Dr. Christopher C. Benz M.D.
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
1600 Divisadero St San Francisco CA, 94115About
Dr. Christopher Benz is an oncologist or cancer specialist, whose expertise is in breast cancer treatment at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. When he joined UCSF Medical Center ...
Education and Training
University of Mi Med Sch 1972
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Anti-HER2 immunoliposomes: enhanced efficacy attributable to targeted delivery.
- ErbB2 activation of ESX gene expression.
- Redox control of zinc finger proteins.
- Therapeutic efficacy of anti-ErbB2 immunoliposomes targeted by a phage antibody selected for cellular endocytosis.
- Age-associated biomarker profiles of human breast cancer.
- Age-dependent changes in breast cancer hormone receptors and oxidant stress markers.
- Transcriptional repression of ErbB2 by histone deacetylase inhibitors detected by a genomically integrated ErbB2 promoter-reporting cell screen.
- Essential cysteine-alkylation strategies to monitor structurally altered estrogen receptor as found in oxidant-stressed breast cancers.
- Geographic excess of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.
- Development of ligand-targeted liposomes for cancer therapy.
- Risk factors for estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.
- Activation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NFkappaB) identifies a high-risk subset of hormone-dependent breast cancers.
- Clinical development of histone deacetylase inhibitors as anticancer agents.
- Enhanced pharmacodynamic and antitumor properties of a histone deacetylase inhibitor encapsulated in liposomes or ErbB2-targeted immunoliposomes.
- Vitamin K3 (menadione)-induced oncosis associated with keratin 8 phosphorylation
Treatments
- General Care, Breast Cancer
Fellowships
- Yale University, Oncology 1979
- Yale University School Of Med New Haven Ct 1979
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