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  • Mercedes Porosnicu, MD

Mercedes Porosnicu, MD

  • Associate Professor, Hematology and Oncology
Mercedes Porosnicu, MD

Mercedes Porosnicu, MD

  • Associate Professor, Hematology and Oncology
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Education
MD, Institute of Medicine Iasi - Romania , 1987
Residency
GR.T. Popa University of Medicine, 1996
Internal Medicine, State University of New York at Brooklyn Downstate Medical Center, 1998
Fellowship
Hematology-Oncology, Jackson Memorial Hospital, 2001
Research Fellowship, Jackson Memorial Hospital, 2002
Memberships
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Association of Cancer Research
Positions
Associate Professor, Hematology and Oncology
Departments and Affiliations
Hematology and Oncology
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Center for Redox Biology and Medicine

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  • Editor's Note: Cotreatment with STI-571 Enhances Tumor Necrosis Factor a-related Apoptosis-inducing Ligand (TRAIL or Apo-2L)-induced Apoptosis of Bcr-Abl-positive Human Acute Leukemia Cells. Nimmanapalli R, Porosnicu M, Nguyen D, Worthington E, O'Bryan E, Perkins C, Bhalla K. Clin. Cancer Res. 2019 Jul; 25(13):4195.
  • Retrospective Analysis of Cisplatin Nephrotoxicity in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer Receiving Outpatient Treatment With Concurrent High-dose Cisplatin and Radiotherapy. Faig J, Haughton M, Taylor RC, D'Agostino RB, Whelen MJ, Porosnicu Rodriguez KA, Bonomi M, Murea M, Porosnicu M. Am. J. Clin. Oncol. 2018 05; 41(5):432-440.
  • Modulators of Redox Metabolism in Head and Neck Cancer. Chen X, Mims J, Huang X, Singh N, Motea E, Planchon SM, Beg M, Tsang AW, Porosnicu M, Kemp ML, Boothman DA, Furdui CM. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2018 12; 29(16):1660-1690.
  • Circulating mutational portrait of cancer: manifestation of aggressive clonal events in both early and late stages. Yang M, Topaloglu U, Petty WJ, Pagni M, Foley KL, Grant SC, Robinson M, Bitting RL, Thomas A, Alistar AT, Desnoyers RJ, Goodman M, Albright C, Porosnicu M, Vatca M, Qasem SA, DeYoung B, Kytola V, Nykter M, Chen K, Levine EA, Staren ED, D'Agostino RB, Petro RM, Blackstock W, Powell BL, Abraham E, Pasche B, Zhang W. J Hematol Oncol. 2017 05; 10(1):100.
  • Human papillomavirus-related small cell carcinoma of the oropharynx: a case report and literature review. Bonomi M, Ahmed T, Warner D, Waltonen J, Sullivan C, Porosnicu M, Batt K, Ruiz J, Cappellari J. . 2017; 2:3.
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  • A study of the drug Durvalumab before surgery in treating patients with mouth or throat cancer
  • Study of the drug Cetuximab for treatment of head and neck cancer
  • Study of Quad-Shot Radiotherapy in Combination with Immune Checkpoint Inhibition for Advanced/Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer

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