❇️Radiotherapy for Painful Musculoskeletal Conditions will be widely adopted in the next 5 years.❇️

Over the next 5 years, radiotherapy for painful musculoskeletal conditions is expected to see widespread adoption, driven by community radiotherapy programs. I’ve seen a similar…

Some common sense radiation oncology! Nice to see the movement spreading. Maybe one day will have some common sense myeloma.

Common Sense (Radiation) Oncology: Redefining targets in radiotherapy - Radiotherapy and Oncology thegreenjournal.com/article/S0167-…

Stepping into PD for UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Rad onc. Very excited and nervous to educate our compassionate intelligent residents ! Will be seeking advice from past and present greats Lauren Henke, MD, MSCI Albert Attia Jordan Kharofa Christina Henson, MD Rahul Tendulkar, MD !

Our 7th Annual Pediatric Radiation Oncology Virtual Course for #RadOnc Residents and Fellows is Friday, May 10th. Chelsea C Pinnix MD PhD Emma B. Holliday MD
 
Register in advance for this free course:
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🤝Collaboration with industry partners is essential to address #Healthcare #Sustainability & #Climate change's impact on health.

Appreciate the opportunity to participate in Siemens Healthineers #Shape24Spotlight to safeguard the #health of our planet 🌎

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A drug that costs 30 grand a month that improves PFS in cancer by a few months is celebrated!

Take most solid metastatic solid cancers and radiate a few large masses. That would also prolong PFS for much cheaper yet I suspect this would be riducled.
Jeff Ryckman

🇺🇸 Wishing a safe and uneventful military deployment for our friend and colleague, Evan Thomas MD/PhD, who will spend the next few weeks in Iraq. #radonc

I finally read CROSSFIRE (IRE vs. MRI-guided SBRT after chemo in locally advanced pancreas cancer) in detail.

There are a few issues. Brief thread.

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James Shen, who is training to be a radiology oncologist, felt stunned when he was diagnosed with a widespread, rare cancer. today.com/health/disease…

RCT QOL study - HDR vs LDR prostate boost
Faster GU recovery w HDR, LDR w GI issues for longer
Both w reasonable toxicities and much less than seen in ASCENDE...technique matters!
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Freddy E Escorcia (@freddyeescorcia elsewhere)
With re to your #radonc history query...I guess now is as good a time as any to turn this aging powerpoint into a twitter thread... (1/n)

👋🏻👋🏻 hey would love to work with you ! We are hiring for a thoracic rad onc and med onc position UT Health San Antonio ! Please feel free to DM me to inquire within!

Today, the American Urological Association (AUA), in partnership with the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO), released the 2024 clinical practice guideline on salvage therapy for prostate cancer.

➡️ bit.ly/49zBHk1

You down with ECC

Yeah you know me

✅ ASCO Climate Change Policy Statement
✅ ASTRO Climate Change Policy Statement (June 2023)

👏Climate Equity = Health Equity👏

We will be hosting quarterly open meetings this year! Come join us, we’d love to meet you!

Y'all know about the ASTRO early career committee?!

TAP hosts Austin Sim, MD JD, Anna Paulsson, MD, Avinash Chaurasia to discuss how this nascent committee is on a mission to improve #RadOnc .

Don't miss their resource page (members only) and suggestion box on the ASTRO website!

Out now in IJROBP - The Red Journal, my piece with Robert Timmerman describing a new way to approach radiation toxicity that we term as CUT: calculated useful trauma.

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Pretty cool! Eating some bacteria reduced the risk of a very unpleasant radiation induced toxicity (mucositis).

Streptococcus salivarius K12 Alleviates Oral Mucositis in Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy for Malignant Head and Neck Tumors: ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…

Calling all #radonc residents, especially PGY-5s!

Want oral boards practice but can't find your own group?

We are forming #oralboards study groups to take the stress out of you finding one yourself!
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