Dr. Craig A Hurwitz MD
Hospice and Palliative Care Specialist | Hospice and Palliative Medicine
100 Campus Drive Unit 107 Scarborough ME, 04074About
American Nurses Credentialing Center 1986 Sub-board of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology 1992 American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 2006
Education and Training
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Southwestern Medical School 1982
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Caring for the child with cancer at the close of life: "there are people who make it, and I'm hoping I'm one of them".
- Adenocarcinoma of the cervix metastatic from a colon primary and diagnosed from a routine pap smear in a 17-year-old woman: a case report.
- Use of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in evaluating locally recurrent and metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma.
- Availability and use of palliative care and end-of-life services for pediatric oncology patients.
- High expression of the very late antigen-4 integrin independently predicts reduced risk of relapse and improved outcome in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the children's oncology group.
- Phase II study of 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine plus idarubicin for children with acute myeloid leukaemia in first relapse: a paediatric oncology group study.
Treatments
- Birth Defects
- Pain
Professional Memberships
- Member Travis County Medical Society
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