Rachel C. Blitzblau, MD, PhD
Department / Division
Radiation Oncology /
Radiation Onc-Clinical Sup
Address
DUMC 3085
Durham, NC 27710
Appointment Telephone
919-660-2100
Office Telephone
919-613-3795
Fax Telephone
919-668-7345
- MD, Tufts University School of Medicine (Massachusetts), 2005
- Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital (Massachusetts), 2005-2006
- Radiation Oncology, Yale New Haven Hospital (Connecticut), 2006-2010
- PhD, Neuroscience, Tufts University (Massachusetts), 2005
Clinical Interests
Radiotherapy for breast cancer, clinical and translational research in breast cancer
This faculty member has no reported relationships with industry.
Representative Publications
Ratner, E; Lu, L; Boeke, M; Barnett, R; Nallur, S; Chin, LJ; Pelletier, C; Blitzblau, R; Tassi, R; Paranjape, T; Hui, P; Godwin, AK; Yu, H; Risch, H; Rutherford, T; Schwartz, P; Santin, A; Matloff, E; Zelterman, D; Slack, FJ; Weidhaas, JB. A KRAS-variant in ovarian cancer acts as a genetic marker of cancer risk. Cancer Research. 2010;70:6509-6515.
(2010)
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Yu, JB; Blitzblau, RC; Patel, SC; Decker, RH; Wilson, LD. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database analysis of microcystic adnexal carcinoma (sclerosing sweat duct carcinoma) of the skin. American Journal of Clinical Oncology: cancer clinical trials. 2010;33:125-127.
(2010)
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Blitzblau, R; Storer, EK; Jacob, MH. Dystrophin and utrophin isoforms are expressed in glia, but not neurons, of the avian parasympathetic ciliary ganglion. Brain Research. 2008;1218:21-34.
(2008)
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Yu, JB; Blitzblau, RC; Decker, RH; Housman, DM; Wilson, LD. Analysis of primary CD30+ cutaneous lymphoproliferative disease and survival from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2008;26:1483-1488.
(2008)
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Chen, W; Aoki, C; Mahadomrongkul, V; Gruber, CE; Wang, GJ; Blitzblau, R; Irwin, N; Rosenberg, PA. Expression of a variant form of the glutamate transporter GLT1 in neuronal cultures and in neurons and astrocytes in the rat brain. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2002;22:2142-2152.
(2002)
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Rosenberg, MM; Blitzblau, RC; Olsen, DP; Jacob, MH. Regulatory mechanisms that govern nicotinic synapse formation in neurons. Developmental Neurobiology. 2002;53:542-555.
(2002)
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Sinor, JD; Du, S; Venneti, S; Blitzblau, RC; Leszkiewicz, DN; Rosenberg, PA; Aizenman, E. NMDA and glutamate evoke excitotoxicity at distinct cellular locations in rat cortical neurons in vitro. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2000;20:8831-8837.
(2000)
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Temburni, MK; Blitzblau, RC; Jacob, MH. Receptor targeting and heterogeneity at interneuronal nicotinic cholinergic synapses in vivo. The Journal of Physiology. 2000;525 Pt 1:21-29.
(2000)
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Blitzblau, R; Gupta, S; Djali, S; Robinson, MB; Rosenberg, PA. The glutamate transport inhibitor L-trans-pyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylate indirectly evokes NMDA receptor mediated neurotoxicity in rat cortical cultures. European Journal of Neuroscience. 1996;8:1840-1852.
(1996)
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Speliotes, EK; Hartnett, KA; Blitzblau, RC; Aizenman, E; Rosenberg, PA. Comparison of the potency of competitive NMDA antagonists against the neurotoxicity of glutamate and NMDA. Journal of Neurochemistry. 1994;63:879-885.
(1994)
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