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. 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 II Trial for Local Recurrence after External Beam Radiotherapy (NRG Oncology/xxxx). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Nov 02.  View on PubMed
2. Roach M, Hiatt RA, Black S. COMMENTARY: Quality of Health Care in Nursing Homes. J Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 07.  View on PubMed
3. Henríquez I, Roach M, Morgan TM, Bossi A, Gómez JA, Abuchaibe O, Couñago F. Current and Emerging Therapies for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC). Biomedicines. 2021 Sep 17; 9(9).  View on PubMed
4. Jones CU, Pugh SL, Sandler HM, Chetner MP, Amin MB, Bruner DW, Zietman AL, Den RB, Leibenhaut MH, Longo JM, Bahary JP, Rosenthal SA, Souhami L, Michalski JM, Hartford AC, Amin PP, Roach M, Yee D, Efstathiou JA, Rodgers JP, Feng FY, Shipley WU. Adding short-term androgen deprivation therapy to RT in men with localized prostate cancer: long-term update of the NRG/RTOG 9408 randomized clinical trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Sep 01.  View on PubMed
5. Wu SY, Wong AC, Shinohara K, Roach M, Cunha JAM, Valdes G, Hsu IC. Salvage High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy for Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Definitive Radiation. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2021 May 30.  View on PubMed
6. Rogowski P, Roach M, Schmidt-Hegemann NS, Trapp C, von Bestenbostel R, Shi R, Buchner A, Stief C, Belka C, Li M. Radiotherapy of oligometastatic prostate cancer: a systematic review. Radiat Oncol. 2021 Mar 09; 16(1):50.  View on PubMed
7. Mohamad O, Roach M. Radiation Delay Is Okay, but Where Is the Evidence? JAMA Oncol. 2021 Mar 01; 7(3):463-464.  View on PubMed
8. Hall WA, Tree AC, Dearnaley D, Parker CC, Prasad V, Roach M, Lawton CAF. Considering benefit and risk before routinely recommending SpaceOAR. Lancet Oncol. 2021 01; 22(1):11-13.  View on PubMed
9. Chen WC, Li Y, Lazar A, Altun A, Descovich M, Nano T, Ziemer B, Sudhyadhom A, Cunha A, Thomas H, Gottschalk A, Hsu IC, Roach M. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Boost in Combination With Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: A Single-Institution Propensity Score Matched Analysis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 06 01; 110(2):429-437.  View on PubMed
10. Spratt DE, Malone S, Roy S, Grimes S, Eapen L, Morgan SC, Malone J, Craig J, Dess RT, Jackson WC, Hartman HE, Kishan AU, Mehra R, Kaffenberger S, Morgan TM, Reichert ZR, Alumkal JJ, Michalski J, Lee WR, Pisansky TM, Feng FY, Shipley W, Sandler HM, Schipper MJ, Roach M, Sun Y, Lawton CAF. Prostate Radiotherapy With Adjuvant Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) Improves Metastasis-Free Survival Compared to Neoadjuvant ADT: An Individual Patient Meta-Analysis. J Clin Oncol. 2021 01 10; 39(2):136-144.  View on PubMed
11. Hsu IC, Rodgers JP, Shinohara K, Purdy J, Michalski J, Roach M, Vigneault E, Ivker RA, Pryzant RM, Kuettel M, Taussky D, Gustafson GS, Raben A, Sandler HM. Long-Term Results of NRG Oncology/RTOG 0321: A Phase II Trial of Combined High Dose Rate Brachytherapy and External Beam Radiation Therapy for Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 07 01; 110(3):700-707.  View on PubMed
12. Sachdev S, Carroll P, Sandler H, Nguyen PL, Wafford E, Auffenberg G, Schaeffer E, Roach M, Evans CP, Hussain M. Assessment of Postprostatectomy Radiotherapy as Adjuvant or Salvage Therapy in Patients With Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review. JAMA Oncol. 2020 Nov 01; 6(11):1793-1800.  View on PubMed
13. Mohamad O, Roach M. Delaying Dilemmas: Coronavirus Complications Impacting the Management of Prostate Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 10 01; 108(2):337.  View on PubMed
14. Gartrell BA, Roach M, Retter A, Sokol GH, Del Priore G, Scher HI. Phase II trial of SM-88, a cancer metabolism based therapy, in non-metastatic biochemical recurrent prostate cancer. Invest New Drugs. 2021 Apr; 39(2):499-508.  View on PubMed
15. Roach M. Editorial Comment. J Urol. 2020 11; 204(5):954.  View on PubMed
16. Han HJ, Li YR, Roach M, Aggarwal R. Dramatic response to combination pembrolizumab and radiation in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2020; 12:1758835920936084.  View on PubMed
17. Li YR, Roach M. The Roach Equation: Value of Old Clinical Tools in the Era of New Molecular Imaging. J Nucl Med. 2020 09; 61(9):1292-1293.  View on PubMed
18. Jackson WC, Hartman HE, Dess RT, Birer SR, Soni PD, Hearn JWD, Reichert ZR, Kishan AU, Mahal BA, Zumsteg ZS, Efstathiou JA, Kaffenberger S, Morgan TM, Mehra R, Showalter TN, Krauss DA, Nguyen PL, Schipper MJ, Feng FY, Sandler HM, Hoskin PJ, Roach M, Spratt DE. Addition of Androgen-Deprivation Therapy or Brachytherapy Boost to External Beam Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials. J Clin Oncol. 2020 09 10; 38(26):3024-3031.  View on PubMed
19. Griffin RJ, Ahmed MM, Amendola B, Belyakov O, Bentzen SM, Butterworth KT, Chang S, Coleman CN, Djonov V, Formenti SC, Glatstein E, Guha C, Kalnicki S, Le QT, Loo BW, Mahadevan A, Massaccesi M, Maxim PG, Mohiuddin M, Mohiuddin M, Mayr NA, Obcemea C, Petersson K, Regine W, Roach M, Romanelli P, Simone CB, Snider JW, Spitz DR, Vikram B, Vozenin MC, Abdel-Wahab M, Welsh J, Wu X, Limoli CL. Understanding High-Dose, Ultra-High Dose Rate, and Spatially Fractionated Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 07 15; 107(4):766-778.  View on PubMed
20. Gillessen S, Attard G, Beer TM, Beltran H, Bjartell A, Bossi A, Briganti A, Bristow RG, Chi KN, Clarke N, Davis ID, de Bono J, Drake CG, Duran I, Eeles R, Efstathiou E, Evans CP, Fanti S, Feng FY, Fizazi K, Frydenberg M, Gleave M, Halabi S, Heidenreich A, Heinrich D, Higano CTS, Hofman MS, Hussain M, James N, Kanesvaran R, Kantoff P, Khauli RB, Leibowitz R, Logothetis C, Maluf F, Millman R, Morgans AK, Morris MJ, Mottet N, Mrabti H, Murphy DG, Murthy V, Oh WK, Ost P, O'Sullivan JM, Padhani AR, Parker C, Poon DMC, Pritchard CC, Reiter RE, Roach M, Rubin M, Ryan CJ, Saad F, Sade JP, Sartor O, Scher HI, Shore N, Small E, Smith M, Soule H, Sternberg CN, Steuber T, Suzuki H, Sweeney C, Sydes MR, Taplin ME, Tombal B, Türkeri L, van Oort I, Zapatero A, Omlin A. Management of Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer: Report of the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference 2019. Eur Urol. 2020 04; 77(4):508-547.  View on PubMed

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