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Dr. Alan Bennett Astrow MD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
263 7TH AVE BROOKLYN NY, 11215About
Dr. Alan Astrow is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Astrow 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
Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1980
Yale School of Medicine 1980
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Hematology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology- 1987
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Adjuvant therapy of colon cancer.
- The incompetent self: metamorphosis of a person?
- Fludarabine-related myeloid leukemia.
- When I can't make you live.
- Inter-religious perspectives on hope and limits in cancer treatment.
- How would terminally ill patients have others make decisions for them in the event of decisional incapacity? A longitudinal study.
- Isn't there someone to blame?
- The Palliative Care Information Act in real life.
- The French Revolution and the dilemma of medical training.
- A piece of my mind. Cancer survivorship and beyond.
- A unique and as yet unexplored subset of metastatic colorectal cancer: widespread lymph-node-only recurrence.
- Patient and caregiver characteristics related to completion of advance directives in terminally ill patients.
- The Trial of Ascertaining Individual Preferences for Loved Ones' Role in End-of-Life Decisions (TAILORED) Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Surrogate Decision Making.
- Rethinking cancer.
- ASCO debates high-dose chemotherapy. American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Awards
- 2008-2012 New York Super Doctors
Treatments
- Prostate Cancer
- Anemia
- Breast Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Ovarian Cancer
- Multiple Myeloma
- Leukemia
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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Nearest Hospitals
KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTERl
451 CLARKSON AVENUE BROOKLYN NY 11203