
Dr. Stephen P Hunger MD
Hematologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
13123 E 16th Ave Box B115 Aurora CO, 80045About
Dr. Stephen Hunger is a pediatric hematologist practicing in Aurora, CO. Dr. Hunger specializes in treating children that have a blood disease or cancer. Such blood diseases include disorders of red blood cells, white blood cells and/or platelets. The types of cancers that Dr. Hunger treats include leukemias, lymphomas and certain tumors. Dr. Hunger can also treat bleeding disorders in children. Pediatric hematologists can be found in childrens hospitals, community hospitals, university medical centers and more.
Board Certification
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD- 2007
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Acquisition of p16(INK4A) and p15(INK4B) gene abnormalities between initial diagnosis and relapse in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
- L-Asparaginase inhibits the rapamycin-targeted signaling pathway.
- Cytogenetic abnormalities in a case of botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma.
- Protean clinical manifestations in children with leukemias containing MLL-AF10 fusion.
- The DBP transcriptional activation domain is highly homologous to that of HLF and TEF and is not responsible for the tissue type-specific transcriptional activity of DBP.
- Detection of E2A translocations in leukemias via fluorescence in situ hybridization.
- Unusual childhood extramedullary hematologic malignancy with natural killer cell properties that contains tropomyosin 4--anaplastic lymphoma kinase gene fusion.
- Quantitative HOX expression in chromosomally defined subsets of acute myelogenous leukemia.
- Analysis of TP53 mutations in relapsed childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
- Site-specific translocation and evidence of postnatal origin of the t(1;19) E2A-PBX1 fusion in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
- E2A-PBX1 fusion in adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: biological and clinical features.
- Translocation (11;15;19): a highly specific chromosome rearrangement associated
- Prognostic implications of t(10;11) translocations in childhood acute myelogenous leukemia: a report from the Children's Cancer Group.
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia occurring as a second malignant neoplasm in childhood: report of three cases and review of the literature.
- Polycythemia vera in a child following treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Professional Memberships
- Board Member American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Board Member American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Board Member American Society of Hematology
- Board Member American Society of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
- Board Member Children s Oncology Group
- Board Member International Society of Paediatric Oncology
- Board Member Society for Pediatric Research
- Board Member American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Board Member Children's Oncology Group
- Member Society for Pediatric Research -
Fellowships
- Stanford University Program, Pediatrics - Pediatric Hematology / Oncology 1991
Experience & Accolades
- Professor2007School of Medicine, Pediatrics
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Nearest Hospitals
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51 NORTH 39TH STREET PHILADELPHIA PA 19104HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALl
230 NORTH BROAD STREET PHILADELPHIA PA 19102