Dr. Robert Ira Tepper M.D.
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
53 Laurel Rd Weston MA, 02493About
Dr. Robert Tepper is an oncologist practicing in Weston, MA. Dr. Tepper specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Tepper 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
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1981
Harvard Medical School 1981
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor therapy and outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention.
- The tumor-cytokine transplantation assay and the antitumor activity of interleukin-4.
- A thin commentary on a fat receptor.
- An eosinophil-dependent mechanism for the antitumor effect of interleukin-4.
- An implantable microdevice to perform high-throughput in vivo drug sensitivity testing in tumors.
- Gene therapy of metastatic cancer by in vivo retroviral gene targeting.
- Cutaneous lymphoproliferation and lymphomas in interleukin 7 transgenic mice.
- The eosinophil-mediated antitumor activity of interleukin-4.
- IL-10 inhibits alloreactive cytotoxic T lymphocyte generation in vivo.
- Experimental and clinical studies of cytokine gene-modified tumor cells.
- The anti-tumour and proinflammatory actions of IL4.
- Treatment of glioma by engineered interleukin 4-secreting cells.
- Identification and expression cloning of a leptin receptor, OB-R.
- Evidence that the diabetes gene encodes the leptin receptor: identification of a mutation in the leptin receptor gene in db/db mice.
- T cell-derived IL-10 antagonizes macrophage function in mycobacterial infection.
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