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Office
LA Cancer Network/Compassionate Cancer Care
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Summary
- Dr. Steven Yu is board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology. After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and before attending medical school, Dr. Yu was vice president of a startup pharmaceutical company in Beijing, China. Dr. Yu then attended medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina where he had an opportunity to serve as a congressional health fellow in Washington, D.C. He then completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine where he had numerous publications in prostate cancer, urothelial cancer, kidney cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, hematologic disorders, and received a research award in 2017. Many research abstracts he was involved with have been presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology, European Society for Medical Oncology, and the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium meetings. Dr. Yu also was a consultant for the Reuters News Organization.
Dr. Yu has a special interest in assisting in medical missions and has traveled to Port-au-Prince, Haiti after the devastating 2010 Haiti Earthquake and volunteered at children's hospitals in China.
Education & Training
- University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2011 - 2014
- Medical University of South CarolinaClass of 2011, M.D.
- University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Internship, Internal Medicine
- University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical CenterFellowship, Medical Oncology
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2012 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Hematology
- American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 12 citationsBiological effects of green tea capsule supplementation in pre-surgery postmenopausal breast cancer patients.Steven S. Yu, Darcy V. Spicer, Debra Hawes, Chiu-Chen Tseng, Chung S. Yang
Frontiers in Oncology. 2013-12-13 - 23 citationsClinical use of cabozantinib in the treatment of advanced kidney cancer: efficacy, safety, and patient selection.Steven S. Yu, David I. Quinn, Tanya B. Dorff
Oncotargets and Therapy. 2016-09-23 - 13 citationsSparring and neurological function in professional boxersJohn W. Stiller, Steven S. Yu, Lisa A. Brenner, Patricia Langenberg, Phillip Scrofani
Frontiers in Public Health. 2014-07-21
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