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Carmen Behrens, M.D.

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Instructor, Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Office Address

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd.
Thoracic Head and Neck Medical Oncology
Unit Number: 432
Houston, TX 77030
Room Number: Y4.5611
Phone: 713-563-9184
Fax: 713-792-1220
Email: cbehrens@mdanderson.org

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1983 Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, MD, Medicine

Postgraduate Training

7/2002-12/2002 Post Graduate Training, Pulmonary Medicine, Instituto Nacional del Torax (National Institute for Thoracic Diseases, Santiago, Chile
10/1995-2/1999 Research Fellowship, Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
4/1994-2/1995 Clinical Fellowship, Nephrology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Prudkin L, Liu DD, Ozburn NC, Sun M, Behrens C, Tang X, Brown KC, Bekele BN, Moran C, Wistuba II. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in the development and progression of adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. Mod Pathol 22(5). e-Pub 3/6/2009. PMCID: PMC2675657.
2. Behrens C., Lin HY, Lee JJ, Raso MG, Hong WK, Wistuba I, Lotan R.,. Immunohistochemical Expression of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors 1 and 2 in the Pathogenesis of Lung Cancer. Clin Cancer Res 14(19):6014-22, 10/1/2008. PMID: 18829480.
3. Prudkin L, Behrens C, Liu DD, Zhou X, Ozburn NC, Bekele BN, Minna JD, Moran C, Roth JA, Ji L, Wistuba II. Loss and reduction of FUS1 protein expression is a frequent phenomenon in the pathogenesis of lung cancer. Clin Cancer Res 14(1):41-7, 1/1/2008. PMID: 18172250.
4. Deus HF, Stanislaus R, Veiga DF, Behrens C, Wistuba II, Minna JD, Garner HR, Swisher SG, Roth JA, Correa AM, Broom B, Coombes K, Chang A, Vogel LH, Almeida JS. A Semantic Web management model for integrative biomedical informatics. PLoS One 3(8):e2946, 2008. PMCID: PMC2491554.
5. Jin Q, Feng L, Behrens C, Bekele BN, Wistuba II, Hong WK, Lee HY. Implication of AMP-activated protein kinase and Akt-regulated survivin in lung cancer chemopreventive activities of deguelin. Cancer Res 67(24):11630-9, 12/15/2007. PMID: 18089792.
6. Tang X, Liu D, Shishodia S, Ozburn N, Behrens C, Lee JJ, Hong WK, Aggarwal BB, Wistuba,, II. Nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) is frequently expressed in lung cancer and preneoplastic lesions. Cancer 107(11):2637-46, 12/1/2006. PMID: 17078054.
7. Shen J*, Behrens C*, Wistuba,, II, Feng L, Lee JJ, Hong WK, Lotan R (*equal contribution).. Identification and validation of differences in protein levels in normal, premalignant, and malignant lung cells and tissues using high-throughput Western Array and immunohistochemistry. Cancer Res 66(23):11194-206, 12/2006. PMID: 17145864.

Last updated: 11/29/2010