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 89
- Bilateral Mastectomy vs Lumpectomy and Breast Cancer Mortality Risk.| | PubMed
- Balancing risks of surgical complications and positive margins for patients with invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast and elevated BMI: An institutional cohort study.| | PubMed
- Predictors of Early Versus Late Recurrence in Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast: Impact of Local and Systemic Therapy.| | PubMed
- Changes in Surgical Management of the Axilla Over 11 Years - Report on More Than 1500 Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on the Prospective I-SPY2 Trial.| | PubMed
- Breast Conservation Surgery and Mastectomy Have Similar Locoregional Recurrence After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Results From 1462 Patients on the Prospective, Randomized I-SPY2 Trial.| | PubMed
- Expanding Candidacy for Nipple-sparing Mastectomy in Women with Large or Ptotic Breasts: Staged Reconstruction Outcomes.| | PubMed
- In Regard to Hammer et al.| | PubMed
- In Reply to Ward et al.| | PubMed
- The TARGIT-A Randomized Trial: TARGIT-IORT Versus Whole Breast Radiation Therapy: Long-Term Local Control and Survival.| | PubMed
- Neoadjuvant T-DM1/pertuzumab and paclitaxel/trastuzumab/pertuzumab for HER2+ breast cancer in the adaptively randomized I-SPY2 trial.| | PubMed