Joseph Presti, Jr.

Clinical Focus

• Cancer > Urologic Oncology
• prostate cancer
• bladder cancer
• kidney cancer
• Nerve Sparing Radical Prostatectomy

Administrative Appointments

• Associate Chair, Stanford University School of Medicine - Urology (2001 - present)
• Director, Urologic Oncology Program, Division of Urologic Oncology (2000 - present)

Honors and Awards

• Thomas A. Stamey Research Professor in Urology, Stanford University (April 2008)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Urology

Research Interests

refine detection strategies for prostate cancer, identify prognostic indicators for prostate cancer patients

Clinical Trials

• Quality of Life Following Radical Prostatectomy Recruiting
• Microarray Analysis of Gene Expression in Prostate Tissues Recruiting
• Prostate Active Surveillance Study (PASS) Recruiting
• Calcitriol or Placebo in Men for Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance No longer recruiting
• Study to Improve Detection and Early Recurrence Rate in Bladder Cancer Patients Using Hexvix Fluorescence Cystoscopy Completed

Publications

• Repeat prostate biopsy--when, where, and how. Presti JC, Urol Oncol. 2009 May-Jun; 27 (3): 312-4
• Freedom From a Detectable Ultrasensitive Prostate-specific Antigen at Two Years After Radical Prostatectomy Predicts a Favorable Clinical Outcome: Analysis of the SEARCH Database. Chang SL, Freedland SJ, Terris MK, Aronson WJ, Kane CJ, Amling CL, Presti JC. Urology. 2009
• Differing perceptions of quality of life in patients with prostate cancer and their doctors. Sonn GA, Sadetsky N, Presti JC, Litwin MS. J Urol. 2009; 182 (5): 2296-302
• Natural history of persistently elevated prostate specific antigen after radical prostatectomy: results from the SEARCH database. Moreira DM, Presti JC, Aronson WJ, Terris MK, Kane CJ, Amling CL, Freedland SJ. J Urol. 2009; 182 (5): 2250-5
• Identification, molecular characterization, clinical prognosis, and therapeutic targeting of human bladder tumor-initiating cells. Chan KS, Espinosa I, Chao M, Wong D, Ailles L, Diehn M, Gill H, Presti J, Chang HY, van de Rijn M, Shortliffe L, Weissman IL. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009; 106 (33): 14016-21