BruceEarlBrocksteinMD

Oncology • Evanston, IL

Head & Neck Cancer, Hematologic Oncology, Melanoma, Sarcoma

Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

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Office
2650 Ridge Av
Evanston, IL 60201
Phone+1 847-570-2112

Fax+1 847-570-2336

Summary

Dr. Bruce Brockstein is an oncologist in Evanston, IL and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including NorthShore University Health System, Glenbrook Hospital, Highland Park Hospital, Skokie Hospital, and NorthShore University Health System. He received his medical degree from University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and has been in practice 27 years. He specializes in head & neck cancer, melanoma, and sarcoma and cutaneous malignancies.

Education & Training

University of ChicagoFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1993 - 1996
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1993
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 1993 - 2026
PA State Medical License 1992 - 1994
American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020-2021
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2009-2020
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
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Clinical Trials

Eribulin Mesylate in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Cancer of the Urothelium and Kidney Dysfunction Start of enrollment: 2006 Oct 23
Active, not recruiting
Phase 1, Phase 2
Study in Locally Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck Start of enrollment: 2010 May 04
Terminated
Phase 2
Cediranib Maleate With or Without Lenalidomide for the Treatment of Thyroid Cancer Start of enrollment: 2010 Sep 09
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Cetuximab With or Without Tivantinib in Treating Patients With Head and Neck Cancer That Is Recurrent, Metastatic, or Cannot Be Removed by Surgery Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 20
Completed
Phase 2
Ipilimumab With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Stage III-IV Melanoma That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery Start of enrollment: 2014 Jan 24
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

46 citations
Perspectives of Health-Care Providers Toward Advance Care Planning in Patients With Advanced Cancer and Congestive Heart Failure.
Manisha Chandar, Bruce Brockstein, Alan Zunamon, Irwin Silverman, Sarah Dlouhy
The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 2017-06-01
523 citations
Measuring financial toxicity as a clinically relevant patient‐reported outcome: The validation of the COmprehensive Score for financial Toxicity (COST)
Jonas A. De Souza, Bonnie J. Yap, Kristen Wroblewski, Victoria S. Blinder, Fabiana S. Araújo
Cancer. 2017-02-01
346 citations
Phase III Randomized Trial of Induction Chemotherapy in Patients With N2 or N3 Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
Ezra E.W. Cohen, Theodore Karrison, Masha Kocherginsky, Jeffrey Mueller, Robyn Egan
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2014-09-01

Journal Articles

Association of a Proactive Swallowing Rehabilitation Program with Feeding Tube Placement in Patients Treated for Pharyngeal Cancer
Gaurav S Ajmani, Cheryl C Nocon, Bruce E Brockstein, Mihir K Bhayani, JAMA

Other

Head and neck sarcomas
Brockstein BE, Charous SJ
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/head-and-neck-sarcomas
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-12-18
Locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: Approaches combining chemotherapy and radiation therapy
Brockstein BE, Vokes EE
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/locally-advanced-squamous-cell-carcinoma-of-the-head-and-neck-appro
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-04-12
Methods to overcome radiation resistance in head and neck cancer
Brockstein BE, Yoo DS, Vokes EE
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/methods-to-overcome-radiation-resistance-in-head-and-neck-cancer
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-04-20
Overview of head and neck cancer
Brockstein BE, Stenson KM
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/overview-of-head-and-neck-cancer
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-12-12
Overview of treatment for head and neck squamous cell cancer
Brockstein BE, Carneiro BA, Stenson KM, Song S
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/overview-of-treatment-for-head-and-neck-squamous-cell-cancer
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-12-12
Treatment of locoregionally advanced (stage III and IV) head and neck cancer: The larynx and hypopharynx
Brockstein BE, Sher DJ, Stenson KM
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-locoregionally-advanced-stage-iii-and-iv-head-and-neck
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-02-25
Treatment of metastatic and recurrent head and neck cancer
Brockstein BE, Vokes EE
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-metastatic-and-recurrent-head-and-neck-cancer
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-03-05
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