Dr. Roger B Cohen MD
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
3400 Civic Center Boulevard Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Roger Cohen is an oncologist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Cohen specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Cohen 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
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1980
Harvard Medical School 1980
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Epidermal growth factor receptor as a therapeutic target in colorectal cancer.
- Phase II evaluation of 96-hour paclitaxel infusion in advanced (recurrent or metastatic) squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (E3395): a trial of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.
- A phase I study of the safety and pharmacokinetics of edotecarin (J-107088), a novel topoisomerase I inhibitor, in patients with advanced solid tumors.
- Targeting epidermal growth factor receptor signaling in the treatment of head and neck cancer.
- Phase I pharmacokinetic and biologic correlative study of mapatumumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody with agonist activity to tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand receptor-1.
- EGFR-targeting monoclonal antibodies in head and neck cancer.
- Axitinib is an active treatment for all histologic subtypes of advanced thyroid cancer: results from a phase II study.
- New agents in the treatment for malignancies of the salivary and thyroid glands.
- An open-label clinical trial evaluating safety and pharmacokinetics of two dosing schedules of panitumumab in patients with solid tumors.
- Phase I dose escalation, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study of naptumomab estafenatox alone in patients with advanced cancer and with docetaxel in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.
- Phase 1 experience with an anti-glycotope monoclonal antibody, RAV12, in recurrent adenocarcinoma.
- The contribution of cetuximab in the treatment of recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck cancer.
- Antiangiogenic therapy for advanced renal cell carcinoma: management of treatment-related toxicities.
- A Phase I, open-label, dose escalation study of afatinib, in a 3-week-on/1-week-off schedule in patients with advanced solid tumors.
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Anemia
- Throat Cancer
- Skin Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Bone Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Thyroid Cancer
- Oral Cancer
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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