Dr. Alton Oliver Sartor M.D.
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
1415 Tulane Ave New Orleans LA, 70112About
Dr. Alton Sartor is an oncologist practicing in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Sartor specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Sartor 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
Tulane University of Louisiana 1982
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prostate specific antigen best practice statement: 2009 update.
- On the actions of the growth hormone-releasing hexapeptide, GHRP.
- Prednisone plus cabazitaxel or mitoxantrone for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer progressing after docetaxel treatment: a randomised open-label trial.
- Progression of metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer: impact of therapeutic intervention in the post-docetaxel space.
- Urologists and oncologists: adapting to a new treatment paradigm in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
- Gadolinium-induced nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: the rise and fall of an iatrogenic disease.
- Prostate specific antigen best practice statement: 2009 update.
- Surveillance for prostate cancer: are the proceduralists running amok?
- Editorial comment.
- Editorial Comment.
- Population-Based Assessment of Determining Treatments for Prostate Cancer.
- The Development of Intermediate Clinical Endpoints in Cancer of the Prostate (ICECaP).
- The effects of Mif-I on in vitro c-GMP production by a particulate rat brain fraction.
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