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
- Should Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Status Guide Adjuvant Radiation Therapy in Patients With Merkel Cell Carcinoma?| | PubMed
- Positive margins after mastectomy in patients with invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast: Incidence and management strategies.| | PubMed
- Modulation of the immune microenvironment of high-risk ductal carcinoma in situ by intralesional pembrolizumab injection.| | PubMed
- New clinical and biological insights from the international TARGIT-A randomised trial of targeted intraoperative radiotherapy during lumpectomy for breast cancer.| | PubMed
- Accuracy of breast MRI in evaluating nodal status after neoadjuvant therapy in invasive lobular carcinoma.| | PubMed
- Intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer: powerful evidence to change practice.| | PubMed
- In Regard to Polgar et al.| | PubMed
- Accuracy of sentinel lymph node biopsy in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast: Factors associated with false negatives.| | PubMed
- Correction to: SentimagIC: A Non-inferiority Trial Comparing Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Versus Technetium-99m and Blue Dye in the Detection of Axillary Sentinel Nodes in Patients with Early-Stage Breast Cancer.| | PubMed
- Oncological Outcomes of Total Skin-Sparing Mastectomy for Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast: A 20-Year Institutional Experience.| | PubMed