Director, Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, Cook Children's Medical Center. Chairperson, Fort Worth Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Coalition. Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of North Texas Health Science Center.
Oncology
Dr. Karen H. Albritton, MD
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Karen Albritton works in the field of Oncology. She studied medicine at University of Texas Medical School. She received 3 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer" and "Boston Magazine". Dr. Karen H. Albritton is a published doctor. She has 31 papers published. The most current publication "Next steps for adolescent and young adult oncology workshop: An update on progress and recommendations for the future."
Publications
- Next steps for adolescent and young adult oncology workshop: An update on progress and recommendations for the future.
- Starting an adolescent and young adult program: some success stories and some obstacles to overcome.
- Adolescent and young adult oncology: an emerging field.
- Use of appropriate initial treatment among adolescents and young adults with Cancer.
- Site of oncologic specialty care for older adolescents in Utah.
- Phase II study of doxorubicin and bevacizumab for patients with metastatic soft-tissue sarcomas.
- Challenges in the recruitment of adolescents and young adults to Cancer clinical trials.
- Unique characteristics of adolescent and young adult Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, breast cancer, and colon cancer.
- Sunitinib treatment in pediatric patients with advanced GIST following failure of imatinib.
- G3139 antisense oligonucleotide directed against antiapoptotic Bcl-2 enhances doxorubicin cytotoxicity in the FU-SY-1 synovial sarcoma cell line.
- Case reports: fibrosarcoma metastatic to the sciatic nerve.
- Sarcomas in adolescents and young adults.
- Prospects for targeted therapy of synovial sarcoma.
- Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of soft tissue: an abandoned diagnosis.
- Validation of cDNA microarray analysis to distinguish tumor type ex vivo.
- Non-neurogenic sarcomas in four children and young adults with neurofibromatosis type 1.
- Phase I trial of temozolomide and protracted irinotecan in pediatric patients with refractory solid Tumors.
- Molecular cytogenetic characterization of a case of Müllerian adenosarcoma.
- The management of Cancer in the older adolescent.
- Retrieval yield of total and messenger RNA in mesenchymal tissue ex vivo.
- Gemcitabine radiosensitization after high-dose samarium for osteoblastic Osteosarcoma.
- Unexpected pleural effusions in 3 pediatric patients treated with STI-571.
- Utility of obtaining blood cultures in febrile neutropenic patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation.
- Temozolomide and intravenous irinotecan for treatment of advanced Ewing sarcoma.
- Reducing irinotecan-associated diarrhea in children.
- Assessing the health care needs of adolescent and young adult Cancer patients and survivors.
- The adolescence of young adult oncology.
- Outcomes and metrics: measuring the impact of a comprehensive adolescent and young adult Cancer program.
- Patterns of fatigue in adolescents receiving chemotherapy.
- Discriminate gene lists derived from cDNA microarray profiles of limited samples permit distinguishing mesenchymal neoplasia ex vivo.
Schools
University of Texas Medical School At San Antonio
University Nc Hosps
Procedures Preformed
- Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of Heart or Chest
- Plasmapheresis
- Thoracentesis
Conditions Treated
- Acute Leukemia
- Adrenal Gland Cancer
- Anemia
- Bladder Cancer
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Doctors Specialties
- Medical Oncology
- Oncology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- Boston Magazine
Education
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University of North Carolina Hospitals -
University of Texas Medical School
Hospital
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Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth
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