Dr. Steven Alan Akman MD
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
2085 Henry Tecklenburg Dr 2nd Floor Charleston SC, 29414About
Dr. Steven Akman is an oncologist practicing in Charleston, SC. Dr. Akman specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Akman manages and oversees the treatment of a cancer patient after he or she has been diagnosed with the disease. Oncologists will care for their patients throughout the course of the disease. Types of oncologists include medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, gynecologic oncologists, pediatric oncologists and hematologist oncologists.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Mapping oxidative DNA damage at nucleotide level.
- Mapping of peroxyl radical induced damage on genomic DNA.
- Measurement of oxidative DNA damage in the human p53 and PGK1 gene at nucleotide resolution.
- Oxidative DNA base modifications in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of
- Comparison of tropisetron and granisetron in the control of nausea and vomiting in children receiving combined cancer chemotherapy.
- A new assay to quantify in vivo repair of G:T mispairs by base excision repair.
- Detection and characterization of a glutathione conjugate of ochratoxin A.
- Stoichiometric preference in copper-promoted oxidative DNA damage by ochratoxin A.
- Phase II trial of cisplatin and alpha-interferon in advanced malignant melanoma.
- The role of NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase in mitomycin C- and porfiromycin-resistant HCT 116 human colon-cancer cells.
- The N2-ethylguanine and the O6-ethyl- and O6-methylguanine lesions in DNA: contrasting responses from the "bypass" DNA polymerase eta and the replicative DNA polymerase alpha.
- The adenovirus E4orf6 protein inhibits DNA double strand break repair and radiosensitizes human tumor cells in an E1B-55K-independent manner.
- The DEXH protein product of the DHX36 gene is the major source of tetramolecular quadruplex G4-DNA resolving activity in HeLa cell lysates.
- Effective initial therapy of advanced breast cancer with fluorouracil and high-dose, continuous infusion calcium leucovorin.
- Diurnal variation of circulating human myeloid progenitor cells.
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