Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD
Dr. Alejando Sweet-Cordero leads the Crazy 8 team studying the mechanisms of metastatic spread in osteosarcoma.
As a physician-scientist, Dr. Sweet-Cordero specializes in treating patients with sarcomas and with advanced cancers through precision medicine.
In research, Sweet-Cordero has two areas of focus. First, he studies ways to use gene sequencing data from tumors to inform treatment decisions. Specifically, he directs the UCSF Molecular Oncology Initiative, which uses such data in determining the best treatments for relapsed, growing or other difficult-to-treat cases. Second, he runs a research lab dedicated to finding new therapies for sarcomas, particularly osteosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma.
Sweet-Cordero earned his medical degree at UCSF, where he also completed a residency in pediatrics. He completed a fellowship in pediatric oncology at the Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.
You cannot just neglect these problems and say okay, we’ve tried for a long time and we can’t do anything about it. That’s not helping the kids. You have to take the risk.
Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD
ALSF grants funded across North America and Europe
ALSF-funded clinical trials annually