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Yoshiya Yamada is affiliated with the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily covers the field of Medicine, with specializations in Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiation, Oncology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their scientific work focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Management of metastatic bone disease
  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
  • Brain Metastases and Treatment
  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
  • Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Yamada has contributed extensively to academic publications, appearing frequently in the following journals:

  • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics (26 publications)
  • Neuro-Oncology (7 publications)
  • Advances in Radiation Oncology (5 publications)
  • Neurosurgery (4 publications)
  • Practical Radiation Oncology (4 publications)

Their recent papers include:

  • Phase 3 Multi-Center, Prospective, Randomized Trial Comparing Single-Dose 24 Gy Radiation Therapy to a 3-Fraction SBRT Regimen in the Treatment of Oligometastatic Cancer, 2021, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for the Management of Spinal Metastases, 2020, JAMA Oncology
  • Phase II Single-arm Study of Durvalumab and Tremelimumab with Concurrent Radiotherapy in Patients with Mismatch Repair-proficient Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, 2021, Clinical Cancer Research
  • Survival Trends After Surgery for Spinal Metastatic Tumors: 20-Year Cancer Center Experience, 2020, Neurosurgery
  • Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Spinal Metastases: Tumor Control Probability Analyses and Recommended Reporting Standards, 2021, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics

Yamada has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Jonathan T. Yang
  • Mark H. Bilsky
  • Daniel S. Higginson
  • Adam M. Schmitt
  • Brandon S. Imber

Their research contributions span critical areas in metastatic bone disease management and radiotherapy, especially focused on spinal conditions and advanced treatment techniques for cancer patients.

Best Publications

  • Immunologic Correlates of the Abscopal Effect in a Patient with Melanoma

    Michael A. Postow;Margaret K. Callahan;Margaret K. Callahan;Christopher A. Barker;Christopher A. Barker;Yoshiya Yamada;Yoshiya Yamada

  • A novel classification system for spinal instability in neoplastic disease: an evidence-based approach and expert consensus from the Spine Oncology Study Group.

    Charles G. Fisher;Christian P. Dipaola;Timothy C. Ryken;Mark H. Bilsky

  • High-dose intensity modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer: early toxicity and biochemical outcome in 772 patients

    Michael J Zelefsky;Zvi Fuks;Margie Hunt;Yoshiya Yamada

  • Incidence of Late Rectal and Urinary Toxicities After Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy and Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer

    Michael J. Zelefsky;Emily J. Levin;Margie Hunt;Yoshiya Yamada

  • The NOMS Framework: Approach to the Treatment of Spinal Metastatic Tumors

    Ilya Laufer;David G. Rubin;Eric Lis;Brett W. Cox

  • Reliability analysis of the epidural spinal cord compression scale.

    Mark H Bilsky;Ilya Laufer;Daryl R Fourney;Michael Groff

  • High-Dose, Single-Fraction Image-Guided Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Metastatic Spinal Lesions

    Yoshiya Yamada;Mark H. Bilsky;D. Michael Lovelock;Ennapadam S. Venkatraman

  • Long-Term Outcome of High Dose Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Patients With Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer

    Michael J. Zelefsky;Heather Chan;Margie Hunt;Yoshiya Yamada

  • Local disease control for spinal metastases following "separation surgery" and adjuvant hypofractionated or high-dose single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery: outcome analysis in 186 patients.

    Ilya Laufer;J Bryan Iorgulescu;Talia Chapman;Eric Lis

  • Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score: An Analysis of Reliability and Validity From the Spine Oncology Study Group

    Daryl R. Fourney;Evan M. Frangou;Timothy C. Ryken;Christian P. DiPaola

  • International Spine Radiosurgery Consortium Consensus Guidelines for Target Volume Definition in Spinal Stereotactic Radiosurgery

    Brett W. Cox;Daniel E. Spratt;Michael Lovelock;Mark H. Bilsky

  • Safety and efficacy of bevacizumab with hypofractionated stereotactic irradiation for recurrent malignant gliomas.

    Philip H. Gutin;Philip H. Gutin;Fabio M. Iwamoto;Kathryn Beal;Nimish A. Mohile

  • A New Risk Classification System for Therapeutic Decision Making with Intermediate-risk Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing Dose-escalated External-beam Radiation Therapy

    Zachary S. Zumsteg;Daniel E. Spratt;Isaac Pei;Zhigang Zhang

  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Melanoma Brain Metastases in Patients Receiving Ipilimumab: Safety Profile and Efficacy of Combined Treatment

    Ana P. Kiess;Ana P. Kiess;Jedd D. Wolchok;Christopher A. Barker;Michael A. Postow

  • Long-Term Results of Conformal Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer: Impact of Dose Escalation on Biochemical Tumor Control and Distant Metastases-Free Survival Outcomes

    Michael J. Zelefsky;Yoshiya Yamada;Zvi Fuks;Zhigang Zhang

  • Radiotherapy and radiosurgery for metastatic spine disease: what are the options, indications, and outcomes?

    Peter C. Gerszten;Ehud Mendel;Yoshiya Yamada

  • American Brachytherapy Society consensus guidelines for high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy.

    Yoshiya Yamada;Leland Rogers;D. Jeffrey Demanes;Gerard Morton

  • Metastasis After Radical Prostatectomy or External Beam Radiotherapy for Patients With Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: A Comparison of Clinical Cohorts Adjusted for Case Mix

    Michael J. Zelefsky;James A. Eastham;Angel M. Cronin;Zvi Fuks

  • Ultra-High Dose (86.4 Gy) IMRT for Localized Prostate Cancer: Toxicity and Biochemical Outcomes

    Oren Cahlon;Michael J. Zelefsky;Alison Shippy;Heather Chan

  • Single-stage posterolateral transpedicular approach for resection of epidural metastatic spine tumors involving the vertebral body with circumferential reconstruction: results in 140 patients: Invited submission from the Joint Section Meeting on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 2004

    Jeremy C. Wang;Patrick Boland;Nandita Mitra;Yoshiya Yamada

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark H. Bilsky
Mark H. Bilsky Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Michael J. Zelefsky
Michael J. Zelefsky Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Daniel E. Spratt
Daniel E. Spratt University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Zvi Fuks
Zvi Fuks Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Timothy A. Chan
Timothy A. Chan Cleveland Clinic
Cameron Brennan
Cameron Brennan Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jedd D. Wolchok
Jedd D. Wolchok Cornell University
Arjun Sahgal
Arjun Sahgal Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Philip H. Gutin
Philip H. Gutin Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Michael A. Postow
Michael A. Postow Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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