Barbara A Burtness M.D.
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
333 Cottman Ave Philadelphia PA, 19111Rating
2/5
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Dr. Barbara Burtness is an oncologist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Burtness specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Burtness manages and oversees the treatment of a cancer patient after he or she has been diagnosed with the disease. Oncologists will care for their patients throughout the course of the disease. Types of oncologists include medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, gynecologic oncologists, pediatric oncologists and hematologist oncologists.
Education and Training
Stony Brook Univ Health Sciences Center School Of Medicine 1986
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A phase I study of paclitaxel for mobilization of peripheral blood progenitor cells.
- Total-body echo-planar MR imaging in the staging of breast cancer: comparison with conventional methods--early experience.
- Preoperative chemoradiation for esophageal cancer.
- Dose escalation and pharmacokinetic study of irinotecan in combination with paclitaxel in patients with advanced cancer.
- The feasibility of high-dose chemotherapy in breast cancer patients with impaired left ventricular function.
- Use of paclitaxel in patients with pre-existing cardiomyopathy: a review of our experience.
- Improved method for the detection of cytokeratin 19-positive cells in the peripheral blood of breast cancer patients.
- Cisplatin, fluorouracil, and leucovorin induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent cisplatin chemoradiotherapy for organ preservation and cure in patients with advanced head and neck cancer: long-term follow-up.
- Five-year update of an expanded phase II study of dose-dense and -intense doxorubicin, paclitaxel and cyclophosphamide (ATC) in high-risk breast cancer.
- Vascular endothelial growth factor, FLT-1, and FLK-1 analysis in a pancreatic cancer tissue microarray.
- Postchemotherapy MRI overestimates residual disease compared with histopathology in responders to neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced breast cancer.
- Novel targets in pancreatic cancer: focus on future paths to therapy.
- Long-term assessment of cardiac function after dose-dense and -intense sequential doxorubicin (A), paclitaxel (T), and cyclophosphamide (C) as adjuvant therapy for high risk breast cancer.
- Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition in head and neck cancer--more insights, but more questions.
- A randomized phase II study of ixabepilone (BMS-247550) given daily x 5 days every 3 weeks or weekly in patients with metastatic or recurrent squamous cell cancer of the head and neck: an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group study.
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