Emily K. Bergsland

Emily Bergsland is Professor of Medicine and Associate Director for Education at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. A medical oncologist focused on gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours, she chaired the Alliance A021202 trial of pazopanib versus placebo in progressive carcinoid tumours and co-authors national neuroendocrine tumour treatment guidelines. Her papers include NCCN guidance on the management of advanced gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours, a review of systemic therapies for advanced gastrointestinal carcinoid tumours and the A021202 trial report. Her record links to lutetium-177 dotatate, somatostatin receptor 2 and VEGF-directed therapy, and she leads UCSF's cancer education programmes.