Vicente Valero
Professor
Department of Breast Medical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Valero has been with The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center since June 1991, o btaining his M.D. from the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Medicine, in 1980. Postgraduate training in Internal Medicine was completed at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio, and Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine in Rootstown, Ohio. Fellowships in Hematology-Medical Oncology were completed at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, and at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Board certifications include the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Medical Oncology, and the American Board of Hematology. Publications include over 150 published articles in peer-reviewed journals, editorials and invited articles, 13 book chapters, and over 100 abstracts. He is an actively involved teacher in the Medical Oncology Continuing Clinic for Fellows and medical oncology and internal medicine residents at Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, where he was honored as the Division of Medicine Teacher of the Year for the 1993-1994 and 1996-1997 academic years, and the Educator of the Month for December 2003. He is the primary investigator for several ongoing funded research protocols, and as an acknowledged leader in his fields of interest, he is a popular and much sought after speaker for local, national, and international presentations, and has given over 250 presentations, maintaining his belief that sharing all facets of the knowledge of breast cancer with other treating physicians and healthcare providers and educating the public about this disease may translate to improvement in its prevention, early detection, and treatment.
Research Interest
Dr. Valero utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of breast cancer. His research interests include breast neoplasms, unusual histologies, new drug development, minority groups, and clinical trials with angiogenesis. More specifically, his primary focus is in the area of Her-2 neu amplified and ER+ HER-2 normal early, as well as metastatic breast cancer and novel biological agents, the management of patients with locally advanced breast cancer utilizing new biological agents and gene profiling, and clinical research targeting minority populations.
Publications
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Kai M, Kogawa T, Liu DD, Fouad TM, Kai K, Niikura N, Hsu L, Willey JS, Theriault RL, Valero V, Ueno NT. Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Bone-Only Metastasis in Inflammatory and Noninflammatory Breast Cancers. Clin Breast Cancer 15 (1) :37-42, 2015.
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Malouf GG, Zhang J, Yuan Y, Compérat E, Rouprêt M, Cussenot O, Chen Y, Thompson EJ, Tannir NM, Weinstein JN, Valero V, Khayat D, Spano JP, Su X. Characterization of long non-coding RNA transcriptome in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma by next-generation deep sequencing. Mol Oncol 9 (1) :32-43, 2015.
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Tsai CJ, Li J, Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Allen PK, Woodward WA, Ueno NT, Lucci A, Krishnamurthy S, Gong Y, Yang W, Cristofanilli M, Valero V, Buchholz TA. Outcomes after Multidisciplinary Treatment of Inflammatory Breast Cancer in the Era of Neoadjuvant HER2-Directed Therapy. Am J Clin Oncol 38 (3) :242-7, 2015.
