
Dr. Carla I Falkson MD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
619 19th Street South Birmingham AL, 35233About
Dr. Carla Falkson is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Falkson 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.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Carcinoma of unknown primary site--leave it unknown.
- A phase II evaluation of clofazimine plus doxorubicin in advanced, unresectable primary hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Phase II trial of doxorubicin and paclitaxel plus granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in metastatic breast cancer: an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Study.
- Treatment of squamous cell esophageal cancer with topotecan: an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Study (E2293).
- Phase II trial of doxorubicin and docetaxel plus granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in metastatic breast cancer: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Study E1196.
- Absence of commonly recurring BRCA1 mutations in black South African women with breast cancer.
- Cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin and fluorouracil (CAF) plus depo-buserelin in the treatment of premenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer.
- Current approaches in the management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Metastatic breast cancer: higher versus low dose maintenance treatment when only a partial response or a no change status is obtained following doxorubicin induction treatment. An Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group study.
- Mitomycin C + high-dose medroxyprogesterone versus cyclophosphamide+doxorubicin plus fluorouracil as first-line treatment for metastatic breast cancer.
- An extended phase II trial of ifosfamide plus mesna in malignant mesothelioma.
- A phase II trial of interleukin-12 in patients with advanced cervical cancer: clinical and immunologic correlates. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group study E1E96.
- Effect of chemotherapy with or without buserelin on serum hormone levels in premenopausal women with breast cancer.
- Long term follow-up of patients with advanced prostatic cancer treated with nasal buserelin.
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