ASTRO Journals

Dr. Jeffrey Olsen, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Colorado and section editor of our gastrointestinal section, co-leads a discussion along with our Editor-in-Chief Dr. Sue Yom, with Dr. Nima Nabavizadeh, Associate Professor of Radiation Medicine at the Oregon Health and Science University, the supervising author of "Low Utilization of External Beam Radiation Therapy...

Editor-in-Chief, Robert Amdur, MD, reviews two PRO papers that discuss the risk of serious esophageal damage from Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy to a vertebral body. One article is a Morbidity and Mortality Conference paper titled : "Esophageal Damage from Thoracic Spine SBRT" and the other is a Technical Report titled "Efficacy of an Esophageal Spacer for Spine Radiosurgery: First Experience...

Our Editor-in-Chief Dr. Sue Yom hosts a discussion of reimbursement and the application of alternative payment models to radiation oncology. Guests are Dr. Brian Baumann, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology and Chief of the Genitourinary Service at Washington University in St. Louis, and Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Jame...

Practical Radiation Oncology deputy editor James B. Yu, MD, Columbia University Irvine Center hosts a conversation on ASTRO clinical practice guideline on radiation therapy for Brain Metastases. Eric Chang MD of the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Veronica Chiang, MD, of Yale University School of Medicine discuss the recommendations in the four key areas: what are the indications for radiosurge...

This month, Dr. Lucinda Morris, Consultant Radiation Oncologist at St George & The Sutherland Hospital in New South Wales, Australia and expert in geriatric cancer care, and our Education and Profession Section Editor Dr. Paris Ann Ingledew, Department Head at the British Columbia Cancer Agency in Vancouver, Canada and expert in educational frameworks and curricula, join our Editor-in-Chief Dr. Su...

Editor-in-Chief, Robert Amdur, MD, explains the group of six papers on radiopharmaceutical therapy published in the July/August issue of Practical Radiation Oncology. These papers summarize the information clinicians need to know to direct radiopharmaceutical therapy in their clinic. Two papers explain background information and four focus on patient selection and the details of administration whe...

The latest podcast by Sue Yom, MD, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics addresses the status of hypofractionation in radiation therapy for locoregonally advanced lung cancer. Articles discussed include Hoppe et al.’s article "Chemoradiation with Hypofractionated Proton Therapy in Stage II-III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Proton Collaborative Group P...

Editor-in-Chief, Robert Amdur, MD, summarizes two essays from the Narrative Oncology section of recent issues of Practical Radiation Oncology. "The First Human Heart Transplant and Radiation Therapy" is published in the Jan/February issue and "The Gold Ring" in the May/June issue.

July 1, 2022 RJ podcast: The Role of Radiation Therapy in Diffuse Large B-cell lymphoma. The latest podcast by Sue Yom, MD, Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics addresses the balance of local and systemic issues that condition the use of radiation therapy in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Articles discussed include Campbell et al.'s Onc...

Editor-in-Chief, Robert Amdur, MD, reviews two papers that explain how to improve OAR sparing based on more demanding dosimetry goals. One article is published in the March/April issue of PRO titled "Clinical Use of A Priori Knowledge of OAR Sparing During Radiotherapy Treatment for Oropharyngeal Cancer: Dosimetric and Patient Reported Outcome Improvements". The other article is In Press at PRO an...

June 1, 2022 RJ podcast: Three Chippy Topics in Prostate Cancer. In this month’s podcast, two Genitourinary section editors, Dr. Alison Tree, consultant clinical oncologist at The Royal Marsden and Honorary Faculty at the Institute of Cancer Research, and Dr. Daniel Spratt, Chairman and Professor of Radiation Oncology at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve Universit...

May 1, 2022 RJ podcast: Leadership and Real World Practice in Lung Cancer and Head and Neck Cancer. The latest podcast by Sue Yom, MD, Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics addresses: the definition and importance of leadership, radiographic followup in stage I lung cancer, maintenance immunotherapy in stage III lung cancer, and decision making with T...

Editor-in-Chief, Robert Amdur, MD, reviews a paper from the March/April issue of PRO, "Is elective inguinal or external iliac irradiation during neoadjuvant (chemo)radiotherapy necessary for locally advanced lower rectal cancer with anal sphincter invasion?" This paper presents a nomogram to inform the decision about targeting the inguinal and external iliac nodes for elective dose radiotherapy in...

Editor-in-Chief, Robert Amdur, MD, reviews a paper from the March/April issue of PRO, "Implications of medical board certification practices on family planning and professional trajectory for early career female radiation oncologists." This paper presents the results of a national survey and requests changes in the structure of the ABR examinations. The paper is accompanied by a commentary by ABR...

April 1, 2022 RJ podcast: Frequentist vs Bayesian statistics. Editor-in-Chief Dr. Sue Yom hosts a discussion of Bayesian statistics with Dr. David Sher, Statistics for the People Editor and Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Texas Southwestern, and Dr. Gareth Price, Senior Lecturer in the Division of Cancer Sciences at The University of Manchester and supervising author of the ne...

Practical Radiation Oncology associate section editor Leslie Ballas, MD hosts a conversation on the use of CAR-T therapy in hematologic malignancies. Dr. Ballas is joined by Joanna Yang, MD, MPH, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Brandon Imber, MD, MA, from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and John P. Plastaras, MD, PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. They provide an...

Radiation-Induced Senescence. Dr. Sue Yom, Editor-in-Chief, hosts a discussion of radiation-induced senescence with Dr. Marjan Boerma, Radiation Biology Section Editor at the Red Journal and Professor and Director of the Division of Radiation Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and Dr. Agnès François, Research Engineer in the Radiobiology of Medical Exposure Laboratory at th...

Editor-in-Chief, Robert Amdur, MD, reviews a paper from the <a href="https://www.practicalradonc.org/issue/S1879-8500(21)X0006-9">November/December</a> issue of PRO, "<a href="https://www.practicalradonc.org/article/S1879-8500(21)00209-5/fulltext">A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare the Use of Conventional Dark-Ink Tattoo and Ultraviolet-Ink Tattoo for Patients U...

Editor-in-Chief, Robert Amdur, MD, discusses a topic featured in the <a href="https://www.practicalradonc.org/issue/S1879-8500(21)X0007-0">January/February</a> issue of PRO, the scope of practice in radiation oncology. Dr. Amdur provides an overview of the key points from ASTRO’s 2002 SCOPE Report and compares it to the current report. An example of lifelong management of patients is p...

Health Services Research. The latest podcast by Sue Yom, MD, Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics focuses on: health services research and breast cancer hypofractionation.

Practical Radiation Oncology section editor Daniel T. Chang, MD, hosts a conversation on the recently published ASTRO clinical practice guideline on external beam radiation therapy for primary liver cancers. Two of the guideline authors, Smith Apisarnthanarax, MD of University of Washington and Higinia Cardenes, MD, PhD of Weill Cornell, discuss the development process of the guideline and the evi...

National Workforce Surveys. Our Editor-in-Chief Sue Yom hosts a discussion of national workforce surveys with Dr. Shaun Loewen, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the University of Calgary Radiation Oncology Residency Training Program and Chair of the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO) Human Resources Committee, and Dr. Nicola Thorp, Consultant in Clinical Oncology at the...

Parting Thoughts from Anthony Zietman. Incoming Editor in Chief of the Red Journal, Sue Yom, MD, PhD, hosts a podcast with Anthony Zietman, MD - his final episode as Editor in Chief. The conversation includes a discussion of the history of the journal, changes in scientific publishing, and memorable moments from Dr. Zietman's tenure.

The Story of SBRT. Dr. Sue Yom introduces new initiatives for the Red Journal under her editorship and discusses the origins, establishment, and future potential of stereotactic radiotherapy with Dr. Robert Timmerman.

Practical Radiation Oncology executive editor Sanford Meeks, PhD, hosts a conversation on the use of single-isocenter radiosurgery for multiple metastases. Dr. Meeks is joined by Richard Popple, PhD and John Fiveash, MD from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, as well as Stephen Tenn, PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles and Catherine Mercado, MD, from Orlando Health Cancer Inst...