Shyamal Patel, MD
Biography
Dr. Patel is a radiation oncologist at the University of Arizona Cancer Center at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. He is board-certified in radiation oncology and has clinical expertise in brachytherapy. Dr. Patel received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. He completed his internship in medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City and subsequently his residency in radiation oncology at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY. He then completed his fellowship in brachytherapy at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Cancer Focus
Dr. Patel's expertise includes the management and treatment of genitourinary cancer, head and neck cancer, and skin cancer. His extensive training in ultrasound-guided high-dose rate brachytherapy provides him with a unique way to treat newly diagnosed and recurrent prostate cancers as well as complex locally advanced gynecologic cancers. He also offers a less invasive but highly effective modality of treatment for squamous cell and basal cell carcinomas of the skin. Overall, Dr. Patel strongly believes in providing his patients with all potential treatment options and tailoring his treatment recommendations to the patient within a context of evidence-based medicine.
Selected Publications
Ragab, O., R. Banerjee, S-J. Park, S. Patel, M. Zhang, J. Wang, M. Velez, D. Jeffrey Demanes, and M. Kamrava, "Comparison of patient-reported acute urinary and sexual toxicity scores in a 6- versus 2-fraction course of high-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy monotherapy.", J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol, vol. 62, issue 1, pp. 109-115, 2018 Feb. PMID: 28856847
Mesko, S., L. Marks, O. Ragab, S. Patel, D. A. Margolis, J. D Demanes, and M. Kamrava, "Targeted Prostate Biopsy Gleason Score Heterogeneity and Implications for Risk Stratification.", Am J Clin Oncol, vol. 41, issue 5, pp. 497-501, 2018 May. PMID: 27281263
Patel, S., J. D Demanes, O. Ragab, M. Zhang, D. Veruttipong, K. Nguyen, S-J. Park, L. Marks, A. Pantuck, M. Steinberg, et al., "High-dose-rate brachytherapy monotherapy without androgen deprivation therapy for intermediate-risk prostate cancer.", Brachytherapy, vol. 16, issue 2, pp. 299-305, 2017 Mar - Apr. PMID: 27965117
Patel, S., O. Ragab, and M. Kamrava, "Another solution that enables ablative radiotherapy for large liver tumors: Percutaneous interstitial high-dose rate brachytherapy.", Cancer, vol. 122, issue 17, pp. 2766, 2016 09 01. PMID: 27244104
Patel, S., O. Ragab, and M. Kamrava, "Real-time image guidance for gynecologic brachytherapy?", Radiother Oncol, vol. 120, issue 3, pp. 542-543, 2016 09. PMID: 27056625