Dr. Bruce M Boman MD
Geneticist | Clinical Genetics (M.D.)
925 Chestnut St Suite 320a Philadelphia PA, 19107About
Renowned for his work in colorectal cancer, and a cancer survivor himself since 2000, Bruce M. Boman, M.D., Ph.D., is an attending physician and director for Cancer Genetics and Stem Cell Biology for ...
Education and Training
Univ of Mn Med Sch-Minneapolis, Minneapolis Mn 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Tumor-specific expression of anti-mdr1 ribozyme selectively restores chemosensitivity in multidrug-resistant colon-adenocarcinoma cells.
- Postoperative management of local colorectal cancer: therapy and surveillance.
- Colorectal cancer staging and adjuvant chemotherapy.
- Computer modeling implicates stem cell overproduction in colon cancer initiation.
- Evidence that APC regulates survivin expression: a possible mechanism contributing to the stem cell origin of colon cancer.
- Development of cross-resistance to tamoxifen in raloxifene-treated breast carcinoma cells.
- Expression of the gene coding for the light chain of calpactin I (annexin II) in cell lines DiFi, HT-29, and WI-38.
- Molecular genetic markers in familial adenomatous polyposis.
- Characteristics of alpha-adrenoceptors in two human colorectal cancer cell lines.
- A study of chromosome 6 allele loss in human colorectal carcinomas.
- Characterization of beta-adrenergic receptors in DiFi and HT-29 cells.
- Growth effects of tamoxifen on Lovo colon carcinoma cells and cultured cells from normal colonic mucosa.
- The chemopreventive agent sulindac attenuates expression of the antiapoptotic protein survivin in colorectal carcinoma cells.
- Immunoassay for wild-type protein in lymphocytes predicts germline mutations in patients at risk for hereditary colorectal cancer.
- The effects of steroid hormones on a human colon cancer cell line in vitro.
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