Charles F. McKhann

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Yale University
School of Medicine
Surgery
Professor

Mailing Address

333 Cedar Street
Tompkins 202
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (203) 785-2558
charles.mckhann@yale.edu

Qualifications

M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1955.
B.A., Harvard University, 1951.

Expertise and Research Interests

Medical ethics, with emphasis on physician-assisted dying.
My book on this subject, A Time To Die, The Place For Physician Assistance, will be published by Yale University Press in January,1999. This is my only research intrerest at the present time.

Other Expertise

I wish to be contacted by interested students (medical, graduate or undergraduates) as a potential research mentor/thesis advisor.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Death or Dying (Physical Aspects), Medical Ethics, Surgery, Tumors.

Additional Terms:

Tumor Growth Rate, Tumor Metastases.

Previous Positions

Fellowship, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm

Publications

  • Harrold EV, Turner BC, Matloff ET, Pathare P, Beinfield M, McKhann C, Ward BA, Haffty BG, Local recurrence in the conservatively treated breast cancer patient: a correlation with age and family history [see comments, Cancer Journal of the Scientific American, 4(5), 302-7, September 1998 Abstract
  • Haffty B G, Lee C, Philpotts L, Horvath L, Ward B, McKhann C, Tocino I, Prognostic significance of mammographic detection in a cohort of conservatively treated breast cancer patients [see comments], Cancer Journal From Scientific American, 4(1), 35-40, Jan 1998 Abstract
  • Haffty BG, Lee C, Philpotts L, Horvath L, Ward B, McKhann C, Tocino I, Prognostic significance of mammographic detection in a cohort of conservatively treated breast cancer patients [see comments, Cancer Journal of the Scientific American, 4(1), 35-40, 1998 Abstract
  • Haffty B G, Ward B, Pathare P, Salem R, McKhann C, Beinfield M, Fischer D, Reiss M, Reappraisal of the role of axillary lymph node dissection in the conservative treatment of breast cancer [see comments], Journal of Clinical Oncology, 15(2), 691-700, February 1997 Abstract
  • Hussman K L, Ward B A, McKhann C F, Pustilnick S M, Tocino I, Horvath L J, Philpotts L E, Lee C H, Optical breast lesion localization fiber: preclinical testing of a new device., Radiology, 200(3), 865-6, September 1996 Abstract
  • McKhann C F, Is there a role for physician-assisted suicide in cancer? Yes., Important Advances In Oncology, 1996 Abstract
  • Haffty B G, Reiss M, Beinfield M, Fischer D, Ward B, McKhann C, Ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence as a predictor of distant disease: implications for systemic therapy at the time of local relapse., Journal of Clinical Oncology, 14(1), 52-7, January 1996 Abstract
  • Haffty B G, Wilson L D, Smith R, Fischer D, Beinfield M, Ward B, McKhann C, Subareolar breast cancer: long-term results with conservative surgery and radiation therapy., International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 33(1), 53-7, 30 Aug 1995 Abstract
  • Haffty B G, Wilmarth L, Wilson L, Fischer D, Beinfield M, McKhann C, Adjuvant systemic chemotherapy and hormonal therapy. Effect on local recurrence in the conservatively treated breast cancer patient., Cancer, 73(10), 2543-8, 15 May 1994 Abstract
  • Haffty B G, McKhann C, Beinfield M, Fischer D, Fischer J J, Breast conservation therapy without axillary dissection. A rational treatment strategy in selected patients., Archives of Surgery, 128(12), 1315-9; discussion 1, December 1993 Abstract
  • Wilson L D, Beinfield M, McKhann C F, Haffty B G, Conservative surgery and radiation in the treatment of synchronous ipsilateral breast cancers., Cancer, 72(1), 137-42, 1 Jul 1993 Abstract
  • Ward B A, McKhann C F, Ravikumar T S, Ten-year follow-up of breast carcinoma in situ in Connecticut., Archives of Surgery, 127(12), 1392-5, December 1992 Abstract
  • Haffty B G, Fischer D, Beinfield M, McKhann C, Prognosis following local recurrence in the conservatively treated breast cancer patient., International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 21(2), 293-8, July 1991 Abstract
  • Haffty B G, Fischer D, Rose M, Beinfield M, McKhann C, Prognostic factors for local recurrence in the conservatively treated breast cancer patient: a cautious interpretation of the data., Journal of Clinical Oncology, 9(6), 997-1003, June 1991 Abstract
  • Haffty B G, Kornguth P, Fischer D, Beinfield M, McKhann C, Mammographically detected breast cancer. Results with conservative surgery and radiation therapy., Cancer, 67(11), 2801-4, 1 Jun 1991 Abstract
  • Yu S, McKhann C F, Flye M W, Reversible changes in tumor growth and metastatic behavior induced by immune pressure., Surgery, 107(1), 28-35, January 1990 Abstract
  • McKhann, C.F. Is There a Role for Physician Assisted Suicide in Cancer? - Yes in Important Advances in Oncology, 1996, Edit V. DeVita, S. Hillman, S.A. Rosenberg (In Press)
  • Haffty, B.A. McKhann, C.F., et al. Breast Conservation Therapy Without Axillary Dissection; Archives of Surgery. 128:1315, 19

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