonged survival after complete resection of metastases from intraocular melanoma.
- Technical details of intraoperative lymphatic mapping for early stage melanoma.
- Sentinel lymphadenectomy does not increase the incidence of in-transit metastases in primary melanoma.
- Colorectal cancer screening and surveillance: current standards and future trends.
- Natural history of melanoma in 773 patients with tumor-negative sentinel lymph nodes.
Treatments
- Melanoma
- Skin Cancer
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