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Hope S. Rugo, MD

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Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology); and Director, Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program, UCSF

Phone: (415) 353-7070 (appts)
Box 1710, UCSF
San Francisco, CA 94143-1710

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Education

Tufts University, BS, 1979, Chemistry
University of Pennsylvania, MD, 1984, Medicine
University of California San Francisco, 1987, Resident, Internal Medicine
University of California San Francisco, 1990, Fellow, Hematology/Oncology
Stanford University, 1988-90, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Microbiology/Immunology
DNAX Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, 1989-90, Visiting Scientist, Immunology


Professional Experience

  • 1990-1992
    Clinical Instructor in Medicine (Div. of Hematology/Oncology), University of California, San Francisco
  • 1992-1997
    Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Div. of Hematology/Oncology), University of California, San Francisco
  • 1997-1999
    Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (Div. of Hematology/Oncology), University of California, San Francisco
  • 1999-2003
    Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (Div. of Hematology/Oncology), University of California, San Francisco
  • 2003-present
    Clinical Professor of Medicine (Div. of Hematology/Oncology), University of California, San Francisco
  • 2003-present
    Director, Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program

Honors & Awards

  • College
    Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi; Victor Prather Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research; Durkee Scholarship for promise and achievement in the field of chemistry; Max Tishler Prize Scholarship for outstanding achievement in the sciences
  • Medical School
    Henry Luce Scholar in the Philippines; Certificate of Commendation, Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety and Health; National Health Service Corps Scholarship; Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation
  • 1990
    Awarded Bank of America Gianini Foundation Research Fellowship

Selected Publications

  1. Tripathy D, Kaufman PA, Brufsky AM, Mayer M, Yood MU, Yoo B, Quah C, Yardley D, Rugo HS. First-Line Treatment Patterns and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With HER2-Positive and Hormone Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer From registHER. Oncologist. 2013; 18(5):501-10.
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  2. Rugo HS, Campone M, Amadori D, Aldrighetti D, Conte P, Wardley A, Villanueva C, Melisko M, McHenry MB, Liu D, Lee F, Pivot X. A randomized, phase II, three-arm study of two schedules of ixabepilone or paclitaxel plus bevacizumab as first-line therapy for metastatic breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2013 Jun; 139(2):411-9.
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  3. Burris HA, Lebrun F, Rugo HS, Beck JT, Piccart M, Neven P, Baselga J, Petrakova K, Hortobagyi GN, Komorowski A, Chouinard E, Young R, Gnant M, Pritchard KI, Bennett L, Ricci JF, Bauly H, Taran T, Sahmoud T, Noguchi S. Health-related quality of life of patients with advanced breast cancer treated with everolimus plus exemestane versus placebo plus exemestane in the phase 3, randomized, controlled, BOLERO-2 trial. Cancer. 2013 May 15; 119(10):1908-15.
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  4. Gnant M, Baselga J, Rugo HS, Noguchi S, Burris HA, Piccart M, Hortobagyi GN, Eakle J, Mukai H, Iwata H, Geberth M, Hart LL, Hadji P, El-Hashimy M, Rao S, Taran T, Sahmoud T, Lebwohl D, Campone M, Pritchard KI. Effect of Everolimus on Bone Marker Levels and Progressive Disease in Bone in BOLERO-2. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2013 May 1; 105(9):654-63.
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  5. Vandergrift JL, Niland JC, Theriault RL, Edge SB, Wong YN, Loftus LS, Breslin TM, Hudis CA, Javid SH, Rugo HS, Silver SM, Lepisto EM, Weeks JC. Time to adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer in national comprehensive cancer network institutions. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2013 Jan 16; 105(2):104-12.
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  6. Yee D, Haddad T, Albain K, Barker A, Benz C, Boughey J, Buxton M, Jo Chien A, Demichele A, Dilts D, Elias A, Haluska P, Hogarth M, Hu A, Hytlon N, Kaplan HG, Kelloff GG, Khan Q, Lang J, Leyland-Jones B, Liu M, Nanda R, Northfelt D, Olopade OI, Park J, Parker B, Parkinson D, Pearson-White S, Perlmutter J, Pusztai L, Symmans F, Rugo H, Tripathy D, Wallace A, Wholley D, Van't Veer L, Berry DA, Esserman L. Adaptive trials in the neoadjuvant setting: a model to safely tailor care while accelerating drug development. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Dec 20; 30(36):4584-6.
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  7. Chien AJ, Rugo HS. Emerging treatment options for the management of brain metastases in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2013 Jan; 137(1):1-12.
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  8. Magbanua MJ, Sosa EV, Roy R, Eisenbud LE, Scott JH, Olshen A, Pinkel D, Rugo HS, Park JW. Genomic profiling of isolated circulating tumor cells from metastatic breast cancer patients. Cancer Res. 2013 Jan 1; 73(1):30-40.
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  9. Keck S, Glencer AC, Rugo HS. Everolimus and its role in hormone-resistant and trastuzumab-resistant metastatic breast cancer. Future Oncol. 2012 Nov; 8(11):1383-96.
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  10. Cortés J, Calvo E, González-Martín A, Dawood S, Llombart-Cussac A, De Mattos-Arruda L, Gómez P, Silva O, Perez EA, Rugo HS, Lluch A, Hortobagyi GN. Progress against solid tumors in danger: the metastatic breast cancer example. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Oct 1; 30(28):3444-7.
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  11. Kaufman PA, Brufsky AM, Mayer M, Rugo HS, Tripathy D, Yood MU, Feng S, Wang LI, Quah CS, Yardley DA. Treatment patterns and clinical outcomes in elderly patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer from the registHER observational study. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Oct; 135(3):875-83.
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  12. Bender BC, Schaedeli-Stark F, Koch R, Joshi A, Chu YW, Rugo H, Krop IE, Girish S, Friberg LE, Gupta M. A population pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model of thrombocytopenia characterizing the effect of trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) on platelet counts in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2012 Oct; 70(4):591-601.
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  13. Bock M, Moore D, Hwang J, Shumay D, Lawson L, Hamolsky D, Esserman L, Rugo H, Chien AJ, Park J, Munster P, Melisko M. The impact of an electronic health questionnaire on symptom management and behavior reporting for breast cancer survivors. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Aug; 134(3):1327-35.
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  14. Niemasik EE, Letourneau J, Dohan D, Katz A, Melisko M, Rugo H, Rosen M. Patient perceptions of reproductive health counseling at the time of cancer diagnosis: a qualitative study of female California cancer survivors. J Cancer Surviv. 2012 Sep; 6(3):324-32.
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  15. Rugo HS, Keck S. Reversing hormone resistance: have we found the golden key? J Clin Oncol. 2012 Aug 1; 30(22):2707-9.
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  16. Stopeck AT, Brown-Glaberman U, Wong HY, Park BH, Barnato SE, Gradishar WJ, Hudis CA, Rugo HS. The role of targeted therapy and biomarkers in breast cancer treatment. Clin Exp Metastasis. 2012 Oct; 29(7):807-19.
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  17. Blackwell KL, Burstein HJ, Storniolo AM, Rugo HS, Sledge G, Aktan G, Ellis C, Florance A, Vukelja S, Bischoff J, Baselga J, O'Shaughnessy J. Overall survival benefit with lapatinib in combination with trastuzumab for patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer: final results from the EGF104900 Study. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Jul 20; 30(21):2585-92.
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  18. Carey LA, Rugo HS, Marcom PK, Mayer EL, Esteva FJ, Ma CX, Liu MC, Storniolo AM, Rimawi MF, Forero-Torres A, Wolff AC, Hobday TJ, Ivanova A, Chiu WK, Ferraro M, Burrows E, Bernard PS, Hoadley KA, Perou CM, Winer EP. TBCRC 001: randomized phase II study of cetuximab in combination with carboplatin in stage IV triple-negative breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Jul 20; 30(21):2615-23.
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  19. Krop IE, LoRusso P, Miller KD, Modi S, Yardley D, Rodriguez G, Guardino E, Lu M, Zheng M, Girish S, Amler L, Winer EP, Rugo HS. A phase II study of trastuzumab emtansine in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer who were previously treated with trastuzumab, lapatinib, an anthracycline, a taxane, and capecitabine. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Sep 10; 30(26):3234-41.
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  20. Esserman LJ, Berry DA, DeMichele A, Carey L, Davis SE, Buxton M, Hudis C, Gray JW, Perou C, Yau C, Livasy C, Krontiras H, Montgomery L, Tripathy D, Lehman C, Liu MC, Olopade OI, Rugo HS, Carpenter JT, Dressler L, Chhieng D, Singh B, Mies C, Rabban J, Chen YY, Giri D, van 't Veer L, Hylton N. Pathologic complete response predicts recurrence-free survival more effectively by cancer subset: results from the I-SPY 1 TRIAL--CALGB 150007/150012, ACRIN 6657. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Sep 10; 30(26):3242-9.
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