Manisha Palta
Experienced in Breast Cancer

Dr. Manisha Palta

Radiation Oncology
Duke Health
Duke Cancer Center Radiation Oncology
20 Duke Medicine Cir, 
Durham, NC 
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Experienced in Breast Cancer
Duke Health
Duke Cancer Center Radiation Oncology
20 Duke Medicine Cir, 
Durham, NC 
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Overview

I’m a radiation oncologist who primarily treat patients with gastrointestinal cancers and breast cancer. I also do clinical research trials. I’m specifically researching how exercise impacts a patient’s cancer growth and side effects of cancer. I’ve always liked helping people and in college I volunteered in the oncology ward and knew then I had found my passion. Interacting with patients is my favorite part of my job. I like to explain to them how radiation works and how it can benefit them. My hope is to provide my patients with an explanation that gives them less anxiety and less fear about the treatment.

Dr. Palta is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Breast Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Ampullary Cancer, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 92 peer reviewed articles and participating in 4 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 4 articles in the study of Breast Cancer.

Specialties
Radiation Oncology
Licenses
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program in NC
Board Certifications
American Board Of Radiology, Radiation Oncology
Hospital Affiliations
Duke University Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Locations

Duke Cancer Center Radiation Oncology
20 Duke Medicine Cir, Durham, NC 27710

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Palta has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Esophageal Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Melanoma
Liver Cancer

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


4 Clinical Trials

Non-Operative Management and Early Response Assessment in Rectal Cancer
Non-Operative Management and Early Response Assessment in Rectal Cancer
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: October 23, 2025
Intervention Type: Drug, Radiation
Study Phase: Not Applicable
Pembrolizumab, Radiotherapy, and Chemotherapy in Neoadjuvant Treatment of Malignant Esophago-gastric Diseases (PROCEED)
Pembrolizumab, Radiotherapy, and Chemotherapy in Neoadjuvant Treatment of Malignant Esophago-gastric Diseases (PROCEED)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: April 10, 2025
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Phase: Phase 2
GRECO-2: A Randomized, Phase 2b Study of GC4711 in Combination With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) in the Treatment of Unresectable or Borderline Resectable Nonmetastatic Pancreatic Cancer
GRECO-2: A Randomized, Phase 2b Study of GC4711 in Combination With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) in the Treatment of Unresectable or Borderline Resectable Nonmetastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Enrollment Status: Terminated
Publish Date: May 21, 2024
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Drug: Drug GC4711
Study Phase: Phase 2
Phase II Randomized Trial Comparing Percutaneous Ablation to Hypofractionated Image-Guided Radiation Therapy in Veteran and Non-Veteran, Non-surgical Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients (PROVE-HCC)
Phase II Randomized Trial Comparing Percutaneous Ablation to Hypofractionated Image-Guided Radiation Therapy in Veteran and Non-Veteran, Non-surgical Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients (PROVE-HCC)
Enrollment Status: Terminated
Publish Date: July 08, 2022
Intervention Type: Procedure, Radiation
Study Phase: Not Applicable
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92 Total Publications

Biliary Tract Cancers, Version 2.2025, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines In Oncology.
Biliary Tract Cancers, Version 2.2025, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines In Oncology.
Journal: Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN
Published: September 10, 2025
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