Dr. Nelson Shu-sang Yee MD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
500 University Dr Hershey PA, 17033About
Dr. Nelson Yee is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Hershey, PA. Dr. Yee specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood diseases such as anemia, hemophilia, sickle-cell disease, leukemia and lymphoma. Hematologist Oncologists are also trained in the study of cancer and its attack on other organs.
Education and Training
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medicine Research, Pondicherry University 1995
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Zebrafish as a model for pancreatic cancer research.
- Exocrine pancreas development in zebrafish.
- Mutation of RNA Pol III subunit rpc2/polr3b Leads to Deficiency of Subunit Rpc11 and disrupts zebrafish digestive development.
- Combined targeting of histone deacetylases and hedgehog signaling enhances cytoxicity in pancreatic cancer.
- Transient receptor potential channel TRPM8 is over-expressed and required for
- Werner syndrome as a hereditary risk factor for exocrine pancreatic cancer: potential role of WRN in pancreatic tumorigenesis and patient-tailored therapy.
- Transient receptor potential ion channel Trpm7 regulates exocrine pancreatic epithelial proliferation by Mg2+-sensitive Socs3a signaling in development and cancer.
- Histone deacetylase 1 is required for exocrine pancreatic epithelial proliferation in development and cancer.
- Brca2 deficiency and Trp53 deregulation in pancreatic cancer: implications for therapeutic targeting.
- Targeted silencing of TRPM7 ion channel induces replicative senescence and produces enhanced cytotoxicity with gemcitabine in pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
- TRPM8 ion channel is aberrantly expressed and required for preventing replicative senescence in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: potential role of TRPM8 as a biomarker and target.
- Toward the goal of personalized therapy in pancreatic cancer by targeting the molecular phenotype.
- Translating discovery in zebrafish pancreatic development to human pancreatic cancer: biomarkers, targets, pathogenesis, and therapeutics.
- TRPM7 and TRPM8 Ion Channels in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Potential Roles as Cancer Biomarkers and Targets.
- Aberrantly Over-Expressed TRPM8 Channels in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Correlation with Tumor Size/Stage and Requirement for Cancer Cells Invasion.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- National Institutes of Health Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award
- Doctor of Philosophy (Molecular Biology)
- Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. Charitable Trust Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute American Cancer Society Alvan T. and Viola D. Fuller Jr. Research Fel
Treatments
- Pancreatic Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Stomach Cancer
- Liver Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Bile Duct Cancer
- Aerolase® Technologies
Fellowships
- Hosp. of the Univ. of PA-Hematology/Onc., Philadelphia, PA 2001
- Hematology/Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 2001
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