Shelly Hayes, MD

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Clinical Locations
Primary Location
Fox Chase Cancer Center Buckingham
2365 Heritage Center Drive
Furlong, PA 18925
Director, Fox Chase Cancer Center Buckingham
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Specialties
Treatment Focus
CyberKnife training; Lung Cancer; Breast Cancer; gynecological cancers; CNS malignancies; IMRT; stereotactic body radiation and stereotactic radiosurgery
Key Awards
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Radiation Oncology |
Treatment Philosophy
Educational Background
- Chief Resident, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2005-2006
- Resident, Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2003–2007
- Resident, Preliminary Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
- MD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2002
- BSE, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1995
Certifications
- American Board of Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
- CyberKnife Trained
Memberships
- American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
Honors & Awards
- Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors, 2013-16, 2018-20
- Best Doctors in America® , 2013-14, 2019-2020, Radiation Oncology
- America's Top Doctors®, 2016-17
- Chief Resident Fox Chase Cancer Center 2005-06
- 2006 RSNA Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award
Research Interests
I am interested in the effects of respiration on tumor motion in the lung, breast, and abdomen and in utilizing image-guidance to improve the accuracy and efficacy of radiation to these areas. I have also studied parameters for treatment decisions for salvage radiation after prostatectomy for recurrent prostate cancer and the risk of lymphedema in breast cancer patients treated with radiation after lumpectomy.
Selected Publications
Fareed MM, Eldib AA, Weiss SE, Hayes SB, Li J, Ma CC. A treatment planning comparison between a novel rotating gamma system and robotic linear accelerator based intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery/radiotherapy. Physics in medicine and biology, 63(3):035029, 2018. PubMed
Esposito AC, Crawford J, Sigurdson ER, Handorf EA, Hayes SB, Boraas M, Bleicher RJ. Omission of radiotherapy after breast conservation surgery in the postneoadjuvant setting. Journal of Surgical Research, 221:49-57, 2018. PMC5729922
Lu Wang, Shelly Hayes, Kamen Paskalev, Lihui Jin, Mark K. Buyyounouski, Charlie C.-M. Ma, Steven Feigenberg. "Dosimetric comparison of stereotactic body radiotherapy using 4D CT and multiphase CT images for treatment planning of lung cancer: evaluation of the impact on daily dose coverage." Radiotherapy and Oncology 2009. Article in Press.
Shelly B. Hayes, MD, Gary M. Freedman, MD, Tianyu Li, Penny R. Anderson, MD, Eric Ross. “Does Axillary Boost Increase Lymphedema Compared with Supraclavicular Radiation Alone After Breast Conservation?” International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, Vol. 72(5), 2008, p1449-55.
Shelly B. Hayes, MD, Yan Chen PhD, Tianyu Li, Gary M. Freedman MD, “An Analysis of Breast Motion due to Respiration using 4D CT simulation.” ASTRO 2007 Poster Presentation.
Pollack A, Hayes S, Roach M III, Merrick G, Anscher MS, Beyer DC, Lawton CA, Lee WR, Michalski JM, Rosenthal SA, Vijayakumar S, Carroll PR, Higano CS, Expert Panel on Radiation Oncology-Prostate. Postradical prostatectomy irradiation in prostate cancer. online publication. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2006. 18 p. [116 references].
Shelly B. Hayes, MD; Alan Pollack, MD, PhD. “Parameters for Treatment Decisions for Salvage Radiation Therapy.” JCO Nov 10 2005; Vol 23(32);8204-11.
Shelly B. Hayes, MD, Gary M. Freedman, MD, Tianyu Li, Eric Ross, Penny R. Anderson, MD, Andre Konski, MD, MBA. “An Analysis of Outcome Based on Marital Status in Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Breast Conservation Therapy.” ASTRO 2005 abstract.
Shelly B. Hayes, MD; Alexandra L. Hanlon, PhD; Eric M. Horwitz, MD; Alan Pollack, MD, PhD; Robert G. Uzzo, MD; and, Steven J. Feigenberg, MD. “Are there any prostate cancer patients without high risk features who need long term androgen deprivation with external beam radiation therapy? A recursive partitioning analysis.” ASTRO 2004 abstract.

Clinical Locations
Primary Location
Fox Chase Cancer Center Buckingham
2365 Heritage Center Drive
Furlong, PA 18925
Director, Fox Chase Cancer Center Buckingham
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Treatment Focus
CyberKnife training; Lung Cancer; Breast Cancer; gynecological cancers; CNS malignancies; IMRT; stereotactic body radiation and stereotactic radiosurgery
Key Awards
![]() |
Radiation Oncology |
Treatment Philosophy
Education
Educational Background
- Chief Resident, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2005-2006
- Resident, Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2003–2007
- Resident, Preliminary Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
- MD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2002
- BSE, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1995
Certifications
- American Board of Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
- CyberKnife Trained
Memberships
- American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
Honors & Awards
- Philadelphia Magazine Top Doctors, 2013-16, 2018-20
- Best Doctors in America® , 2013-14, 2019-2020, Radiation Oncology
- America's Top Doctors®, 2016-17
- Chief Resident Fox Chase Cancer Center 2005-06
- 2006 RSNA Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award
Research Profile
Research Interests
I am interested in the effects of respiration on tumor motion in the lung, breast, and abdomen and in utilizing image-guidance to improve the accuracy and efficacy of radiation to these areas. I have also studied parameters for treatment decisions for salvage radiation after prostatectomy for recurrent prostate cancer and the risk of lymphedema in breast cancer patients treated with radiation after lumpectomy.
Publications
Selected Publications
Fareed MM, Eldib AA, Weiss SE, Hayes SB, Li J, Ma CC. A treatment planning comparison between a novel rotating gamma system and robotic linear accelerator based intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery/radiotherapy. Physics in medicine and biology, 63(3):035029, 2018. PubMed
Esposito AC, Crawford J, Sigurdson ER, Handorf EA, Hayes SB, Boraas M, Bleicher RJ. Omission of radiotherapy after breast conservation surgery in the postneoadjuvant setting. Journal of Surgical Research, 221:49-57, 2018. PMC5729922
Lu Wang, Shelly Hayes, Kamen Paskalev, Lihui Jin, Mark K. Buyyounouski, Charlie C.-M. Ma, Steven Feigenberg. "Dosimetric comparison of stereotactic body radiotherapy using 4D CT and multiphase CT images for treatment planning of lung cancer: evaluation of the impact on daily dose coverage." Radiotherapy and Oncology 2009. Article in Press.
Shelly B. Hayes, MD, Gary M. Freedman, MD, Tianyu Li, Penny R. Anderson, MD, Eric Ross. “Does Axillary Boost Increase Lymphedema Compared with Supraclavicular Radiation Alone After Breast Conservation?” International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, Vol. 72(5), 2008, p1449-55.
Shelly B. Hayes, MD, Yan Chen PhD, Tianyu Li, Gary M. Freedman MD, “An Analysis of Breast Motion due to Respiration using 4D CT simulation.” ASTRO 2007 Poster Presentation.
Pollack A, Hayes S, Roach M III, Merrick G, Anscher MS, Beyer DC, Lawton CA, Lee WR, Michalski JM, Rosenthal SA, Vijayakumar S, Carroll PR, Higano CS, Expert Panel on Radiation Oncology-Prostate. Postradical prostatectomy irradiation in prostate cancer. online publication. Reston (VA): American College of Radiology (ACR); 2006. 18 p. [116 references].
Shelly B. Hayes, MD; Alan Pollack, MD, PhD. “Parameters for Treatment Decisions for Salvage Radiation Therapy.” JCO Nov 10 2005; Vol 23(32);8204-11.
Shelly B. Hayes, MD, Gary M. Freedman, MD, Tianyu Li, Eric Ross, Penny R. Anderson, MD, Andre Konski, MD, MBA. “An Analysis of Outcome Based on Marital Status in Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Breast Conservation Therapy.” ASTRO 2005 abstract.
Shelly B. Hayes, MD; Alexandra L. Hanlon, PhD; Eric M. Horwitz, MD; Alan Pollack, MD, PhD; Robert G. Uzzo, MD; and, Steven J. Feigenberg, MD. “Are there any prostate cancer patients without high risk features who need long term androgen deprivation with external beam radiation therapy? A recursive partitioning analysis.” ASTRO 2004 abstract.
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