Dr. William S Velasquez M. D.
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
7737 Southwest Fwy Suite 575 Houston TX, 77074Rating
3/5
About
Dr. William Velasquez is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Houston, TX. Dr. Velasquez 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
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Facultad de Medicina San Fernando 1968
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pegaspargase versus asparaginase in adult ALL: a pharmacoeconomic assessment.
- Rituximab therapy in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia: preliminary evidence of clinical activity.
- Translocation (15;17) and trisomy 21 in the microgranular variant of acute promyelocytic leukemia.
- Topotecan, Ara-C, cisplatin and prednisolone (TOPOSHAP) for patients with refractory and relapsing lymphomas: results of a phase I trial.
- Radiotherapy during pregnancy for clinical stages IA-IIA Hodgkin's disease.
- Stomach conservation in stages IE and IIE gastric non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Prognostic value of serum beta-2 microglobulin in low-grade lymphoma.
- Prognostic factors in aggressive lymphoma.
- Tumor burden assessment and its implication for a prognostic model in advanced diffuse large-cell lymphoma.
- Thyroid lymphomas stages IE and IIE: comparative results for radiotherapy only, combination chemotherapy only, and multimodality treatment.
- Prognostic factors for Stage IV Hodgkin's disease treated with MOPP, with or without bleomycin.
- Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
- Etoposide, dexamethasone, cytarabine, and cisplatin in vincristine, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone-refractory myeloma.
- The adjuvant role of two cycles of MOPP and low-dose lung irradiation in stage IA through IIB Hodgkin's disease: preliminary results.
- The gene located at chromosome 18 band q21 is rearranged in uncultured diffuse lymphomas as well as follicular lymphomas.
Treatments
- Anemia
- Breast Cancer
- Cirrhosis
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Lymphoma
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (dvt)
- Thyroid Cancer
- Permanent Removal Of Ingrown Toenails
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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