Dr. Peter S. Hammerman MD, PHD
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
450 Brookline Ave Dana Farber Cancer I Boston MA, 02215Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Peter Hammerman is an oncologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Hammerman specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Hammerman 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
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 2006
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 2009
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Akt-directed glucose metabolism can prevent Bax conformation change and promote growth factor-independent survival.
- Cytokine stimulation of aerobic glycolysis in hematopoietic cells exceeds
- Beginnings of a signal-transduction pathway for bioenergetic control of cell survival.
- Lymphocyte transformation by Pim-2 is dependent on nuclear factor-kappaB activation.
- The Pim kinases control rapamycin-resistant T cell survival and activation.
- Pim and Akt oncogenes are independent regulators of hematopoietic cell growth and survival.
- Fuel feeds function: energy metabolism and the T-cell response.
- Multiple signaling pathways promote B lymphocyte stimulator dependent B-cell growth and survival.
- Resistance to Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
- Cancer gene sequencing: ethical challenges and promises.
- Inhibitor-sensitive FGFR2 and FGFR3 mutations in lung squamous cell carcinoma.
- Targeted therapy for squamous cell lung cancer.
- Integrative radiogenomic profiling of squamous cell lung cancer.
- Gene-expression data integration to squamous cell lung cancer subtypes reveals drug sensitivity.
- Activation of the PD-1 pathway contributes to immune escape in EGFR-driven lung tumors.
Fellowships
- Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare, Hematology/Oncology 2011
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Fellow:Oncology 2008
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