Dr. Robert A. Bok MD, PHD
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
1700 4th Street Suite 201-B San Francisco California, 94158About
Dr. Robert Bok is an oncologist practicing in San Francisco, California. Dr. Bok specializes in the care and treatment of patients with cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Bok 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
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1989
Board Certification
Board Eligible
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Dr. Robert A. Bok MD, PHD's Expert Contributions
My father is suffering from severe diarrhea as a result of his chemotherapy. What should we do?
Hi, It is hard to give a precise answer without knowing the details of your father's treatment. He and you should definitely get in touch with the oncologist overseeing his care. Below are some general guidelines for post-chemotherapy diarrhea. Hope this helps, R. Bok READ MORE
Does cancer have any symptoms?
Unfortunately, symptoms are usually not present for most cancers in the early stages of disease. For this reason, much effort has gone into identifying screening tests for various cancers: mammograms, colonoscopies, imaging scans, PSA and other blood tests. Unusual bleeding might be one symptom that CAN occur relatively early for certain types of cancer (skin cancer, kidney cancer, gastro-intestinal cancers, but this is not very common. Periodic self-inspection, visually or by palpation can sometimes be useful in detecting early abnormalities that need to be more closely investigated, such as for cancers of the breast, testes, or skin. READ MORE
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The treatment of advanced prostate cancer with ketoconazole: safety issues.
- Steroid hormones, polypeptide growth factors, hormone refractory prostate cancer, and the neuroendocrine phenotype.
- Angiogenesis inhibition by minocycline.
- Treatment of prostate cancer: therapeutic potential of targeted immunotherapy with APC8015.
- Analysis of hyperpolarized dynamic 13C lactate imaging in a transgenic mouse model of prostate cancer.
- 13C-pyruvate imaging reveals alterations in glycolysis that precede c-Myc-induced tumor formation and regression.
- Investigating tumor perfusion and metabolism using multiple hyperpolarized (13)C compounds: HP001, pyruvate and urea.
- Frequency-specific SSFP for hyperpolarized ¹³C metabolic imaging at 14.1 T.
- Rapid sequential injections of hyperpolarized [1-¹³C]pyruvate in vivo using a sub-kelvin, multi-sample DNP polarizer.
- Perfusion and diffusion sensitive 13C stimulated-echo MRSI for metabolic imaging of cancer.
- Combined parallel and partial fourier MR reconstruction for accelerated 8-channel hyperpolarized carbon-13 in vivo magnetic resonance Spectroscopic imaging (MRSI).
- Quantitative measurement of cancer metabolism using stimulated echo hyperpolarized carbon-13 MRS.
- Simultaneous multiagent hyperpolarized (13)C perfusion imaging.
- Hyperpolarized [(13)C]ketobutyrate, a molecular analog of pyruvate with modified specificity for LDH isoforms.
- Detection of localized changes in the metabolism of hyperpolarized gluconeogenic precursors C-lactate and C-pyruvate in kidney and liver.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Local Public Speaking -
Internships
- University of Minnesota
Fellowships
- University of California at San Francisco
Professional Society Memberships
- International Society of Medical Residents in Medicine
Articles and Publications
- Research Articles Published
What do you attribute your success to?
- Persistence and Focusing on his Area of Interest
Hobbies / Sports
- Traveling
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