Dr. Rebecca L Aft MD
Surgical Oncologist | Surgical Oncology
216 S Kingshighway Blvd 5th Floor Saint Louis MO, 63110Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Rebecca Aft is a surgical oncologist practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Aft specializes in diagnosing, staging and treating cancer-related symptoms. Surgical oncologists also decide if the patient is a candidate for surgery or other cancer treatments based on certain factors such as age, physical fitness and other possible coexisting medical conditions
Education and Training
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 1992
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Evaluation of 2-deoxy-D-glucose as a chemotherapeutic agent: mechanism of cell death.
- 2-Deoxy-D-glucose-induced cytotoxicity and radiosensitization in tumor cells is
- Disparities related to socioeconomic status and access to medical care remain in the United States among women who never had a mammogram.
- Isolation and molecular profiling of bone marrow micrometastases identifies TWIST1 as a marker of early tumor relapse in breast cancer patients.
- Estrogen carcinogenesis: specific identification of estrogen-modified nucleobase in breast tissue from women.
- Impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on rate of tissue expander/implant loss and progression to successful breast reconstruction following mastectomy.
- Method of breast cancer presentation and depressed mood 1 year after diagnosis in women with locally advanced disease.
- Shared management of a rare necrotizing soft tissue infection of the breast.
- Impact of multiple caregiving roles on elevated depressed mood in early-stage breast cancer patients and same-age controls.
- A gene expression signature that predicts the therapeutic response of the basal-like breast cancer to neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
- Chemosensitizing and cytotoxic effects of 2-deoxy-D-glucose on breast cancer cells.
- Accuracy of ultrasonography and mammography in predicting pathologic response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer.
- Are we overtreating papillomas diagnosed on core needle biopsy?
- Targeting Chk1 in p53-deficient triple-negative breast cancer is therapeutically beneficial in human-in-mouse tumor models.
- Quality of life over time in women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, early-stage invasive breast cancer, and age-matched controls.
Clinical Trials
- MCS110 Combined With Neoadjuvant Doxorubicin, Cyclophosphamide, and Weekly Paclitaxel in Patients With Hormone-Receptor Positive and HER2- Breast Cancer
- Neoantigen DNA Vaccine Alone vs. Neoantigen DNA Vaccine Plus Durvalumab in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patients Following Standard of Care Therapy
- PECS Block vs. Multimodal Analgesia for Prevention of Persistent Postoperative Pain in Breast Surgery
- Alternative Dosing Schedule of Palbociclib in Metastatic Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer
- Neoadjuvant Study of Palbociclib in Combination With Letrozole and Trastuzumab in Stage II-III ER+ HER2+ Breast Cancer
- Conjugated Estrogens/Bazedoxifene in Treating Patients With Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Undergoing Surgery
- Endocrine Treatment Alone for Elderly Patients With Estrogen Receptor Positive Operable Breast Cancer and Low Recurrence Score
- Safety and Immune Response to a Mammaglobin-A DNA Vaccine In Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy
- Neoadjuvant Treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patients With Docetaxel and Carboplatin to Assess Anti-tumor Activity
- Effect of Neoadjuvant or Adjuvant Systemic Therapy on Breast Cancers, Bone Marrow Cancer Cells, and Circulating Cancer Cells
Treatments
- Melanoma
- Skin Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Lymphoma
- Pain
- Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
- Lipoma
- Sebaceous Cyst
- Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy
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