Dr. Michelle S Yao MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
1100 9th Ave Seattle WA, 98101About
Dr. Michelle Yao practices Radiation Oncology in Seattle, WA. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Yao specializes in treating cancer with radiation, using radiation therapy to treat a wide variety of cancers. Radiation therapy uses carefully targeted and regulated doses of high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells.
Education and Training
University of Michigan Medical School 1993
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Finite element analysis of a Gamma nail within a fractured femur.
- Endobronchial brachytherapy.
- Posterior epidural migration of a sequestrated lumbar disk fragment: MR imaging findings.
- Sphenoid sinus osteoma at the sella turcica associated with empty sella: CT and
- Amyloid arthropathy in a dialysis patient.
- [Study of K, Na, Ca, Mn, Cu, Fe, Zn and Mg in the human lens].
- The RAD52 epistasis group in mammalian double strand break repair.
Treatments
- Breast Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Lymphoma
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