Dr. Nelson Jen an Chao MD
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
4101 N Roxboro St Durham NC, 27704Rating
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About
Dr. Nelson Chao is an oncologist practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Chao specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Chao 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1984
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology- 1987
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prognostic and predictive factors for patients with metastatic breast cancer undergoing aggressive induction therapy followed by high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem-cell support.
- Cyclosporine, methotrexate, and prednisone compared with cyclosporine and prednisone for prevention of acute graft-vs.-host disease: effect on chronic graft-vs.-host disease and long-term survival.
- Pathophysiologic mechanisms of acute graft-vs.-host disease.
- PG27, an extract of Tripterygium wilfordii hook f, induces antigen-specific tolerance in bone marrow transplantation in mice.
- Progress in graft-versus-host disease.
- High-dose therapy with hematopoietic cell transplantation for patients with central nervous system involvement by non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Cyclosporin A-related cerebral vasculopathy.
- Graft-versus-host disease prevention by rapamycin: cellular mechanisms.
- Prevention of graft-versus-host disease by a novel immunosuppressant, PG490-88, through inhibition of alloreactive T cell expansion.
- High-dose therapy and autologous bone marrow transplantation for follicular lymphoma in first complete or partial remission: results of a phase II clinical trial.
- Acute graft-vs-host disease: pathobiology and management.
- Randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study of a cytomegalovirus-specific monoclonal antibody (MSL-109) for prevention of cytomegalovirus infection after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
- T-Cell recovery in adults and children following umbilical cord blood transplantation.
- Successful allogeneic engraftment of mismatched unrelated cord blood following a nonmyeloablative preparative regimen.
Treatments
- Bone Marrow Transplant, Breast Cancer, Cancer And More
Professional Memberships
- Member AAAS
- Member ASBMT
- Member ASH
- Member ASCO
Fellowships
- Stanford, Oncology, CA, USA 1987
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