# Amar U. Kishan

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## TL;DR

Radiation oncologist who showed MRI-guided prostate radiotherapy causes fewer side effects.

## Summary

Amar Kishan is Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical and Translational Research in Radiation Oncology at UCLA, part of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. A radiation oncologist specialising in prostate radiotherapy, MR-guided radiotherapy and hypofractionation, he led MIRAGE, the randomised trial of MRI-guided versus CT-guided stereotactic body radiotherapy for prostate cancer, which showed fewer side effects with MRI guidance. His papers report the MIRAGE trial in JAMA Oncology and an individual patient data meta-analysis of androgen deprivation therapy use and duration with definitive radiotherapy for localised prostate cancer in Lancet Oncology. His record also links to the ArteraAI Prostate test.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-08
- Role: Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical and Translational Research, Radiation Oncology, UCLA
- Specialisms: Prostate radiotherapy; MR-guided radiotherapy; Hypofractionation

## Sources

- UCLA profile: https://www.uclahealth.org/providers?q=Amar%20U.%20Kishan
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Kishan%20AU%5BAuthor%5D
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Amar%20U.%20Kishan

## Connected records

- cancers: [Prostate cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/)
- technologies: [MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/mr-linac/), [SBRT / SABR (stereotactic radiotherapy)](https://onco.cc/technologies/sbrt/)
- drugs: [ArteraAI Prostate](https://onco.cc/drugs/artera-ai-prostate/)
- institutions: [UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/ucla-jonsson/)
- journals: [JAMA Oncology](https://onco.cc/journals/jama-oncology/)

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