Associate Professor of Surgery, Case West Res University
General Surgery
Dr. Robert R. Shenk, MD
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Doctor Robert R. Shenk, MD is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He attended Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He has 4 awards "America's Top Doctors", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Top MD". Robert Shenk is also a published doctor. He has 26 paper published. The most recent paper is: Relationship between the size and margin status of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast and residual disease. Robert Shenk accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Touch preparations for the intraoperative evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes after neoadjuvant therapy have high false-negative rates in patients with Breast cancer.
- Long-term central venous catheters: size and location do matter.
- Not all nonpalpable Breast cancers are alike.
- Outpatient percutaneous central venous access in Cancer patients.
- Biopsy of the Breast for mammographically detected lesions.
- Positron emission tomography and Breast masses: comparison with clinical, mammographic, and pathological findings.
- Axillary lymph node metastases: screening with [F-18]2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-glucose (FDG) PET.
- Percutaneous placement of femoral central venous catheter in patients undergoing transplantation of bone marrow.
- Relationship between the size and margin status of ductal carcinoma in situ of the Breast and residual disease.
- Short-term tamoxifen plus chemotherapy: superior results in node-positive Breast cancer.
- Age does not predict Breast cancer outcome.
- Estrogen receptor determination and long term survival of patients with carcinoma of the Breast.
- Open versus laparoscopic surgery: a comparison of natural antitumoral cellular immunity in a Small animal model.
- Breast biopsy for calcifications in nonpalpable Breast lesions. A prospective study.
- Primary tumor size. Relevance to Breast cancer survival.
- Local-regional Breast cancer recurrence following mastectomy.
- GastroIntestinal emergencies in the oncology patient.
- Diagnosing Breast cancer using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and intrinsic fluorescence spectroscopy.
- Inflammatory Breast cancer as a model disease to study tumor angiogenesis: results of a phase IB trial of combination SU5416 and doxorubicin.
- Breast conservation surgery achieving>or=2 mm tumor-free margins results in decreased local-regional recurrence rates.
- A phase II study of radiotherapy and concurrent paclitaxel chemotherapy in Breast-conserving treatment for node-positive Breast cancer.
- Diagnosing Breast cancer using Raman spectroscopy: prospective analysis.
- A vasculature-targeting regimen of preoperative docetaxel with or without bevacizumab for locally advanced Breast cancer: impact on angiogenic biomarkers.
- Radiation therapy in addition to gross total resection of retroperitoneal Sarcoma results in prolonged survival: results from a single institutional study.
- Phase II study of dose-dense sequential doxorubicin and docetaxel for patients with advanced operable and inoperable Breast cancer.
Schools
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Fell National Cancer Institute
University Hosps
MD Anderson Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Biopsy of Breast
- Breast Reconstruction
- Colectomy
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
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Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Anorectal Abscess
- Appendicitis
- Atelectasis
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- Fellow (FACS)
- Top MD
Education
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center -
Case Western Reserve University - University Hospitals -
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center -
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Hospital
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University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1821018524 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | SHENK | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | ROBERT | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 441061716 | |
| NPPES Provider State | OH | |
| Specialty Description | Surgical Oncology | |
| Total Claim Count | 126.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1821018524 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | SHENK |
| First Name Of The Provider | ROBERT |
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