Arpita Desai, MD

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address550 16th Street, #6557
San Francisco CA 94158
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    State University of New York at BuffaloResidency2015Internal Medicine
    University of ChicagoFellowship2018Medical Oncology
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    SUNY at Buffalo2014Dexter S. Levy Memorial Award
    SUNY at Buffalo2015Thomas F. Frawley Research Fellowship Award
    ASCO2018Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO/Frances A. Shepherd, MD, Endowed Merit Award
    IASLC2018Young Investigator Award
    UCSF2020HDFCC UCSF Junior Clinical Investigator Award
    Prostate Cancer Program UCSF2022Prostate Cancer Program Pilot Research Award

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    Dr. Arpita Desai is an oncologist who specializes in the treatment of patients with genitourinary cancers, in particular kidney and prostate cancers. She is the Medical Director of the GU Medical Oncology program at UCSF

    Desai is interested in developing novel imaging and therapeutic strategies in renal cell cancer with the goal of improving outcomes by personalizing therapy. The scope of her most recent work has been related to incorporating functional and molecular imaging to personalize treatment in GU malignancies.

    Desai completed her residency in internal medicine at the State University of New York where she also served as chief resident of internal medicine. She completed a fellowship in medical oncology at the University of Chicago. She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

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    1. Patients Can Administer Mobile Audio Recordings to Increase Knowledge in Advanced Prostate Cancer. Cancer Med. 2024 Nov; 13(22):e70433. Kwon DH, Trihy L, Darvish N, Hearst E, Sumra S, Borno HT, Bose R, Chou J, de Kouchkovsky I, Desai A, Ekstrand B, Friedlander T, Kaur G, Koshkin VS, Nesheiwat S, Sepucha K, Small EJ, Aggarwal RR, Belkora J. PMID: 39569542; PMCID: PMC11579662.
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    2. High Sensitivity Circulating Tumor-DNA Assays in Renal Cell Carcinoma-Are we there yet? Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2024 Dec; 22(6):102235. Sidhom F, Patel S, Desai A, Basu A. PMID: 39536416.
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    3. Accuracy, readability, and quality of websites about metastatic renal cell carcinoma treatment. Urol Oncol. 2024 Nov; 42(11):375.e1-375.e13. Shakhnazaryan N, Gima-Lange L, Desai A, Fitzgerald K, Kwon DH. PMID: 38955572.
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    4. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Kidney Cancer, Version 2.2024. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2024 02; 22(1):4-16. Motzer RJ, Jonasch E, Agarwal N, Alva A, Bagshaw H, Baine M, Beckermann K, Carlo MI, Choueiri TK, Costello BA, Derweesh IH, Desai A, Ged Y, George S, Gore JL, Gunn A, Haas N, Johnson M, Kapur P, King J, Kyriakopoulos C, Lam ET, Lara PN, Lau C, Lewis B, Madoff DC, Manley B, Michaelson MD, Mortazavi A, Ponsky L, Ramalingam S, Shuch B, Smith ZL, Sosman J, Sweis R, Zibelman M, Schonfeld R, Stein M, Gurski LA. PMID: 38394781.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 21     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Mechanisms of tyrosine kinase inhibitor resistance in renal cell carcinoma. Cancer Drug Resist. 2023; 6(4):858-873. Sweeney PL, Suri Y, Basu A, Koshkin VS, Desai A. PMID: 38239394; PMCID: PMC10792482.
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    6. Single-dose 177Lu-PSMA-617 followed by maintenance pembrolizumab in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: an open-label, dose-expansion, phase 1 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2023 11; 24(11):1266-1276. Aggarwal R, Starzinski S, de Kouchkovsky I, Koshkin V, Bose R, Chou J, Desai A, Kwon D, Kaushal S, Trihy L, Rastogi M, Ippisch R, Aslam M, Friedlander T, Feng F, Oh D, Cheung A, Small E, Evans M, Fong L, Hope TA. PMID: 37922930; PMCID: PMC10667020.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 15     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    7. Impact of Squamous Histology on Clinical Outcomes and Molecular Profiling in Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors or Enfortumab Vedotin. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2023 10; 21(5):e394-e404. Jindal T, Zhang L, Deshmukh P, Reyes K, Chan E, Kumar V, Zhu X, Maldonado E, Feng S, Johnson M, Angelidakis A, Kwon D, Desai A, Borno HT, Bose R, Wong A, Hong J, Carroll P, Meng M, Porten S, Aggarwal R, Small EJ, Fong L, Chou J, Friedlander T, de Kouchkovsky I, Koshkin VS. PMID: 37316414.
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    8. Somatic alterations of TP53 and MDM2 associated with response to enfortumab vedotin in patients with advanced urothelial cancer. Front Oncol. 2023; 13:1161089. Jindal T, Zhu X, Bose R, Kumar V, Maldonado E, Deshmukh P, Shipp C, Feng S, Johnson MS, Angelidakis A, Kwon D, Borno HT, de Kouchkovsky I, Desai A, Aggarwal R, Fong L, Small EJ, Wong A, Porten S, Chou J, Friedlander T, Koshkin VS. PMID: 37091148; PMCID: PMC10113661.
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    9. Serial stereotactic body radiation therapy for oligometastatic prostate cancer detected by novel PET-based radiotracers. Urol Oncol. 2023 03; 41(3):145.e7-145.e15. Kwon DH, Shakhnazaryan N, Shui D, Hong JC, Mohamad O, de Kouchkovsky I, Borno HT, Bose R, Chou J, Desai A, Fong L, Friedlander TW, Koshkin VS, Aggarwal RR, Feng FY, Hope TA, Small EJ. PMID: 36435709.
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    10. Multi-institutional Analysis of the Clinical and Genomic Characteristics of Black Patients with Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer. Oncologist. 2022 03 11; 27(3):220-227. Freeman MN, Jang A, Zhu J, Sanati F, Nandagopal L, Ravindranathan D, Desai A, Phone A, Nussenzveig R, Jaeger E, Caputo SA, Koshkin VS, Swami U, Basu A, Bilen MA, Agarwal N, Sartor O, Burgess EF, Barata PC. PMID: 35274720; PMCID: PMC8914485.
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    11. APOBEC Mutational Signature and Tumor Mutational Burden as Predictors of Clinical Outcomes and Treatment Response in Patients With Advanced Urothelial Cancer. Front Oncol. 2022; 12:816706. Natesan D, Zhang L, Martell HJ, Jindal T, Devine P, Stohr B, Espinosa-Mendez C, Grenert J, Van Ziffle J, Joseph N, Umetsu S, Onodera C, Turski M, Chan E, Desai A, Aggarwal R, Wong A, Porten S, Chou J, Friedlander T, Fong L, Small EJ, Sweet-Cordero A, Koshkin VS. PMID: 35321431; PMCID: PMC8935010.
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    12. Kidney Cancer, Version 3.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2022 01; 20(1):71-90. Motzer RJ, Jonasch E, Agarwal N, Alva A, Baine M, Beckermann K, Carlo MI, Choueiri TK, Costello BA, Derweesh IH, Desai A, Ged Y, George S, Gore JL, Haas N, Hancock SL, Kapur P, Kyriakopoulos C, Lam ET, Lara PN, Lau C, Lewis B, Madoff DC, Manley B, Michaelson MD, Mortazavi A, Nandagopal L, Plimack ER, Ponsky L, Ramalingam S, Shuch B, Smith ZL, Sosman J, Dwyer MA, Gurski LA, Motter A. PMID: 34991070; PMCID: PMC10191161.
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    13. Mobile Audio Recording Technology to Promote Informed Decision Making in Advanced Prostate Cancer. JCO Oncol Pract. 2022 05; 18(5):e648-e658. Kwon DH, Karthikeyan S, Chang A, Borno HT, Koshkin VS, Desai A, Bose R, Friedlander T, Rodvelt T, Li P, Small EJ, Aggarwal RR, Belkora J. PMID: 34932386.
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    14. TERT promoter mutations and other prognostic factors in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma treated with an immune checkpoint inhibitor. J Immunother Cancer. 2021 05; 9(5). de Kouchkovsky I, Zhang L, Philip EJ, Wright F, Kim DM, Natesan D, Kwon D, Ho H, Ho S, Chan E, Porten SP, Wong AC, Desai A, Huang FW, Chou J, Oh DY, Pruthi RS, Fong L, Small EJ, Friedlander TW, Koshkin VS. PMID: 33980590; PMCID: PMC8118032.
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    15. Differential treatment outcomes in BRCA1/2-, CDK12-, and ATM-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Cancer. 2021 06 15; 127(12):1965-1973. Kwon DH, Chou J, Yip SM, Reimers MA, Zhang L, Wright F, Dhawan MS, Borno HT, Desai A, Aggarwal RR, Wyatt AW, Small EJ, Alva AS, Chi KN, Feng FY, Koshkin VS. PMID: 33690902.
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    16. Evaluating determinants of receipt of molecular imaging in biochemical recurrent prostate cancer. Cancer Med. 2021 01; 10(1):62-69. Borno HT, Kuo Lin T, Odisho AY, Desai A, Koshkin V, Werner K, Legaspi N, Bucknor M, Bell A, Zhang S, Hope TA. PMID: 33247633; PMCID: PMC7826487.
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    17. Outcomes With First-Line PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitor Monotherapy for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (mRCC): A Multi-Institutional Cohort. Front Oncol. 2020; 10:581189. Barata P, Hatton W, Desai A, Koshkin V, Jaeger E, Manogue C, Cotogno P, Light M, Lewis B, Layton J, Sartor O, Basu A, Kilari D, Emamekhoo H, Bilen MA. PMID: 33194712; PMCID: PMC7642690.
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    18. NCCN Guidelines Insights: Kidney Cancer, Version 1.2021. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2020 09; 18(9):1160-1170. Motzer RJ, Jonasch E, Boyle S, Carlo MI, Manley B, Agarwal N, Alva A, Beckermann K, Choueiri TK, Costello BA, Derweesh IH, Desai A, George S, Gore JL, Haas N, Hancock SL, Kyriakopoulos C, Lam ET, Lau C, Lewis B, Madoff DC, McCreery B, Michaelson MD, Mortazavi A, Nandagopal L, Pierorazio PM, Plimack ER, Ponsky L, Ramalingam S, Shuch B, Smith ZL, Somer B, Sosman J, Dwyer MA, Motter AD. PMID: 32886895; PMCID: PMC10191771.
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    19. Treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma patients with cabozantinib, an oral multityrosine kinase inhibitor of MET, AXL and VEGF receptors. Future Oncol. 2019 Jul; 15(20):2337-2348. Desai A, Small EJ. PMID: 31184937.
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