Dr. Frederick Pearson Smith M.D.
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
5454 Wisconsin Ave Suite 1300 Chevy Chase MD, 20815About
Dr. Frederick Smith is an oncologist practicing in Chevy Chase, MD. Dr. Smith specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Smith 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.
Education and Training
Saint Louis University School of Medicine 1973
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Factors associated with involvement of four or more axillary nodes for sentinel lymph node-positive patients.
- Sentinel lymph node positivity of patients with ductal carcinoma in situ or microinvasive breast cancer.
- Study of vitreous potassium correlation with time since death in the postmortem range from 2 to 110 hours using capillary ion analysis.
- Ethnic hair care products may increase false positives in hair drug testing.
- Companies should test the limits of their decontamination procedures--Reply to: Comments on "Ethnic hair care products may increase false positive in hair" V. Hill et al.
Treatments
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Anemia
- Osteoporosis
- Breast Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Colon Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Ovarian Cancer
- Testicular Cancer
- Aerolase® Technologies
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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