Dr. James W Hathorn MD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
4411 Ben Franklin Rd Durham NC, 27704About
Dr. James Hathorn is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Hathorn 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.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Fluconazole and Candida krusei fungemia.
- Differentiation of radiation fibrosis from recurrent neoplasia: a role for 31P MR spectroscopy?
- Empirical antibiotics for febrile neutropenic cancer patients.
- Controversies in the management of febrile neutropenic cancer patients.
- Empirical antibiotic therapy in the febrile neutropenic cancer patient: clinical efficacy and impact of monotherapy.
- Gram-positive infections and the use of vancomycin in 550 episodes of fever and neutropenia.
- Is there a role for monotherapy with beta-lactam antibiotics in the initial empirical management of febrile neutropenic cancer patients?
- A randomized trial comparing ceftazidime alone with combination antibiotic therapy in cancer patients with fever and neutropenia.
- Nitric oxide modulation of the growth and differentiation of freshly isolated acute non-lymphocytic leukemia cells.
- Critical appraisal of antimicrobials for prevention of infections in immunocompromised hosts.
- Survival of patients with carcinoma of the esophagus treated with combined-modality therapy.
- Empirical treatment of febrile neutropenia: evolution of current therapeutic approaches.
- A prospective, open-label study of single-dose ciprofloxacin absorption after chemotherapy in patients with malignancy.
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