Diagnosis and Treatment of Urologic / Genitourinary Cancers

The Stanford Cancer Center is now the home of the Stanford Urologic Oncology Program. Drs. Joseph Presti, James Brooks, Benjamin Chung, MD and Harcharan Gill from the Department of Urology, Dr. Sandhya Srinivas from Medical Oncology, and Drs. Christopher King and Steven Hancock from Radiation Oncology, see all of their patients in the Cancer Center.

This centralized delivery of care provides our patients with convenient interdisciplinary care (sequential appointments on the same day with providers from two disciplines) as well as multi-disciplinary care in a single appointment with the Tumor Board that provides care from all three disciplines.

In conjunction with the move of the clinics, the faculty and research assistants have moved their academic offices to the Cancer Center, and this co-location should foster more interaction for both clinical care and research.

Stanford Expertise

Several exciting, new clinical programs in Urologic Oncology are underway or are in development. The use of the CyberKnife (robotically delivered radiation therapy over the course of one week rather than eight weeks) in localized prostate cancer was initiated in December of 2003. Many patients have undergone treatment and early results look promising.

Learn more information about robotic (Da Vinci) radical prostatectomy at Stanford Hospital & Clinics. Several new clinical trials involving prostate cancer prevention, bladder cancer detection and treatment of advanced disease have also been initiated.

Our team of physicians focuses on the investigation and management of cancers of the prostate, bladder, kidney, testis, and genitalia.  Emphasis is placed on finding cancer treatments that offer the greatest efficacy with the fewest complications.

Treatment plans are customized to meet individual patient needs, and when appropriate, patients are invited to participate in studies to investigate the newest treatments as well as large-scale clinical trials for more established treatments.

Contact Information

You can choose to come to the Stanford Cancer Center at any point in your care.  Please call (877) 668-7535 for assistance in scheduling a new patient appointment with the appropriate specialist.

Alternatively, new patients can contact the Urologic Oncology program directly at (650) 725-5544.