Rebecca Aft, MD, PhD

Rebecca Aft, MD, PhD

Surgeon

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Section of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine

Clinical Expertise

Breast disease, breast cancer, oncology, general surgery

Research Interest

Glucose transporters in breast cancer; breast cancer and PET scanning.

Education

  • 1983: PhD, oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • 1992: MD, Washington University, St. Louis

Training

  • 1978 - 1983: Predoctoral fellow, oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • 1984 - 1987: Postdoctoral fellow, cell biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
  • 1992 - 1995: Resident, surgery, Washington University, St. Louis
  • 1995 - 1996: Senior registrar, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  • 1996 - 1997: Chief resident, surgery, Washington University

Board Certification

  • 1998: American College of Surgeons, General Surgery

Selected Research Publications

The Liquid Biopsy Consortium: Challenges and opportunities for early cancer detection and monitoring.
  • Batool SM, Yekula A, Khanna P, [...] Aft R, [...] Balaj L
  • Cell Rep Med 2023
Systemic Alterations in Type-2 Conventional Dendritic Cells Lead to Impaired Tumor Immunity in Pancreatic Cancer.
  • James CA, Baer JM, Zou C, [...] Aft R, [...] DeNardo DG
  • Cancer Immunol Res 2023
NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Breast Cancer, Version 4.2023.
  • Gradishar WJ, Moran MS, Abraham J, [...] Aft R, [...] Kumar R
  • J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2023
Breast Cancer, Version 3.2022, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.
  • Gradishar WJ, Moran MS, Abraham J, Aft R, [...] Kumar R
  • J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2022
NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Breast Cancer, Version 4.2021.
  • Gradishar WJ, Moran MS, Abraham J, Aft R, [...] Kumar R
  • J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2021
NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Breast Cancer, Version 4.2021.
  • Gradishar WJ, Moran MS, Abraham J, Aft R, [...] Kumar R
  • J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2021
Long-term outcome of (neo)adjuvant zoledronic acid therapy in locally advanced breast cancer.
  • Jallouk AP, Paravastu S, Weilbaecher K, Aft RL
  • Breast Cancer Res Treat 2021

Contact Information

  • Washington University Medical Campus

    4921 Parkview Place
    Saint Louis, MO 63110

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