
Dr. Barbara Karen Dunn MD
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
Epn 2056 6130 Executive Blvd Bethesda MD, 20892About
Dr. Barbara Dunn is an oncologist practicing in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Dunn specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Dunn 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
Georgetown Univ Sch of Med, Washington Dc 1987
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The human cadaver in the age of biomedical informatics.
- Epigenetics in cancer prevention: early detection and risk assessment: introduction.
- Hypomethylation: one side of a larger picture.
- Early detection and risk assessment: proceedings and recommendations from the Workshop on Epigenetics in Cancer Prevention.
- Introduction: diet, epigenetic events and cancer prevention.
- Influence of genetic inheritance on global epigenetic states and cancer risk prediction with DNA methylation signature: challenges in technology and data analysis.
- Do we make optimal use of the potential of cancer prevention?
- Phase 3 trials of aromatase inhibitors for breast cancer prevention: following in the path of the selective estrogen receptor modulators.
- Landmarks in the history of cancer epidemiology.
- Identification of novel gene amplifications in breast cancer and coexistence of
- Delineating genetic alterations for tumor progression in the MCF10A series of breast cancer cell lines.
- Influence of genetic background and tissue types on global DNA methylation patterns.
- Health disparities in breast cancer: biology meets socioeconomic status.
- Cancer prevention I: introduction.
- Molecular markers for early detection.
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