LawrenceBruceBerkMD

Radiation Oncology • Lady Lake, FL

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Office
1400 N US Highway 441
Ste 540
Lady Lake, FL 32159
Phone+1 352-753-9777

Fax+1 866-446-1888

Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Radiation Oncology, 1989 - 1992
UPMC Medical Education (Mercy)Internship, Transitional Year, 1988 - 1989
University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 1993 - 2025
OH State Medical License 1995 - 2007
NJ State Medical License 1992 - 1997
PA State Medical License 1991 - 1996
DE State Medical License 1900 - 1900
American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
American Board of Radiology Radiation Oncology

Clinical Trials

Melatonin and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Brain Metastases Start of enrollment: 2002 May 01
Completed
Phase 2
Comparison of Nutritional Supplements in Preventing Weight Loss in Patients With Cancer Start of enrollment: 2002 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 3
Manuka Honey in Preventing Esophagitis-Related Pain in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy For Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 2012 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 2
A Study of Rindopepimut/GM-CSF in Patients With Relapsed EGFRvIII-Positive Glioblastoma Start of enrollment: 2011 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 2
Preoperative Chemoradiation for Glioblastoma Start of enrollment: 2014 Nov 01
Completed
Phase 1
Effects of Intravenous GC4419 on the Incidence and Severity of Esophagitis Due to Chemoradiotherapy for Lung Cancer Start of enrollment: 2019 Dec 19
Terminated
Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

79 citations
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of a β-hydroxyl β-methyl butyrate, glutamine, and arginine mixture for the treatment of cancer cachexia (RTOG 0122)
Lawrence Berk, Jennifer L. James, Anna L. Schwartz, Eugen B. Hug, Anand Mahadevan
Supportive Care in Cancer. 2008-02-22
32 citations
Modeling the effect of intratumoral heterogeneity of radiosensitivity on tumor response over the course of fractionated radiation therapy.
Juan Carlos López Alfonso, Lawrence Berk
Radiation Oncology. 2019-05-30
14 citations
Changes in Gut Microbiome Associated With Co-Occurring Symptoms Development During Chemo-Radiation for Rectal Cancer: A Proof of Concept Study
Velda J. González-Mercado, Wendy A. Henderson, Anujit Sarkar, Jean Lim, Leorey N. Saligan
Biological Research for Nursing. 2021-01-01

Press Mentions

Manuka Honey Does Not Decrease Pain of Radiation-Induced Esophagitis for Lung Cancer PatientsSeptember 15th, 2014
Acupuncture May Ease Dry Mouth After CancerFebruary 10th, 2016