
Assistant Professor
Medicine
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Dr. Walker is a medical oncologist with a specific focus on gastrointestinal cancers. He maintains clinical practices at UCSF and the San Francisco VA.
Publications
Safety and preliminary efficacy of ivaltinostat, an HDAC inhibitor, plus capecitabine in patients with pretreated metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma (mPDAC): Results of a phase Ib study.
Journal of Clinical Oncology
An Exercise in Clinical Reasoning: Use of Social Context in Diagnosing an Elevated Lactate.
Journal of general internal medicine
Informed decision-making about germline testing among Veterans with advanced prostate cancer (APC): A mixed-methods study.
Journal of Clinical Oncology
A randomized, multi-center, phase 2 study of ivaltinostat (Ival) plus capecitabine (Cape) versus capecitabine alone in the maintenance setting in patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma (mPDAC).
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Challenges in patient-centered germline testing delivery for veterans with advanced prostate cancer (APC).
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Results of the safety and tolerability of ivaltinostat plus capecitabine in the phase 1b portion of a phase 1b/2, dose-escalation, randomized, multi-center study in the maintenance (maint) setting in patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma (mPD
Journal of Clinical Oncology
A phase 1b/2, dose-escalation, randomized, multicenter study of maintenance (maint) ivaltinostat (ival) plus capecitabine (cap) or capecitabine monotherapy in patients (pts) with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) whose disease has not progressed
Journal of Clinical Oncology
The Gut Microbiome in Colorectal Cancer.
Hematology/oncology clinics of North America
The Additional Diagnostic Benefit of Pancreatic Cancer Molecular Profiling After Germline Testing.
Pancreas
The VA My Life My Story Project: Keeping Medical Students and Veterans Socially Connected While Physically Distanced.
Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS
Durable response after immune checkpoint inhibitor-related diabetes in mismatch repair deficient pancreatic cancer.
Immunotherapy
Investigating tumor molecular profiling as a possible contributor to racial/ethnic disparities in pancreatic cancer.
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Anxious, Depressed, and Planning for the Future: Advance Care Planning in Diverse Older Adults.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Postoperative Exacerbation of Oxaliplatin-induced Neurotoxicity in Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Case Series.
Anticancer research
Referral frequency, attrition rate, and outcomes of germline testing in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Familial cancer
A Protean Protein.
Journal of hospital medicine
Interprofessional primary care electronic intervention to reduce hypoglycaemic agent use in high-risk veterans with diabetes.
BMJ open quality
Advance Care Planning Documentation Practices and Accessibility in the Electronic Health Record: Implications for Patient Safety.
Journal of pain and symptom management
Statin use and risk of pancreatic cancer: results from a large, clinic-based case-control study.
Cancer
A patient with cholangiocarcinoma demonstrating pathologic complete response to chemotherapy: exploring the role of neoadjuvant therapy in biliary tract cancer.
Journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Metformin use among type 2 diabetics and risk of pancreatic cancer in a clinic-based case-control study.
International journal of cancer
Hepatitis B viral reactivation secondary to imatinib treatment in a patient with gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
Anticancer research
Beyond first-line chemotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer: an expanding array of therapeutic options?
World journal of gastroenterology
Role of Raf Kinase Inhibitor Protein in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Forum on immunopathological diseases and therapeutics