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Vahid Afshar-Kharghan
Researcher at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Publications - 2
Citations - 643
Vahid Afshar-Kharghan is an academic researcher from University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hematology & Metastasis. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 2 publications receiving 527 citations.
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Paraneoplastic Thrombocytosis in Ovarian Cancer
Rebecca L. Stone,Alpa M. Nick,Iain A. McNeish,Frances R. Balkwill,Hee Dong Han,Justin Bottsford-Miller,Rajesha Rupaimoole,Guillermo N. Armaiz-Pena,Chad V. Pecot,Jermaine Coward,Michael T. Deavers,Hernan G. Vasquez,Diana L. Urbauer,Charles N. Landen,Wei Hu,Hannah Gershenson,Koji Matsuo,Mian M.K. Shahzad,Erin R. King,Ibrahim Tekedereli,Bulent Ozpolat,Edward H. Ahn,Virginia K. Bond,Rui Wang,Angela F. Drew,Francisca C. Gushiken,Donald M. Lamkin,Katherine Collins,Koen DeGeest,Susan K. Lutgendorf,Wah Chiu,Gabriel Lopez-Berestein,Vahid Afshar-Kharghan,Anil K. Sood +33 more
TL;DR: Findings support the existence of a paracrine circuit wherein increased production of thrombopoietic cytokines in tumor and host tissue leads to paraneoplasticThrombocytosis, which fuels tumor growth.