Working to Eradicate Gynecologic Cancers

Premal H. Thaker, MD

Assistant Professor
Washington University School of Medicine
Dept. of OB/GYN
4911 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plaza
St. Louis, MO
USA 63110


Biographical Sketch:
I have a collaborative R01 studying the influence of stress on ovarian tumor biology in conjunction with Drs. Lutgendorf, Sood, and Cole. We have the following publications in this area: 1.Lutgendorf SK,...Thaker PH, Mendez L, Lubaroff DM, Cole S, Sood AK. Decreased Survival in Socially Isolated Ovarian Cancer Patients. Epub JCO 30(23):2885-90, 2012. 2.Schrepf A,...Thaker PH.... et al. Accepted to Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 2012."

Papers:
84 Universal screening for Lynch syndrome in endometrial cancer results in increased acceptance of genetic counseling and testing 164 Outcomes for partial metabolic response on post therapy positron emission tomography for cervical cancer: role of surgical intervention 245 Gyn/Onc partnership with sarcoma center yields superior clinical trial enrollments for uterine leiomyosarcoma patients 387 Awareness of the association between obesity and perioperative risk among newly diagnosed endometrial cancer patients