Tyler Robin, MD, PhD

Professional Titles

• Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
• Director of Genitourinary Radiation Oncology

Recognitions

• Top Doctor, 5280 (2021)

Publications

• Stumpf PK, Cittelly DM, Robin TP, Carlson JA, Stuhr KA, Contreras-Zarate MJ, Lai S, Ormond DR, Rusthoven CG, Gaspar LE, Rabinovitch R, Kavanagh BD, Liu A, Diamond JR, Kabos P, Fisher CM. Combination of Trastuzumab Emtansine and Stereotactic Radiosurgery Results in High Rates of Clinically Significant Radionecrosis and Dysregulation of Aquaporin-4. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Jul 1;25(13):3946-3953. PubMed PMID: 30940654
• Zakem SJ, Robin TP, Smith DE, Amini A, Stokes WA, Lefkowits C, Fisher CM. Evolving trends in the management of high-intermediate risk endometrial cancer in the United States. Gynecol Oncol. 2019 Mar;152(3):522-527. PubMed PMID: 30876498
• Robin TP, Rusthoven CG. Strategies to Preserve Cognition in Patients With Brain Metastases: A Review. Front Oncol. 2018;8:415. PubMed PMID: 30356657
• Amini A, Robin TP, Stumpf PK, Rusthoven C, Schefter TE, Shinde A, Chen YJ, Glaser SM, Corr BR, Fisher CM. Rising Rates of Upfront Surgery in Early Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: What Factors Predict for This Treatment Paradigm?. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2018 Oct;28(8):1560-1568. PubMed PMID: 30247249
• Robin TP, Raben D, Schefter TE. A Contemporary Update on the Role of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Liver Metastases in the Evolving Landscape of Oligometastatic Disease Management. Semin Radiat Oncol. 2018 Oct;28(4):288-294. PubMed PMID: 30309639
• Robin TP, Maroni PD, Chin BB, La Rosa FG, Bernard B, Pugh TJ. Post-Prostatectomy Radiation Therapy: Patient Selection, Timing, Imaging, and Therapy Intensification. Oncology (Williston Park). 2018 Jul 15;32(7):360-3, 369, CV3. PubMed PMID: 30080921
• Robin TP, Grover S, Reddy Palkonda VA, Fisher CM, Gehl B, Bhattacharya K, Mallick I, Bhattasali O, Viswanathan AN, Sastri Chopra S, Mahantshetty U, Hardenbergh PH. Utilization of a Web-Based Conferencing Platform to Improve Global Radiation Oncology Education and Quality-Proof of Principle Through Implementation in India. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 Jan 1;103(1):276-280. PubMed PMID: 30071293
• Robin TP, Breeze RE, Smith DE, Rusthoven CG, Lewis KD, Gonzalez R, Brill A, Saiki R, Stuhr K, Gaspar LE, Karam SD, Raben D, Kavanagh BD, Nath SK, Liu AK. Immune checkpoint inhibitors and radiosurgery for newly diagnosed melanoma brain metastases. J Neurooncol. 2018 Oct;140(1):55-62. PubMed PMID: 29909499
• Amini A, Robin TP, Rusthoven CG, Schefter TE, Akhavan D, Chen YJ, Glaser SM, Corr BR, Ashing KT, Fisher CM. Disparities Predict for Higher Rates of Cut-through Hysterectomies in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer. Am J Clin Oncol. 2019 Jan;42(1):21-26. PubMed PMID: 29889138
• Robin TP, Jones BL, Amini A, Koshy M, Gaspar LE, Liu AK, Nath SK, Kavanagh BD, Camidge DR, Rusthoven CG. Radiosurgery alone is associated with favorable outcomes for brain metastases from small-cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 2018 Jun;120:88-90. PubMed PMID: 29748022
• Robin TP, Sannes TS, Spring Kong FM, Mornex F, Hirsch FR, Rusthoven CG, Gaspar LE. Physician Bias in Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation Decision Making-An Opportunity for a Patient Decision Aid. Clin Lung Cancer. 2018 Nov;19(6):476-483. PubMed PMID: 29544717
• Robin TP, Camidge DR, Stuhr K, Nath SK, Breeze RE, Pacheco JM, Liu AK, Gaspar LE, Purcell WT, Doebele RC, Kavanagh BD, Rusthoven CG. Excellent Outcomes with Radiosurgery for Multiple Brain Metastases in ALK and EGFR Driven Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2018 May;13(5):715-720. PubMed PMID: 29269007
• Stokes WA, Robin TP, Jackson MW, Amini A, Schefter TE, Lefkowits CC, Fisher CM. Patterns of Adjuvant Therapy Utilization in Uterine Carcinosarcoma Stages I to III: A National Cancer Database Analysis. Am J Clin Oncol. 2018 Oct;41(10):927-932. PubMed PMID: 28654573
• Pacheco JM, Gao D, Smith D, Purcell T, Hancock M, Bunn P, Robin T, Liu A, Karam S, Gaspar L, Kavanagh B, Rusthoven C, Aisner D, Doebele R, Camidge DR. Natural History and Factors Associated with Overall Survival in Stage IV ALK-Rearranged Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2019 Apr;14(4):691-700. PubMed PMID: 30599201
• Oweida A, Phan A, Vancourt B, Robin T, Hararah MK, Bhatia S, Milner D, Lennon S, Pike L, Raben D, Haugen B, Pozdeyev N, Schweppe R, Karam SD. Hypofractionated Radiotherapy Is Superior to Conventional Fractionation in an Orthotopic Model of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer. Thyroid. 2018 Jun;28(6):739-747. PubMed PMID: 29774792
• Robin TP, Goodman KA. Radiation therapy in the management of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: review of current evidence and future opportunities. Chin Clin Oncol. 2017 Jun;6(3):28. PubMed PMID: 28705005
• Robin TP, Jones BL, Gordon OM, Phan A, Abbott D, McDermott JD, Goddard JA, Raben D, Lanning RM, Karam SD. A comprehensive comparative analysis of treatment modalities for sinonasal malignancies. Cancer. 2017 Aug 15;123(16):3040-3049. PubMed PMID: 28369832
• Jackson MW, Palma DA, Camidge DR, Jones BL, Robin TP, Sher DJ, Koshy M, Kavanagh BD, Gaspar LE, Rusthoven CG. The Impact of Postoperative Radiotherapy for Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma. J Thorac Oncol. 2017 Apr;12(4):734-744. PubMed PMID: 28126540
• Robin TP, Amini A, Schefter TE, Behbakht K, Fisher CM. Brachytherapy should not be omitted when treating locally advanced neuroendocrine cervical cancer with definitive chemoradiation therapy. Brachytherapy. 2016 Nov - Dec;15(6):845-850. PubMed PMID: 27720204
• Robin TP, Amini A, Schefter TE, Behbakht K, Fisher CM. Disparities in standard of care treatment and associated survival decrement in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2016 Nov;143(2):319-325. PubMed PMID: 27640961
• Amini A, Jasem J, Jones BL, Robin TP, McDermott JD, Bhatia S, Raben D, Jimeno A, Bowles DW, Karam SD. Predictors of overall survival in human papillomavirus-associated oropharyngeal cancer using the National Cancer Data Base. Oral Oncol. 2016 May;56:1-7. PubMed PMID: 27086480
• Robin TP, Gan GN, Tam M, Westerly D, Riaz N, Karam SD, Lee N, Raben D. Safety of contralateral submandibular gland sparing in locally advanced oropharyngeal cancers: A multicenter review. Head Neck. 2016 Apr;38(4):506-11. PubMed PMID: 25482748
• Yadav BS, Sharma SC, Robin TP, Sams S, Elias AD, Kaklamani V, Kelly Marcom P, Schaefer S, Morris GJ. Synchronous primary carcinoma of breast and ovary versus ovarian metastases. Semin Oncol. 2015 Apr;42(2):e13-24. PubMed PMID: 25843740
• Krueger AB, Drasin DJ, Lea WA, Patrick AN, Patnaik S, Backos DS, Matheson CJ, Hu X, Barnaeva E, Holliday MJ, Blevins MA, Robin TP, Eisenmesser EZ, Ferrer M, Simeonov A, Southall N, Reigan P, Marugan J, Ford HL, Zhao R. Allosteric inhibitors of the Eya2 phosphatase are selective and inhibit Eya2-mediated cell migration. J Biol Chem. 2014 Jun 6;289(23):16349-61. PubMed PMID: 24755226
• Smith AL, Robin TP, Ford HL. Molecular pathways: targeting the TGF-ß pathway for cancer therapy. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Sep 1;18(17):4514-21. PubMed PMID: 22711703
• Robin TP, Smith A, McKinsey E, Reaves L, Jedlicka P, Ford HL. EWS/FLI1 regulates EYA3 in Ewing sarcoma via modulation of miRNA-708, resulting in increased cell survival and chemoresistance. Mol Cancer Res. 2012 Aug;10(8):1098-108. PubMed PMID: 22723308
• Drasin DJ, Robin TP, Ford HL. Breast cancer epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition: examining the functional consequences of plasticity. Breast Cancer Res. 2011;13(6):226. PubMed PMID: 22078097
• Robin TP, Rusthoven CG. Radiosurgery for small-cell lung cancer brain metastases: a review. J Thorac Dis. 2020 Oct;12(10):6234-6239. PubMed PMID: 33209462
• Robin TP, Olsen JR. SABR for metastasis-directed therapy - what we've learned and what's to come. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2020 Oct;17(10):593-594. PubMed PMID: 32699308
• Rusthoven CG, Camidge DR, Robin TP, Brown PD. Radiosurgery for Small-Cell Brain Metastases: Challenging the Last Bastion of Preferential Whole-Brain Radiotherapy Delivery. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Nov 1;38(31):3587-3591. PubMed PMID: 32776807
• Rusthoven CG, Brown PD, Robin TP. Deferring a Change in the Standard of Care for Small Cell Lung Cancer Brain Metastases-Reply. JAMA Oncol. 2020 Nov 12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33180104
• Rusthoven CG, Yamamoto M, Bernhardt D, Smith DE, Gao D, Serizawa T, Yomo S, Aiyama H, Higuchi Y, Shuto T, Akabane A, Sato Y, Niranjan A, Faramand AM, Lunsford LD, McInerney J, Tuanquin LC, Zacharia BE, Chiang V, Singh C, Yu JB, Braunstein S, Mathieu D, Touchette CJ, Lee CC, Yang HC, Aizer AA, Cagney DN, Chan MD, Kondziolka D, Bernstein K, Silverman JS, Grills IS, Siddiqui ZA, Yuan JC, Sheehan JP, Cordeiro D, Nosaki K, Seto T, Deibert CP, Verma V, Day S, Halasz LM, Warnick RE, Trifiletti DM, Palmer JD, Attia A, Li B, Cifarelli CP, Brown PD, Vargo JA, Combs SE, Kessel KA, Rieken S, Patel S, Guckenberger M, Andratschke N, Kavanagh BD, Robin TP. Evaluation of First-line Radiosurgery vs Whole-Brain Radiotherapy for Small Cell Lung Cancer Brain Metastases: The FIRE-SCLC Cohort Study. JAMA Oncol. 2020 Jul 1;6(7):1028-1037. PubMed PMID: 32496550
• Robin TP, Geiger CL, Callihan EB, Kessler ER. Prostate Cancer in Older Adults: Risk of Clinically Meaningful Disease, the Role of Screening and Special Considerations. Curr Oncol Rep. 2021 Aug 27;23(11):130. PubMed PMID: 34453258
• Shiao JC, Santoso A, Stuhr K, Bennett SJ, Gao D, Holt DE, Robin T, Fisher CM. Gynecologic interstitial brachytherapy curriculum using a low-cost phantom with ultrasound workshop and a treatment planning workshop is effective. Brachytherapy. 2021 Dec 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34876360
• Ladbury C, Li R, Shiao J, Liu J, Cristea M, Han E, Dellinger T, Lee S, Wang E, Fisher C, Chen YJ, Amini A, Robin T, Glaser S. Characterizing impact of positive lymph node number in endometrial cancer using machine-learning: A better prognostic indicator than FIGO staging?. Gynecol Oncol. 2022 Jan;164(1):39-45. PubMed PMID: 34794840
• Rusthoven CG, Brown PD, Robin TP. Deferring a Change in the Standard of Care for Small Cell Lung Cancer Brain Metastases-Reply. JAMA Oncol. 2021 Jan 1;7(1):135-136. PubMed PMID: 33180104
• Moskalenko M and Robin TP. Narrative review of immune checkpoint inhibitors and radiation therapy for brain metastases. Trans Cancer Res 10, 2527-2536 (2021)
• Amini A and Robin TP. Radiation and immunotherapy: united as one in the fight against cancer. Trans Cancer Res 10, 2525-2526 (2021)
• Fakhoury KR, Schubert LK, Coyne MD, Aldridge W, Zeiler S, Stuhr K, Waxweiler TV, Robin TP, Schefter TE, Kavanagh BD, Nath SK. Practical Implementation of Emergent After-Hours Radiation Treatment Process Using Remote Treatment Planning on Optimized Diagnostic CT Scans. Cureus. 2022 Dec;14(12):e33100. PubMed PMID: 36721584
• Schaeffer EM, Srinivas S, Adra N, An Y, Barocas D, Bitting R, Bryce A, Chapin B, Cheng HH, D'Amico AV, Desai N, Dorff T, Eastham JA, Farrington TA, Gao X, Gupta S, Guzzo T, Ippolito JE, Kuettel MR, Lang JM, Lotan T, McKay RR, Morgan T, Netto G, Pow-Sang JM, Reiter R, Roach M, Robin T, Rosenfeld S, Shabsigh A, Spratt D, Teply BA, Tward J, Valicenti R, Wong JK, Berardi RA, Shead DA, Freedman-Cass DA. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Prostate Cancer, Version 1.2023. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2022 Dec;20(12):1288-1298. PubMed PMID: 36509074
• Amini A, Robin T. Radiation and immunotherapy: united as one in the fight against cancer. Transl Cancer Res. 2021 May;10(5):2525-2526. PubMed PMID: 35116568
• Shiao JC, Holt DE, Stuhr K, Schubert L, Robin T, Fisher CM. The Kelowna template for combined intracavitary and interstitial brachytherapy for gynecologic malignancies: Design, application, treatment planning, dosimetric and treatment outcomes. Brachytherapy. 2022 Nov-Dec;21(6):823-832. PubMed PMID: 36192312
• Shiao JC, Santoso A, Stuhr K, Bennett SJ, Gao D, Holt DE, Robin T, Fisher CM. Gynecologic interstitial brachytherapy curriculum using a low-cost phantom with ultrasound workshop and a treatment planning workshop is effective. Brachytherapy. 2022 Jan-Feb;21(1):110-119. PubMed PMID: 34876360
• Moskalenko M, Robin TP. Narrative review of immune checkpoint inhibitors and radiation therapy for brain metastases. Transl Cancer Res. 2021 May;10(5):2527-2536. PubMed PMID: 35116569
• Zakem SJ, Cost CR, Cost NG, Robin TP, Milgrom SA. Brachytherapy in children, adolescents, and young adults: An underutilized modality in the United States?. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 Mar;69(3):e29412. PubMed PMID: 34699136
• Schaeffer EM, Srinivas S, Adra N, An Y, Barocas D, Bitting R, Bryce A, Chapin B, Cheng HH, D'Amico AV, Desai N, Dorff T, Eastham JA, Farrington TA, Gao X, Gupta S, Guzzo T, Ippolito JE, Kuettel MR, Lang JM, Lotan T, McKay RR, Morgan T, Netto G, Pow-Sang JM, Reiter R, Roach M, Robin T, Rosenfeld S, Shabsigh A, Spratt D, Teply BA, Tward J, Valicenti R, Wong JK, Shead DA, Snedeker J, Freedman-Cass DA. Prostate Cancer, Version 4.2023, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2023 Oct;21(10):1067-1096. PubMed PMID: 37856213
• Rusthoven CG, Staley AW, Gao D, Yomo S, Bernhardt D, Wandrey N, El Shafie R, Kraemer A, Padilla O, Chiang V, Faramand AM, Palmer JD, Zacharia BE, Wegner RE, Hattangadi-Gluth JA, Levy A, Bernstein K, Mathieu D, Cagney DN, Chan MD, Grills IS, Braunstein S, Lee CC, Sheehan JP, Kluwe C, Patel S, Halasz LM, Andratschke N, Deibert CP, Verma V, Trifiletti DM, Cifarelli CP, Debus J, Combs SE, Sato Y, Higuchi Y, Aoyagi K, Brown PD, Alami V, Niranjan A, Lunsford LD, Kondziolka D, Camidge DR, Kavanagh BD, Robin TP, Serizawa T, Yamamoto M. Comparison of first-line radiosurgery for small-cell and non-small cell lung cancer brain metastases (CROSS-FIRE). J Natl Cancer Inst. 2023 Aug 8;115(8):926-936. PubMed PMID: 37142267
• Moskalenko M, Jones BL, Mueller A, Lewis S, Shiao JC, Zakem SJ, Robin TP, Goodman KA. Fiducial Markers Allow Accurate and Reproducible Delivery of Liver Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Curr Oncol. 2023 May 16;30(5):5054-5061. PubMed PMID: 37232840
• Moreno A, Solanki AA, Xu T, Lin R, Palta J, Daugherty E, Hong D, Hong J, Kamran SC, Katsoulakis E, Brock K, Feng M, Fuller C, Mayo C. Identification of Key Elements in Prostate Cancer for Ontology Building via a Multidisciplinary Consensus Agreement. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Jun 8;15(12). PubMed PMID: 37370731
• Wandrey NE, Gao D, Robin TP, Contessa JN, Singh C, Chiang V, Li J, Chen A, Wang Y, Sheehan JP, Dutta SW, Weiss SE, Paly J, Rusthoven CG. Multicenter analysis of stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases from EGFR and ALK driven non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 2023 Feb;176:144-148. PubMed PMID: 36641932
• Grover S, Lichter KE, Likhacheva A, Jang JW, Ning MS, Robin TP, Small W Jr, Kudchadker RJ, Swamidas J, Chopra S, Rai B, Sharma SD, Sharma DN, Kuppusamy T, Yang R, Berger D, Mendez LC, Glaser S, Erickson DL, Chino J, Mourtada F, Abdel-Wahab M, Jhingran A, Simonds H, Mahantshetty U. The American Brachytherapy Society and Indian Brachytherapy Society consensus statement for the establishment of high-dose-rate brachytherapy programs for gynecological malignancies in low- and middle-income countries. Brachytherapy. 2023 Nov-Dec;22(6):716-727. PubMed PMID: 37704540
• Schaeffer EM, Srinivas S, Adra N, An Y, Bitting R, Chapin B, Cheng HH, D'Amico AV, Desai N, Dorff T, Eastham JA, Farrington TA, Gao X, Gupta S, Guzzo T, Ippolito JE, Karnes RJ, Kuettel MR, Lang JM, Lotan T, McKay RR, Morgan T, Pow-Sang JM, Reiter R, Roach M, Robin T, Rosenfeld S, Shabsigh A, Spratt D, Szmulewitz R, Teply BA, Tward J, Valicenti R, Wong JK, Snedeker J, Freedman-Cass DA. NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Prostate Cancer, Version 3.2024. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2024 Apr;22(3):140-150. PubMed PMID: 38626801
• Hannemann A, Pessoa RR, Flaig T, Kuna EM, Warren A, Robin T, Kim SP, Ballon-Landa E. Cost of upper tract imaging obtained during hematuria evaluation: Analysis of a national claims database. Urol Oncol. 2024 Aug;42(8):246.e1-246.e5. PubMed PMID: 38679529
• Mak KS, Scannell Bryan M, Dignam JJ, Shipley WU, Lin Y, Peters CA, Gore EM, Rosenthal SA, Zeitzer KL, D'Souza DP, Horwitz EM, Pisansky TM, Maier JM, Chafe SM, Robin TP, Roach M 3rd, Tran PT, Souhami L, Michalski JM, Hartford AC, Feng FY, Sandler HM, Efstathiou JA. Cardiovascular Mortality and Duration of Androgen Deprivation in Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer: Long-term Update of NRG/RTOG 9202. Eur Urol Focus. 2024 Feb 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38307806
• Shiao JC, Gao D, Mueller A, Holt DE, Moskalenko M, Zaccone J, Waxweiler TV, Robin TP, Nath SK. Pilot Curriculum for Continued Professional Development of Radiation Oncology Nurses. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2024 Feb;9(2):101372. PubMed PMID: 38405320
• Santoso AP, Vinogradskiy Y, Robin TP, Goodman KA, Schefter TE, Miften M, Jones BL. Clinical and Dosimetric Impact of 2D kV Motion Monitoring and Intervention in Liver Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2024 Mar;9(3):101409. PubMed PMID: 38298328

Professional Memberships

• American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), Member
• American Brachytherapy Society (ABS), Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth Radiation Oncology - Anschutz Medical Campus
1665 Aurora Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0100

University of Colorado Cancer Center - Anschutz Medical Campus
1665 Aurora Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0300

Rocky Mountain Gamma Knife Center - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-1290

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Radiation Oncology, Board Certification

Conditions & Treatments

• Cancers - Radiation Therapy
• Cancers