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I'd like to thank you and your staff personally for taking my healthcare issues in your capable hands and hearts. I appreciate all you have done. Thank you from the bottom of my "cancer free"  heart. 
- Scottsdale Center patient


Very cheerful, helpful, and hopeful staff. Everyone was a delight...made the 6 weeks of radiation fly by... 
- Apache Junction Center patient

I am very impressed with the medical staff who developed and executed my oncology treatment plan.  For this I am dearly grateful for the important work you all do to save lives.
- Arrowhead Center patient

I never minded going to the clinic every day throughout my treatments because I felt the love and caring there. It was a serious event, but done in a professional manner. Thanks so much. 
- East Valley Center patient

Everyone was compassionate, concerned, and took wonderful care of me. All my problems were solved and all my questions answered. Great experience.
-Deer Valley Center patient



Emad F. Youssef, MD

Dr. Youssef joined AOS from Arkansas Cancer Institute, where he served as Medical Director. He previously held positions as Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine and Assistant Lecturer at the National Cancer Institute – Egypt.  He completed his medical degree at Cairo University in Egypt and his residency at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, MI. He served as Chief Resident during his final year of residency.

Dr. Youssef has researched and published on topics including breast cancer, TomoTherapy, head and neck cancers, postprostatectomy radiation therapy, and androgen deprivation for prostate cancer.
He is board certified in Radiation Oncology by the American Board of Radiology.

Dr. Youssef is based at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center.

Publications and Activities

2002 to Present - prior materials archived.

Patient specific QA in MLC-GRID Therapy

W Gao PhD, J Penagaricano MD, E Moros PhD, P Corry PhD, A Ivy, E Youssef MD, V Ratantharathorn MD. AAPM 49th Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN; July 2007

Klimberg V S, Kepple J, Shafirstein G, Adkins L, Henry-Tillman R, Youssef E, Talley L, and Korourian S, eRFA: Excision Followed by RFA – A New Technique to Improve Local Control in Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2006 Nov; 13(11):1422-33. Epub 2006 Sep 29.

Youssef E, Chuba P, Salib N, Yoo G, Penagricano J, Ezzat W and Aref A. Pathological distribution of positive lymph nodes in patients with clinically and radiologically N0 oropharyngeal carcinoma: Implications for IMRT treatment planning. Cancer J. 2005 Sep-Oct; 11(5):412-6.

Penagricano J, Papanikolau N, Yan Y, Youssef E and Ratantharathorn V. Feasibility of Cranio-spinal radiation with the Hi-Art tomotherapy system. Radiother Oncol 2005 Jul; 76(1):72-8.

Otero-Garcia JE, Youssef EF, Enamorado II, etal. Prognostic significance of p53 and FHIT in advanced oropharyngeal carcinoma. Am J Otolaryngology, 25, 231-239, 2004.

Brachytherapy and Other Innovations in Radiation Therapy for the Management of Prostate Cancer, Emad Youssef, MD 28th Annual Family Practice Intensive Review Workshop. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; June 3, 2004.

Youssef E, Tekyi-Mensah S, Hart K, Bolton S, Forman J. Intermittent androgen deprivation for patients with recurrent/metastatic prostate cancer, American Journal of Clinical Oncology, 26 (5):e119-e123; Oct 2003.

Youssef E, Forman J, Tekyi-Mensah S, Bolton S, Hart K. Therapeutic post-prostatectomy irradiation. Clinical Prostate Cancer, Vol. 1 (1), pp. 31-36, June 2002.

Youssef E, Fontanesi J, Gross M, Lucas D, Josef EB, Retriperitoneal and deep trunk soft tissue sarcoma: analysis of the prognostic factors in patients. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, Vol. 54 (2), May 2002.

Levin JK, Youssef E, Sloan AE, Patel R, Zabad RK, Zaranano L. Gamma Knife radiosurgery in patients with advanced breast cancer undergoing bone marrow transplantation. J Neurosurgery, 97, (5s), 663-665, Dec. 2002.

   
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