I feel delighted to share the results of our international project about the value of concomitant systemic treatment in older adults with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) undergoing radiotherapy. ja.ma/3ElNsx5 via JAMA Network Open part of JAMA Network A🧵

41% der Patient:innen unter #Strahlentherapie berichten subjektive finanzielle Belastung💵. Mehr als angenommen. 👉Deutschlandweite Studie der #jDEGRO mit >1000 Patient:innen beleuchtet Häufigkeit und Risikofaktoren: 🔗sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

👉 Quality of life after palliative #radiotherapy for #headandneckcancer : check our prospective findings recently published in Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology ctro.science/article/S2405-…

👉Nearly 2/3 of patients with #cancer reported significant distress at the end of #radiotherapy in this young DEGRO analysis. Let's keep up screening & support. bit.ly/42tne5A Alexander Rühle David Krug Simon Boeke Deutsche Gesellschaft für Radioonkologie e.V. Christoph Grott Radiation Oncology @Heidelberg University Hosp. Radiation Oncology University Freiburg

NOW OF: The (DARS) phase 3 RCT investigates if dysphagia-optimised intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) reduces radiation dose to the dysphagia and aspiration related structures and improves swallowing function compared with standard IMRT. #hncsm thelancet.com/journals/lanon…

An astute analysis of the disconnect between evidence and practice in oncology by Prof Peter Hoskin in BMJ Oncology Many, many nails hit on the head... Manchester Cancer Research Centre ESTRO The Royal College of Radiologists ASTRO bmjoncology.bmj.com/content/2/1/e0…

Am 17. und 18.11. ist es wieder soweit: Der diesjährige jDEGRO-Retreat findet 2023 in Bremen statt. Crashkurs Facharztwissen, Konturierungskurs, Workshop Forschung sowie Vortrag zur Niederlassung - für alle ist was dabei! Anmeldung bis 10.11. unter [email protected]

🗞️Hot off the press: A Multicenter Evaluation of Different Chemotherapy Regimens in Older Adults With Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Undergoing Definitive Chemoradiation Published in the IJROBP - The Red Journal redjournal.org/article/S0360-… A 🧵 (1/n)

#jDEGRO ist zu Gast am Zentrum für Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie: Eine tolle Veranstaltung mit hervorragenden Facharzt-Crashkursen von Prof. Kerstin Borgmann, Prof. Juliane Hörner-Rieber, Prof. Dirk Vordermark und PD David Krug - und praktischen Kursen vom Team des Zentrums

High patient satisfaction👍 with #radiotherapy care in Germany. Check out this yDEGRO analysis of >1000 patients with #cancer treated in 11 centres. 🗞️📫: bit.ly/3uqtM9e 🙏 Alexander Rühle David Krug Simon Boeke Deutsche Gesellschaft für Radioonkologie e.V. Christoph Grott Radiation Oncology @Heidelberg University Hosp. Radiation Oncology University Freiburg & many more

#bladderpreservation is in vogue! Is #immunotherapy a value addition to modern TMT, or a 'rebel without a cause'? NEW editorial to check out (FREE link👇🏽)Thanks to IJROBP - The Red Journal for the invite and Prof Ananya💙 @achoud72.bsky.social for the motivation 🙏🏽🤩 #bladdercancer #bcsm authors.elsevier.com/a/1iBh%7E1Hx52…

#Head and #neck #cancer #survivors have specific long‐term health‐related #quality of #life restrictions: See data of this large multinational EORTC study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ij… #headneckcancer #QOL #fightcancer Universität Jena Uniklinik Jena