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Alan Venook, M.D.

Gastrointestinal cancer specialist

Dr. Alan Venook is a nationally renowned expert in colorectal and liver cancers at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center where he leads the Gastrointestinal Oncology program. In his research, he focuses on treating liver tumors with directed approaches, including infusional chemotherapy and biological agents.

Venook earned a medical degree at UCSF in 1980. He spent two years in the Public Health Service following an internship in internal medicine at UCSF. He completed a residence in internal medicine at the University of California, Davis and a fellowship in hematology and oncology at UCSF. Venook, who has been on the medical staff at UCSF since 1988, is a professor of medicine in hematology and oncology.

Clinics

Gastrointestinal Surgery and Oncology Clinic
1600 Divisadero St., Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143-1705
Phone: (415) 353-9888
Fax: (415) 353-9931

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Conditions & Treatments

More about Alan Venook

Education

UCSF School of Medicine 1980

Residencies

UC Davis Medical Center, Internal Medicine 1985

Fellowships

UCSF Medical Center, Medical Oncology 1987
UCSF Medical Center, Hematology 1988

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Venook AP, Niedzwiecki D, Lopatin M, Ye X, Lee M, Friedman PN, Frankel W, Clark-Langone K, Millward C, Shak S, Goldberg RM, Mahmoud NN, Warren RS, Schilsky RL, Bertagnolli MM. Biologic Determinants of Tumor Recurrence in Stage II Colon Cancer: Validation Study of the 12-Gene Recurrence Score in Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) 9581. J Clin Oncol. 2013 May 10; 31(14):1775-81.
  2. Benson AB, Bekaii-Saab T, Chan E, Chen YJ, Choti MA, Cooper HS, Engstrom PF, Enzinger PC, Fakih MG, Fenton MJ, Fuchs CS, Grem JL, Hunt S, Kamel A, Leong LA, Lin E, May KS, Mulcahy MF, Murphy K, Rohren E, Ryan DP, Saltz L, Sharma S, Shibata D, Skibber JM, Small W, Sofocleous CT, Venook AP, Willett CG, Gregory KM, Freedman-Cass DA. Metastatic colon cancer, version 3.2013: featured updates to the NCCN Guidelines. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2013 Feb 1; 11(2):141-52; quiz 152.
  3. Van Loon K, Wigler D, Niedzwiecki D, Venook AP, Fuchs C, Blanke C, Saltz L, Goldberg RM, Meyerhardt JA. Comparison of Dietary and Lifestyle Habits Among Stage III and Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients: Findings from CALGB 89803 and CALGB 80405. Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2013 Jan 11.
  4. Ang CS, Kelley RK, Choti MA, Cosgrove DP, Chou JF, Klimstra D, Torbenson MS, Ferrell L, Pawlik TM, Fong Y, O'Reilly EM, Ma J, McGuire J, Vallarapu GP, Griffin A, Stipa F, Capanu M, Dematteo RP, Venook AP, Abou-Alfa GK. Clinicopathologic characteristics and survival outcomes of patients with fibrolamellar carcinoma: data from the fibrolamellar carcinoma consortium. Gastrointest Cancer Res. 2013 Jan; 6(1):3-9.
  5. Benson AB, Bekaii-Saab T, Chan E, Chen YJ, Choti MA, Cooper HS, Engstrom PF, Enzinger PC, Fakih MG, Fuchs CS, Grem JL, Hunt S, Leong LA, Lin E, Martin MG, May KS, Mulcahy MF, Murphy K, Rohren E, Ryan DP, Saltz L, Sharma S, Shibata D, Skibber JM, Small W, Sofocleous CT, Venook AP, Willett CG, Freedman-Cass DA, Gregory KM. Rectal cancer. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2012 Dec 1; 10(12):1528-64.
  6. Meyerhardt JA, Sato K, Niedzwiecki D, Ye C, Saltz LB, Mayer RJ, Mowat RB, Whittom R, Hantel A, Benson A, Wigler DS, Venook A, Fuchs CS. Dietary Glycemic Load and Cancer Recurrence and Survival in Patients with Stage III Colon Cancer: Findings From CALGB 89803. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2012 Nov 21; 104(22):1702-11.
  7. Van Loon K, Venook AP. Counterpoint: Adjuvant Therapy in Stage II Colon Cancer: Pain Not Justified by the Gain. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2012 Nov 1; 10(11):1379-86.
  8. Ko AH, Espinoza AM, Jones KA, Venook AP, Bergsland EK, Kelley RK, Dito E, Ong A, Hanover CS, Coakley FV, Tempero MA. Optimizing the administration of fixed-dose rate gemcitabine plus capecitabine using an alternating-week schedule: a dose finding and early efficacy study in advanced pancreatic and biliary carcinomas. Am J Clin Oncol. 2012 Oct; 35(5):411-7.
  9. Oxnard GR, Morris MJ, Hodi FS, Baker LH, Kris MG, Venook AP, Schwartz LH. When progressive disease does not mean treatment failure: reconsidering the criteria for progression. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2012 Oct 17; 104(20):1534-41.
  10. Parekh JR, Wang SC, Bergsland EK, Venook AP, Warren RS, Kim GE, Nakakura EK. Lymph node sampling rates and predictors of nodal metastasis in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor resections: the UCSF experience with 149 patients. Pancreas. 2012 Aug; 41(6):840-4.
  11. Kelley RK, Hirose R, Venook AP. Can we cure cholangiocarcinoma with neoadjuvant chemoradiation and liver transplantation? Time for a multicenter trial. Liver Transpl. 2012 May; 18(5):509-13.
  12. Van Loon K, Venook AP. Metastatic colorectal cancer: a curable disease. Oncology (Williston Park). 2012 Mar; 26(3):275-6, 282.
  13. Kelley RK, Atreya C, Venook AP, Febbo PG. Predictive biomarkers in advance of a companion drug: ahead of their time? J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2012 Mar; 10(3):303-9.
  14. Janne d'Othée B, Sofocleous CT, Hanna N, Lewandowski RJ, Soulen MC, Vauthey JN, Cohen SJ, Venook AP, Johnson MS, Kennedy AS, Murthy R, Geschwind JF, Kee ST. Development of a research agenda for the management of metastatic colorectal cancer: proceedings from a multidisciplinary research consensus panel. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2012 Feb; 23(2):153-63.
  15. Benson AB, Arnoletti JP, Bekaii-Saab T, Chan E, Chen YJ, Choti MA, Cooper HS, Dilawari RA, Engstrom PF, Enzinger PC, Fleshman JW, Fuchs CS, Grem JL, Knol JA, Leong LA, Lin E, May KS, Mulcahy MF, Murphy K, Rohren E, Ryan DP, Saltz L, Sharma S, Shibata D, Skibber JM, Small W, Sofocleous CT, Venook AP, Willett C. Colon cancer. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2011 Nov; 9(11):1238-90.
  16. Kelley RK, Wang G, Venook AP. Biomarker use in colorectal cancer therapy. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2011 Nov; 9(11):1293-302.
  17. Ng K, Ogino S, Meyerhardt JA, Chan JA, Chan AT, Niedzwiecki D, Hollis D, Saltz LB, Mayer RJ, Benson AB, Schaefer PL, Whittom R, Hantel A, Goldberg RM, Bertagnolli MM, Venook AP, Fuchs CS. Relationship between statin use and colon cancer recurrence and survival: results from CALGB 89803. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011 Oct 19; 103(20):1540-51.
  18. Van Loon K, Venook AP. Adjuvant treatment of colon cancer: what is next? Curr Opin Oncol. 2011 Jul; 23(4):403-9.
  19. Roberts AS, Campa MJ, Gottlin EB, Jiang C, Owzar K, Kindler HL, Venook AP, Goldberg RM, O'Reilly EM, Patz EF. Identification of potential prognostic biomarkers in patients with untreated, advanced pancreatic cancer from a phase 3 trial (Cancer and Leukemia Group B 80303). Cancer. 2012 Jan 15; 118(2):571-8.
  20. Espinoza AM, Venook AP. Lactic acidosis and colon cancer: oncologic emergency? Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2011 Sep; 10(3):194-7.

Publications are derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and provided by UCSF Profiles, a service of the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at UCSF. Researchers can make corrections and additions by logging on to UCSF Profiles.

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