Steven C Plaxe M.D.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Gynecologic Oncology
200 West Arbor Drive Mc 8201 San Diego CA, 92103About
Dr. Steven Plaxe is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in San Diego, CA. Dr. Plaxe specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Plaxe can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Plaxe can also treat women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and the postpartum period. In this specialty, doctors focus on reproductive care from puberty through adulthood.
Education and Training
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Other Degree
Mount Sinai, School of Medicine, New York, NY Other Degree
Director, Gynecologic Oncology Medical Degree
Professor of Reproductive Medicine Medical Degree
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY Medical Degree
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Transcervical metallic stents for drainage of uterine collections.
- A phase II/pharmacokinetic trial of high-dose progesterone in combination with paclitaxel.
- Estimation of the duration of the preclinical phase of cervical adenocarcinoma suggests that there is ample opportunity for screening.
- Phase II trial of pyrazoloacridine in recurrent platinum-resistant ovarian cancer: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study.
- Pharmacokinetic study of intraperitoneal streptozotocin.
- Induction chemotherapy followed by radical surgery in cervical cancer.
- A phase II trial of adjuvant cisplatin and doxorubicin in stage I epithelial ovarian cancer.
- Epidemiology of low-grade serous ovarian cancer.
- Primary squamous carcinoma of the ovary likely arising from a monodermal cystic mucinous teratoma.
- Endometrioid carcinoma with a low-grade spindle cell component: a tumor resembling an adnexal tumor of probable Wolffian origin.
- Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among endometrial cancer patients.
- Changing demographics of cervical cancer in the United States (1973-2008).
- Inhibition of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) activity prevents anchorage-independent ovarian carcinoma cell growth and tumor progression.
- Women with gynecologic malignancies have a greater incidence of suicide than women with other cancer types.
- Excess risk of Clostridium difficile infection in ovarian cancer is related to exposure to broad-spectrum antibiotics.
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