Dr. Syed Yousuf Zafar MD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
Dumc 3505 10 Bryan Searle Dr, Durham NC, 27710About
I am a medical oncologist with a focus on patients who have gastrointestinal cancers, including colorectal, pancreatic, esophageal, anal, and gastric cancers. My goal is to provide patient-centered ca ...
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 2005
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology- 2009
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Decision making and quality of life in the treatment of cancer: a review.
- Defining best supportive care.
- Quality management of potential chemotherapy-induced neutropenic complications: evaluation of practice in an academic medical center.
- Detailing of gastrointestinal symptoms in cancer patients with advanced disease: new methodologies, new insights, and a proposed approach.
- Use of tablet personal computers for sensitive patient-reported information.
- Improving the methodologic and ethical validity of best supportive care studies in oncology: lessons from a systematic review.
- Management of gastrointestinal symptoms in advanced cancer patients: the rapid learning cancer clinic model.
- Adverse events among the elderly receiving chemotherapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.
- Quality of nonmetastatic colorectal cancer care in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Establishing a regional, multisite database for quality improvement and service planning in community-based palliative care and hospice.
- A strategy to advance the evidence base in palliative medicine: formation of a palliative care research cooperative group.
- The need for a re-evaluation of best supportive care studies reported to date.
- Capecitabine in the management of colorectal cancer.
- Stigma, perceived blame, self-blame, and depressive symptoms in men with colorectal cancer.
- Carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater: patterns of failure following resection and benefit of chemoradiotherapy.
Treatments
- Anal Cancer, Clinical Trials, Cancer And More
Professional Memberships
- Member American Society of Medical Oncology
Fellowships
- Duke University Medical Center, Hematology/Oncology, NC, USA 2008
- Hematology-Medical Oncology, Duke University Medical Center 2005
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