Biography
Robert S. Warren, M.D. is a Professor of Surgery and a specialist in gastrointestinal and liver cancer. He earned a medical degree at the University of Minnesota, where he completed a general surgery residency. After completing an oncology research fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, he was an associate physician at Rockefeller University in New York. A board-certified surgeon, Dr. Warren joined UCSF Medical Center in 1988. Highly respected by his peers, Dr. Warren was named to the list of U.S. News "America's Top Doctors," a distinction reserved for the top 1% of physicians in the nation for a given specialty. His research focuses on the biology of colorectal cancer and how it spreads.
Dr. Warren is involved in clinical and laboratory research, which has centered on the biology of colorectal cancer metastasis that includes Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Their Binding Proteins AS Modulators of Growth of Colorectal Cancer Metastases and Cytogenetics of Colorectal Cancer Metastasis. The laboratory work focuses on two areas: 1) autocrine growth factors and angiogenesis in colorectal cancer 2) molecular features which predict clinical outcome in primary and metastatic colorectal cancer.
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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University of Minnesota | M.D. | School of Medicine | 1980 |
Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery, 1989
Program Affiliations
- Surgical Oncology Program
- Surgical Oncology Laboratory
- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- UCSF Department of Surgery
In the News
Grants and Funding
- General Clinical Research Center | NIH | 1974-12-01 - 2009-03-31 | Role: Co-Investigator
- MOLECULAR MARKERS OF PROGNOSIS IN COLON CANCER | NIH | 2000-03-03 - 2006-02-28 | Role: Principal Investigator
- ROLE OF CYTOKINES IN CANCER PATIENTS UNDERGOING SURGERY | NIH | 1993-07-01 - 1999-06-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
Research Narrative
- Biology of colorectal cancer metastasis
- Molecular features which predict clinical outcome in primary and metastatic colorectal cancer
- Autocrine growth factors and angiogenesis in colorectal cancer
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Hypoxia and Colon Cancer
- Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Their Binding Proteins As Modulators of Growth of Colorectal Cancer Metastases
- Cytogenetics of Colorectal Cancer Metastasis
Publications
- Homeodomain transcription factor NKX2.2 functions in immature cells to control enteroendocrine differentiation and is expressed in gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors.| | PubMed
- Association of family history with cancer recurrence and survival among patients with stage III colon cancer.| | PubMed
- Compound muscle action potentials and spontaneous electromyography can be used to identify and protect the femoral nerve during resection of large retroperitoneal tumors.| | PubMed
- Prognostic importance of superior diaphragmatic adenopathy at computed tomography in patients with resectable hepatic metastases from colorectal carcinoma.| | PubMed
- Introduction.| | PubMed
- Palliative care for patients with advanced pancreatic and biliary cancers.| | PubMed
- Nutlin3 blocks vascular endothelial growth factor induction by preventing the interaction between hypoxia inducible factor 1alpha and Hdm2.| | PubMed
- Pancreatoblastoma in an adult: case report and review of the literature.| | PubMed
- Hepatic arterial infusion versus systemic therapy for hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer: a randomized trial of efficacy, quality of life, and molecular markers (CALGB 9481).| | PubMed
- Pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.| | PubMed