
Amar Kishan
@amarukishan
Radiation Oncologist, Professor, and Executive Vice Chair of Radiation Oncology at UCLA. All views are my own.
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https://www.uclahealth.org/amar-kishan 13-11-2017 03:51:32
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Stefano Arcangeli Neil Desai Thanks for listening to talk - few highlight slides here. Credit goes to great collaborators across trial group @ UMichigan, UPenn, Cleveland Clinic, U Colorado, Stony Brook, UCSF and UTSW


One of the biggest responsibilities and honors in my career is to be named the new Chair of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Prostate Cancer guidelines, with my amazing vice chair Sandy Srinivas. Thanks to amazing NCCN staff and the world class panel of experts for spending much of 2 days to thoughtfully


🚀 New in Journal of Clinical Oncology - ROBOMET shorturl.at/NawNo! SABR vs standard #radiotherapy for painful bone mets. ✅ Pain relief at 1 month: 🔹 SABR (20 Gy single dose): 37% complete response 🔸 versus (8 Gy): 25% complete response ⚡ at 3-months ⬆️ withSABR: 54% vs 31%, p= .048

Proud of our stellar PGY-4 residents Jesus Juarez and Eulanca Liu for their award-winning JCCC Fellowship research! . Trudy Wu, MD Matthew J. Farrell Ricky Savjani Eulanca Liu Jesus E. Juarez



A new study led by Amar Kishan & published in JAMA Oncology shows that post-surgery radiation for prostate cancer can be safely completed in just 5 sessions using SBRT instead of daily sessions for several weeks, with no added side effects. bit.ly/4mkokLq

💥📣Read our Editorial! SBRT a rising ally in RCC care! Following the systematic review by Nora Sundahl Shankar Siva Chad Tang, MD sciencedirect.com/science/articl…



UCLA Radiation Oncology's Matthew J. Farrell has been named the inaugural Hope Fellow of the newly established Institute for the Study of Hope, Dignity and Wellbeing. Read more here: uclahealth.org/news/release/u…



X-torial: Cleaning up the misinformation about Joe Biden and #ProstateCancer that I am reading everywhere. The purpose of this is to provide education from someone who treats and studies PCa for a living, lead the USA National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) PCa guidelines, hold leadership in NRG Oncology National Cancer Institute

American Cancer Society Matt Cooperberg Jonathan Evan Shoag 🇮🇱🇺🇸 Andrew Vickers Amer. Urol. Assn. ASCO ASTRO PCF Science Todd 〽️ Morgan, MD Edward Schaeffer, MD, PhD NRG Oncology Veracyte, Inc. Elai Davicioni Joe Biden Amar Kishan National Cancer Institute 15/x Summary: - President Biden’s physician followed the current USPSTF recommendation to not perform PSA screening in men >70yo - However, the USPSTF recommendations are flawed as PCa is common in men >70yo, is often more aggressive, if untreated men are more likely to die of


Caring for patients with cholangiocarcinoma is deeply personal. Thank you Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation for sharing my story! UCLA Health cholangiocarcinoma.org/qa-with-dr-tru…