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Overview

Elkan F. Halpern is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, focusing particularly on oncology and cancer research. Their work also intersects with infectious diseases and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The scientist has contributed to studies pertaining to global cancer incidence and screening as well as breast cancer treatment. They have examined BRCA gene mutations in cancer and explored long-term effects of COVID-19, including infectious encephalopathies and encephalitis. Their research further covers COVID-19 clinical research studies and cancer treatment and pharmacology topics.

Elkan F. Halpern has coauthored publications with multiple researchers including Janie M. Lee, Kathryn P. Lowry, Jessica Chubiz, J. Shannon Swan, and Tina Motazedi.

Their work has appeared in several venues, such as:

  • The Breast
  • American Journal of Neuroradiology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Radiology

Recent papers by Elkan F. Halpern include:

  • "Breast cancer risk, worry, and anxiety: Effect on patient perceptions of false-positive screening results" (2020) published in The Breast
  • "Clinical, Imaging, and Lab Correlates of Severe COVID-19 Leukoencephalopathy" (2021) published in American Journal of Neuroradiology
  • "Five-Year Risk for Interval-Invasive Second Breast Cancer" (2020) published in UNC Libraries
  • "Election Night Projections for Radiologists" (2024) published in Radiology

Best Publications

  • Characterization of Human Atherosclerosis by Optical Coherence Tomography

    Hiroshi Yabushita;Brett E. Bouma;Stuart L. Houser;H. Thomas Aretz

  • Treatment of Focal Liver Tumors with Percutaneous Radio-frequency Ablation: Complications Encountered in a Multicenter Study

    Tito Livraghi;Luigi Solbiati;M. Franca Meloni;G. Scott Gazelle

  • Cerebral blood volume maps of gliomas : comparison with tumor grade and histologic findings

    H J Aronen;I E Gazit;D N Louis;B R Buchbinder

  • Percutaneous radio-frequency ablation of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer: long-term results in 117 patients.

    Solbiati L;Livraghi T;Goldberg Sn;Ierace T

  • In Vivo Characterization of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque by Use of Optical Coherence Tomography

    Ik-Kyung Jang;Guillermo J. Tearney;Briain MacNeill;Masamichi Takano

  • Quantification of Macrophage Content in Atherosclerotic Plaques by Optical Coherence Tomography

    Guillermo J. Tearney;Hiroshi Yabushita;Stuart L. Houser;H. Thomas Aretz

  • Characterization of Adrenal Masses Using Unenhanced CT: An Analysis of the CT Literature

    G.W.L. Boland;M.J. Lee;G.S. Gazelle;E.F. Halpern

  • Assessment of Echocardiography and Biomarkers for the Extended Prediction of Cardiotoxicity in Patients Treated With Anthracyclines, Taxanes, and Trastuzumab

    Heloisa Sawaya;Igal A. Sebag;Juan Carlos Plana;James L. Januzzi

  • Early detection and prediction of cardiotoxicity in chemotherapy-treated patients.

    Heloisa Sawaya;Igal A. Sebag;Juan Carlos Plana;James Louis Januzzi

  • Schizophrenic subjects show aberrant fMRI activation of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia during working memory performance.

    Dara S Manoach;Randy L Gollub;Etienne S Benson;Meghan M Searl

  • Evaluation of intracoronary stenting by intravascular optical coherence tomography

    B. E. Bouma;G. J. Tearney;H. Yabushita;M. Shishkov

  • Renal manifestations of tuberous sclerosis complex: Incidence, prognosis, and predictive factors

    S. K. Rakowski;E. B. Winterkorn;E. Paul;D. J. Steele

  • Early increases in multiple biomarkers predict subsequent cardiotoxicity in patients with breast cancer treated with doxorubicin, taxanes, and trastuzumab.

    Bonnie Ky;Mary Putt;Heloisa Sawaya;Benjamin French

  • Assessing Radiologist Performance Using Combined Digital Mammography and Breast Tomosynthesis Compared with Digital Mammography Alone: Results of a Multicenter, Multireader Trial

    Elizabeth A. Rafferty;Jeong Mi Park;Liane E. Philpotts;Steven P. Poplack

  • Schizophrenic subjects activate dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during a working memory task, as measured by fMRI

    Dara S. Manoach;Daniel Z Press;Venkatassen Thangaraj;Meghan M Searl

  • Focal and multi-focal plaque macrophage distributions in patients with acute and stable presentations of coronary artery disease.

    Briain D. MacNeill;Ik-Kyung Jang;Brett E. Bouma;Nicusor Iftimia

  • Inferior vena caval filters: review of a 26-year single-center clinical experience.

    Christos A. Athanasoulis;John A. Kaufman;Elkan F. Halpern;Arthur C. Waltman

  • Prospective Comparison of Mammography, Sonography, and MRI in Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Palpable Breast Cancer

    Eren Yeh;Priscilla Slanetz;Daniel B Kopans;Elizabeth Rafferty

  • Optical coherence tomography to identify intramucosal carcinoma and high-grade dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus.

    John A. Evans;John M. Poneros;Brett E. Bouma;Jason Bressner

  • CT and Conventional and Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging in Acute Stroke: Study in 691 Patients at Presentation to the Emergency Department

    Mark E. Mullins;Pamela W. Schaefer;A. Gregory Sorensen;Elkan F. Halpern

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel B. Kopans
Daniel B. Kopans Harvard University
Sanjay Saini
Sanjay Saini Harvard University
Peter F. Hahn
Peter F. Hahn Harvard University
Michael H. Lev
Michael H. Lev Harvard University
Peter R. Mueller
Peter R. Mueller Harvard University
Karen L. Furie
Karen L. Furie Brown University
Walter J. Koroshetz
Walter J. Koroshetz National Institutes of Health
R. Gilberto Gonzalez
R. Gilberto Gonzalez Harvard University
Wade S. Smith
Wade S. Smith University of California, San Francisco
Brett E. Bouma
Brett E. Bouma Harvard University

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