AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has released an updated radiation therapy guideline for rectal cancer. The guideline was published November 25 in Practical Radiation Oncology.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

discussed the capability of the PET imaging agent 18F-flotufolastat for diagnosing post-prostatectomy recurrence of prostate cancer in patients with PSA values less than 1 ng/mL, based on research presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) conference. In a recent interview, Bridget Koontz, M.D.,

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Spiritual beliefs and a distrust of clinical research may partly explain why Black patients choose not to participate in cancer trials, according to research presented September 30 at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and proton therapy offer equally high quality of life and tumor control for people with prostate cancer, according to a study presented September 30 at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 25, 2024

The ASRT Foundation funds radiologic technologists to participate in the ISEA program, which provides the opportunity for two outstanding ASRT members to travel to one international conference each year and present to an audience of their peers and other related health care professionals. Lorrie LeGrand.

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OCTOBER 1, 2023

Demonstrations at ASTRO include Brachytherapy planning Cyberknife planning Synthetic CT generation Deep learning segmentation LET evaluation Cloud based data analytics Customizable oncology workflows Occular planning Poster presentations Comprehensive Beam Modeling, Secondary Dose Computations and Treatment Planning for a 1.5

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A radiopharmaceutical therapy that lengthens progression-free survival for patients with neuroendocrine cancer could help treat meningioma sufferers, according to research presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 16, 2024

Registration is open for the American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO) 66 th annual meeting, which will be held at the Walter E. It is also expected to feature more than 2,300 research presentations and posters, expert panels and speakers, and storytelling sessions on current issues in radiation oncology.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A daily MR imaging technique can quantify tumor changes in glioblastoma patients undergoing MRI-guided radiation therapy, according to a study published September 30 in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology-Biology-Physics.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 12, 2024

Beyder, along with Vikas Prasad, MD, PhD, and BJH/WU Radiation Oncology all played an integral role in launching the SNMMI radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) comprehensive center of excellence at WU, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and Siteman Cancer Center last year.

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APRIL 28, 2023

Chen is a board-certified radiation oncologist and Medical Director of the Central Nervous System (CNS) program at Jersey Shore University Medical Center , where he recently joined the staff. Throughout his career, Dr. Chen has delivered numerous presentations, conducted research, and contributed publications to medical literature.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Timing may be key when adding immunotherapy to chemoradiation for lung cancer treatment, suggest findings presented September 30 at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in Washington, DC.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 7, 2024

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APRIL 26, 2023

The guideline is published in Practical Radiation Oncology. The multidisciplinary ASTRO/ESTRO task force included radiation, medical and surgical oncologists, a radiation oncology resident, a pulmonologist, thoracic surgeons, a medical physicist and a patient representative.

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JULY 3, 2023

The prostate-specific PET radiotracer used in the presented study – 18F-DCFPyL (PyL) – binds to prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), a protein that is expressed in significantly elevated amounts by prostate cancer cells. professor and chair of City of Hope’s Department of Radiation Oncology. “As

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Results from a long-term secondary analysis of the NRG Oncology-RTOG 0617 Phase III study, with a median follow-up of 5.2 versus 8.2%. The findings were presented today at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2023 World Conference on Lung Cancer by Stephen Chun, M.D.,

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

“I think this is quite exciting,” said principal investigator Dr. Sandra Demaria , professor of radiation oncology at Weill Cornell Medicine and pathologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, who conducted the research under the auspices of the Department of Radiation Oncology.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Patients with brain metastases who experience cognitive side effects after radiation therapy appear to eventually regain cognitive function, according to a presentation delivered September 29 at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Washington, DC.

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OCTOBER 3, 2023

This special edition features presentations by MD Anderson researchers at the 2023 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting. A new study presented by Aaron Seo, M.D., Seo will present the results on Oct. In a new study presented by Alexander Sherry, M.D.,

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

We are pleased to present these results from the LIGHTHOUSE study to the radiation oncology community at ASTRO,” said David E. Such information can help guide treatment selection and potentially avoid futile surgery for patients with high-risk disease.” “We Gauden, D.Phil. Chief Executive Officer of Blue Earth Diagnostics.

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JUNE 6, 2023

We seek to continually implement new technologies in the Department of Radiation Oncology at NYU,” said Matthew Witten, MD, PhD , Chief Physicist, Department of Radiation Oncology at NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

milla1cf Mon, 11/20/2023 - 12:49 November 20, 2023 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued a clinical guideline on partial breast irradiation for patients with early-stage invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ ( DCIS ).

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

At the meeting, held from October 1 to October 4, 2023, in San Diego, Simon Powell, MD, PhD, FRCP , Chair of MSK’s Department of Radiation Oncology and Enid A. Haupt Chair in Radiation Oncology, was honored with ASTRO’s Gold Medal Award. These are some of the highlights.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

milla1cf Tue, 09/19/2023 - 13:47 September 19, 20223 — RefleXion Medical, a therapeutic oncology company, announced the company will showcase the RefleXion X1 with SCINTIX biology-guided radiotherapy at the American Society for Radiation Oncology ( ASTRO ) Annual Meeting, Oct. Oral Presentations: Tuesday, Oct.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

5, 2024 — Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have demonstrated that adding metastasis-directed radiation therapy to standard-of-care chemotherapy improved progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with oligometastatic pancreatic cancer. assistant professor of Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology. “We

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MAY 15, 2023

milla1cf Mon, 05/15/2023 - 10:26 May 15, 2023 — GE HealthCare is presenting three new global innovations – Intelligent Radiation Therapy (iRT), Auto Segmentation, and an updated Magnetic Resonance (MR) Radiation Therapy Suite (AIR Open Coil Suite) – that underscore the company’s commitment to enhancing the radiation oncology care pathway.

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JULY 9, 2024

Radiation therapy , also referred to a radiotherapy, is a cancer treatment which utilizes high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.

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OCTOBER 1, 2023

Findings will be presented today at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting. Allen, MD , a radiation oncology resident physician at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. Black patients with prostate cancer in the U.S.

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MAY 2, 2024

One of the biggest challenges of oncology care is the complexity of the disease - both in the many varieties of cancer, and the disparate ways it can present in each individual patient [ii] - requiring diligence and personalization in diagnosis and treatment.

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JULY 10, 2023

Winter, PhD, FAHRA, CRA, RDMS, RVT, RT(R) , is Director of Radiology and Patient Transportation at John Peter Smith Health Network (Cleburne, Texas) Sharon Harms, CRA, FAHRA , Director of Radiology, Radiation Oncology and GI Specialties for Bryan Medical Center (Lincoln, Neb.) Wendy Renneke R.T.(R)(CT)

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MARCH 28, 2024

When the survey asked oncologists what they would do if an AI system selected a treatment regimen different from the one they planned to recommend, the most common answer, offered by 37% of respondents, was to present both options and let the patient decide. Oncologists need to be part of that conversation.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 08/17/2023 - 12:07 August 17, 2023 — A 67-year old patient presenting with oesophageal cancer was treated at the Paul Scherrer Institute ( PSI ) with a form of radiation provided by protons, i.e. positively charged particles.

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

milla1cf Mon, 10/02/2023 - 13:30 October 2, 2023 — A novel liquid biopsy test may help determine which patients with non-small cell lung cancer that has spread beyond the lungs are most likely to benefit from targeted, high-dose radiation, rather than drug-based therapy, a new study suggests. and worldwide.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 26, 2024

Head and neck cancer of “unknown primary” is a distinct group of highly heterogeneous malignancies, with patients typically presenting initially with enlarged cervical lymph nodes, the authors explained. but presented no evidence for primary tumor. (B) There was intensive uptake of Ga-68 FAPI in palate (red arrow, SUV max , 11.3). (C)

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

Findings from the HYPNO (HYPo- versus NOrmo-fractionated accelerated radiotherapy) trial will be presented today at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The center in Sunset Park, located at 5718 Second Avenue, offers medical appointments, chemotherapy, and radiation oncology at a single, convenient location, just two blocks south of NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn. Infusion treatments for neurological and rheumatologic conditions also are available at the site.

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MAY 19, 2023

Muroff, MD, FACR , the 2023 Leadership Luminary Award recipients for their exceptional lifetime achievements, innovation, leadership and service to the medical specialties of radiology or radiation oncology. For 44 years, Muroff held major leadership roles in radiology societies, including the ACR.

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