Dr. Holcombe E Grier MD
Hematologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
44 Binney St Room G350 Boston MA, 02115Rating
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Dr. Holcombe Grier is a pediatric hematologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Grier specializes in treating children that have a blood disease or cancer. Such blood diseases include disorders of red blood cells, white blood cells and/or platelets. The types of cancers that Dr. Grier treats include leukemias, lymphomas and certain tumors. Dr. Grier can also treat bleeding disorders in children. Pediatric hematologists can be found in childrens hospitals, community hospitals, university medical centers and more.
Education and Training
Univ of Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Survival after relapse in children and adolescents with rhabdomyosarcoma: A report from the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study Group.
- Soft tissue sarcoma: apples, oranges, and passion fruit.
- Late events in pediatric patients with Ewing sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor of bone: the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Children's Hospital experience.
- Ewing sarcoma of the rib: results of an intergroup study with analysis of outcome by timing of resection.
- Tandem high-dose therapy in rapid sequence for children with high-risk neuroblastoma.
- Understanding of prognosis among parents of children who died of cancer: impact on treatment goals and integration of palliative care.
- Controversies in the management of paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma: is staging retroperitoneal lymph node dissection necessary for adolescents with resected paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma?
- Ewing's sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the chest wall.
- Presurgical window of carboplatin and surgery and multidrug chemotherapy for the treatment of newly diagnosed metastatic or unresectable osteosarcoma: Pediatric Oncology Group Trial.
- Phase II/III trial of etoposide and high-dose ifosfamide in newly diagnosed metastatic osteosarcoma: a pediatric oncology group trial.
- Treatment of infantile fibrosarcoma with chemotherapy and surgery: results from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital, Boston.
- Barbiturates in the care of the terminally ill.
- Ewing sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the chest wall: impact of initial versus delayed resection on tumor margins, survival, and use of radiation therapy.
- Primary tumor control in patients with stage 3/4 unfavorable neuroblastoma treated with tandem double autologous stem cell transplants.
- The Day One Talk.
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