Dr. Elliot Mark Epner MD
Hematologist-Oncologist | Hematology & Oncology
500 University Dr Hershey PA, 17033About
Dr. Elliot Epner is a hematologist oncologist practicing in Hershey, PA. Dr. Epner specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood diseases such as anemia, hemophilia, sickle-cell disease, leukemia and lymphoma. Hematologist Oncologists are also trained in the study of cancer and its attack on other organs.
Education and Training
Columbia Univ Coll of Physicians And Surgeons, New York Ny 1983
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
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Dr. Elliot Mark Epner MD's Expert Contributions
Can anemia be fixed?
Yes Try some otc iron READ MORE
Is local anesthesia selected for bone marrow biopsy?
Yes READ MORE
What does it mean if your sodium levels are low?
Drink less water and eat more salt. If that doesn't work get salt pills. Sodium levels below 125 can be harmful ..... Confusion and seizures READ MORE
How do you increase protein in your blood?
Eat. More protein in and/or protein shakes. READ MORE
While getting chemo, is it safe to get a flu shot?
Yes, as long as it is a shot which is a dead virus. No live virus vaccines. READ MORE
Can continuous anemia be a sign of blood cancer?
Yes. Have a bone marrow exam. READ MORE
Can blood cancer be treated naturally?
there are alternatives to chemotherapy for many blood cancers including natural products such as vitamin A derivative and arsenic in APL. Immunotherapy has emerged as an alernative to chemotherapy in several malignancies. READ MORE
Can blood cancer ever be treated?
yes depending on what kind he has READ MORE
Can lymph nodes in the armpits be an indication of lymphoma?
yes if large enough a biopsy may be needed READ MORE
My haemoglobin count is low. Could it be due to my heavy menstrual flow?
Yes, for sure. Take iron. READ MORE
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Long-distance control of origin choice and replication timing in the human beta-globin locus are independent of the locus control region.
- Replication initiation patterns in the beta-globin loci of totipotent and differentiated murine cells: evidence for multiple initiation regions.
- Cyclin D1 activation in B-cell malignancy: association with changes in histone acetylation, DNA methylation, and RNA polymerase II binding to both promoter and distal sequences.
- Targeted deletion of the chicken beta-globin regulatory elements reveals a cooperative gene silencing activity.
- Inactivation of the human beta-globin gene by targeted insertion into the beta-globin locus control region.
- Sox6 directly silences epsilon globin expression in definitive erythropoiesis.
- Cladribine: not just another purine analogue?
- Cladribine plus rituximab is an effective therapy for newly diagnosed mantle cell lymphoma.
- Current approaches to epigenetic therapy for the treatment of mantle cell lymphoma.
- Vorinostat downregulates CD30 and decreases brentuximab vedotin efficacy in human
- Epigenetic therapy overcomes treatment resistance in T cell prolymphocytic
- Participation of the human beta-globin locus control region in initiation of DNA replication.
- An "in-out" strategy using gene targeting and FLP recombinase for the functional dissection of complex DNA regulatory elements: analysis of the beta-globin locus control region.
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