Affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital
Who is Dr. Hancock, Radiation Oncologist in Palo Alto, CA?
Dr. Steven Hancock, MD is a Radiation Oncologist, who primarily practices in Palo Alto, CA with 1 additional practice location. He is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Hancock completed his residency at Stanford Univ Hosp, Therapeutic Radiology Stanford Univ Hosp, Flexible Or Transitional Year. Dr. Hancock is fluent in English, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Hancock’s practice accepts Medicare, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Hancock’s office at (650) 723-3391.
What are Areas of Expertise for Dr. Hancock?
Dr. Steven Hancock, MD is a highly-rated, board-certified Radiation Oncologist known for expertly diagnosing, treating, and managing a wide array of related conditions or procedures. Utilizing the latest medical advancements and evidence-based practices, Dr. Hancock empowers patients to confidently navigate their health journey, specializing in Central Nervous System Cancer, Clinical Trials, Genitourinary Cancer, Prostate Cancer, or comprehensive wellness support. Serving the Palo Alto/CA community, Dr. Hancock is dedicated to enhancing lives through expert, patient-centered care.
Where did Dr. Hancock go to medical school and complete their residency?
Residency: Stanford Univ Hosp, Therapeutic Radiology Stanford Univ Hosp, Flexible Or Transitional Year | Stanford University School of Medicine
Medical School: Stanford Univ Sch Of Med- Stanford Ca
Is Dr. Hancock board certified in Radiation Oncologist?
Yes, Dr. Steven Hancock, MD is board certified by the American Board of Radiology since 1982, American Board of Internal Medicine since 1980, American Board of Internal Medicine
What languages does Dr. Hancock speak?
Dr. Hancock and their clinical team can communicate with patients in the following languages:
English
What conditions does Dr. Hancock treat?
As a Radiation Oncologist, Dr. Hancock diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of conditions. This condition information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical conditions most commonly treated by Dr. Hancock. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly.
Also known as:
- Prostate Cancer
- Prostate Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)
- Prostatic Carcinoma
- Prostate Gland Cancer
- Malignant Prostate Tumor
ICD-10 Codes:
- C61: Malignant neoplasm of prostate
Also known as:
- Secondary Bone Cancer
- Secondary Brain Cancer
- Bone Cancer
- Brain Tumor
- Metastatic bone cancer
- Cancer spread to bone
- Bone metastases
- Metastatic brain cancer
- Brain metastases
- Cancer spread to brain
ICD-10 Codes:
- C7951: Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone
- C7931: Secondary malignant neoplasm of brain
Also known as:
- Secondary Cancer in Pelvic Lymph Nodes
- Secondary Cancer in Head and Neck Lymph Nodes
- Cancer
- Metastatic Cancer to Pelvic Lymph Nodes
- Pelvic Lymph Node Cancer Spread
- Lymph Node Metastasis in Pelvis
- Metastatic Cancer to Neck Lymph Nodes
- Head and Neck Lymph Node Cancer Spread
- Lymph Node Metastasis in Neck
ICD-10 Codes:
- C775: Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of intrapelvic lymph nodes
- C770: Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph nodes of head, face and neck
Also known as:
- Benign Meningioma
- Benign Tumor
- Brain Disease
- Non-cancerous brain lining tumor
- Brain membrane tumor
- Cerebral meningeal tumor
ICD-10 Codes:
- D320: Benign neoplasm of cerebral meninges
Also known as:
- Multiple Myeloma in Relapse
- Multiple Myeloma
- Plasma Cell Neoplasms (Including Multiple Myeloma) Treatment (PDQ®)
- Recurrent multiple myeloma
- Relapsed myeloma
- Myeloma recurrence
ICD-10 Codes:
- C9002: Multiple myeloma in relapse
Which procedures does Dr. Hancock perform as a Radiation Oncologist?
As a Radiation Oncologist, procedures performed by a Dr. Steven Hancock may include:
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening
- Abdominal Imaging
- Abdominal Radiology Consultation
- Angiography
- Arthrography
- Barium Swallow
- Bone Biopsy
- Bone Density Measurement / DXA Scan
For detailed information, please contact Dr. Hancock's office.
Does Dr. Hancock accept my insurance?
Dr. Hancock accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (650) 723-3391 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.
What insurance plans does Dr. Hancock accept in Palo Alto, CA?
Dr. Hancock in Palo Alto, CA accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.
Top Insurances
Aetna
Blue Cross Blue Shield
CVS Health (formerly Aetna)
Medicare
UnitedHealthcare
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Where is Dr. Hancock's office located?
Dr. Steven Hancock's Primary Practice
875 Blake Wilbur Dr # CC-G-230
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650) 723-3391
Recognitions
Publications
Automatic prostate tracking
Intertiol jourl of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2013
Testicular Cancer Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology
JOURL OF THE TIOL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK, 2012
NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Kidney Cancer
JOURL OF THE TIOL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK, 2011
Testicular Cancer
JOURL OF THE TIOL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK, 2009
Kidney Cancer
JOURL OF THE TIOL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK, 2009
Mammographic screening in women at increased risk of breast cancer after treatment of Hodgkin's
BREAST JOURL, 2008
Radiotherapy after prostatectomy
INTERTIOL JOURL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 2007
A study of the accuracy of cyberknife spil radiosurgery using skeletal structure tracking.
Neurosurgery, 2007
Screening for corory artery disease after mediastil irradiation for Hodgkin's disease
JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 2007
Testicular cancer. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology.
Jourl of the tiol Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2006
Kidney cancer. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology.
Jourl of the tiol Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2006
Breast cancer screening in women surviving Hodgkin disease
AMERICAN JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY-CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS, 2006
Clinical manifestations of noncorory atherosclerotic vascular disease after moderate dose
CANCER, 2006
Diastolic dysfunction after mediastil irradiation
AMERICAN HEART JOURL, 2005
Report from the Rockefellar Foundation Sponsored Intertiol Workshop on reducing mortality
EUROPEAN JOURL OF HAEMATOLOGY, 2005
Metabolism of the 16-androstene steroids in primary cultured porcine hepatocytes
JOURL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2005
Testicular cancer. Clinical practice guidelines.
Jourl of the tiol Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2005
Kidney cancer. Clinical practice guidelines.
Jourl of the tiol Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2005
Radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy: Does transient androgen suppression improve outcomes?
INTERTIOL JOURL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 2004
Dosimetry and radiobiologic model comparison of IMRT and 3D conformal radiotherapy
INTERTIOL JOURL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 2004
Asymptomatic cardiac disease following mediastil irradiation
JOURL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2003
Role of beam orientation optimization in intensity-modulated radiation therapy
INTERTIOL JOURL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 2001
Magement of breast cancer after Hodgkin's disease
Wolden, S. L., Hancock, S. L., Carlson, R. W., Goffinet, D. R., Jeffre, 2000
Fractioted stereotactic radiosurgery
NEUROSURGERY, 1999
The Janeway lecture. Hodgkin's disease--finding the balance between cure and late effects.
cancer jourl from Scientific American, 1999
Radiation therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer - A multi-institutiol pooled alysis
JAMA-JOURL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 1999
Acute hearing loss following fractioted stereotactic radiosurgery for acoustic neuroma
JOURL OF NEUROSURGERY, 1998
Effect of combined transient androgen deprivation and irradiation following radical prostatectomy
INTERTIOL JOURL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 1998
Treatment of early recurrent prostate cancer with 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (calcitriol)
JOURL OF UROLOGY, 1998
Node-positive prostatic cancer: Taps or a call to arms?
INTERTIOL JOURL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 1998
Stanford-Kaiser permanente G1 study for clinical stage I to IIA Hodgkin's disease
JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 1997
Gastrointestil cancer after treatment of Hodgkin's disease
Birdwell, S. H., Hancock, S. L., Varghese, A., Cox, R. S., Hoppe, R. T, 1997
The cyberknife: A frameless robotic system for radiosurgery
STEREOTACTIC AND FUNCTIOL NEUROSURGERY, 1997
Linear accelerator-based stereotaxic radiosurgery for brain metastases
JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 1996
Second cancers after Hodgkin's disease in childhood
NEW ENGLAND JOURL OF MEDICINE, 1996
Long-Term Complications of Treatment and Causes of Mortality After Hodgkin's Disease.
Semirs in radiation oncology, 1996
PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN AFTER RADIOTHERAPY FOR PROSTATE
JOURL OF UROLOGY, 1995
BRIEF CHEMOTHERAPY, STANFORD-V
JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 1995
STEM-CELL FACTOR ENHANCES THE SURVIVAL OF MURINE INTESTIL STEM-CELLS AFTER PHOTON IRRADIATION
RADIATION RESEARCH, 1995
THYROID ABNORMALITIES AFTER THERAPEUTIC EXTERL RADIATION
Hancock, S. L., McDougall, I. R., Constine, L. S., 1995
COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY ASSESSMENT OF SPLENIC SIZE AS A PREDICTOR OF SPLENIC WEIGHT AND DISEASE
INTERTIOL JOURL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 1994
FACTORS AFFECTING LATE MORTALITY FROM HEART-DISEASE AFTER TREATMENT OF HODGKINS-DISEASE
JAMA-JOURL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 1993
CARDIAC DISEASE FOLLOWING TREATMENT OF HODGKINS-DISEASE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 1993
BREAST-CANCER AFTER TREATMENT OF HODGKINS-DISEASE
JOURL OF THE TIOL CANCER INSTITUTE, 1993
THYROID-DISEASES AFTER TREATMENT OF HODGKINS-DISEASE
NEW ENGLAND JOURL OF MEDICINE, 1991
INTERLEUKIN-1-BETA INITIALLY SENSITIZES AND SUBSEQUENTLY PROTECTS MURINE INTESTIL STEM-CELLS
CANCER RESEARCH, 1991
FIL REPORT OF THE PHASE-I TRIAL OF THE HYPOXIC CELL RADIOSENSITIZER SR-2508
INTERTIOL JOURL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 1990
VINBLASTINE, BLEOMYCIN, AND METHOTREXATE - AN EFFECTIVE ADJUVANT IN FAVORABLE HODGKINS-DISEASE
JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 1988
INTERCURRENT DEATH AFTER HODGKIN DISEASE THERAPY IN RADIOTHERAPY AND ADJUVANT MOPP TRIALS
ANLS OF INTERL MEDICINE, 1988
Automatic prostate tracking
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2013
Development and clinical evaluation of automatic fiducial detection for tumor tracking in cine
MEDICAL PHYSICS, 2013
Esophageal tolerance to high-dose stereotactic ablative radiotherapy
DISEASES OF THE ESOPHAGUS, 2012
Testicular Cancer Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology
JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK, 2012
NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Kidney Cancer
JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK, 2011
Clinical development of a failure detection-based online repositioning strategy for prostate IMRT
MEDICAL PHYSICS, 2010
Testicular Cancer
JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK, 2009
Kidney Cancer
JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK, 2009
Mammographic screening in women at increased risk of breast cancer after treatment of Hodgkin's
BREAST JOURNAL, 2008
Radiotherapy after prostatectomy
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 2007
A study of the accuracy of cyberknife spinal radiosurgery using skeletal structure tracking.
Neurosurgery, 2007
Screening for coronary artery disease after mediastinal irradiation for Hodgkin's disease
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 2007
Testicular cancer. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology.
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2006
Kidney cancer. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology.
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2006
Breast cancer screening in women surviving Hodgkin disease
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY-CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS, 2006
Clinical manifestations of noncoronary atherosclerotic vascular disease after moderate dose
CANCER, 2006
Diastolic dysfunction after mediastinal irradiation
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL, 2005
Report from the Rockefellar Foundation Sponsored International Workshop on reducing mortality
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, 2005
Metabolism of the 16-androstene steroids in primary cultured porcine hepatocytes
JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2005
Testicular cancer. Clinical practice guidelines.
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2005
Kidney cancer. Clinical practice guidelines.
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2005
A systolic murmur is a common presentation of aortic regurgitation detected by echocardiography
CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY, 2004
Radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy: Does transient androgen suppression improve outcomes?
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 2004
Dosimetry and radiobiologic model comparison of IMRT and 3D conformal radiotherapy
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 2004
Asymptomatic cardiac disease following mediastinal irradiation
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2003
Post-irradiation polyradiculopathy mimics leptomeningeal tumor on MRI
NEUROLOGY, 2003
Role of beam orientation optimization in intensity-modulated radiation therapy
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 2001
Management of breast cancer after Hodgkin's disease
Wolden, S. L., Hancock, S. L., Carlson, R. W., Goffinet, D. R., Jeffre, 2000
Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Choice of Therapy and Late Complications.
Hematology / the Education Program of the American Society of Hematolo, 2000
Fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery
NEUROSURGERY, 1999
The Janeway lecture. Hodgkin's disease--finding the balance between cure and late effects.
cancer journal from Scientific American, 1999
Radiation therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer - A multi-institutional pooled analysis
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 1999
Image-guided robotic radiosurgery
Neurosurgery, 1999
Treatment of cavernous sinus tumors with linear accelerator radiosurgery
SKULL BASE SURGERY, 1999
Clinical experience with image-guided robotic radiosurgery
NEUROLOGIA MEDICO-CHIRURGICA, 1998
Acute hearing loss following fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery for acoustic neuroma
JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY, 1998
Clinical uses of radiosurgery
ONCOLOGY-NEW YORK, 1998
Treatment of hemangioblastomas in von Hippel-Lindau disease with linear accelerator
NEUROSURGERY, 1998
Effect of combined transient androgen deprivation and irradiation following radical prostatectomy
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 1998
Treatment of early recurrent prostate cancer with 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (calcitriol)
JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, 1998
Node-positive prostatic cancer: Taps or a call to arms?
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 1998
Stanford-Kaiser permanente G1 study for clinical stage I to IIA Hodgkin's disease
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 1997
Gastrointestinal cancer after treatment of Hodgkin's disease
Birdwell, S. H., Hancock, S. L., Varghese, A., Cox, R. S., Hoppe, R. T, 1997
The cyberknife: A frameless robotic system for radiosurgery
STEREOTACTIC AND FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY, 1997
Linear accelerator-based stereotaxic radiosurgery for brain metastases
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 1996
Second cancers after Hodgkin's disease in childhood
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 1996
Long-Term Complications of Treatment and Causes of Mortality After Hodgkin's Disease.
Seminars in radiation oncology, 1996
PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN AFTER RADIOTHERAPY FOR PROSTATE
JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, 1995
BRIEF CHEMOTHERAPY, STANFORD-V
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 1995
STEM-CELL FACTOR ENHANCES THE SURVIVAL OF MURINE INTESTINAL STEM-CELLS AFTER PHOTON IRRADIATION
RADIATION RESEARCH, 1995
THYROID ABNORMALITIES AFTER THERAPEUTIC EXTERNAL RADIATION
Hancock, S. L., McDougall, I. R., Constine, L. S., 1995
CONTROL OF PROSTATE-CANCER WITH RADIOTHERAPY - LONG-TERM RESULTS
Bagshaw, M. A., Cox, R. S., Hancock, S. L., 1994
STEM-CELL FACTOR ENHANCES THE SURVIVAL OF IRRADIATED HUMAN BONE-MARROW MAINTAINED IN SCID MICE
STEM CELLS, 1994
COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY ASSESSMENT OF SPLENIC SIZE AS A PREDICTOR OF SPLENIC WEIGHT AND DISEASE
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 1994
FACTORS AFFECTING LATE MORTALITY FROM HEART-DISEASE AFTER TREATMENT OF HODGKINS-DISEASE
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 1993
THE EFFECT OF STEM-CELL FACTOR ON IRRADIATED HUMAN BONE-MARROW
CANCER RESEARCH, 1993
CARDIAC DISEASE FOLLOWING TREATMENT OF HODGKINS-DISEASE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 1993
BREAST-CANCER AFTER TREATMENT OF HODGKINS-DISEASE
JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, 1993
RADIATION OR SURGERY FOR CARCINOMA OF THE ESOPHAGUS - THE ROLE OF ORGAN-CONSERVING THERAPY
Hancock, S. L., 1993
THYROID-DISEASES AFTER TREATMENT OF HODGKINS-DISEASE
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 1991
INTERLEUKIN-1-BETA INITIALLY SENSITIZES AND SUBSEQUENTLY PROTECTS MURINE INTESTINAL STEM-CELLS
CANCER RESEARCH, 1991
FINAL REPORT OF THE PHASE-I TRIAL OF THE HYPOXIC CELL RADIOSENSITIZER SR-2508
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 1990
Current Stanford clinical trials for Hodgkin's disease.
Recent results in cancer research. Fortschritte der Krebsforschung. Pr, 1989
VINBLASTINE, BLEOMYCIN, AND METHOTREXATE - AN EFFECTIVE ADJUVANT IN FAVORABLE HODGKINS-DISEASE
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 1988
INTERCURRENT DEATH AFTER HODGKIN DISEASE THERAPY IN RADIOTHERAPY AND ADJUVANT MOPP TRIALS
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 1988
What is Dr. Hancock's NPI number?An National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique ID number that identifies doctors and healthcare providers nationwide.
Dr. Hancock's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1821136631.
What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Hancock?
Here are answers to patients Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Dr. Hancock
What is Dr. Steven Hancock's specialty?
Dr. Hancock is a Radiation Oncologist near Palo Alto, CA. A radiological oncologist specializes in the therapeutic applications of radiant energy and its modifiers. They focus on the study and management of diseases, particularly malignant tumors. Contact Dr. Hancock to book an appointment today.
Is this Dr. Steven Hancock affiliated with a ranked Castle Connolly Top Hospital?
Yes, Dr. Hancock is affiliated with Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital which is a Castle Connolly Top Hospital. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals are healthcare institutions recognized for their excellence in specific medical procedures and overall patient care. They are identified through a rigorous peer nomination process, evaluating factors like patient outcomes, quality of care, and expertise. The list recognizes hospitals that excel in 20 or more specific medical procedures, representing the top 25% nationwide. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals
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Is Steven Hancock accepting new patients in Palo Alto, CA?
Yes, Dr. Steven Hancock is accepting new patients at this time.
Does Dr. Steven Hancock offer online booking?
Please contact Dr. Hancock's office at (650) 723-3391 for information about online booking, telehealth, or to schedule an appointment.
How can I make an appointment with Steven Hancock?
Please contact Dr. Hancock's office at (650) 723-3391 for information regarding telehealth appointment availability or for scheduling assistance.
Which board certifications does Dr. Steven Hancock have?
Dr. Steven Hancock is certified by the American Board of Radiology and American Board of Internal Medicine.
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