Dr. Lawrence Andrew Shirley M.D.
Surgical Oncologist | Surgical Oncology
1015 Walnut St Suite 620 Philadelphia PA, 19107About
Dr. Lawrence Shirley is a surgical oncologist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Shirley specializes in diagnosing, staging and treating cancer-related symptoms. Surgical oncologists also decide if the patient is a candidate for surgery or other cancer treatments based on certain factors such as age, physical fitness and other possible coexisting medical conditions
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Targeting the Warburg effect with a novel glucose transporter inhibitor to overcome gemcitabine resistance in pancreatic cancer cells.
- Gene-mediated cytotoxic immunotherapy as adjuvant to surgery or chemoradiation for pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
- Transarterial chemoembolization is ineffective for neuroendocrine tumors metastatic to the caudate lobe: a single institution review.
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