DANIEL W. LIN, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Urology
School of Medicine
University of Washington
Board Certification
2/03 American Board of Urology
Specialty / Expertise
Prostate Cancer
Common Surgeries Performed
Common Diseases Treated
Education & Training
Dr. Lin received his MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, Tennessee in 1994. He then moved to the University of Washington for an internship and residency in the Department of Surgery. In 1996, he started his residency in the Department of Urology and was Chief Resident 1999-2000.
He completed a Fellowship in Urologic Oncology in the Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Research Interests
Honors
- 06/98: Warren H. Chapman Resident Research Award, University of Washington
- 10/98: James L. Goebel Grand Prize Poster, Western Section American Urological Association
- 10/98: Earl F. Nation Resident Scholarship, Western Section American Urological Association
- 12/98: Best Resident Paper, Northwest Urological Society
- 06/00: Pfizer Scholar in Urology, University of Washington
- 05/04: American Urological Association/Yamanouchi First Prize Poster 01/06 Service Excellence Award, University of Washington
Selected Publications:
Lin DW, Coleman IM, Hawley S, Dumpit R, Gifford D, Kezele P, Hung H, Knudsen BS, Kristal AR, and Nelson PS: The Influence of Surgical Manipulation on Prostate Gene Expression: Implications for Molecular Correlates of Treatment Effects and Disease Prognosis. Journal of Clinical Oncology 24: 3763-70, 2006.
Agalliu I, Lin DW, Salinas CA, Iwasaki LM, Feng Z, and Stanford JL: Polymorphisms in the Glutathione S-Transferase M1, T1, and P1 Genes and Prostate Cancer Prognosis. Prostate 66: 1535-41, 2006.
True L, Coleman I, Hawley S, Huang A, Gifford D, Coleman R, Beer T, Gelman E, Datta M, Mostaghel E, Knudsen B, Lange P, Vessella, Lin DW, Hood L, and Nelson PS: A Molecular Correlate to the Gleason Grading System for Prostate Adenocarcinoma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103: 10991-6, 2006.
Porter MP and Lin DW: Trends in Renal Cancer Surgery in the United States and Patient and Provider Characteristics Associated with Partial Nephrectomy, Urologic Oncology, 25: 298-302, 2007.
Page ST, Lin DW, Mostaghel EA, Hess DL, True LD, Amory JK, Nelson PS, Matsumoto AM, and Bremner WJ: Persistent Intraprostatic Androgen Concentrations after Medical Castration in Healthy Men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91: 3850-6, 2006.
Gong Z, Agalliu I, Lin DW, Stanford JL, and Kristal AR: Obesity is Associated with Increased Risks of Prostate Cancer Progression and Death Following Initial Cancer Diagnosis in Middle-Aged Men, Cancer 109: 1192-1202, 2007.
Stephenson AJ, Scardino PT, Kattan MW, Pisansky TM, Slawin KM, Klein EA, Anscher MS, Michalski JM, Sandler HM, Lin DW, Zelefsky MJ, Forman JD, Kestin LL, Roehrborn CG, Catton CN, DeWeese TL, Liauw SL, Valicenti RK, Kuban DA, and Pollack A: Predicting the Outcome of Salvage Radiation Therapy for Recurrent Prostate Cancer after Radical Prostatectomy. Journal of Clinical Oncology 25: 2035-41, 2007.
Mostaghel EA, Page ST, Lin DW, Fazli L, Coleman IM, True LD, Knudsen BS, Hess DL, Nelson CC, Matsumoto AM, Bremner WJ, Gleave ME, and Nelson PS: Intraprostatic Androgens and Androgen-Regulated Gene Expression Persist Following Testosterone Suppression: Therapeutic Implications for Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. Cancer Research 67: 5033-41, 2007.
Wright JL, Lin DW, Cowan JE, Carroll PR, and Litwin MS: Quality of Life in Young Men after Radical Prostatectomy: Results from CaPSURE, Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, in press, 2007.
Agalliu I, Weiss NS, Lin DW, and Stanford JL: Prostate Cancer Mortality in Relation to Screening by Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing and Digital Rectal Examination: A Population-Based Study in Middle-Aged Men. Cancer Causes and Control 18: 931-7, 2007.
Montgomery RB, Nelson PS, Lin DW, Ryan CW, Garzotto M, and Beer TM: Diethylstilbestrol and Docetaxel: a Phase III Study of Tubulin Active Agents in Patients with Metastatic, Androgen Independent Prostate Cancer. Cancer 110: 996-1002, 2007.
Black PC, Wright JL, Brown GA, Gomez JA, Porter MP, Kamat AM, Dinney CPN, and Lin DW: Differences in Survival Between Patients with Sarcomatoid Carcinoma, Carcinosarcoma, and Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder. Journal of Urology, in press, 2007.
Lin DW, Neuhouser ML, Schenk JM, Coleman IM, Hawley S, Gifford D, Hung H, Knudsen BS, Nelson PS, and Kristal AR: Low-Fat, Low-Glycemic Load Diet and Gene Expression in Human Prostate Epithelium: a Feasibility Study of Using cDNA Microarrays to Assess the Response to Dietary Intervention in Target Tissues. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 16: 2150-4, 2007.
Gong Z, Agalliu I, Lin DW, Stanford JL, and Kristal AR: Cigarette Smoking and Prostate Cancer-Specific Mortality Following Diagnosis in Middle-Aged Men. Cancer Causes and Control, in press, 2007.
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