Radiation Oncology in Arizona

Disease Site Sub-Specialization

Each of the six board-certified Radiation Oncology physicians at Mayo Clinic has two to three areas of major disease site interest, thus resulting in sub-specialization (When on the doctors listing page, click on individual physicians name to see disease site interests and Clinical Publications to see pertinent publications by disease site). This sub-specialization offers patients the potential of a greater degree of experience and knowledge with regard to both the evaluation and delivery of radiation as a component of treatment for their specific type of cancer.

Mayo radiation oncologists work in collaboration with physicians in other specialties (surgery, medical oncology, internal medicine, pathology, diagnostic radiology) in the evaluation and care of each patient with cancer. For each disease site, multi-disciplinary teams of physicians have been organized into working groups at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center – Scottsdale. The multi-disciplinary teams include the following disease sites: brain/neurological, breast, gastrointestinal [esophagus, stomach, pancreas, hepatobiliary, colorectum, anus], genitourinary [prostate, bladder, kidney, testis], gynecologic [cervix, uterus, ovary, vulva], lung, lymphoma/leukemia, melanoma/skin and sarcoma [extremity, retroperitoneal]. Radiation Oncologists are members of each of the disease site teams.