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Stephen Andrew Spencer

Reader in Neonatal Medicine, Keele University
Verified email at keele.ac.uk
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Mucosal melanoma: a clinically and biologically unique disease entity

RD Carvajal, SA Spencer, W Lydiatt - Journal of the National …, 2012 - jnccn.org
Mucosal melanoma (MM) is an aggressive and clinically complex malignancy made more
challenging by its relative rarity. Because of the rarity of MM as a whole, and because of the …

Radiotherapy plus cetuximab for locoregionally advanced head and neck cancer: 5-year survival data from a phase 3 randomised trial, and relation between …

…, RK Sur, D Raben, J Baselga, SA Spencer… - The lancet …, 2010 - thelancet.com
Background Previous results from our phase 3 randomised trial showed that adding
cetuximab to primary radiotherapy increased overall survival in patients with locoregionally …

Stimulation of megakaryocytopoiesis and thrombopoiesis by the c-Mpl ligand

…, SD Spencer, BE Malloy, AL Gurney, SA Spencer… - Nature, 1994 - nature.com
Physiological platelet synthesis is thought to require the humoral activities of meg-CSF and
thrombopoietin, which respectively promote proliferation and maturation of megakaryocytic …

Growth hormone receptor and serum binding protein: purification, cloning and expression

DW Leung, SA Spencer, G Cachianes, RG Hammonds… - Nature, 1987 - nature.com
Spencer et al., manuscript in preparation). Arrows indicate the top of the resolving gels. a, 1
J.… Sa) containing a cytomegalovirus promoter and the other functions necessary for high level …

A Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) phase III randomized study to compare hyperfractionation and two variants of accelerated fractionation to standard …

KK Fu, TF Pajak, A Trotti, CU Jones, SA Spencer… - International Journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Purpose: The optimal fractionation schedule for radiotherapy of head and neck cancer has
been controversial. The objective of this randomized trial was to test the efficacy of …

[HTML][HTML] Human tumor necrosis factor. Production, purification, and characterization.

…, WJ Kohr, PE Hass, B Moffat, SA Spencer… - Journal of Biological …, 1985 - Elsevier
Human tumor necrosis factor (TNF) was purified to homogeneity from serum-free tissue culture
supernatants of the HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cell line induced by 4 beta-phorbol 12-…

Does human milk reduce infection rates in preterm infants? A systematic review

A De Silva, PW Jones, SA Spencer - … of disease in childhood-fetal and …, 2004 - fn.bmj.com
One of the reasons for advocating human milk (HM) feeding for preterm infants is the belief
that this provides the infant with a degree of protection from infection. Providing fresh HM for …

Lymphatic and other vascular malformative/overgrowth disorders are caused by somatic mutations in PIK3CA

…, JB Mulliken, R Rahbar, SA Spencer… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives To test the hypothesis that somatic phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphospate 3-kinase,
catalytic subunit alpha (PIK3CA) mutations would be found in patients with more common …

Phase I study of anti–epidermal growth factor receptor antibody cetuximab in combination with radiation therapy in patients with advanced head and neck cancer

F Robert, MP Ezekiel, SA Spencer… - Journal of clinical …, 2001 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE: To evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of a chimeric anti–epidermal
growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody, cetuximab, in combination with radiation …

The light still shines, but not that brightly? The current status of perinatal near infrared spectroscopy

…, YA Wickramasinghe, SA Spencer - Archives of Disease in …, 2003 - fn.bmj.com
Efforts have been made to find new, non-invasive methods for assessing tissue oxygenation
and haemodynamics, particularly in the brain of the fetus and the newborn infant. Near …