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Radiation Oncology

Perry W. Grigsby, MD

Current Position
Professor, Radiation Oncology
Chief, Gynecologic Service
Director, Brachytherapy Center


Specialty Areas
Radiation Oncology
Thyroid Cancer
Gynecologic Oncology

Patients Seen At
Siteman Cancer Center
Center for Advanced Medicine
4921 Parkview Place, LL
St. Louis, MO  63110
314-747-7236
314-747-7236
Fax:   314-362-8521
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Mailing Address
Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8224
St. Louis, MO  63110

Areas of Clinical Interest
Radiation oncology, gynecologic oncology, cervical cancer, thyroid cancer, gynecologic brachytherapy

Board Certification
Radiation Oncology -- Certified

Medical Education
Medical Degree: University Of Kentucky, 1982
Fellowship: American Cancer Society, Clinical, 1986
MBA : Washington University, Olin School of Business, St. Louis, Missouri, 1990
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis Children's Hospital

Honors and Awards
Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2002-2013 (Best Doctors, Inc.)
Listed in America's Top Doctors, 2007-2012 (Castle & Connolly Ltd.)

Books and Book Chapters

Grigsby PW, Paris K: Radiation therapy. IN: Rosenwaks Z, Benjamin F, Stone M, Ledger W (eds), Gynecology: Principles and Practice; Surgical and Medical Treatments in Gynecology. McGraw-Hill; New York,

Glassburn R, Brady LW, Grigsby PW: Endometrium. IN: Perez CA, Brady LW, Halperin EC, Schmidt-Ullrich RK: (eds), Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology, 4th Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Philadelphia, 2004; pp. 1916-1933

Grigsby PW: Thyroid. IN: Perez CA, Brady LW, Halperin EC, Schmidt-Ullrich RK: (eds), Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology, 4th Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Philadelphia, 2004; pp 1179-1200

Perez CA, Grigsby PW, Thorstad WL: Nonsealed Radionuclide Therapy. IN: Perez CA, Brady LW, Halperin EC, Schmidt-Ullrich RK: (eds), Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology, 4th Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Philadelphia, 2004; pp 636-652

Grigsby PW: (Commentary for) Risk of thyroid carcinoma in a female population after radiotherapy for breast carcinoma. IN: Singletary SA (ed), Breast Diseases: A Yearbook Quarterly. Mosby; St. Louis. 2002; 13(3);265

Grigsby PW: Radiotherapy for urethral carcinoma. IN: Hamdy FC, Basler JW, Neal DE and Catalona WJ (eds), Management of Urologic Malignancies. Churchill Livingstone; London. 2002; pp 541-546

Selected Recent Journal Articles
Brooks R, Kizer N, Nguyen L, Jaishuen A, Wanat K, Nugent E, Grigsby P, Allsworth JE, Rader JS.  Polymorphisms in MMP9 and SIPA1 are associated with increased risk of nodal metastases in early-stage cervical cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2009 Nov 9. [Epub ahead of print]

Miller DA, Richardson S, Grigsby PW.A new method of anatomically conformal vaginal Cuff HDR brachytherapy Gynecol Oncol. 2009 Nov 3. [Epub ahead of print]

Kidd EA, Siegel BA, Dehdashti F, Rader JS, Mutic S, Mutch DG, Powell MA, Grigsby PW. Clinical Outcomes of Definitive Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy with Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography Simulation in Patients with Locally Advanced Cervical CancerInt J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Oct 30. [Epub ahead of print]

Grigsby PW. ET/CT imaging to guide cervical cancer therapy. Future Oncol. 2009 Sep;5(7):953-8.

Esthappan J, Santanam L, Yang D, Mutic S, Low DA, Grigsby PW. Use of serial CT imaging for the quality assurance of MammoSite therapy. Brachytherapy. 2009 Oct-Dec;8(4):379-84. Epub 2009 Sep 12.

Grigsby PW. Role of PET in gynecologic malignancyCurr Opin Oncol. 2009 Sep;21(5):420-4.

Kidd EA, Spencer CR, Huettner PC, Siegel BA, Dehdashti F, Rader JS, Grigsby PW. Cervical cancer histology and tumor differentiation affect 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake.  Cancer. 2009 Aug 1;115(15):3548-54.PMID: 19472399 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles
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Grigsby PW. FDG-PET/CT: new horizons in anal cancer.Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2009 May;33(5):456-8. Epub 2009 Apr 24.PMID: 19394179 [PubMed - in process]Related articles
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Schwarz JK, Grigsby PW, Dehdashti F, Delbeke D. The role of 18F-FDG PET in assessing therapy response in cancer of the cervix and ovaries. J Nucl Med. 2009 May;50 Suppl 1:64S-73S. Epub 2009 Apr 20.

Myerson RJ, Outlaw ED, Chang A, Birnbaum EH, Fleshman JW, Grigsby PW, Kodner IJ, Malayapa RS, Mutch MG, Parikh P, Picus J, Tan BR. Radiotherapy for epidermoid carcinoma of the anus: thirty years' experience. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Oct 1;75(2):428-35.
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Grigsby PW. Nuclear imaging and cervical cancer Minerva Ginecol. 2009 Feb;61(1):45-51.

Brooks RA, Rader JS, Dehdashti F, Mutch DG, Powell MA, Thaker PH, Siegel BA, Grigsby PW. Surveillance FDG-PET detection of asymptomatic recurrences in patients with cervical cancer.
Gynecol Oncol. 2009 Jan;112(1):104-9. Epub 2008 Oct 16'

Showalter TN, Siegel BA, Moley JF, Baranski TJ, Grigsby PW. Prognostic factors in patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer presenting with pulmonary metastasis. Cancer Biother Radiopharm. 2008 Oct;23(5):655-9.

For more articles and abstracts, take this off-site link to the National Library of Medicine Pub Med page for Dr. Grigsby

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