Biography
Dr. Michael Alvarado is a cancer surgeon who cares for patients with breast cancer and melanoma at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at Mount Zion.
In his research, Alvarado conducts trials of radiation therapy for breast cancer. He also studies blood-based and molecular markers with the goal of improving breast cancer screening.
Alvarado earned a master's degree in chemistry at the University of Arizona and a medical degree at Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine. After completing a residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, he completed a surgical oncology fellowship at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida.
In his research, Alvarado conducts trials of radiation therapy for breast cancer. He also studies blood-based and molecular markers with the goal of improving breast cancer screening.
Alvarado earned a master's degree in chemistry at the University of Arizona and a medical degree at Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine. After completing a residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, he completed a surgical oncology fellowship at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute at the University of South Florida.
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Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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Darmouth | M.D. | School of Medicine | 1998 |
Board Certifications
- 2005, American Board of Surgery
Clinical Expertise
Breast Reconstruction
DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in situ)
Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Invasive Breast Cancer
LCIS (Lobular Carcinoma in situ)
Lumpectomy/Partial Mastectomy
Lymphadenectomy
Mastectomy
Melanoma
Merkel Cell Carcinoma
Recurrent Breast Cancer
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Wire Localization Surgery
Clinical Trials
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Breast Cancer Undergoing Breast-Conserving Surgery (NCT01570998)Related Conditions: Breast Cancer| Start Date: | End Date:
- SentiMag® Intraoperative Comparison in Breast Cancer (NCT02336737)Related Conditions: Breast Cancer| Start Date: | End Date:
Program Affiliations
- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- UCSF Melanoma Center
- Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center
Research Interests
Investigation of blood-based and molecular markers to improve breast cancer screening
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 90
- Gene expression profiling of colorectal mucinous adenocarcinomas.| | PubMed
- Bacteriologic features of surgical site infections following breast surgery.| | PubMed
- Prognostic implications of positive nonsentinel lymph nodes removed during selective sentinel lymphadenectomy for breast cancer.| | PubMed
- Total skin-sparing mastectomy: complications and local recurrence rates in 2 cohorts of patients.| | PubMed
- Is it necessary to harvest additional lymph nodes after resection of the most radioactive sentinel lymph node in breast cancer?| | PubMed
- Surgery for palliation and treatment of advanced breast cancer.| | PubMed
- The value of sentinel lymph node biopsy in the management of head and neck melanoma.| | PubMed
- Down-regulation of pro-apoptotic genes is an early event in the progression of malignant melanoma.| | PubMed
- Biomarkers predict outcomes following cytoreductive surgery for hepatic metastases from functional carcinoid tumors.| | PubMed
- The potential role of gene expression in the management of primary and metastatic colorectal cancer.| | PubMed