Dr. Leonard Joseph Appleman MD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
44 Binney St Dana Farber Cancer I Boston MA, 02115Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Leonard Appleman is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Appleman 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
New York Univ Sch of Med, New York Ny 1995
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- In vitro models of human T cell anergy.
- Mifepristone: pharmacology and clinical impact in reproductive medicine, endocrinology and oncology.
- Castration-refractory prostate cancer: new therapies, new questions.
- MET signaling pathway: a rational target for cancer therapy.
- Clinical problem-solving. Simple and complex.
- Update on vaccine development for renal cell cancer.
- A phase I, open-label study of trebananib combined with sorafenib or sunitinib in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.
- The potential roles of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)-MET pathway inhibitors in cancer treatment.
- Broccoli-Derived Sulforaphane and Chemoprevention of Prostate Cancer: From Bench to Bedside.
- Tyrosine Kinase and Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Inhibitors in the Treatment of Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma: Practical Clinical Implications of Pharmacologic Features.
- Mouse embryo fibroblasts transformed by activated ras or dominant-negative p53 express cross-reactive tumor rejection antigens.
- Dominant-negative p53 can restore tumorigenicity of L-929 cells in immunocompetent mice.
- Rat adenocarcinoma 13762 expresses tumor rejection antigens but tumor-bearing animals exhibit tumor-specific immunosuppression.
- Tumors antigens encoded by oncogenes and the impact of oncogenes upon the immune responses.
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