Biography
Emily Bergsland, MD is a medical oncologist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center who specializes in gastrointestinal malignancies. She is a Professor of Medicine, Director of the UCSF Center for Neuroendocrine Tumors, and serves as Associate Director for Education for the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Bergsland leads a clinical-translational research program focused on neuroendocrine neoplasms of all grades, which includes clinical trials and collaborative studies related to biomarkers, imaging and clinical outcomes. She is past president of the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society, a longstanding member of the NCCN Neuroendocrine Tumor Guidelines panel, and past chair of the NET Task Force of the NCI Gastrointestinal Steering Committee.
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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University of California | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training | 2019 | |
University of California (UCSF) | Molecular Medicine Training Program | 06/1998 | |
University of California (UCSF) | Fellowship | Medical Oncology | 06/1995 |
University of California (UCSF) | Chief Residency | 06/1993 | |
University of California (UCSF) | Residency | Internal Medicine | 06/1992 |
University of Minnesota | MD | Medicine | 06/1989 |
University of Wisconsin | BS | Biochemistry/Molecular Biology | 05/1985 |
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine: Medical Oncology - Subspecialty
Clinical Expertise
Colon Cancer
Esophageal Cancer
Liver Cancer
Lynch Syndrome
Pancreatic Cancer
Rectal Cancer
Stomach Cancer
In the News
January, 03, 2017 | UCSF Surgical Oncology Program
Grants and Funding
- UCSF Paul Calabresi K12 Career Development Program in Clinical Oncology | NIH | 2021-07-01 - 2026-06-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
Research Interests
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
Colorectal Neoplasms
Neuroendocrine Tumors
Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 154
- Metastatic insulinoma-outcomes in the current era.| | PubMed
- Withdrawal pain following patients discontinuing Trk inhibitors.| | PubMed
- A Phase II Trial of the WEE1 Inhibitor Adavosertib in SETD2-Altered Advanced Solid Tumor Malignancies (NCI 10170).| | PubMed
- Synthetic Lethality Beyond BRCA: A Phase I Study of Rucaparib and Irinotecan in Metastatic Solid Tumors With Homologous Recombination-Deficiency Mutations Beyond BRCA1/2.| | PubMed
- Long-Term Survival Outcomes After Minimally Invasive Surgery for Ileal Neuroendocrine Tumors.| | PubMed
- Critical updates in neuroendocrine tumors: Version 9 American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.| | PubMed
- Evaluation of Culture Conducive to Academic Success by Gender at a Comprehensive Cancer Center.| | PubMed
- The Impact of Posttreatment Imaging in Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy.| | PubMed
- Survival outcomes for lung neuroendocrine tumors in California differ by sociodemographic factors.| | PubMed
- The effect of hormonal secretion on survival in adrenocortical carcinoma: A multi-center study.| | PubMed
- Systemic Therapy for Tumor Control in Metastatic Well-Differentiated Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: ASCO Guideline.| | PubMed
- Consensus report of the 2021 National Cancer Institute neuroendocrine tumor clinical trials planning meeting.| | PubMed
- The Careers and Professional Well-Being of Women Oncologists During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responding for Tomorrow.| | PubMed
- Grade Progression and Intrapatient Tumor Heterogeneity as Potential Contributors to Resistance in Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors.| | PubMed
- Expert Consensus Practice Recommendations of the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society for the management of high grade gastroenteropancreatic and gynecologic neuroendocrine neoplasms.| | PubMed
- Preclinical Models of Adrenocortical Cancer.| | PubMed
- Pembrolizumab alone and pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in previously treated, extrapulmonary poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas.| | PubMed
- Baseline tumor growth rate highlights the heterogeneity of well differentiated gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors and predicts for increases in Ki67 index over time.| | PubMed
- Urinary Neuroendocrine Neoplasms Treated in the "Modern Era": A Multicenter Retrospective Review.| | PubMed
- Efficacy and toxicity of anti-vascular endothelial growth receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors in patients with neuroendocrine tumours - A systematic review and meta-analysis.| | PubMed
- Integrated Genomic and Clinicopathologic Approach Distinguishes Pancreatic Grade 3 Neuroendocrine Tumor From Neuroendocrine Carcinoma and Identifies a Subset With Molecular Overlap.| | PubMed
- Preclinical Models of Neuroendocrine Neoplasia.| | PubMed
- DLL3 as an Emerging Target for the Treatment of Neuroendocrine Neoplasms.| | PubMed
- A Phase IB Trial of the PI3K Inhibitor Alpelisib and Weekly Cisplatin in Patients with Solid Tumor Malignancies.| | PubMed
- Checkpoint Inhibitor Immunotherapy to Treat Temozolomide-Associated Hypermutation in Advanced Atypical Carcinoid Tumor of the Lung.| | PubMed
- Neuroendocrine Tumors and Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy: When Is the Right Time?| | PubMed
- Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms: a 2022 update for radiologists.| | PubMed
- Adjuvant Therapy for Stage II Colon Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update.| | PubMed
- Discovery and characterization of circulating tumor cell clusters in neuroendocrine tumor patients using nanosubstrate-embedded microchips.| | PubMed
- Preoperative risk stratification of lymph node metastasis for non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm: An international dual-institutional study.| | PubMed
- Temozolomide in Grade 3 Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: A Multicenter Retrospective Review.| | PubMed
- Neuroendocrine and Adrenal Tumors, Version 2.2021, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.| | PubMed
- Outcomes after high-dose radiation in the management of neuroendocrine neoplasms.| | PubMed
- The Immunotherapy Landscape in Adrenocortical Cancer.| | PubMed
- Long-Term Treatment with Telotristat Ethyl in Patients with Carcinoid Syndrome Symptoms: Results from the TELEPATH Study.| | PubMed
- Recurrence Patterns After Surgical Resection of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Analysis From the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Oncology Outcomes Database.| | PubMed
- Minimally Invasive Surgery for Ileal Neuroendocrine Tumors.| | PubMed
- Time to Sustained Improvement in Bowel Movement Frequency with Telotristat Ethyl: Analyses of Phase III Studies in Carcinoid Syndrome.| | PubMed
- Assessment and Comparison of 18F-Fluorocholine PET and 99mTc-Sestamibi Scans in Identifying Parathyroid Adenomas: A Metaanalysis.| | PubMed
- Spartalizumab in metastatic, well/poorly-differentiated neuroendocrine neoplasms.| | PubMed
- Carcinoid Crisis-Induced Acute Systolic Heart Failure.| | PubMed
- New frontiers in imaging including radiomics updates for pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms.| | PubMed
- The North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society Consensus Guidelines for Surveillance and Medical Management of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors.| | PubMed
- Commonwealth Neuroendocrine Tumour Research Collaboration and the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Lung Neuroendocrine Tumors: An International Collaborative Endorsement and Update of| | PubMed
- North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society Guide for Neuroendocrine Tumor Patient Health Care Providers During COVID-19.| | PubMed
- Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are There Any Concerns?| | PubMed
- Reply to S. Boutayeb et al.| | PubMed
- Intraarterial Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy Using 90Y-DOTATOC for Hepatic Metastases of Neuroendocrine Tumors.| | PubMed
- Modifying Practices in GI Oncology in the Face of COVID-19: Recommendations From Expert Oncologists on Minimizing Patient Risk.| | PubMed
- Pembrolizumab for the treatment of programmed death-ligand 1-positive advanced carcinoid or pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: Results from the KEYNOTE-028 study.| | PubMed
- A novel stratification of mesenteric mass involvement as a predictor of challenging mesenteric lymph node dissection by minimally invasive approach for ileal neuroendocrine tumors.| | PubMed
- Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab in Previously Treated Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors: Results From the Phase II KEYNOTE-158 Study.| | PubMed
- A Rare Case of Carcinoid Constrictive Pericarditis.| | PubMed
- Residual tumor volume discriminates prognosis after surgery for neuroendocrine liver metastasis.| | PubMed
- Complete Response and Immune-Mediated Adverse Effects With Checkpoint Blockade: Treatment of Mismatch Repair-Deficient Colorectal Neuroendocrine Carcinoma.| | PubMed
- Vitamin D Levels in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Before and After Treatment Initiation.| | PubMed
- Evaluation of meaningful change in bowel movement frequency for patients with carcinoid syndrome.| | PubMed
- Prognostic impact of a large mesenteric mass >2 cm in ileal neuroendocrine tumors.| | PubMed
- Correlation of DOTATOC Uptake and Pathologic Grade in Neuroendocrine Tumors.| | PubMed
- High thymidylate synthase gene expression predicts poor outcome after resection of hepatocellular carcinoma.| | PubMed
- Duration of Oxaliplatin-Containing Adjuvant Therapy for Stage III Colon Cancer: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline.| | PubMed
- Periprocedural Management of Patients Undergoing Liver Resection or Embolotherapy for Neuroendocrine Tumor Metastases.| | PubMed
- Long-Term Safety Experience with Telotristat Ethyl Across Five Clinical Studies in Patients with Carcinoid Syndrome.| | PubMed
- Mitogen Inducible Gene-6 Is a Prognostic Marker for Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases.| | PubMed
- Treatment Patterns and Clinical Outcomes in Advanced Lung Neuroendocrine Tumors in Real-World Settings: A Multicenter Retrospective Chart Review Study.| | PubMed
- Real-World Treatment Patterns and Clinical Outcomes in Advanced Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors (GI NET): A Multicenter Retrospective Chart Review Study.| | PubMed
- Follow-up Recommendations for Completely Resected Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors.| | PubMed
- A Patient-derived Xenograft Model of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors Identifies Sapanisertib as a Possible New Treatment for Everolimus-resistant Tumors.| | PubMed
- Identification of high-risk human papillomavirus and Rb/E2F pathway genomic alterations in mutually exclusive subsets of colorectal neuroendocrine carcinoma.| | PubMed
- Progress in the Evaluation and Treatment of Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors.| | PubMed
- NCCN Guidelines Insights: Neuroendocrine and Adrenal Tumors, Version 2.2018.| | PubMed
- Changes in Weight Associated With Telotristat Ethyl in the Treatment of Carcinoid Syndrome.| | PubMed
- Understanding the Patient Experience with Carcinoid Syndrome: Exit Interviews from a Randomized, Placebo-controlled Study of Telotristat Ethyl.| | PubMed
- Appropriate Use Criteria for Somatostatin Receptor PET Imaging in Neuroendocrine Tumors.| | PubMed
- Lower gastrointestinal neuroendocrine neoplasms associated with hereditary cancer syndromes: a case series.| | PubMed
- The North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society Consensus Guidelines for Surveillance and Medical Management of Midgut Neuroendocrine Tumors.| | PubMed
- The Surgical Management of Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors: Consensus Guidelines of the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society.| | PubMed
- A Case of Metastatic Atypical Neuroendocrine Tumor with ALK Translocation and Diffuse Brain Metastases.| | PubMed
- Real-world treatment patterns in advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in the era of targeted therapy: perspectives from an academic tertiary center and community oncology practices.| | PubMed
- Safety, tumor trafficking and immunogenicity of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells specific for TAG-72 in colorectal cancer.| | PubMed
- Complicated Case Presentation: Management of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors in Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1.| | PubMed
- Radioembolization with 90Y glass microspheres for the treatment of unresectable metastatic liver disease from chemotherapy-refractory gastrointestinal cancers: final report of a prospective pilot study.| | PubMed
- Oxaliplatin-Fluoropyrimidine Chemotherapy Plus Bevacizumab in Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors: An Analysis of 2 Phase II Trials.| | PubMed
- Telotristat Ethyl, a Tryptophan Hydroxylase Inhibitor for the Treatment of Carcinoid Syndrome.| | PubMed
- A phase II study of axitinib in advanced neuroendocrine tumors.| | PubMed
- KRAS and Combined KRAS/TP53 Mutations in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer are Independently Associated with Decreased Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy.| | PubMed
- Systemic Therapies for Advanced Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors.| | PubMed
- First-in-Human Phase I Study of GSK2126458, an Oral Pan-Class I Phosphatidylinositol-3-Kinase Inhibitor, in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumor Malignancies.| | PubMed
- Correcting for respiratory motion in liver PET/MRI: preliminary evaluation of the utility of bellows and navigated hepatobiliary phase imaging.| | PubMed
- Simultaneous (68)Ga-DOTA-TOC PET/MRI with gadoxetate disodium in patients with neuroendocrine tumor.| | PubMed
- A phase I dose-escalation study to assess safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of the dual mTORC1/mTORC2 kinase inhibitor CC-223 in patients with advanced solid tumors or multiple myeloma.| | PubMed
- Transcatheter pulmonic valve replacement in carcinoid heart disease.| | PubMed
- Intratumoral myeloid cells regulate responsiveness and resistance to antiangiogenic therapy.| | PubMed
- Combined mammalian target of rapamycin and vascular endothelial growth factor pathway inhibition in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: more than the sum of its parts?| | PubMed
- Is more not better?: combination therapies in colorectal cancer treatment.| | PubMed
- Neuroendocrine tumors, version 1.2015.| | PubMed
- The spectrum of neuroendocrine tumors: histologic classification, unique features and areas of overlap.| | PubMed
- Bone metastases and skeletal-related events from neuroendocrine tumors.| | PubMed
- Neuroendocrine tumors of unknown primary: is the primary site really not known?| | PubMed
- Telotristat etiprate, a novel serotonin synthesis inhibitor, in patients with carcinoid syndrome and diarrhea not adequately controlled by octreotide.| | PubMed
- B cells regulate macrophage phenotype and response to chemotherapy in squamous carcinomas.| | PubMed
- 90Y glass microspheres for the treatment of unresectable metastatic liver disease from chemotherapy-refractory gastrointestinal cancers: a pilot study.| | PubMed
- Figitumumab in patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer previously treated with standard therapies: a nonrandomized, open-label, phase II trial.| | PubMed
- A phase 1 trial of imatinib, bevacizumab, and metronomic cyclophosphamide in advanced colorectal cancer.| | PubMed
- Incomplete inhibition of phosphorylation of 4E-BP1 as a mechanism of primary resistance to ATP-competitive mTOR inhibitors.| | PubMed
- Temsirolimus combined with sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase I dose-finding trial with pharmacokinetic and biomarker correlates.| | PubMed
- Introduction: recent advances in the genetics, diagnosis, and treatment of neuroendocrine tumors.| | PubMed
- The evolving landscape of neuroendocrine tumors.| | PubMed
- Optimizing the administration of fixed-dose rate gemcitabine plus capecitabine using an alternating-week schedule: a dose finding and early efficacy study in advanced pancreatic and biliary carcinomas.| | PubMed
- Lymph node sampling rates and predictors of nodal metastasis in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor resections: the UCSF experience with 149 patients.| | PubMed
- Neuroendocrine tumors.| | PubMed
- Systemic therapy for advanced carcinoid tumors: where do we go from here?| | PubMed
- Combination of ATP-competitive mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors with standard chemotherapy for colorectal cancer.| | PubMed
- Optimal timing of surgery after chemoradiation for advanced rectal cancer: preliminary results of a multicenter, nonrandomized phase II prospective trial.| | PubMed
- Future directions in the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors: consensus report of the National Cancer Institute Neuroendocrine Tumor clinical trials planning meeting.| | PubMed
- Lack of NKX2.2 expression in bronchopulmonary typical carcinoid tumors: implications for patients with neuroendocrine tumor metastases and unknown primary site.| | PubMed
- Identification of unknown primary tumors in patients with neuroendocrine liver metastases.| | PubMed
- The ETS oncogene family transcription factor FEV identifies serotonin-producing cells in normal and neoplastic small intestine.| | PubMed
- A phase II study of bevacizumab plus erlotinib for gemcitabine-refractory metastatic pancreatic cancer.| | PubMed
- Glycemic control in patients with insulinoma treated with everolimus.| | PubMed
- Homeodomain transcription factor NKX2.2 functions in immature cells to control enteroendocrine differentiation and is expressed in gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors.| | PubMed
- Serum CA19-9 decline compared to radiographic response as a surrogate for clinical outcomes in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer receiving chemotherapy.| | PubMed
- Activity of sunitinib in patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumors.| | PubMed
- A phase II study evaluating bevacizumab in combination with fixed-dose rate gemcitabine and low-dose cisplatin for metastatic pancreatic cancer: is an anti-VEGF strategy still applicable?| | PubMed
- Excess toxicity associated with docetaxel and irinotecan in patients with metastatic, gemcitabine-refractory pancreatic cancer: results of a phase II study.| | PubMed
- Phase II trial of T138067, a novel microtubule inhibitor, in patients with metastatic, refractory colorectal carcinoma.| | PubMed
- Phase II trial of sunitinib in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer after failure of standard therapy.| | PubMed
- Arterial thromboembolic events in patients with metastatic carcinoma treated with chemotherapy and bevacizumab.| | PubMed
- Systemic and regional nonsurgical therapy--what is the optimal strategy for metastatic neuroendocrine cancer?| | PubMed
- Islet cell carcinoma: neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas and periampullary region.| | PubMed
- A phase II study of fixed-dose rate gemcitabine plus low-dose cisplatin followed by consolidative chemoradiation for locally advanced pancreatic cancer.| | PubMed
- Phase II study of recombinant human endostatin in patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumors.| | PubMed
- Pancreatoblastoma in an adult: case report and review of the literature.| | PubMed
- Targeting growth factors and angiogenesis; using small molecules in malignancy.| | PubMed
- When does the presence of the target predict response to the targeted agent?| | PubMed
- Phase II study of fixed dose rate gemcitabine with cisplatin for metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.| | PubMed
- Anti-angiogenic strategies in gastrointestinal malignancies.| | PubMed
- Serum CA19-9 response as a surrogate for clinical outcome in patients receiving fixed-dose rate gemcitabine for advanced pancreatic cancer.| | PubMed
- Combined analysis of efficacy: the addition of bevacizumab to fluorouracil/leucovorin improves survival for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.| | PubMed
- Fractional genomic alteration detected by array-based comparative genomic hybridization independently predicts survival after hepatic resection for metastatic colorectal cancer.| | PubMed
- Update on clinical trials targeting vascular endothelial growth factor in cancer.| | PubMed
- Vascular endothelial growth factor as a therapeutic target in cancer.| | PubMed
- Angiogenesis in colorectal cancer: therapeutic implications and future directions.| | PubMed
- Maximizing the potential of bevacizumab in cancer treatment.| | PubMed
- Couples therapy at end of life.| | PubMed
- Benefits of targeting both pericytes and endothelial cells in the tumor vasculature with kinase inhibitors.| | PubMed
- Immune enhancement of skin carcinogenesis by CD4+ T cells.| | PubMed
- Phase II, randomized trial comparing bevacizumab plus fluorouracil (FU)/leucovorin (LV) with FU/LV alone in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.| | PubMed
- Tumor-associated hypoglycemia from metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma: case report and review of the literature.| | PubMed
- Shedding old paradigms: developing viruses to treat cancer.| | PubMed
- Molecular mechanisms underlying the development of hepatocellular carcinoma.| | PubMed
- Hepatocellular carcinoma.| | PubMed
- Less is more, regularly: metronomic dosing of cytotoxic drugs can target tumor angiogenesis in mice.| | PubMed
- Human acellular dermal matrix as a novel model of malignant epithelial cell invasion.| | PubMed