James Edward Krook
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
400 E 3rd St Duluth MN, 55805About
Dr. James Krook is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Duluth, MN. Dr. Krook 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
Univ of Mn Med Sch-Minneapolis, Minneapolis Mn 1969
Duke University School of Medicine
University of Minnesota Medical School 1969
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Phase III clinical trial of the combination of cisplatin, dacarbazine, and carmustine with or without tamoxifen in patients with advanced malignant melanoma.
- Significance of neuron-specific enolase levels before and during therapy for small cell lung cancer.
- Rapid reporting and review of an increased incidence of a known adverse event.
- A North Central Cancer Treatment Group Phase II trial of 9-aminocamptothecin in previously untreated patients with measurable metastatic colorectal carcinoma.
- Impact of surgical and pathologic variables in rectal cancer: a United States community and cooperative group report.
- Dronabinol versus megestrol acetate versus combination therapy for cancer-associated anorexia: a North Central Cancer Treatment Group study.
- Early detection of toxicity and adjustment of ongoing clinical trials: the history and performance of the North Central Cancer Treatment Group's real-time toxicity monitoring program.
- Investigating the utility of serum cytokine measurements in a multi-institutional cancer anorexia/weight loss trial.
- Chemotherapy for hormonally refractory advanced prostate carcinoma. A comparison of combined versus sequential treatment with mitomycin C, doxorubicin, and 5-fluorouracil.
- Phase II trial of oxaliplatin/irinotecan/5-fluorouracil/leucovorin for metastatic colorectal cancer.
- A phase II evaluation of menogaril in cisplatin-refractory advanced ovarian carcinoma. A collaborative trial of the North Central Cancer Treatment Group and the Mayo Clinic.
- Intra-arterial floxuridine vs systemic fluorouracil for hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer. A randomized trial.
- Results of salvage hormonal therapy and salvage chemotherapy in women failing adjuvant chemotherapy after mastectomy for breast cancer.
- Surgical adjuvant therapy of large-bowel carcinoma: an evaluation of levamisole and the combination of levamisole and fluorouracil. The North Central Cancer Treatment Group and the Mayo Clinic.
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