Mack Roach III, MD

Education

Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, BS, 1975, Physics
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford,CA, MD, 1979, Medicine
University of California San Francisco, Fellow, 1981-83, Med Oncology
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford,CA, Resident, 1984-87, Radiation Oncology

Honors & Awards

• 1980-1981
  Outstanding Intern of the Year (Charles R. Drew Award)
• 1981-1982
  Fellow of the American Cancer Society
• 1994
  UCSF Health Net Wellness Award
• 1994-1997
  American Cancer Society Career Development Award
• 1996-97; 1997-98; 2001-02
  "The Best Doctors in America"
• 2002
  Fellow, American College of Radiology
• 2002-05
  President, John Hale Medical Society
• 2005
  10 Most Influential African Americans in the Bay Area (Healthcare)

Selected Publications

1. Sabbagh A, Washington SL, Tilki D, Hong JC, Feng J, Valdes G, Chen MH, Wu J, Huland H, Graefen M, Wiegel T, B?hmer D, Cowan JE, Cooperberg M, Feng FY, Roach M, Trock BJ, Partin AW, D'Amico AV, Carroll PR, Mohamad O. Development and External Validation of a Machine Learning Model for Prediction of Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol Oncol. 2023 Mar 01.  View on PubMed
2. Esteva A, Feng J, van der Wal D, Huang SC, Simko JP, DeVries S, Chen E, Schaeffer EM, Morgan TM, Sun Y, Ghorbani A, Naik N, Nathawani D, Socher R, Michalski JM, Roach M, Pisansky TM, Monson JM, Naz F, Wallace J, Ferguson MJ, Bahary JP, Zou J, Lungren M, Yeung S, Ross AE, NRG Prostate Cancer AI Consortium, Sandler HM, Tran PT, Spratt DE, Pugh S, Feng FY, Mohamad O. Author Correction: Prostate cancer therapy personalization via multi-modal deep learning on randomized phase III clinical trials. NPJ Digit Med. 2023 Feb 22; 6(1):27.  View on PubMed
3. Roach Iii M, Coleman PW, Sabol RA. AUA/ASTRO 2022 Guidelines: "Scrutinized". Pract Radiat Oncol. 2023 Feb 02.  View on PubMed
4. Mell LK, Pugh SL, Jones CU, Nelson TJ, Zakeri K, Rose BS, Zeitzer KL, Gore EM, Bahary JP, Souhami L, Michalski JM, Hartford AC, Mishra MV, Roach M, Parliament MB, Choi KN, Pisansky TM, Husain SM, Malone SC, Horwitz EM, Feng F. Effects of Androgen Deprivation Therapy on Prostate Cancer Outcomes According to Competing Event Risk: Secondary Analysis of a Phase 3 Randomised Trial. Eur Urol. 2023 Jan 27.  View on PubMed
5. Roach M, Coleman PW. Re: Understanding the Role of Urology Practice Organization and Racial Composition in Prostate Cancer Treatment Disparities. JCO Oncol Pract. 2023 Jan 19; OP2200768.  View on PubMed
6. Nguyen PL, Huang HR, Spratt DE, Davicioni E, Sandler HM, Shipley WU, Efstathiou JA, Simko JP, Pollack A, Dicker AP, Roach M, Rosenthal SA, Zeitzer KL, Mendez LC, Hartford AC, Hall WA, Desai AB, Rabinovitch RA, Peters CA, Rodgers JP, Tran P, Feng FY. Analysis of a biopsy-based genomic classifier in high-risk prostate cancer: Meta-analysis of the NRG Oncology/RTOG 9202, 9413, and 9902 phase III randomized trials. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 Dec 31.  View on PubMed
7. Lukka HR, Deshmukh S, Bruner DW, Bahary JP, Lawton CAF, Efstathiou JA, Kudchadker RJ, Ponsky LE, Seaward SA, Dayes IS, Gopaul DD, Michalski JM, Delouya G, Kaplan ID, Horwitz EM, Roach M, Feng FY, Pugh SL, Sandler HM, Kachnic LA. Five-year patient reported outcomes in NRG Oncology RTOG 0938, evaluating two ultrahypofractionated regimens for prostate cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 Dec 30.  View on PubMed
8. McDonald AM, DeMora L, Yang ES, Hoyle JM, Lenzie A, Williams GR, Michalski JM, Yee D, Bahary JP, Den RB, Roach M, Dess R, Mishra MV, Valicenti RK, Lau HY, Marcrom SR, Souhami L, Mendez LC, Chen Y, Doncals DE, Pugh SL, Feng FY, Sandler HM. Body composition and mortality in men receiving prostate radiotherapy: A pooled analysis of NRG/RTOG 9406 and NRG/RTOG 0126. Cancer. 2023 Mar 01; 129(5):685-696.  View on PubMed
9. Sabol RA, Roach M. Editorial Comment. J Urol. 2022 12; 208(6):1238-1239.  View on PubMed
10. Schaeffer EM, Srinivas S, Adra N, An Y, Barocas D, Bitting R, Bryce A, Chapin B, Cheng HH, D'Amico AV, Desai N, Dorff T, Eastham JA, Farrington TA, Gao X, Gupta S, Guzzo T, Ippolito JE, Kuettel MR, Lang JM, Lotan T, McKay RR, Morgan T, Netto G, Pow-Sang JM, Reiter R, Roach M, Robin T, Rosenfeld S, Shabsigh A, Spratt D, Teply BA, Tward J, Valicenti R, Wong JK, Berardi RA, Shead DA, Freedman-Cass DA. NCCN Guidelines� Insights: Prostate Cancer, Version 1.2023. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2022 12; 20(12):1288-1298.  View on PubMed
11. Ma TM, Sun Y, Malone S, Roach M, Dearnaley D, Pisansky TM, Feng FY, Sandler HM, Efstathiou JA, Syndikus I, Hall EC, Tree AC, Sydes MR, Cruickshank C, Roy S, Bolla M, Maingon P, De Reijke T, Nabid A, Carrier N, Souhami L, Zapatero A, Guerrero A, Alvarez A, Gonzalez San-Segundo C, Maldonado X, Romero T, Steinberg ML, Valle LF, Rettig MB, Nickols NG, Shoag JE, Reiter RE, Zaorsky NG, Jia AY, Garcia JA, Spratt DE, Kishan AU, Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials in Cancer of the Prostate (MARCAP) Consortium Investigators. Sequencing of Androgen-Deprivation Therapy of Short Duration With Radiotherapy for Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer (SANDSTORM): A Pooled Analysis of 12 Randomized Trials. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Feb 01; 41(4):881-892.  View on PubMed
12. Ma TM, Chu FI, Sandler H, Feng FY, Efstathiou JA, Jones CU, Roach M, Rosenthal SA, Pisansky T, Michalski JM, Bolla M, de Reijke TM, Maingon P, Neven A, Denham J, Steigler A, Joseph D, Nabid A, Souhami L, Carrier N, Incrocci L, Heemsbergen W, Pos FJ, Sydes MR, Dearnaley DP, Tree AC, Syndikus I, Hall E, Cruickshank C, Malone S, Roy S, Sun Y, Zaorsky NG, Nickols NG, Reiter RE, Rettig MB, Steinberg ML, Reddy VK, Xiang M, Romero T, Spratt DE, Kishan AU, Meta-analysis of Randomized trials in Cancer of the Prostate MARCAP Consortium investigators. Local Failure Events in Prostate Cancer Treated with Radiotherapy: A Pooled Analysis of 18 Randomized Trials from the Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials in Cancer of the Prostate Consortium (LEVIATHAN). Eur Urol. 2022 11; 82(5):487-498.  View on PubMed
13. Esteva A, Feng J, van der Wal D, Huang SC, Simko JP, DeVries S, Chen E, Schaeffer EM, Morgan TM, Sun Y, Ghorbani A, Naik N, Nathawani D, Socher R, Michalski JM, Roach M, Pisansky TM, Monson JM, Naz F, Wallace J, Ferguson MJ, Bahary JP, Zou J, Lungren M, Yeung S, Ross AE, NRG Prostate Cancer AI Consortium, Sandler HM, Tran PT, Spratt DE, Pugh S, Feng FY, Mohamad O. Prostate cancer therapy personalization via multi-modal deep learning on randomized phase III clinical trials. NPJ Digit Med. 2022 Jun 08; 5(1):71.  View on PubMed
14. Roach M. Moving Beyond Race-Based Medicine. Ann Intern Med. 2022 03; 175(3):W20.  View on PubMed
15. Vickers AJ, Elfiky A, Freeman VL, Roach M. Race, Biology, Disparities, and Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol. 2022 05; 81(5):463-465.  View on PubMed
16. Roach M, Hiatt RA, Black S. Commentary: Race, COVID-19 and Nursing Homes. J Infect Dis. 2022 02 15; 225(4):555-556.  View on PubMed
17. Ma TM, Romero T, Nickols NG, Rettig MB, Garraway IP, Roach M, Michalski JM, Pisansky TM, Lee WR, Jones CU, Rosenthal SA, Wang C, Hartman H, Nguyen PL, Feng FY, Boutros PC, Saigal C, Chamie K, Jackson WC, Morgan TM, Mehra R, Salami SS, Vince R, Schaeffer EM, Mahal BA, Dess RT, Steinberg ML, Elashoff D, Sandler HM, Spratt DE, Kishan AU. Comparison of Response to Definitive Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer in Black and White Men: A Meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 12 01; 4(12):e2139769.  View on PubMed
18. Vogl UM, Beer TM, Davis ID, Shore ND, Sweeney CJ, Ost P, Attard G, Bossi A, de Bono J, Drake CG, Efstathiou E, Fanti S, Fizazi K, Halabi S, James N, Mottet N, Padhani AR, Roach M, Rubin M, Sartor O, Small E, Smith MR, Soule H, Sydes MR, Tombal B, Omlin A, Gillessen S, APCCC 2019 expert panel. Lack of consensus identifies important areas for future clinical research: Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC) 2019 findings. Eur J Cancer. 2022 01; 160:24-60.  View on PubMed
19. Crook J, Rodgers JP, Pisansky TM, Trabulsi EJ, Amin MB, Bice W, Morton G, Murtha AD, Vigneault E, Helou J, Michalski JM, Roach M, Beyer D, Jani AB, Horwitz EM, Raben A, Pugh S, Sandler H. Salvage Low-Dose-Rate Prostate Brachytherapy: Clinical Outcomes of a Phase 2 Trial for Local Recurrence after External Beam Radiation Therapy (NRG Oncology/RTOG 0526). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 04 01; 112(5):1115-1122.  View on PubMed
20. Henr?quez I, Roach M, Morgan TM, Bossi A, G?mez JA, Abuchaibe O, Cou?ago F. Current and Emerging Therapies for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC). Biomedicines. 2021 Sep 17; 9(9).  View on PubMed

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