Holcombe E.  Grier , MD


Office Phone: 617-632-3971
Appointment Line: 1-888-PEDI-ONC (733-4662)
Fax: 617-632-5710
NPI: 1295702793

Departments/Divisions

Specialties

Ewing sarcoma
hematology/oncology
osteosarcoma
rhabdomyosarcoma

Services/Programs

Certifications

Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Internal Medicine

College

Trinity College , Hartford, CT  (1972)

Medical School

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA  (1976)

Internship

North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC  (07/76 to 06/77)

Residency

North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC  (07/77 to 06/80)

Fellowship

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital Boston/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA  (07/81 to 06/83)

Societies

President, American Society of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Publications

Bernstein ML, Devidas M, Lafreniere D, Souid AK, Meyers PA,Gebhardt M, Stine K, Nicholas R, Perlman EJ, Dubowy R, Wainer IW, Dickman PS,Link MP, Goorin A, Grier HE:
Intensive therapy with growth factor support for patients with ewing tumor metastatic at diagnosis: A Pediatric Oncology Group/Children`s Cancer Group phase II study (P9457).gy , 2006
Journal Clinical Oncology
Pappo AS, Devidas M, Jenkins J, Rao B, Marcua R, Thomas P, Gebhardt M, Pratt C, Grier HE.
Phase II trial of neoadjuvant vincristine, ifosfamide, and doxorubicin with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor support in children and adolescents with advanced-stage nonrhabdomyosarcomatous soft tissue
Journal Clinical Oncology
Meyers PA, Schwartz CL, Krailo M, Kleinerman ES, Betcher D, Bernstein ML, Conrad E, Ferguson W, Gebhardt M, Goorin AM, Harris MB, Healey J, Huvos A, Link M, Montebello J, Nadel H, Nieder M, Sato J, Siegal G, Weiner M, Wells R, Wold L, Womer R, Grier
Osteosarcoma: A randomized, prospective trial of the addition of ifosfamide and/or muramyl tripeptide to cisplatin, doxorubicin, and high-dose methotrexate. , 2005
J Clin Oncol 23:2004-11, 2005
Sarcomas, Other Solid Tumors
  • Detection and treatment of Ewing sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, osteosarcoma, neuroblastoma and other pediatric soft tissue tumors (J Clin Oncol 15:583, 1997; Am J Pathol 153:1451, 1998; J Clin Oncol 16:3021, 1998; 17:3487, 1999; 18:2427, 2000; 18:2567, 2000; 19:4058, 2001; and 20:426, 2002; N Engl J Med 348:694, 2003; J Clin Oncol 22:2873, 2004; 23:4031, 2005 and 24:152, 2006)
  • End-of-life care (New Engl J Med 342:326, 2000; JAMA 284:2469, 2000)
  • Cancer Care - the Day 1 talk (J Clin Oncol 22: 563, 2004)

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Department of Pediatric Oncology
    450 Brookline Ave
    Boston, MA  02215
    Phone: 617-632-3971
    Fax: 617-632-5710

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