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Nazha Cancer Center
Galloway, NJ
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I am board-certified hematologist and oncologist. While practicing general hematology and oncology, my primary focus of interests has been on the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer, GI/GU cancers, as well as leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma.
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Internal Medicine
Hematology and Oncology
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United States: New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Languages spoken
Mandarin
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A member asked:
Dr. Le Wanganswered
Internal Medicine 38 years experience
Yes - genetics: About 10% of melanoma are familial. In addition to shared common sun exposure behavior, mutations in several tumor suppressor genes are now identified... Read More
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Hypercoagulable : Protein C deficiency, protein S deficiency, anti-thrombin III deficiency and anti-phospholipid syndrome are 4 main conditions for hypercoagulable st... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Fibrocystic change: It is thought to result from an imbalance between estrogen and progesterone. It can form a palpable fibrocystic lump in breast, and more painful befor... Read More
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Get evaluated: He has mild leukopenia and neutropenia (
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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No, see below: Hyper-clotting disorders can be inherited or acquired. Common tests for inherited hyper-clotting diseases include testing for antithrombin, protein C ... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Get an US leg: Her Coumadin (warfarin) level is OK, though slightly lower. If her leg with clot is now swollen again, she should go to ER and get another US (ultraso... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Lymphoma: Lymphoma is a pathological diagnosis which can only be diagnosed by biopsy (lymph node biopsy or bone marrow biopsy) followed by pathological analysis... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
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Could be --: Do you have hearing loss? How long do you have symptoms? Other symptoms? Based on your description, there are several possibilities: vestibular migrai... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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Yes - oral/oral: Epidemiology study showed that open-mouth kissing is also associated with acquired oral HPV infection (Sex Transm Dis. 2012: 39(7):559). The risk incr... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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May need tx: Does your mom have symptom? Symptomatic meningioma >4cm generally requires tx. Asymptomatic meningioma > 4cm usually will be treated, or observe... Read More
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Hemorrhoid or warts: Sound like external hemorrhoid or anal warts, Anal abcess also possible, but less likely. Have your PCP to take a look. Thrombosed hemorrhoid can be v... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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See a doctor: Recommend to see a doctor first and have a breast exam, rule out infection, inflammation or others. Mammogram is used to detect breast abonormality or... Read More
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A 31-year-old male asked:
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Indeterminate: Lymphoid proliferation in swollen gland can be classified into 2 groups either benign or malignant proliferation (lymphoma). Atypical reactive hyperpl... Read More
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A 40-year-old male asked:
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Possibly: Possibly for symtomatic management. However, malignant GI diseases can be mistaken for systemic mastocytosis. Whereas 5HIAA is elevated in carcinoid s... Read More
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Low dose chest CT: No blood test currently available to detect lung ca. Low-dose chest CT was recently endorsed to screen for lung ca in high-risk population (such as h... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Most less severe: Most are less severe in sickle cell thalassemia, but depends. HbS/B(0)thal: similar to HbSS in severity maybe slightly less severe. HbS/B(+)thal: has ... Read More
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Probably not: usual normal platelet, 150-450
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A 64-year-old male asked:
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Ferritin and vit: For anemia work-up. Sometimes, these numbers can go down before anemia occurs. Ferritin reflect body iron store. It is also a reactive protein. Restle... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Probably normal: If you don't have high WBC before, it is probably pregnancy related. Pregnancy is associated with leukocytosis, primarily related to increased circula... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
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Adenocarcinoma: A type of cancer originated from lining membrane or grand from organs. Adeno - gland. Carcinoma - cancer of epithelial cells.
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Not neccessary. : Bosniak iif cysts have low risk of progression, and can be stable up to more than 5 years without neoplasm progression, thus can be safely monitored. ... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Possible, but : Headache is common in brain tumors. They are usually dull, constant, and worse at night, and can be associated with nausea, vomiting, seizure or other... Read More
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DVT.: 1st acute DVT requires treatment with blood thinner for at least 3 months. Common blood thinners include:
1) Coumadin (warfarin) (oral), requires mon... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Breast ca risk, BRCA: Your mother having breast cancer at 54 does not mean you will get it or you would have brca gene mutation. It is simply a very complicated question, ... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
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Ignore: Avoid dehydrated, stress, high altitude; folic acid; vaccines; regular CBC; call doc if fever, pain.
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Anything: Could be anything, such as gastritis, ulcers, injuries, or costocondritis, etc. Sx are very non-specific. However, it is prudent to perform an egd esp... Read More
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4-6 cycles 1st line: Usually 4-6 cycles of plantin/vp16 as 1st line. Small cell lung cancer (stage iv) is not curable with current treatment regimen, but current therapy c... Read More
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Resurring MRSA: In addition to antibiotics, check your immune system (immunoglobulin, B cells, etc) with your doctorif persistent and frequent bacterial infections.
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Radiation treatment: Sometime, can cause radiation burn, inflammation and pain. Sometimes, can cause bleeding, diarrhea., etc. Most tolerable.
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Protein shakes: No, protein shake never should be a meal substitute. You should always have a naturally balanced diet and regular exercise. Protein shakes is helpful ... Read More
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Diabetes: As we know, pre-diabetes can evolve into diabetes over time. But conceptually we do not say that diabetes goes into pre-diabetes. We normally would ... Read More
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Elevated TSH: You may have sub-clinical hypothyroidism, meaning slightly elevated TSH without any symptoms. That does not require any treatment. TSH elevated can al... Read More
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Incubation time: Ranges from 2 to 14 days. On average, the respiratory symptoms appear 5-6 days after exposure. Keep in mind that many COVID-19 infected patients do no... Read More
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Coronavirus: Stay calm. Most people with coronavirus infection only get mild respiratory symptoms, especially among younger patients. Diabetes and use of ACEI or A... Read More
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COVID-19.: Good thought, but I think nobody knows for sure at this point. COVID-19 gets into human alveolar cells via ACE2 receptor. Some previous studies showed... Read More
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COVID-19: Yes, patients with severe COVID infection can have cytokine release storm complicated with ARDS along with septic shock and/or cardiogenic shock as we... Read More
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Need more info: Leukemia can be diagnosed reliably by blood and/or bone marrow biopsy. Hematolopathologist is the specialist involved in the diagnosis of various leuk... Read More
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Lymphoma: Surgeon usually would not be able to tell if it is lymphoma just from the apperance of the enlarged lymph node. It will require a biopsy and diagnosed... Read More
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About 10-20%: Fatigue is nonspecific. Here we talked about extreme fatigue not very common. Most people with cll, especially at early stage, are asymptomatic. About... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Serum Ab: It is a clinical diagnosis. But detection of some well characterized paraneoplastic antibodies in serum or CSF can be helpful. For example, anti-hu (e... Read More
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Follow-up: Is this new? Anyway, I recommend that your lung nodule be followed with series CT scans by your doctor. It is too small now for diagnostic work-up. Al... Read More
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Yes: X-ray is known human carcinogen.
Howver, the risk from medical x-ray is generally very low and usually outweighed by the benefits of getting the rig... Read More
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A 39-year-old male asked:
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Still various: Although inoperable mesothelioma carries worse prognosis than operable one, its general prognosis still varies depending on the extent of the disease,... Read More
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Dose form: Ferrous sulfate is a compound of iron. Approximately 5mg ferrous sulfate = 1mg iron element. Thus, 325mg ferrous sulfate = 65 iron element.
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Anemia: See doc for anemia work-up first. Absorption? Iron pill is not completely benign. Common side effect includes constipation and GI irritation, especia... Read More
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Colonoscopy: Colonoscopy + biopsy as indicated.
If you do have risk factors, you should have your first screening colonoscopy at age 50.
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Yes, and depends: Aplastic anemia is a bone marrow failure disorder. Severe aplastic anemia presents significant emotional amd medical strssors that impact sexual funct... Read More
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See a hematologist: Ever use steroid ? From this initial information, I suggest you to see a hematologist, get a physical exam, and perhaps further work-up on rising WBC ... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
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Blood test: You can do a simple blood work in your doctor office to check TSH for your thyroid function and fasting glucose for your sugar level.
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A 74-year-old male asked:
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Try hypomethylating: CMML is common form of overlap syndrome, can be treated with hypomethylating agent (VADAZA) as MDS. Efficay? If acute transformation to acute leukemia... Read More
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Oct 12, 2017
I've spoken with Dr. Le Wang a few different times, and each time he totally exceeded my expectations. He is not only extremely intelligent and helpful, but he communicates well and has a great manner
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Feb 7, 2018
Had a problem and no doctor was listening and taking what I thought into consideration. 5 days after talking to him I finally felt better!
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Oct 30, 2015
thank you for your help with both me and my mom. you took the time and really listened which I appreciate.
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This was very helpful. Thanks! I wish I could be evaluated for this disease but all of my doctors have no idea what it is, including my sleep doctor. I’ve lost 65 lbs, double vision, REM behavior inso...Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! CA19 was never useful as a tumor marker. Always registered as 1. This happens as you know. I like your word useage----a different chemotherapy. It may have its use in ab...Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Great reply to this and my other #. Easy for the layperson to understand. This will help others, as well. You come across as caring and VERY educated!
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Nanjing Medical College, China
MD
Residency
MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
Awards
ASCO travel award, 2011
National Honorary Award for Advancement in Science and Technology, Second Prize, Issued by National Commission for Advanced Education, Beijing, 1995
Top Doctor, Third Place, Camden Region - Summer
2014
Affiliations
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Society of Clinical Hematology
American Society of Medicine
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