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Anthony Ercolano

Special Projects

(212) 801-1702

anthony.ercolano@downtownhospital.org

The results of a study entitled Chemotherapy-associated Steroid Use and Its Effect on Blood Glucose, Nephro-, and Other Toxicity of Chemotherapy for Non-Diabetic Oncological Patients conducted at Downtown Hospital was published in the May 20, 2009, Journal of Clinical Oncology.  Study investigators were Drs. Xiaorong Yan, Peter Wong, Giuseppe Del Priore and Joseph Bottino. The preliminary study did not indicate that current steroid regimens prescribed with chemotherapy have a significant overall effect on glucose elevation and subsequent increased nephrotoxicity of chemotherapy.