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Natalie A. Marshall
Oncologist
Dr. Natalie A. Marshall is a top Oncologist in Berkeley, California. Dr. Natalie A. Marshall is a medical oncologist who cares for patients with breast cancer using chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy. She also works with her patients on modifying their habits with the goal of making their bodies less hospitable to cancer growth. This includes instruction and encouragement on diet, sleep, stress reduction and exercise, including strength training. It is important to her to let patients know how lifestyle modifications can lower the risk of cancer recurrence. She serves as medical director of the UCSF – John Muir Health Cancer Center in Berkeley.
Throughout her career, Marshall has been helping patients participate in clinical trials to evaluate cancer treatments, starting at Yale New Haven Hospital as a fellow and faculty member in the breast care unit and stem cell transplantation program, and later working in New Mexico and California in community oncology (which seeks to provide quality cancer care close to where patients live) and private practice. At New Mexico Cancer Center for more than a decade, she ran the state's only program that conducted autologous stem cell transplantation (replacing diseased or damaged cells with healthy blood stem cells from the patient).
Outside of work, Marshall is a jazz musician and lyricist who performs in the Bay Area whenever she can. She is also a masters division Olympic weightlifter, avid hiker and gardener, mother and wife. These activities bring balance and compassion to her role as a doctor.
Throughout her career, Marshall has been helping patients participate in clinical trials to evaluate cancer treatments, starting at Yale New Haven Hospital as a fellow and faculty member in the breast care unit and stem cell transplantation program, and later working in New Mexico and California in community oncology (which seeks to provide quality cancer care close to where patients live) and private practice. At New Mexico Cancer Center for more than a decade, she ran the state's only program that conducted autologous stem cell transplantation (replacing diseased or damaged cells with healthy blood stem cells from the patient).
Outside of work, Marshall is a jazz musician and lyricist who performs in the Bay Area whenever she can. She is also a masters division Olympic weightlifter, avid hiker and gardener, mother and wife. These activities bring balance and compassion to her role as a doctor.
32 years
Experience
Natalie A. Marshall
- Berkeley, CA
- University of Texas Medical Branch
- Accepting new patients
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Found a lump underneath my armpit and experiencing fatigue and joint pain. Should I get screened?
Yes. You should see your primary doctor to be examined. It might be reactive from the flu or you could need imaging and/ or a biopsy.
For a breast cancer case, is a surgery done first or is the chemotherapy started first?
If the tumor is small and lymph nodes normal clinically, then surgery first is usually the best option. If the tumor is larger or lymph node or skin involvement is present, we READ MORE
If the tumor is small and lymph nodes normal clinically, then surgery first is usually the best option. If the tumor is larger or lymph node or skin involvement is present, we often shrink the tumor first with medicine (neoadjuvant treatment) and then do surgery second.
