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Office
675 N Saint Clair St
Suite 100
Chicago, IL 60611Phone+1 312-695-0990Fax+1 312-695-6189
Education & Training
- University of Wisconsin Hospitals and ClinicsFellowship, Medical Oncology, 1981 - 1984
- University of Wisconsin Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1979
- Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 1976
Certifications & Licensure
- FL State Medical License 2024 - Present
- IL State Medical License 1979 - 2026
- WI State Medical License 1977 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
- Fellow (FASCO) American Society of Clinical Oncologists, 2008
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
Clinical Trials
- SWOG-9304 Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Rectal Cancer That Has Been Surgically Removed Start of enrollment: 1994 Mar 01
- Fluorouracil, Gemcitabine, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Cancer of the Pancreas Start of enrollment: 1998 Jul 01
- Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage II or Stage III Anal Cancer Start of enrollment: 1998 Oct 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 477 citationsHepatobiliary cancers, Version 2.2021Al B. Benson, Michael I. D’Angelica, Daniel E. Abbott, Daniel A. Anaya, Robert A. Anders
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2021-05-01 - 205 citationsImpact of Body Mass Index on Outcomes and Treatment-Related Toxicity in Patients With Stage II and III Rectal Cancer: Findings From Intergroup Trial 0114Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, Joel E. Tepper, Donna Niedzwiecki, Donna Hollis, A. David McCollum
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2004-02-15 - 243 citationsInfluence of body mass index on outcomes and treatment-related toxicity in patients with colon carcinomaJeffrey A. Meyerhardt, Paul J. Catalano, Daniel G. Haller, Robert J. Mayer, Al B. Benson
Cancer. 2003-08-01
Journal Articles
- Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab or Pembrolizumab plus Chemotherapy vs Chemotherapy Alone for Patients with First-Line, Advanced Gastric CancerAl Benson, Zev A Wainberg, JAMA Oncology
- From the Past to the Present: Insurer Coverage Frameworks for Next-Generation Tumor SequencingWilliam J Gradishar, Al B Benson, Massimo Cristofanilli, Allison W Kurian, Value in Health
Authored Content
- From the Past to the Present: Insurer Coverage Frameworks for Next-Generation Tumor SequencingAugust 2018
Press Mentions
- Association of Community Cancer Centers Releases 16 Abstracts This FallNovember 13th, 2020
- Climbing the Pancreatic Cancer MountainApril 16th, 2019
- A Blueprint to Advance Colorectal Cancer ImmunotherapiesOctober 24th, 2017
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- Fellow
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