Dr. Francis R Spitz MD
Surgeon
3 Cooper Plz Suite 411 Camden NJ, 08103Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Francis Spitz is a general surgeon practicing in Camden, NJ. Dr. Spitz specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Spitz provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Univ Of Ct Sch Of Med- Farmington Ct 1989
Univ Of Ct Sch Of Med 1989
University of Connecticut School of Medicine 1989
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- 99mTc-human serum albumin: an effective radiotracer for identifying sentinel lymph nodes in melanoma.
- Adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy for primary colorectal cancer.
- Gene therapy of metastatic disease: progress and prospects.
- Systemic IFN-beta gene therapy results in long-term survival in mice with established colorectal liver metastases.
- Intra-arterial delivery of a recombinant adenovirus does not increase gene transfer to tumor cells in a rat model of metastatic colorectal carcinoma.
- Stat1-dependent induction of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand and the cell-surface death signaling pathway by interferon beta in human cancer cells.
- Gene therapy for cancer and metastatic disease.
- Combined 5-fluorouracil/systemic interferon-beta gene therapy results in long-term survival in mice with established colorectal liver metastases.
- Mitotic rate as a predictor of sentinel lymph node positivity in patients with thin melanomas.
- AKT activation and response to interferon-beta in human cancer cells.
- Should all melanoma patients undergo sentinel lymph node biopsy?
- Predictors of regional nodal disease in patients with thin melanomas.
- Preferential involvement of CX chemokine receptor 4 and CX chemokine ligand 12 in T-cell migration toward melanoma cells.
- HIV protease inhibitor nelfinavir inhibits growth of human melanoma cells by induction of cell cycle arrest.
- Regional nodal metastatic disease is the strongest predictor of survival in patients with thin vertical growth phase melanomas: a case for SLN Staging biopsy in these patients.
Awards
- 2012 U.S. News & World Report Top Doctors
- 2011 South Jersey Magazine Top Physicians 2011, 2013
- 2010 South Jersey Magazine Top Docs for Women 2010, 2011, 2013
Treatments
- Liver Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatitis
- Melanoma
- Skin Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Stomach Cancer
- Lightpod Neo
Professional Memberships
- Member American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Member American Association of Cancer Research
- Member American College of Surgeons
- Member American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Member M. D. Anderson Associates
- Member Society of Surgical Oncology
- Member Society of University Surgeons
Fellowships
- Surgical Oncology - University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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