Dr. Stephen S Falkenberry MD
Surgical Oncologist | Surgical Oncology
450 CLINTON ST WOONSOCKET RI, 02895About
Dr. Stephen Falkenberry is a surgical oncologist practicing in Providence, RI. Dr. Falkenberry 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
Univ of Tx Med Branch Galveston, Galveston Tx 1984
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology- 1996
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The surgeon's role in outcome in contemporary breast cancer.
- The Breast Health Center at Women & Infants Hospital: origin, philosophy, and features.
- Fatal recurrent ureteroarterial fistulas after exenteration for cervical cancer.
- Risk factors for breast cancer.
- Nipple discharge.
- Breast cancer in pregnancy.
- 'You may think I'm too old, but can't you treat my cancer?'.
- Ovarian cancer? What is the next step?
- Uterine leiomyosarcoma and endometrial stromal sarcoma: lymph node metastases and sites of recurrence.
- Synchronous endometrioid tumors of the ovary and endometrium. A clinicopathologic study of 22 cases.
- S-Phase fraction, p53, and HER-2/neu status as predictors of nodal metastasis in early vulvar cancer.
- Cancer in pregnancy.
Awards
- 1984 Edward Randall Award Of Excellence.
- 1980 Magna Cum Laude Stephen F Austin State Univ.
- 1990 AND 1991. AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CLINICAL ON
- 2008 Top Doctor in Gyn Oncology Rhode Island Monthly Magazine
Fellowships
- Mass General Hospital, Fellow 1989
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