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Mack Roach is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in pulmonary and respiratory medicine, radiation, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, oncology, and cancer research.

The main topics covered in their work include prostate cancer treatment and research, prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment, advanced radiotherapy techniques, radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, cancer, lipids and metabolism, statistical methods in clinical trials, and global cancer incidence and screening.

Their frequent publication venues are:

  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Brachytherapy
  • Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • European Urology

Recent papers by Mack Roach include:

  • "NCCN Guidelines Insights: Prostate Cancer, Version 1.2021" (2021), published in Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • "Prostate Cancer, Version 4.2023, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology" (2023), published in Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • "Management of Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer: Report of the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference 2019" (2020), published in European Urology
  • "Prostate Cancer, Version 3.2024" (2024), published in Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • "NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Prostate Cancer, Version 1.2023." (2022), published in PubMed

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors including:

  • Howard M. Sandler
  • Daniel E. Spratt
  • Felix Y. Feng
  • Jeff M. Michalski
  • Thomas M. Pisansky

Best Publications

  • Defining biochemical failure following radiotherapy with or without hormonal therapy in men with clinically localized prostate cancer: Recommendations of the RTOG-ASTRO Phoenix Consensus Conference

    Mack Roach;Gerald Hanks;Howard Thames;Paul Schellhammer

  • Prostate cancer. Clinical practice guidelines in oncology.

    James Mohler;Robert R. Bahnson;Barry Boston;J. Erik Busby

  • Prostate Cancer, Version 2.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology

    James L. Mohler;Emmanuel S. Antonarakis;Andrew J. Armstrong;Anthony V. D'Amico

  • Randomized trial of short- versus long-course radiotherapy for palliation of painful bone metastases.

    William F. Harstell;Charles B. Scott;Deborah Watkins Bruner;Charles W. Scarantino

  • Short-Term Neoadjuvant Androgen Deprivation Therapy and External-Beam Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer: Long-Term Results of RTOG 8610

    Mack Roach;Kyounghwa Bae;Joycelyn Speight;Harvey B. Wolkov

  • Phase III trial comparing whole-pelvic versus prostate-only radiotherapy and neoadjuvant versus adjuvant combined androgen suppression: Radiation Therapy Oncology Group 9413.

    Mack Roach;M. DeSilvio;C. Lawton;V. Uhl

  • Prostate Cancer, Version 1.2016

    James L. Mohler;Andrew J. Armstrong;Robert R. Bahnson;Anthony Victor D'Amico

  • An Update of the Phase III Trial Comparing Whole Pelvic to Prostate Only Radiotherapy and Neoadjuvant to Adjuvant Total Androgen Suppression: Updated Analysis of RTOG 94-13, With Emphasis on Unexpected Hormone/Radiation Interactions

    Colleen A. Lawton;Michelle DeSilvio;Mack Roach;Valery Uhl

  • Comparative analysis of prostate-specific antigen free survival outcomes for patients with low, intermediate and high risk prostate cancer treatment by radical therapy. Results from the Prostate Cancer Results Study Group.

    Peter Grimm;Ignace Billiet;David Bostwick;Adam P Dicker

  • Predicting the risk of lymph node involvement using the pre-treatment prostate specific antigen and Gleason score in men with clinically localized prostate cancer

    Mack Roach;Carol Marquez;Hae Sook Yuo;Perinchery Narayan;Perinchery Narayan

  • Management of Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer: The Report of the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference APCCC 2017

    Silke Gillessen;Gerhardt Attard;Tomasz M Beer;Himisha Beltran

  • Low-dose megavoltage cone-beam CT for radiation therapy.

    Jean Pouliot;Ali Bani-Hashemi;Josephine Chen;Michelle Svatos

  • Target localization and real-time tracking using the Calypso 4D localization system in patients with localized prostate cancer

    Twyla R. Willoughby;Patrick A. Kupelian;Jean Pouliot;Katsuto Shinohara

  • High-risk prostate cancer—classification and therapy

    Albert J. Chang;Karen A. Autio;Mack Roach;Howard I. Scher

  • Adjuvant and Salvage Radiotherapy After Prostatectomy: AUA/ASTRO Guideline

    Ian M. Thompson;Ian M. Thompson;Richard K. Valicenti;Richard K. Valicenti;Peter Albertsen;Peter Albertsen;Brian J. Davis;Brian J. Davis

  • Prostate Cancer,,Version 2.2014 Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology

    James L. Mohler;Philip W. Kantoff;Andrew J. Armstrong;Robert R. Bahnson

  • Prostate volumes defined by magnetic resonance imaging and computerized tomographic scans for three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy

    Mack Roach;Pamela Faillace-Akazawa;Christine Malfatti;John Holland

  • Advances in Radiation Therapy: Conventional to 3D, to IMRT, to 4D, and Beyond

    M. Kara Bucci;Alison Bevan;Mack Roach

  • Prostate cancer, version 1.2021: Featured updates to the nccn guidelines

    Edward Schaeffer;Sandy Srinivas;Emmanuel S. Antonarakis;Andrew J. Armstrong

  • Prostate Cancer, Version 3.2012 Featured Updates to the NCCN Guidelines

    James L. Mohler;Andrew J. Armstrong;Robert R. Bahnson;Barry Boston

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard M. Sandler
Howard M. Sandler Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Katsuto Shinohara
Katsuto Shinohara University of California, San Francisco
Alexander Gottschalk
Alexander Gottschalk Michigan State University
Jeff M. Michalski
Jeff M. Michalski Washington University in St. Louis
Peter R. Carroll
Peter R. Carroll University of California, San Francisco
William U. Shipley
William U. Shipley Harvard University
John Kurhanewicz
John Kurhanewicz University of California, San Francisco
Gerald E. Hanks
Gerald E. Hanks Fox Chase Cancer Center
Alan Pollack
Alan Pollack University of Miami
Philip W. Kantoff
Philip W. Kantoff Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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