Dee W. West, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor
Cancer Prevention Institute of California
Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Dept. of Health Research & Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine Senior Advisor, Population Sciences, Stanford Cancer Institute
2201 Walnut Avenue, Suite 300
Fremont, California 94538-2334 E-mail:Dee.West@CPIC.org Phone: 510-608-5000 Fax: 510-608-5085
Research Interests:
Understanding patterns of cancer incidence and survival using cancer registry data
Understanding survival following cancer, with emphasis on quality of life, comorbidity, and treatment issues
Understanding the interaction of genes and environment as risks for cancer
Improving cancer surveillance methods, especially cancer registration
In the 1970s, Dr. West authored papers of diet and colon, stomach, and oral cancers in New York. In Utah, he was Principal Investigator for a program grant of diet and colon cancer where he created a nutrient database, including home preserved foods, and examined diet by site in the colon.
In California, Dr. West was an investigator in a collaborative study of prostate cancer. He published papers on diet and thyroid cancer and diet and cancer in a cohort of California teachers.
Dr. West was Principal Investigator of the Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry from 1986 until 2005. During that period, he oversaw expansion of coverage for the registry from the initial 5-county San Francisco-Oakland area to also include the 4-county San Jose-Monterey area. Over these years, the registry also enhanced its research effort significantly.
Recent focus on cancer treatment and outcomes: Dr. West is Co-Investigator of the Cancer Care Outcomes Research Study (CanCORS) for colorectal and lung cancer that recruited over 5,000 colorectal and 5,000 lung cancer patients from which interview and medical record information is being collected.
Dr. West is also Co-Investigator of the Northern California component of the Breast Cancer Family Registry. This group has recruited over 11,000 families for which epidemiologic, family history, and biospecimen data are available. He also helped create the California Teachers Study (cohort of 133,000 California teachers) who are followed for cancer and other outcomes.
Professional Memberships, Professional Activities, and Awards:
American College of Epidemiology
American Society of Preventive Oncology
Society for Epidemiologic Research
American Public Health Association
International Association of Cancer Registries
American Association for Cancer Research
1995 - 1997 President, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries 1996 - 2000 Executive Board, International Association of Cancer Registries 2000 - present Chair, National Coordination Council for Cancer Surveillance
