Dr. M. A. Hayat has published extensively in the fields of Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells; Pediatric Cancer: Diagnosis, Therapy, and Prognosis; Tumor Dormancy, Quiescence, and Senescence; Cancer Imaging: Instrumentation and Applications; Methods of Cancer Diagnosis, Therapy, and Prognosis; Immunohistochemistry and In Situ Hybridization of Human Carcinomas. Dr. Hayat has also edited 7 volumes discussing the subject of Autophagy: Cancer, Other Pathologies, Inflammation, Immunity, Infection, and Aging.