Dr. Marybeth Scavone Hughes MD
Surgical Oncologist | Surgical Oncology
825 FAIRFAX AVE NORFOLK VA, 23507Rating
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Dr. Marybeth Hughes is a surgical oncologist practicing in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Hughes specializes in diagnosing, staging and treating cancer-related symptoms. Surgical oncologists also decide if the patient is a candidate for surgery or other cancer treatments based on certain factors such as age, physical fitness and other possible coexisting medical conditions
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SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- High efficiency TCR gene transfer into primary human lymphocytes affords avid recognition of melanoma tumor antigen glycoprotein 100 and does not alter the recognition of autologous melanoma antigens.
- Transfer of a TCR gene derived from a patient with a marked antitumor response conveys highly active T-cell effector functions.
- Prognostic factors related to clinical response in patients with metastatic melanoma treated by CTL-associated antigen-4 blockade.
- Treatment of metastatic melanoma using interleukin-2 alone or in conjunction with vaccines.
- Different adjuvanticity of incomplete freund's adjuvant derived from beef or vegetable components in melanoma patients immunized with a peptide vaccine.
- Image of the month. Cystic parathyroid adenoma.
- Comparison of clinical and imaging features in succinate dehydrogenase-positive
- Rate of clinically significant postoperative pancreatic fistula in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
- Treatment factors associated with long-term survival after cytoreductive surgery and regional chemotherapy for patients with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma.
- Kba.62 and S100 protein expression in cytologic samples of metastatic malignant melanoma.
- The role of surgery in the management of patients with refractory chronic granulomatous disease colitis.
- Randomized selection design trial evaluating CD8+-enriched versus unselected tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes for adoptive cell therapy for patients with melanoma.
- Unknown primary nasopharyngeal melanoma presenting as severe recurrent epistaxis and hearing loss following treatment and remission of metastatic disease: A case report and literature review.
- Significance of preoperative radiographic pancreatic density in predicting pancreatic fistula after surgery for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
- Routine Computer Tomography Imaging for the Detection of Recurrences in High-Risk Melanoma Patients.
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Surgery Branch National Cancer Institute 10 Center Drive, Msc -Bethesda, MD 20892Get Direction
Surgery Branch National Cancer Institute
10 Center Drive, Msc 1201 Room 4w-5940 -Bethesda, MD 20892Get Direction
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