Ready, set, go.... 🚀 Oncology Brothers

radiation therapy is used in over 50% of all cancer cases due to its efficacy as a curative treatment and improved quality of life over surgery, yet the field sees a meager 3% of global oncology research budget. it’s time to change this

A new review is published that sheds light on radiographic scars developing after lung SBRT. Caveat: these scars are generally a healing wound, not tumor progression. The article also provides new guidance on how to act upon concerning findings. #radonc doi.org/10.1016/j.lung…

New paper out in IJROBP - The Red Journal #RedJournal ASTRO Important message: #radonc contours affect #ProstateCancer outcomes. Quick 🧵1/n 👏👏 Allison Zhong, MD Asona Lui, MD, PhD UC San Diego Health Moores Cancer Center UC San Diego Rad Med

Happy to report long-term outcomes of intensity modulated radiotherapy for locally-advanced lung cancer in JAMA Oncology. May this finally put an end to the debate on IMRT for NSCLC. Puneeth Iyengar Robert Timmerman Cliff Robinson Jeff Bradley, MD Vivek Kavadi jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao…

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Burnout & moral injury in medicine have affected so many health care workers. As a mid-career physician, here’s what I’ve learned to combat it - I hope others find it to be helpful. In Search of Joy and Meaning in Modern Medicine JCO Oncology Practice ascopubs.org/doi/pdf/10.120…

Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) is a leading cause of blindness, affecting 8% of adults globally. A new study evaluated the safety and efficacy of 16-Gy stereotactic radiotherapy for the treatment of nAMD. Explore the findings: hubs.li/Q02Fyfcj0

Response-adapted RT led to complete resolution of orbital disease in 90% of patients Chelsea C Pinnix MD PhD Bouthaina Dabaja MD #radonc jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao…

This is a labor of love led by the Herzon Lab, which highlights the benefits of creative, cross-disciplinary collaborations in science…excited to drive this into the clinic at light speed 🙏🏽🙌🏽 Yale Radiation Oncology Residency Yale Chemistry Yale Pathology Yale Cancer Center Yale Ventures modifibio

Our international study assessing celiac plexus radiosurgery has just been published in Lancet Oncology. A new approach to pancreatic cancer pain. Thank you to the many people who helped this happen! jpost.com/health-and-wel… ד"ר איתי גל 🩺 Dr. Itay Gal M.D

Grateful to be awarded the time and resources needed to turn cancer clinical trial ideas into reality. Patients deserve new treatment options that offer quality of life advances, and I’m fortunate all my teams UVM Cancer Center appreciate this as we develop these trials.

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🧵1/6 📜 New study alert! About 25% of patients for curative RT in India have a prior h/o Channel TURP mostly for disease related obstruction. Priyamvada Maitre Maneesh Singh #ProstateCancer #RadiationTherapy #TURP

Congrats Ethan Ludmir MD and Chad Tang, MD! This MD Anderson Cancer Center P2 randomized study shows PFS of 10.3 mo vs. 2.5 mo in #PancreasCancer pts with oligometastatic dz treated with metastasis-directed therapy+sys tx vs. sys tx alone. #radonc #endcancer ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…

We're hiring for a position in Burlington, VT! Join our team committed to delivering high-quality, compassionate care in a collaborative and supportive environment Details & application link below. Feel free to reach out to me with questions #radonc 👇 uvmjobs.com/postings/74967

1/6 New Article Alert Hot in @BMJ_Oncology, our prospective study investigates the 🤔 #Bladdercancer treatment dilemma: 🔪 Radical cystectomy vs 🎯 Bladder preservation have Similar survival, but what about QOL? Tata Memorial Hospital TMC Radiation Oncology Sheetal R Kashid

🛑🛑🛑Here is our STOP RCT looking at SABR in patients with oligoprogressive cancers, just published in @ijrobp www-redjournal-org.proxy1.lib.uwo.ca/article/S0360-… We learned a few important lessons for clinical practice and for the design of future trials...(thread 👇)

Congrats to #UVMLarnerMed student Katie Waeldner and faculty mentor Nataniel Lester-Coll, M.D., on a recent grant award for a rural radiation cancer research project!🎉 #ruralhealth #radiationtherapy Office of Research at UVM University of Vermont UVM Medical Center UVM Cancer Center