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Douglas L. Fraker is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a substantial focus on Surgery, Oncology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Nephrology.

Their publication record includes a number of papers in high-impact venues, particularly concentrated in surgical and oncological journals.

  • Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • Surgery
  • Journal of the American College of Surgeons
  • The American Journal of Surgery
  • Journal of Surgical Oncology

Douglas L. Fraker's frequent topics of work cover several specialized areas related to tumors, endocrine disorders, and hormonal regulation.

  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting

Some notable recent publications include the following:

  • The North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society Consensus Guidelines for Surveillance and Management of Metastatic and/or Unresectable Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma, 2021, Pancreas
  • Predicting Metastatic Potential in Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma: A Comparison of PASS and GAPP Scoring Systems, 2020, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Patterns of Metastasis in Merkel Cell Carcinoma, 2020, Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • Therapeutic Outcomes with Surgical and Medical Management of Primary Aldosteronism, 2021, Current Cardiology Reports
  • Correlation Between Plasma Catecholamines, Weight, and Diabetes in Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma, 2021, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Douglas L. Fraker collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors with whom they have published extensively, including:

  • Heather Wachtel
  • Giorgos C. Karakousis
  • Rachel R. Kelz
  • John T. Miura
  • Robert E. Roses

Best Publications

  • Multiple cytokines and acute inflammation raise mouse leptin levels: potential role in inflammatory anorexia.

    Pasha Sarraf;Robert C. Frederich;Ewa M. Turner;Grace Ma

  • Surgery to cure the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

    J A Norton;D L Fraker;H R Alexander;D J Venzon

  • Determinants of Metastatic Rate and Survival in Patients With Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome: A Prospective Long-term Study

    H.Christian Weber;David J. Venzon;Jaw-Town Lin;Vitaly A. Fishbein

  • Diffuse optical tomography of breast cancer during neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a case study with comparison to MRI.

    Regine Choe;Alper Corlu;Kijoon Lee;Turgut Durduran

  • The Surgical Management of Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors: Consensus Guidelines of the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society.

    James R. Howe;Kenneth Cardona;Douglas L. Fraker;Electron Kebebew

  • Localization of insulinomas to regions of the pancreas by intra-arterial stimulation with calcium.

    Doppman Jl;Chang R;Fraker Dl;Norton Ja

  • Breast MR imaging in patients with axillary node metastases and unknown primary malignancy.

    Susan G. Orel;Susan P. Weinstein;Mitchell D. Schnall;Carol A. Reynolds

  • Differentiation of benign and malignant breast tumors by in-vivo three-dimensional parallel-plate diffuse optical tomography

    Regine Choe;Soren D. Konecky;Alper Corlu;Kijoon Lee

  • Primary and metastatic diseases in malignant melanoma of the gastrointestinal tract.

    Lynn M. Schuchter;Robert Green;Douglas Fraker

  • A prospective trial evaluating a standard approach to reoperation for missed parathyroid adenoma.

    Nora Jaskowiak;Nora Jaskowiak;Jeffrey A. Norton;H. Richard Alexander;John L. Doppman

  • Treatment of patients with melanoma of the extremity using hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion with melphalan, tumor necrosis factor, and interferon gamma: results of a tumor necrosis factor dose-escalation study.

    D L Fraker;H R Alexander;M Andrich;S A Rosenberg

  • Randomized multicenter trial of hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion with melphalan alone compared with melphalan plus tumor necrosis factor: American College of Surgeons Oncology Group trial Z0020

    Wendy R. Cornett;Linda M. McCall;Rebecca P. Petersen;Merrick I. Ross

  • Surgery Increases Survival in Patients With Gastrinoma

    Jeffrey A. Norton;Douglas L. Fraker;H R. Alexander;Fathia Gibril

  • Surgery in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome alters the natural history of gastrinoma.

    Douglas Fraker;Jeffrey Norton;H. Alexander;David Venzon

  • Comparison of surgical results in patients with advanced and limited disease with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.

    Jeffrey Norton;H. Alexander;Douglas Fraker;David Venzon

  • Isolated hepatic perfusion with tumor necrosis factor and melphalan for unresectable cancers confined to the liver.

    H R Alexander;D L Bartlett;S K Libutti;D L Fraker

  • Mitotic Rate as a Predictor of Sentinel Lymph NodePositivity in Patients With Thin Melanomas

    Susan B. Kesmodel;Giorgos C. Karakousis;Jeffrey D. Botbyl;Robert J. Canter

  • Inherited mutations in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: why all patients should be offered genetic testing.

    Lauren Fishbein;Shana Merrill;Douglas L. Fraker;Debbie L. Cohen

  • Effect of Photodynamic Therapy on Tumor Necrosis Factor Production by Murine Macrophages

    Steven Evans;Wilbert Matthews;Roger Perry;Douglas Fraker

  • Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: A new standard of care

    Hernan I. Vargas;Louis R. Kavoussi;David L. Bartlett;Joseph R. Wagner

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey A. Norton
Jeffrey A. Norton Stanford University
H. Richard Alexander
H. Richard Alexander Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Robert T. Jensen
Robert T. Jensen National Institutes of Health
David E. Elder
David E. Elder Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Monica C. Skarulis
Monica C. Skarulis National Institutes of Health
John L. Doppman
John L. Doppman National Institutes of Health
Charles M. Vollmer
Charles M. Vollmer University of Pennsylvania
Stephen M. Hahn
Stephen M. Hahn The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Steven K. Libutti
Steven K. Libutti Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
David Venzon
David Venzon National Institutes of Health

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