Medical Oncology

Steven Patierno, PhD

Professor of Medicine
Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
Core Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Campus mail 10 Bryan Searle Drive, Seeley Mudd Building, Suite 413, Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 613-5093
Email address steven.patierno@duke.edu

Patierno's current translational research interests are focused on the genomics molecular biology of cancer disparities, cancer biology, molecular pharmacology and targeted experimental therapeutics to control prostate, breast and lung tumor aggressiveness. He is an internationally recognized expert in cancer control, cancer causation and molecular carcinogenesis, which includes a broad spectrum of laboratory and population level research.   Patierno is also actively engaged in cancer health disparities and healthcare delivery research focused on patient navigation, survivorship, community-based interventions, mHealth, implementation sciences, cancer care economics, and policy.

Education and Training

  • Postdoctoral Training, Norris Comprehensive Cancer, University of Southern California, 1986 - 1988
  • Ph.D., University of Texas Medical School, Houston, 1985
  • B.S., University of Connecticut, 1981

Grants

Publications

Deveaux, April E., Tyler A. Allen, Muthana Al Abo, Xiaodi Qin, Dadong Zhang, Brendon M. Patierno, Lin Gu, et al. “RNA splicing and aggregate gene expression differences in lung squamous cell carcinoma between patients of West African and European ancestry.” Lung Cancer 153 (March 2021): 90–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2021.01.015.

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33465699
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Shah, Anand, Thomas J. Polascik, Daniel J. George, John Anderson, Terry Hyslop, Alicia M. Ellis, Andrew J. Armstrong, et al. “Implementation and Impact of a Risk-Stratified Prostate Cancer Screening Algorithm as a Clinical Decision Support Tool in a Primary Care Network.” In J Gen Intern Med, 36:92–99, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06124-2.

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32875501
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Crankshaw, Sydnee, Julia Butt, Jennifer M. Gierisch, Nadine J. Barrett, Sabrena Mervin-Blake, Kevin Oeffinger, Steven Patierno, Valarie Worthy, Ronald Godbee, and Meira Epplein. “The Durham Initiative for Stomach Health (DISH): a pilot community-based Helicobacter pylori education and screening study.” Bmc Gastroenterol 20, no. 1 (August 6, 2020): 261. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-020-01405-w.

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32762641
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Corbett, Cheyenne M., Tamara J. Somers, Christine M. Nuñez, Catherine M. Majestic, Rebecca A. Shelby, Valarie C. Worthy, Nadine J. Barrett, and Steven R. Patierno. “Evolution of a longitudinal, multidisciplinary, and scalable patient navigation matrix model.” Cancer Med 9, no. 9 (May 2020): 3202–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.2950.

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32129946
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Barrett, Nadine J., Elisa M. Rodriguez, Ronaldo Iachan, Terry Hyslop, Kearston L. Ingraham, Gem M. Le, Kelly Martin, et al. “Factors associated with biomedical research participation within community-based samples across 3 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers.” Cancer 126, no. 5 (March 1, 2020): 1077–89. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.32487.

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31909824
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Patierno, Steven R. “Prostate cancer in African American men.” Clin Adv Hematol Oncol 18, no. 3 (March 2020): 154–56.

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32609663
Scholars@Duke

Barrett, Nadine J., Kearston L. Ingraham, Kenisha Bethea, Pao Hwa-Lin, Maritza Chirinos, Laura J. Fish, Schenita Randolph, et al. “Project PLACE: Enhancing community and academic partnerships to describe and address health disparities.,” 146:167–88, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.acr.2020.01.009.

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32241388
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Valverde, Patricia A., Linda Burhansstipanov, Steven Patierno, Sharon Gentry, Andrea Dwyer, Karla L. Wysocki, Angela K. Patterson, Linda U. Krebs, Jean Sellers, and Danelle Johnston. “Findings from the National Navigation Roundtable: A call for competency-based patient navigation training.” Cancer 125, no. 24 (December 15, 2019): 4350–59. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.32470.

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31503340
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Robinson, Timothy J., Jennifer A. Freedman, Muthana Al Abo, April E. Deveaux, Bonnie LaCroix, Brendon M. Patierno, Daniel J. George, and Steven R. Patierno. “Alternative RNA Splicing as a Potential Major Source of Untapped Molecular Targets in Precision Oncology and Cancer Disparities.” Clin Cancer Res 25, no. 10 (May 15, 2019): 2963–68. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-2445.

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30755441
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