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Who are the Pancreatic Tumor
Study Group Specialists?

Robert A Wolff, MDRobert A. Wolff, M.D. - Medical Oncology

Dr. Wolff is board certified in three different fields: Medicine, Hematology and Oncology. For the past several years he has been interested in the clinical management of gastrointestinal tumors with particular interest in pancreatic cancer treatment. Dr. Wolff has worked both at Duke Universtiy and MD Anderson to design clinical protocols combining chemotherapy and radiation as preoperative treatment for pancreatic and rectal cancers, and as part of the treatment for more advanced tumors.

Education:

  • Medical School: Albany Medical College, Albany NY (1986)
  • Residency (Internal Medicine): Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, (1986-1989)
  • Fellowship (Hematology and Oncology): Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 1989-1992.

Selected References :

1. Wolff RA, Evans DB, Gravel DM, Lenzi R, Pisters PW, Lee JE, Janjan NA, Goswitz MS, Abbruzzese JL. Phase I trial of gemcitabine combined with radiation for the treatment of locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Abstract. Proceedings American Society of Clinical Oncology, Los Angeles, CA 1998.

2. Pisters PW, Abbruzzese JL, Janjan NA, Cleary KR, Charnsangavej C, Goswitz MS, Rich TA, Raijman I, Wolff RA, Lenzi R, Lee JE, Evans DB. Rapid-fractionation preoperative chemoradiation, pancreaticoduodenectomy, and intraoperative radiation therapy for resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology 16(12):3843-50, 1998.

3. White R, Lee C, Anscher M, Gottfried M, Wolff R, Keogan M, Pappas T, Hurwitz H, Tyler D. Preoperative chemoradiation for patients with locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. Annals of Surgery. (in press)

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