
Howard P Safran MD
Associate Professor, Medicine, Brown University Program in Medicine
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164 Summit Ave# FainProvidence, RI 02906
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Education & Training
- Boston University Medical CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1990 - 1992
- Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1990
- Boston University School of MedicineClass of 1987
Certifications & Licensure
- RI State Medical License 1993 - 2026
- MA State Medical License 1989 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Hematology
- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Clinical Trials
- Liposomal Doxorubicin in Treating Patients With Liver or Bile Duct Cancer Start of enrollment: 1998 Jan 01
- Gemcitabine and Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Cancer of the Pancreas Start of enrollment: 1999 Mar 01
- A Trial of GW572016, Gemcitabine and Oxaliplatin for Metastatic Pancreaticobiliary Cancer Schema Start of enrollment: 2006 Jul 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- CRE25-047: Avapritinib Induced Pseudoprogression in a Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor With a PDGFRA Exam 18 842 Mutation.Charmi Trivedi, Timothy Murtha, Zane Zaidi, Howard Safran
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2025-03-28 - Imipridones ONC201/ONC206 + RT/TMZ triple (IRT) therapy reduces intracranial tumor burden, prolongs survival in orthotopic IDH-WT GBM mouse model, and suppresses MGMT.Lanlan Zhou, Leiqing Zhang, Jun Zhang, Laura Jinxuan Wu, Shengliang Zhang
Oncotarget. 2025-03-27 - Worldwide Innovative Network (WIN) Consortium in Personalized Cancer Medicine: Bringing next-generation precision oncology to patients.Wafik S El-Deiry, Catherine Bresson, Fanny Wunder, Benedito A Carneiro, Don S Dizon
Oncotarget. 2025-03-12
Lectures
- Glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta (GSK-3β) blockade with 9-ing-41 in gastrointestinal cancers: The 1801 phase Ib/II study.ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium - San Francisco, CA - 1/23/2020
- Adjuvant FOLFOX + nab-paclitaxel (FOLFOX-A)for pancreatic cancer, BrUOG 278: A Brown University oncology research group phase II study.2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019
Press Mentions
- Working to Close the Cancer Screening Gap Caused by COVIDMay 17th, 2022
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Lifespan Renew Strategic Alliance AgreementMarch 23rd, 2022
- Trastuzumab Combined with Trimodality Treatment for HER2-Overexpressing Esophageal Cancer Found to Be IneffectiveJanuary 22nd, 2022
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