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  Bruce J. Averbook, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
 
Specialty: Malignant Melanoma
Breast Cancer
Breast Diseases
Sarcoma
Areas of Interest: Malignant Melanoma
Breast Cancer
Breast Diseases
Sarcoma
Certification: American Board of Surgery
MetroHealth Appointment: 1993
 
LocationDivisionAppointment
MetroHealth Pepper Pike Health CenterSurgical Oncology216-778-4795
MetroHealth Medical CenterSurgical Oncology216-778-4795
 
Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health, Washington, D.C.
Internship: University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California
Residency: University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
Research Interests: Cooperative Clinical Trials with Emphasis on Melanoma, Breast and Colon Cancer
Selected Publications: Kirkwood, J.M., Jukic, D., Averbook, B.J., and Sender, L. Melanoma in Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Patients. In Seminars in Oncology: Impact of Malignant Disease on Young Adults II, (A. Bleyer & R. Barr, Ed.) 36 (5), pp 419-431, October 2009.

Averbook, B.J., Viscusi, C., Cleveland, R.P., and Papay, R. Co-Infusion of Antigen Presentation Cells with Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes Improves Antitumor Efficacy in Adoptive Immunotherapy. J. Immunother. 22 (2):124-134, 1999.

Averbook, B. J., Schuh, J.L., Papay, R., and Maliszewski, C. Antitumor effects of Flt3 ligand in transplanted murine tumor models. J. Immunother. 25 (1): 27-35, 2002.

Averbook, B.J., Pingfu, F., Rao, S., and Mansour, E.G. A long-term analysis of 1018 melanoma patients by classical cox regression and tree-structured survival analysis at a major referral center: implications on the future of cancer staging. Surgery (132): 589-604, 2002.

Averbook, B.J., Invited Review: Melanoma in the older person. Oncology, 18 (9): 1196-1197, 2004.

Averbook, B.J. and Ballo, Mathew T. A 43-year old woman with a 1.72 mm thick melanoma. In, “Melanoma Care Options. Issue No.5, pp1-16, May 2005.

 
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