Lauren Boreta, MD
Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncology
School of Medicine

Dr. Lauren Boreta is a radiation oncologist. She has a special interest in palliative radiation therapy – which focuses on relieving pain and improving quality of life – for advanced cancer and cancers of the central nervous system. Boreta earned her medical degree at UCSF. She also completed a residency in radiation oncology and served as chief resident at UCSF.

Education & Training

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• Radiation Oncology UCSF 06/2019
• MD UCSF 06/2014
• BA Human Biology Stanford University 06/2006

Publications (35)

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HemoptysisMeningeal NeoplasmsRadiotherapyPositron-Emission TomographyProstatectomyRadiosurgerySalvage TherapyOligopeptidesRadiation InjuriesMeningiomaEdetic AcidProstatic NeoplasmsRadiation OncologyEmergency Service, HospitalBrain Neoplasms

• Evaluation of Culture Conducive to Academic Success by Gender at a Comprehensive Cancer Center.
  The oncologist 2024 Keenan BP, Sibley A, Zhang L, Westring AF, Velazquez AI, Bank EM, Bergsland EK, Boreta L, Conroy P, Daras M, Hermiston M, Hsu G, Paris PL, Piawah S, Sinha S, Sosa JA, Tsang M, Venook AP, Wong M, Yom …
• Adverse radiation effect versus tumor progression following stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases: Implications of radiologic uncertainty.
  Journal of neuro-oncology 2024 Salans M, Ni L, Morin O, Ziemer B, Capaldi DPI, Raleigh DR, Vasudevan HN, Chew J, Nakamura J, Sneed PK, Boreta L, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Theodosopoulos P, Braunstein S
• Tungsten Filled 3-Dimensional Printed Lung Blocks for Total Body Irradiation.
  Practical radiation oncology 2023 Capaldi DPI, Gibson C, Villa A, Schulz JB, Ziemer BP, Fu J, Dubrowski P, Yu AS, Fogh S, Chew J, Boreta L, Braunstein SE, Witztum A, Hirata E, Morin O, Skinner LB, Nano TF
• Targeted gene expression profiling predicts meningioma outcomes and radiotherapy responses.
  Nature medicine 2023 Chen WC, Choudhury A, Youngblood MW, Polley MC, Lucas CG, Mirchia K, Maas SLN, Suwala AK, Won M, Bayley JC, Harmanci AS, Harmanci AO, Klisch TJ, Nguyen MP, Vasudevan HN, McCortney K, Yu TJ, Bhave V, …
• Molecular Features of Resected Melanoma Brain Metastases, Clinical Outcomes, and Responses to Immunotherapy.
  JAMA network open 2023 Vasudevan HN, Delley C, Chen WC, Mirchia K, Pan S, Shukla P, Aabedi AA, Nguyen MP, Morshed RA, Young JS, Boreta L, Fogh SE, Nakamura JL, Theodosopoulos PV, Phillips J, Hervey-Jumper SL, Daras M, Pike …

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• Targeted gene expression profiling predicts meningioma outcomes and radiotherapy responses.
  Research square 2023 Raleigh D, Chen W, Choudhury A, Youngblood M, Polley MY, Lucas CH, Mirchia K, Maas S, Suwala A, Won M, Bayley J, Harmanci A, Harmanci A, Klisch T, Nguyen M, Vasudevan H, McCortney K, Yu T, Bhave V, …
• Identification of risk factors associated with leptomeningeal disease after resection of brain metastases.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2023 Morshed RA, Saggi S, Cummins DD, Molinaro AM, Young JS, Viner JA, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Goldschmidt E, Boreta L, Braunstein SE, Chang EF, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Theodosopoulos PV, Hervey-Jumper SL, …
• Mutational Status and Clinical Outcomes Following Systemic Therapy with or without Focal Radiation for Resected Melanoma Brain Metastases.
  World neurosurgery 2022 Vasudevan HN, Susko MS, Ma L, Nakamura JL, Raleigh DR, Boreta L, Fogh S, Theodosopoulos PV, McDermott MW, Tsai KK, Sneed PK, Braunstein SE
• Adverse radiation effect and freedom from progression following repeat stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2022 Sneed PK, Chan JW, Ma L, Braunstein SE, Theodosopoulos PV, Fogh SE, Nakamura JL, Boreta L, Raleigh DR, Ziemer BP, Morin O, Hervey-Jumper SL, McDermott MW
• Resection with intraoperative cesium-131 brachytherapy as salvage therapy for recurrent brain tumors.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2022 Chen WC, Lafreniere M, Phuong C, Liu SJ, Baal JD, Lometti M, Morin O, Ziemer B, Vasudevan HN, Lucas CG, Hervey-Jumper SL, Theodosopoulos PV, Magill ST, Fogh S, Nakamura JL, Boreta L, Sneed PK, …
• Association of mental health diagnosis with race and all-cause mortality after a cancer diagnosis: Large-scale analysis of electronic health record data.
  Cancer 2021 Chen WC, Boreta L, Braunstein SE, Rabow MW, Kaplan LE, Tenenbaum JD, Morin O, Park CC, Hong JC
• Efficacy and Safety of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brainstem Metastases: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
  JAMA oncology 2021 Chen WC, Baal UH, Baal JD, Pai JS, Boreta L, Braunstein SE, Raleigh DR
• Risk Stratification for Imminent Risk of Death at the Time of Palliative Radiotherapy Consultation.
  JAMA network open 2021 Wu SY, Yee E, Vasudevan HN, Fogh SE, Boreta L, Braunstein SE, Hong JC
• Residents-as-Teachers Curriculum for Radiation Oncology: A Targeted Needs Assessment.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2021 Ni L, Thomas HR, Raleigh DR, Boreta LC, Park CC, Braunstein SE
• Letter: Patterns of Intermediate- and High-Risk Meningioma Recurrence After Treatment With Postoperative External Beam Radiotherapy.
  Neurosurgery 2021 Susko MS, Chen WC, Vasudevan HN, Magill ST, Lucas CG, Oberheim Bush NA, Solomon DA, Theodosopoulos PV, McDermott MW, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Boreta L, Nakamura JL, Sneed PK, Braunstein SE, Raleigh DR
• Timing of Urgent Inpatient Palliative Radiation Therapy.
  Advances in radiation oncology 2021 Wu SY, Yee E, Chan JW, Chapman CH, Boreta L, Braunstein SE
• Urgent, Urgent, Emergency: Treatment Without Tissue.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2021 Boreta L
• A Prognostic Gene-Expression Signature and Risk Score for Meningioma Recurrence After Resection.
  Neurosurgery 2020 Chen WC, Vasudevan HN, Choudhury A, Pekmezci M, Lucas CG, Phillips J, Magill ST, Susko MS, Braunstein SE, Oberheim Bush NA, Boreta L, Nakamura JL, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Sneed PK, Perry A, McDermott MW,…
• Neuro-Oncology Practice Clinical Debate: Early treatment or observation for patients with newly diagnosed oligodendroglioma and small-volume residual disease.
  Neuro-oncology practice 2020 Fogh SE, Boreta L, Nakamura JL, Johnson DR, Chi AS, Kurz SC
• Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of Adrenal Metastases: A Pooled Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of 39 Studies with 1006 Patients.
  International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2020 Chen WC, Baal JD, Baal U, Pai J, Gottschalk A, Boreta L, Braunstein SE, Raleigh DR
• Author Reply.
  Urology 2019 Boreta L, Gadzinski AJ, Hope TA, Feng FY
• Location of Recurrence by Gallium-68 PSMA-11 PET Scan in Prostate Cancer Patients Eligible for Salvage Radiotherapy.
  Urology 2019 Boreta L, Gadzinski AJ, Wu SY, Xu M, Greene K, Quanstrom K, Nguyen HG, Carroll PR, Hope TA, Feng FY
• Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Tobacco Cessation Efforts in Radiation Oncology.
  Journal of oncology practice 2019 Singer L, Sharee K, Boreta L, Silveira WR, Braunstein S, Fogh S
• Palliative radiotherapy near the end of life.
  BMC palliative care 2019 Wu SY, Singer L, Boreta L, Garcia MA, Fogh SE, Braunstein SE
• Genomic Risk Predicts Molecular Imaging-detected Metastatic Nodal Disease in Prostate Cancer.
  European urology oncology 2019 Xu MJ, Kornberg Z, Gadzinski AJ, Diao D, Cowan JE, Wu SY, Boreta L, Spratt DE, Behr SC, Nguyen HG, Cooperberg MR, Davicioni E, Roach M, Hope TA, Carroll PR, Feng FY
• Impact of Staging 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET Scans on Radiation Treatment Plansin Patients With Prostate Cancer.
  Urology 2018 Wu SY, Boreta L, Shinohara K, Nguyen H, Gottschalk AR, Hsu IC, Roach M, Westphalen AC, Feng FY, Carroll PR, Chang AJ, Hope TA
• Location of subventricular zone recurrence and its radiation dose predicts survival in patients with glioblastoma.
  Journal of neuro-oncology 2018 Weinberg BD, Boreta L, Braunstein S, Cha S
• Improved rectal dosimetry with the use of SpaceOAR during high-dose-rate brachytherapy.
  Brachytherapy 2017 Wu SY, Boreta L, Wu A, Cheung JP, Cunha JAM, Shinohara K, Chang AJ
• Is there a benefit to locally consolidative therapy for oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer?
  Annals of translational medicine 2017 Boreta L, Yom SS
• Management of Brain Metastases in Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor-Naïve Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Mutant Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Multi-Institutional Analysis.
  Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2017 Magnuson WJ, Lester-Coll NH, Wu AJ, Yang TJ, Lockney NA, Gerber NK, Beal K, Amini A, Patil T, Kavanagh BD, Camidge DR, Braunstein SE, Boreta LC, Balasubramanian SK, Ahluwalia MS, Rana NG, Attia A, …
• The influence of chronic cigarette smoking on neurocognitive recovery after mild traumatic brain injury.
  Journal of neurotrauma 2013 Durazzo TC, Abadjian L, Kincaid A, Bilovsky-Muniz T, Boreta L, Gauger GE
• Progression of white matter degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A diffusion tensor imaging study.
  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : official publication of the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Motor Neuron Diseases 2011 Zhang Y, Schuff N, Woolley SC, Chiang GC, Boreta L, Laxamana J, Katz JS, Weiner MW
• Patterns of altered cortical perfusion and diminished subcortical integrity in posttraumatic stress disorder: an MRI study.
  NeuroImage 2010 Schuff N, Zhang Y, Zhan W, Lenoci M, Ching C, Boreta L, Mueller SG, Wang Z, Marmar CR, Weiner MW, Neylan TC
• MRI of hippocampal volume loss in early Alzheimer's disease in relation to ApoE genotype and biomarkers.
  Brain : a journal of neurology 2009 Schuff N, Woerner N, Boreta L, Kornfield T, Shaw LM, Trojanowski JQ, Thompson PM, Jack CR, Weiner MW, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
• 3D characterization of brain atrophy in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment using tensor-based morphometry.
  NeuroImage 2008 Hua X, Leow AD, Lee S, Klunder AD, Toga AW, Lepore N, Chou YY, Brun C, Chiang MC, Barysheva M, Jack CR, Bernstein MA, Britson PJ, Ward CP, Whitwell JL, Borowski B, Fleisher AS, Fox NC, Boyes RG, …