Dr. Michael David Chan M.D.
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Michael Chan practices Radiation Oncology in San Francisco, CA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Chan specializes in treating cancer with radiation, using radiation therapy to treat a wide variety of cancers. Radiation therapy uses carefully targeted and regulated doses of high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells.
Education and Training
New York University School of Medicine 2003
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Medical Oncology- 2009
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Interaction of the retinal insulin receptor beta-subunit with the p85 subunit of phosphoinositide 3-kinase.
- Identification of a NPXY motif in growth factor receptor-bound protein 14 (Grb14)
- Lipid-protein interactions of growth factor receptor-bound protein 14 in insulin receptor signaling.
- Toxicity of gamma knife radiosurgery in the treatment of intracranial tumors in patients with collagen vascular diseases or multiple sclerosis.
- The role of surgery, radiosurgery and whole brain radiation therapy in the management of patients with metastatic brain tumors.
- Chronic administration of the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ramipril, prevents fractionated whole-brain irradiation-induced perirhinal cortex-dependent cognitive impairment.
- Radiation-induced brain injury: A review.
- CT-only planning for Gamma Knife radiosurgery in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: methodology and outcomes from a single institution.
- Breast cancer subtype affects patterns of failure of brain metastases after treatment with stereotactic radiosurgery.
- Limited margins using modern radiotherapy techniques does not increase marginal failure rate of glioblastoma.
- Neuroanatomical target theory as a predictive model for radiation-induced cognitive decline.
- Deciphering mutant ELOVL4 activity in autosomal-dominant Stargardt macular dystrophy.
- Tumor histology predicts patterns of failure and survival in patients with brain metastases from lung cancer treated with gamma knife radiosurgery.
- Single-institution retrospective series of gamma knife radiosurgery in the treatment of multiple sclerosis-related trigeminal neuralgia: factors that predict efficacy.
- The peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) α agonist, fenofibrate, prevents fractionated whole-brain irradiation-induced cognitive impairment.
Treatments
- Melanoma
- Breast Cancer
- Brain Tumor
- Lung Cancer
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
Dr. Michael David Chan M.D.'s Practice location
UCSF Medical Center San Francisco
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 -San Francisco, CA 94143Get Direction
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