Julie Eileen Lang, MD

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Julie Eileen Lang, MD
Section of Surgical Oncology
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Arizona Health Sciences Center
1501 N. Campbell Avenue,
Cancer Center Rm. 1968
PO Box 245024
Tucson, AZ 85724-5066

Office Phone: (520) 626-3970
FAX: (520) 626-7785
Patient Appointments: (520) 694-2873

Email: jlang@surgery.arizona.edu

View a video of Dr. Lang's presentation on Inflammatory Breast Cancer: http://accordant.biocom.arizona.edu/2007/12/04/ClinCC20071204/links.htm

Dr. Lang

Education
MD:	1999, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Residency:	1999-2006, Residency in General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
Fellowship:	2002-2004, Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, University of California San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center 2006-2007, Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

Clinical Specialties
Surgical Oncology
Breast Cancer

Research
Circulating tumor cells and breast cancer stem cells

Selected Publications

Lang JE, Liu L.C., Lu Ying, Jenkins Tyler, Hwang E.S., Esserman Laura, Ewing Cheryl, Alvarado Michael, Morita Eugene, Treseler Patrick, Leong Stanley. Prognostic Implications of Non-sentinel Lymph Nodes Removed During Selective Sentinel Lymphadenectomy for Breast Cancer. The Breast Journal 2008 (in press).
Lang JE, Mosalpuria K, Cristofanilli M, Krishnamurthy S, Reuben J, Singh B, Bedrosian I, Meric-Bernstam F, Lucci A. HER2 Status Predicts the Presence of Circulating Tumor Cells in Patients with Operable Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer Research & Treatment, 2008 (in press).
Lang JE, Hall CS, Singh B and Lucci A. Significance of micrometastasis in bone marrow and blood of operable breast cancer patients: research tool or clinical application. Expert Reviews Anticancer Therapy 7(10), 2007.
Lang JE and Kuerer, HM. Breast Ductal Secretions: Clinical Features, Potential Uses and Applications. Accepted by Cancer Control for publication in October 2007.
Lang JE and Babiera, G. Locoregional Resection in Stage IV Breast Cancer. Surgical Clinics of North America 2007; 87(2): 527-538.
Breast Cancer and Reconstruction. Mathes S and Lang J, textbook chapter in Mathes, ed., Plastic Surgery, Second Edition, 2005, chapter 138. W.B. Saunders publisher.
Lang JE, Esserman LJ, Ewing CA, Rugo HS, Lane KT, Leong SP, Hwang ES. Accuracy of Selective Sentinel Lymphadenectomy After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Effect of Clinical Node Status at Presentation. Journal of the American College of Surgeons December 2004; 199(6): 856-62.