Dr. John Parker Hoffman M.D.
Surgical Oncologist | Surgical Oncology
333 Cottman Ave Fox Chase Cancer Cen Philadelphia PA, 19111Rating
5/5
About
Dr. John Hoffman is a surgical oncologist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Hoffman 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
Education and Training
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 1970
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Frequent activation of AKT2 kinase in human pancreatic carcinomas.
- Does no good deed go unpunished? Notes to a young surgeon.
- Neoadjuvant therapy and biliary decompression lower biliary and pancreatic juice vascular endothelial growth factor levels in patients with periampullary adenocarcinoma.
- Peritoneal cytology in patients with potentially resectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.
- The metastatic/examined lymph node ratio is an important prognostic factor after pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
- Undetectable preoperative levels of serum CA 19-9 correlate with improved
- Preoperative chemoradiation therapy for adenocarcinoma of the pancreas: The Fox Chase Cancer Center experience, 1986-2003.
- A challenge to the therapeutic nihilism of ESPAC-1.
- Hydronephrosis does not preclude curative resection of pelvic recurrences after colorectal surgery.
- CA 19-9 levels predict results of staging laparoscopy in pancreatic cancer.
- Partial stomach-partitioning gastrojejunostomy for malignant duodenal obstruction.
- Colon carcinoma cells induce CXCL11-dependent migration of CXCR3-expressing cytotoxic T lymphocytes in organotypic culture.
- Pancreaticoduodenectomy after placement of endobiliary metal stents.
- New agents do not necessarily mean progress: potential dangers of the dissecting sealer for pancreaticoduodenectomy.
- Resection of isolated pelvic recurrences after colorectal surgery: long-term results and predictors of improved clinical outcome.
Treatments
- Pancreatic Cancer
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