Dr. James Norman Atkins M.D.
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
MEDICAL CENTER BLVD WINSTON SALEM NC, 27157About
Dr. James Atkins is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Goldsboro, NC. Dr. Atkins 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
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Comparative efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with Dukes' B versus Dukes' C colon cancer: results from four National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project adjuvant studies (C-01, C-02, C-03, and C-04)
- The efficacy of acupressure and acustimulation wrist bands for the relief of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. A University of Rochester Cancer Center Community Clinical Oncology Program multicenter study.
- Magic lessons...
- Phase II study of high-dose fish oil capsules for patients with cancer-related cachexia.
- Does an oral analgesic protocol improve pain control for patients with cancer? An intergroup study coordinated by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.
- Phase II trial of irinotecan/gemcitabine as second-line therapy for relapsed and refractory small-cell lung cancer: Cancer and Leukemia Group B Study 39902.
- Effects of yoga on cancer-related fatigue and global side-effect burden in older cancer survivors.
- Sequential hemibody and local irradiation with combination chemotherapy for small cell lung carcinoma: a preliminary analysis.
- Fluorouracil and the palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia syndrome.
- Phase I study of high-dose cytosine arabinoside and etoposide in patients with advanced malignancies.
- Phase II trial of high-dose cytarabine and cisplatin in locoregional previously untreated squamous carcinoma of the head and neck: a Piedmont Oncology Association Study.
- Platelet-aggregating factor in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
- Reye's syndrome in the adult patients.
- Reye's syndrome in the adult patients.
- Maternal plasma concentration of pyridoxal phosphate during pregnancy: adequacy of vitamin B6 supplementation during isoniazid therapy.
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Anemia
- Osteoporosis
- Hepatitis
- Breast Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Hives
- Hepatitis C
- Malnutrition
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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