Dr. Angeles Alvarez Secord MD
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Gynecologic Oncology
4101 N Roxboro St Durham NC, 27704Rating
3/5
About
Dr. Angeles Secord is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Secord specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Secord can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Secord can also treat women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and the postpartum period. In this specialty, doctors focus on reproductive care from puberty through adulthood.
Education and Training
Univ of Wa Sch of Med, Seattle Wa 1994
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The role of optimal debulking in advanced stage serous carcinoma of the uterus.
- Rectus abdominis myocutaneous flaps for neovaginal reconstruction after radical pelvic surgery.
- Use of trastuzumab in the treatment of metastatic endometrial cancer.
- Randomized phase III trial of gemcitabine compared with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
- Management of platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
- Desmoplastic small round cell tumor masquerading as advanced ovarian cancer.
- Cervical cancer.
- A phase II trial of paclitaxel poliglumex in recurrent or persistent ovarian or primary peritoneal cancer (EOC): a Gynecologic Oncology Group Study.
- Independent prognostic relevance of microvessel density in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer and associations between CD31, CD105, p53 status, and angiogenic marker expression: A Gynecologic Oncology Group study.
- The role of lymphadenectomy in the management of preoperative grade 1 endometrial carcinoma.
- Elevated MAL expression is accompanied by promoter hypomethylation and platinum resistance in epithelial ovarian cancer.
- Association between the N-terminally truncated (DeltaN) p63alpha (DeltaNp63alpha) isoform and debulking status, VEGF expression and progression-free survival in previously untreated, advanced stage epithelial ovarian cancer: A Gynecologic Oncology Gr
- Robotic-assisted laparoscopic gynecologic procedures in a fellowship training program.
- Expression signatures of TP53 mutations in serous ovarian cancers.
- ADAM metallopeptidase domain 17 (ADAM17) is naturally processed through major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules and is a potential immunotherapeutic target in breast, ovarian and prostate cancers.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- First Prize Fellow Abstract Presentation, Duke University Dept of Ob/G 2001
- Outstanding Fellow Paper Presentation, Mid-Atlantic Gynecologic Oncol 1999
- Outstanding Resident Paper Presentation, Mid-Atlantic Gynecologic Onc 1997
- The Bronze Sucker Award, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Duke Unive 1998
- First Prize Residency Research Day Abstract Presen, Duke University D 1997
Professional Memberships
- Member Gynecologic Oncology Group
- Member American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Member American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Member American Association for Cancer Research
- Member Society of Gynecologic Oncologists
Fellowships
- Duke University Medical Center, Gynecologic Oncology, NC, USA 2001
- Gynecologic Oncology, Duke University Medical Center 1998
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