ASTRO Journals

Send us Fan Mail Editor in Chief Dr. Sue Yom co-hosts with Biology Editor Dr. Henning Willers, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Director of Translational Radiation Research at Mass General Brigham, welcoming our guest Dr. Pippa Cosper, Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Oncology at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Cosper discusses her first-author article published in...

Send us Fan Mail Editor-in-Chief Sue Yom hosts Associate Editor Dr. Sara Alcorn, Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Clinical Strategy, and Director of Palliative Care at the University of Minnesota; Michael Shing Fung Lee, Consultant in the Department of Radiation Oncology at National University Cancer Institute and Clinical Senior Lecturer at the National University Hospital Singapore; and Dr. He...

Send us Fan Mail The role for radiation in the management of gastric cancer is evolving, given developments in systemic therapy.  ASTRO has released updated guidelines to provide evidence-based expert consensus on where radiation fits in the modern management of this disease.  This PRO podcast from Drs. Michael Buckstein, MD, PhD, Salma Jabbour, MD, and Christopher Anker, MD will help you navigate...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Sue Yom, Editor in Chief, co-hosts with Section Editor Dr. Kilian Salerno, Associate Research Physician at the United States’ National Cancer Institute Radiation Oncology Branch, discussing this month’s Oncology Scan, “Proton beam radiotherapy for all children and adolescents globally: Is this a realistic and cost-effective goal?” Guests include Dr. Jeannette Parkes, Head of R...

Send us Fan Mail Editor-in-Chief Sue Yom hosts three editors who pick highlights from the special issue! Dr. Nicholas Zaorsky is Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Vice Chair of Education and Director of Genitourinary Oncology at University Hospitals in Cleveland. Dr. Michelle Kim, Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology and Co-Chair...

Send us Fan Mail Deputy Editor Dr. David Palma hosts four authors from our SBRT Clinical Trials special issue: Dr. Anand Swaminath, Associate Professor at McMaster University and supervising author of “ Quality of Life of Stereotactic Versus Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Inoperable Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Results From the LUSTRE Trial ”; Dr. Kristin Karlsson, Medical Physicist...

Send us Fan Mail Editor-in-Chief Sue Yom hosts Dr. David Cooke, Physician-in-Chief at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Professor and Founding Chief of the Division of General Thoracic Surgery, and Task Force Chair of the UC Davis Comprehensive Lung Cancer Screening Program; Dr. Ella Kazerooni, Director of Cardiothoracic Radiology, Chair of the Radiology Service Excellence Program at the Unive...

Send us Fan Mail ASTRO has recently updated guidelines for WHO Grade 4 Adult-Type Diffuse Glioma Guideline to align practice with outcomes from multiple newly published studies for higher grade gliomas published over the past decade. This podcast, led by Dr. Majid Al-Othman, features lead authors of the new ASTRO WHO Grade 4 Adult Glioma guidelines Dr. Debra Nana Yeboa, MD and Dr. Joseph Bovi, MD...

Send us Fan Mail Editor-in-Chief Sue Yom hosts Dr. Dan Golden, Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Rush University Medical Center and the author of an essay in this month’s Real Talk on Wellness section, “ After Burnout: Reigniting the Flame ”; Dr. Marie Soller, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Oregon Health and Scie...

Send us Fan Mail Editor-in-Chief Dr. Sue Yom hosts Dr. June Corry, Radiation Oncologist at GenesisCare, Fitzroy, at St Vincent's Hospital, prior Chair of the NPC committee of the Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group’s project ANROTAT, Assessment of New Radiation Oncology Technology and Treatments, and first author of a new article, “ Can Radiotherapy Quality Assurance improve nasopharyngeal...

Send us Fan Mail In this podcast, PRO Section Editor, Minsun Kim, Ph. D., Professor, University of Texas Southwestern discusses Physics Patient Consults Program with Cassandra Stambaugh, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Tufts University and Ralph Ermoian, MD, Professor, University of Washington. Drs. Stambaugh and Ermoian pioneered the Physics Patient Consults Program at their institutions, bringing a...

Send us Fan Mail Editor-in-Chief Sue Yom hosts Dr. Justin Smith, a Registrar in Queensland, Australia, and Dr. Lachlan McDowell, attending radiation oncologist at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, Australia and Section Editor for Head and Neck Cancers at the journal. They were the first and last authors of “ Red Journal Reviews: Typology, Methodology, and Standards. ”

Send us Fan Mail Editor-in-Chief Sue Yom co-hosts with Dr. Claire Vanpouille-Box, Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine, Associate Editor in Biology at our journal, and expert on radiation and immunotherapy, interviewing Associate Professor Dr. Tsubasa Watanabe and Postdoctoral Scholar Dr. Genki Sato from the Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science at Kyoto University, who w...

Send us Fan Mail Editor-in-Chief Sue Yom co-hosts with Dr. Sarah Milgrom, Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Colorado and Section Editor for Lymphoma, interviewing Dr. Brad Hoppe, Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology and Medical Director of Particle Therapy from Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, who was last author on “The Role of Radiation Therap...

Send us Fan Mail For ASTRO 2025, our Editor-in-Chief Dr. Sue Yom hosts Dr. Minesh Mehta, Chief, Deputy Director and John and Mary Lou Dasburg Endowed Chair in Radiation Oncology at Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute and first author of the article “ Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) therapy after stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer: final results of the...

Send us Fan Mail Editor-in-Chief Dr. Sue Yom hosts Dr. Ben Corn, Professor of Oncology and Director of the Institute for the Study of Hope, Dignity & Wellbeing at Hebrew University School of Medicine in Jerusalem, and first author of our article published this month, ““ Hope” Drives Quality of Life in Patients With Brain Metastases, But, the “Hope Center” Remains Elusive: An Analysis of NRG-CC...

Send us Fan Mail ASTRO has recently updated guidelines for post mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) to align practice with outcomes from multiple newly published studies for locally advanced breast cancer published over the past decade. This podcast, led by Melissa Pulfer Mitchell, MD, features lead authors of the new ASTRO PMRT guidelines Kathleen C. Horst, MD, and Rachel B. Jimenez, MD, and highlight...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Sue Yom, Editor in Chief, co-hosts with Deputy Editor Dr. Alison Tree, in discussion/debate with Dr. John Floberg, Associate Professor and Director of Theranostics in the Department of Human Oncology at the University of Wisconsin and last author of “Severe Late Toxicities (Grade 3-5) with 13 Years of Follow-up after Hypofractionated Postprostatectomy Radiotherapy”; Dr. Paul S...

Send us Fan Mail Editor-in-Chief Sue Yom hosts a discussion of lung cancer reirradiation with Dr. Charles Simone, Chief Medical Officer of the New York Proton Center and Full Member at Memorial Sloan Kettering and Dr. Kristen Higgins, Chief Clinical Officer for City of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta, first and co authors on a paper entitled “American Radium Society Appropriate Use Criteria Systematic...

Send us Fan Mail Editor in Chief Dr. Sue Yom hosts a discussion of reirradiation planning based on the Michigan model of the special medical physics consultation, as explained by guests Dr. Kelly Paradis, Associate Professor of Medical Physics in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Michigan, and Dr. Martha Matuszak, the Laurie Snow Professor of Radiation Oncology and Associat...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Sue Yom, our Editor in Chief, hosts a discussion of workforce issues related to adaptive radiation therapy, with guests Dr. Lauren Henke, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University and Director of her department’s Residency and GI Programs, and last author of “Quality and Safety Considerations for Adaptive Radiation Thera...

Send us Fan Mail ASTRO has recently released its first consensus guidelines on the treatment of anal cancer. This podcast, led by Michael Buckstein, MD PhD, features Dr. Mary Feng, lead author of the guidelines, and Dr. Chris Hallemeier as they discuss the nuances of the new guidelines, especially as it pertains to the more challenging aspects involving radiation for anal cancer. The podcast also...

Send us Fan Mail Editor in Chief Sue Yom hosts a discussion with Dr. Michelle Kim (CNS, University of Michigan), Dr. Michael Chuong (GI, Miami Cancer Institute), and Dr. Alison Tree (GU/editorials, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust), highlighting their top picks from their sections of the special issue.​

Send us Fan Mail Editor in Chief Sue Yom hosts four of our artists – Jen Bellon, our journal’s Art Editor, who was previously at Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham & Women’s Hospital, and now works as an independent art consultant; Annie Lavigne, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at Johns Hopkins University; Josh No, Attending Physician at Kaiser Permanente; and Tony Orlina, Lead Dos...

Send us Fan Mail Editor in Chief Dr. Sue Yom hosts a discussion with Dr. Ying Xiao, Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania and a leader of the Center for Innovation in Radiation Oncology at NRG Oncology, and Dr. Jeffrey Buchsbaum, Medical Officer in the Radiation Research Program of the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health. They are the first an...