Dr. Harlan Andrew Pinto M.D.
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
875 Blake Wilbur Dr Stanford Medical Cen Palo Alto CA, 94304About
Dr. Harlan Pinto is an oncologist practicing in Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Pinto specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Pinto manages and oversees the treatment of a cancer patient after he or she has been diagnosed with the disease. Oncologists will care for their patients throughout the course of the disease. Types of oncologists include medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, gynecologic oncologists, pediatric oncologists and hematologist oncologists.
Education and Training
Yale School of Medicine 1983
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology- 1991
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1986
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- In vivo 1H MR spectroscopy of human head and neck lymph node metastasis and comparison with oxygen tension measurements.
- Physician perspectives on increasing minorities in cancer clinical trials: an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Initiative.
- Estimating DNA repair by sequential evaluation of head and neck tumor radiation sensitivity using the comet assay.
- Identification of osteopontin as a prognostic plasma marker for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas.
- Head and neck cancer with an occult primary tumor.
- Positron-emission tomography for surveillance of head and neck cancer.
- Mature results from a randomized Phase II trial of cisplatin plus 5-fluorouracil and radiotherapy with or without tirapazamine in patients with resectable Stage IV head and neck squamous cell carcinomas.
- Plasma osteopontin is an independent prognostic marker for head and neck cancers.
- Chemotherapy for recurrent and metastatic head and neck cancer.
- Opportunistic enteroviral meningoencephalitis: an unusual treatable complication of rituximab therapy.
- A planned neck dissection is not necessary in all patients with N2-3
- Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae) harboring renicolid cercariae (Trematoda: Renicolidae) in Brazil.
- The natural infection of Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) (Mollusca: Gastropoda) by Centrocestus formosanus (Nishigori, 1924) (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) in Paranoá lake, Brasília, Brazil.
- Biomphalaria straminea and Biomphalaria glabrata (Mollusca: Planorbidae) as new intermediate hosts of the fish eyefluke Austrodiplostomum compactum (Trematoda: Diplostomidae) in Brazil.
- Biomphalaria straminea (Mollusca: Planorbidae) as an intermediate host of Ribeiroia sp. (Trematoda: Psilostomidae) in Brazil.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Throat Cancer
- Skin Cancer
- Lymphoma
Fellowships
- Stanford University School of Medicine,Stanford, Ca, United States 1991
Publications
- HEAD AND NECK-JOURL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NINTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY FOR LOCALLY ADVANCED CANCERS OF THE LARYNX AND HYPOPHARYNX2011
- INTERTIOL JOURL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICSINTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF OROPHARYNGEAL CANCER2010
- INTERTIOL JOURL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICSIn vivo H-1 magnetic resonce spectroscopy of lactate in patients with Stage IV head2008
- INTERTIOL JOURL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICSExcellent local control with stereotactic radiotherapy boost after exterl beam radiotherapy2008
- JOURL OF THE TIOL CANCER INSTITUTEImproved survival of patients with human papillomavirus-positive head2008
- HEAD AND NECK-JOURL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NEvaluation of patterns of failure2007
- JOURL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINEClinical role of F-18-FDG PET2007
- JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYPlasma osteopontin is an independent prognostic marker for head and neck cancers2006
- HEAD AND NECK-JOURL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NAdvanced-staged tonsillar squamous carcinoma2006
- INTERTIOL JOURL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICSPhase II double-blind r2004
- INTERTIOL JOURL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICSImproved local control with stereotactic radiosurgical boost2003
- INTERTIOL JOURL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICSComparison of the comet assay2003
- ARCHIVES OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD & NECK SURGERYEstimating D repair by sequential evaluation of head2002
- AMERICAN JOURL OF NEURORADIOLOGYIn vivo H-1 MR spectroscopy of human head and neck lymph node metastasis and comparison with oxygen2000
- NeoplasiaD damage measured by the comet assay in head and neck cancer patients treated with tirapazamine.1999
- Tate, D. J., Adler, J. R., Chang, S. D., Marquez, S., Eulau, S. M., FeStereotactic radiosurgical boost following radiotherapy in primary sopharyngeal carcinoma1999
- HEAD AND NECK-JOURL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NTissue oxygen distribution in head and neck cancer patients1999
- AMERICAN JOURL OF SURGERYMagement of the clinically positive neck in organ preservation for advanced head and neck cancer1998
- SEMIRS IN ONCOLOGYAdjuvant and neoadjuvant treatment of head and neck cancers: The next chapter1995
- Macdold JS, Haller DG, Mayer RJ (eds), Manual of Oncologic TherapeuticHead and neck cancers.1995
- HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD ANDINTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY FOR LOCALLY ADVANCED CANCERS OF THE LARYNX AND HYPOPHARYNX2011
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICSINTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF OROPHARYNGEAL CANCER2010
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICSIn vivo H-1 magnetic resonance spectroscopy of lactate in patients with Stage IV head2008
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICSExcellent local control with stereotactic radiotherapy boost after external beam radiotherapy2008
- JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTEImproved survival of patients with human papillomavirus-positive head2008
- HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD ANDEvaluation of patterns of failure2007
- JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINEClinical role of F-18-FDG PET2007
- JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGYPlasma osteopontin is an independent prognostic marker for head and neck cancers2006
- HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD ANDAdvanced-staged tonsillar squamous carcinoma2006
- CANCERMature results from a randomized phase II trial of cisplatin plus 52006
- LARYNGOSCOPEPositron-emission tomography for surveillance of head and neck cancer2005
- ARCHIVES OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD & NECK SURGERYLong-term results of 100 consecutive comprehensive neck dissections2004
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICSPhase II double-blind r2004
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICSImproved local control with stereotactic radiosurgical boost2003
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICSComparison of the comet assay2003
- CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCHIdentification of osteopontin as a prognostic plasma marker for head2003
- ARCHIVES OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD & NECK SURGERYEstimating DNA repair by sequential evaluation of head2002
- AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGYIn vivo H-1 MR spectroscopy of human head and neck lymph node metastasis and comparison with oxygen2000
- NeoplasiaDNA damage measured by the comet assay in head and neck cancer patients treated with tirapazamine.1999
- Tate, D. J., Adler, J. R., Chang, S. D., Marquez, S., Eulau, S. M., FeStereotactic radiosurgical boost following radiotherapy in primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma1999
- HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD ANDTissue oxygen distribution in head and neck cancer patients1999
- LARYNGOSCOPEPretreatment and midtreatment measurement of oxygen tension levels in head and neck cancers1998
- AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERYManagement of the clinically positive neck in organ preservation for advanced head and neck cancer1998
- Newman, J. P., Terris, D. J., Pinto, H. A., Fee, W. E., Goode, R. L., Surgical morbidity of neck dissection after chemoradiotherapy in advanced head and neck cancer1997
- SEMINARS IN ONCOLOGYAdjuvant and neoadjuvant treatment of head and neck cancers: The next chapter1995
- Cancer treatment and researchDistant metastases from head and neck squamous cancer: the role of adjuvant chemotherapy.1995
- Macdonald JS, Haller DG, Mayer RJ (eds), Manual of Oncologic TherapeutHead and neck cancers.1995
- : Brian MC and Carbone PP (eds), Current Therapy in Hematology-OncologHead and neck cancer - combined modality therapy and chemotherapy.0
- HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICACHEMOTHERAPY FOR RECURRENT AND METASTATIC HEAD AND NECK-CANCER1991
Experience & Accolades
- Associate Professor of Medicine (Oncology)the PAVAHCS and, by courtesy of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at SUMC
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