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Dr. Catherine Park is a radiation oncologist with a special interest in the treatment of lymphoma and breast cancer. She earned a medical degree at the UCLA School of Medicine and completed a residency in radiation oncology at the Joint Center for Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School. After serving as a visiting scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Park joined UCSF Medical Center.

She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Upjohn Achievement Award and C. Donald O'Malley Prize in the History of Medicine.

Education

Professional Experience

Awards & Honors

Publications

Park CC, Mitsumori M, Nixon A, Recht A, Connolly J, Gelman R, Silver B, Hetelekidis S, Abner A, Harris JR, Schnitt SJ. Outcome at 8 Years After Breast-Conserving Surgery and Radiation Therapy for Invasive Breast Cancer: Influence of Margin Status and Systemic Therapy on Local Recurrence. Journal of Clinical Oncology 18:1668-1675, 2000.

Park CC, Hartmann C, Folkerth R, Loeffler JS, Wen PY, Fine HA, Black PM, Shafman T, Louis DN. J Systemic Metastasis in Glioblastoma May Represent the Emergence of Neoplastic Subclones. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 2000 Dec;59(12):1044-50.

Park CC, Bissell MJ and Barcellos-Hoff MH. The Influence of the Microenvironment on the Malignant Phenotype. Molecular Medicine Today, 2000 Aug;6(8):324-9.

Park CC, Henshall-Powell RL, Erickson AC, Talhouk R, Parvin B, Bissell MJ, Barcellos-Hoff MH. Ionizing Radiation Induces Heritable Disruption of Epithelial Interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A. 2003 Sep 16;100(19):10728-33.

Park CC, Seid P, Morita E, Iwanaga K, Weinberg V, Quivey J, Hwang ES, Esserman LJ, Leong S. Internal mammary sentinel lymph node mapping for invasive breast cancer: implications for staging and treatment. Breast J. 2005 Jan-Feb;11(1):29-33.

Coleman J, Park CC, Villarreal – Barajas JE, Petti P, Faddegon B. Monte Carlo Calculation of Heart and Lung Dose for the Electron Boost in the Treatment of Breast Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2005 Feb 1;61(2):621-8.

Barcellos-Hoff MH, Park C, Wright EG. Radiation Therapy and the Microenvironment Tumorigenesis and Radiation Therapy. Nature Reviews Cancer 5, 867-875 (2005).

Park CC, Zhang HZ, Baehner F, Gray, JW, Pallavicini M, Bissell MJ. Disrupting b1 integrin signaling inhibits growth, induces apoptosis, and distinguishes malignant from normal phenotype in 3D cultures and in vivo. Cancer Res 2006; 66: (3). February 1, 2006.  (Ranked Top Ten by Faculty of 1000 Biologists.)

Yao ES, Lee B, Chen YY, Moore D, Park CC.High B1 integrin over-expression is associated with poor overall survival in breast cancer patients. Cancer Res 2007; 67: (2). January 15, 2007.

Chang H, Park C, and Parvin B. Quantitative Representation of Three-dimensional Cell Culture Models. 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, February 2007.

Park CC and Cordes N.  B1 integrin as a molecular therapeutic target.  Int J Radiat Biol. 2007 Nov-Dec;83(11-12):753-60.

Park CC, Rembert JR, Chew K, Moore DM, Kerlikowske K. High mammographic breast density and obesity are associated with increased local recurrence following lumpectomy and radiation therapy for invasive breast cancer.  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Aug 7.

Rembert J, Klifa C, Lu Y, Gibbs J, Hylton N, Park CC, Stromal Enhancement by MRI is Associated with Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.  AJR 2008 Jun;190(6):1630-6.

Park CC, Zhang HJ, Yao ES, Kim S, Park CJ, Bissell MJ.  Inhibition of B1 integrin enhances breast cancer radiotherapy.  Cancer Res. 2008 Jun 1;68(11):4398-405.

Books and Chapters

Park CC and Esserman, LJ. Ductal Carcinoma In Situ, A Modern Approach. Ductal Carcinoma in Situ. Ed., Solin et. al., first edition, in press, 2005.

Park CC, Schnitt SJ, Recht A. Management of DCIS, The JCRT Experience. Ductal Carcinoma in Situ of the Breast. Ed., Silverstein et. al., second edition, 2002.

Henshall-Powell R, Park CC, Barcellos-Hoff MH. Aberrant extracellular signaling induced by ionizing radiation and its role in carcinogenesis. International Congress Series 742 (2001).

Invited Feature Commentary
Park CC. Radiation therapy for Low-Risk Invasive Breast Cancer: Should Age Influence Decision Making? The American Journal of Oncology Review, 3 (2): 84-87, 2004.