Dr. Walter John Urba MD, PHD
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
4805 Ne Glisan St 6n40 Portland OR, 97213Rating
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Dr. Walter Urba is an oncologist practicing in Portland, OR. Dr. Urba specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Urba manages and oversees the treatment of a cancer patient after he or she has been diagnosed with the disease. Oncologists will care for their patients throughout the course of the disease. Types of oncologists include medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, gynecologic oncologists, pediatric oncologists and hematologist oncologists.
Education and Training
Univ of Miami Sch of Med, Miami Fl 1981
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine 1981
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Immunization of metastatic breast cancer patients with CD80-modified breast cancer cells and GM-CSF.
- Examining the immune response in sentinel lymph nodes of mice and men.
- Abrogation of the hematological and biological activities of the interleukin-3/granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor fusion protein PIXY321 by neutralizing anti-PIXY321 antibodies in cancer patients receiving high-dose carboplatin.
- Mutated cytochrome b as a determinant of a new monoclonal antibody (H8.98) on renal carcinoma cell lines recognized by a Vgamma3Vdelta1(+) T-cell clone.
- Tumor regression after adoptive transfer of effector T cells is independent of perforin or Fas ligand (APO-1L/CD95L).
- Engagement of the OX-40 receptor in vivo enhances antitumor immunity.
- Isolation of genes overexpressed in freshly isolated breast cancer specimens.
- Combination chemotherapy followed by an immunotoxin (anti-B4-blocked ricin) in patients with indolent lymphoma: results of a phase II study.
- Spontaneous mammary carcinomas fail to induce an immune response in syngeneic FVBN202 neu transgenic mice.
- Divergent roles for CD4+ T cells in the priming and effector/memory phases of adoptive immunotherapy.
- Chemokine receptor desensitization in tumor-bearing mice.
- Immunotherapy of melanoma: a dichotomy in the requirement for IFN-gamma in vaccine-induced antitumor immunity versus adoptive immunotherapy.
- Role of C chemokine lymphotactin in mediating recruitment of antigen-specific CD62L(lo) cells in vitro and in vivo.
- Immunological and molecular analysis of the sentinel lymph node: a potential approach to predict outcome, tailor therapy, and optimize parameters for tumor vaccine development.
- Are all hypotheses generated before data analysis prospective?
Clinical Trials
- Study of MEDI0562 Prior to Surgical Resection in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) or Melanoma
- Neoadjuvant Immunoradiotherapy in Head & Neck Cancer
- TAPUR: Testing the Use of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Approved Drugs That Target a Specific Abnormality in a Tumor Gene in People With Advanced Stage Cancer
- MK-3475 and Gemcitabine in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
- Immunoscore in Rectal Cancer
Treatments
- Melanoma
- Skin Cancer
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