Dr. Ravi K Amaravadi MD
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
3400 Spruce St 15 Penn Tower Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Ravi Amaravadi is an oncologist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Amaravadi specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Amaravadi 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
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 2000
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 2000
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Autophagy inhibition enhances therapy-induced apoptosis in a Myc-induced model of lymphoma.
- Targeted therapy for metastatic melanoma.
- Targeting the cell death-survival equation.
- The roles of therapy-induced autophagy and necrosis in cancer treatment.
- The MAPK pathway in melanoma.
- Autophagy-induced tumor dormancy in ovarian cancer.
- Measurements of tumor cell autophagy predict invasiveness, resistance to chemotherapy, and survival in melanoma.
- Punctate LC3B expression is a common feature of solid tumors and associated with proliferation, metastasis, and poor outcome.
- Cancer. Autophagy in tumor immunity.
- Autophagy inhibitor Lys05 has single-agent antitumor activity and reproduces the phenotype of a genetic autophagy deficiency.
- Lys05: a new lysosomal autophagy inhibitor.
- Autophagy and tumor cell invasion.
- The novel SMAC mimetic birinapant exhibits potent activity against human melanoma cells.
- Autophagy inhibition sensitizes colon cancer cells to antiangiogenic and cytotoxic therapy.
- Autophagy: a targetable linchpin of cancer cell metabolism.
Treatments
- Prostate Cancer
- Melanoma
- Skin Cancer
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Practice At 3400 Spruce St 15 Penn Tower
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