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Send us Fan Mail The Red Journal in coordination with its partners at the Virtual Visiting Professor Network organized a discussion of "The Big Debate: Where Must Radiation Oncology Go First in the 2020s?" This month's podcast features the five speakers: Dr. Wendy Woodward representing Molecular Biology, Dr. Chuck Mayo representing Artificial Intelligence, Dr. Dan Golden representin...

Send us Fan Mail Practical Radiation Oncology Executive Editor Anamaria Yeung, MD, hosts a discussion on the ASTRO clinical practice guideline on radiation therapy for cervical cancer. Junzo Chino, MD of Duke Cancer Center and Catheryn Yashar, MD, from the University of California - San Diego join Dr. Yeung for this episode to discuss the benefits and drawbacks of external beam radiation therapy a...

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Send us Fan Mail Editor-in-Chief, Robert Amdur, MD, discusses an article published in PRO, "Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Nonspine Bone Metastases: International Practice Patterns to Guide Treatment Planning." This article reports survey results regarding clinicians' preferred dose schedule for SBRT treatment of nonspine bone metastases, as well as how they feel about the...

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Send us Fan Mail Practical Radiation Oncology senior editor Michael Buckstein, MD, PhD, hosts a discussion on the recently published ASTRO clinical practice guideline on radiation therapy for rectal cancer (https://www.practicalradonc.org/article/S1879-8500(20)30207-1/fulltext). Two of the authors of the guideline, Jennifer Wo, MD of Massachusetts General Hospital and Prajnan Das, MD, MS, MPH of M...

Send us Fan Mail Issue Highlights February 1, 2021

Send us Fan Mail In his debut podcast as Editor-in-Chief, Robert Amdur, MD, discusses several of the new Practical Radiation Oncology journal initiatives upcoming in 2021. New projects include the establishment of a new article type, expansions of the journal’s social media presence, and an increase in regular podcasts.

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Send us Fan Mail As part of the new featured section of the Red Journal, Statistics for the People, Deputy Editor Sue Yom, MD, PhD, hosts an in-depth discussion on the use of propensity scores with Beow Yeap, ScD, David Cheng, PhD, and Red Journal methodology editor David Sher, MD.

Send us Fan Mail Issue Highlights November 1, 2020

Send us Fan Mail As part of the Red Journal’s special issue focused on COVID-19 and its impact on Radiation Oncology, the October 2020 Issue Highlights podcast has been produced in conjunction with the Virtual Visiting Professor Network. The podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Anthony Zietman, MD, FASTRO and Deputy Editor Sue Yom, MD, PhD, and features guests Paul Volberding, MD, and Daphne Haas-...

Send us Fan Mail Wesley Talcott, MD, and Sue Evans, MD, MPH join PRO Senior Editor Bhisham Chera, MD, to discuss their article "A Blinded, Prospective Study of Error Detection During Physician Chart Rounds in Radiation Oncology ." The authors discuss their motivation for the study, how plan review and chart rounds can be more effective, and more. Also available in the September-October 2...

Send us Fan Mail In conjunction with the special September issue of the Red Journal, Silvia Chiara Formenti, MD, FASTRO joins Editor-in-Chief Anthony Zietman, MD, FASTRO to discuss the latest developments in immunotherapy as they relates to radiation oncology, including checkpoint inhibitors, the abscopal effect, and how these changes could affect the future of the field.

Send us Fan Mail The August 1st Red Journal podcast features a discussion of Black representation in radiation oncology. Guest panelists include Curtiland Deville, Jr., MD, of Johns Hopkins University; Iris Gibbs, MD, FACR, FASTRO, of Stanford University; Chelsea Pinnix, MD, PhD, of MD Anderson Cancer Center, and special guest Freeman Hrabowski III, PhD, president of the University of Maryland, Ba...

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Send us Fan Mail Thomas Eichler, MD, FASTRO discusses the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on radiation oncology clinics, providers, and patients. This podcast includes answers to some of the most frequently asked questions by ASTRO members regarding how to manage patient care, staffing concerns, and more. This information was compiled by a workgroup comprised of volunteers from academic a...

Send us Fan Mail There are few fully accrued contemporary studies that randomize patients to surgery or radiation for curative treatment of a solid tumor. Featured in the April 1 Oncology Scan, the ORATOR 1 clinical trial is one such study of head and neck cancer that compared primary transoral robotic surgery (TORS) versus radiation therapy (RT) for treatment of oropharynx cancer, with a patient...

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