The results of this study, led by Kara M. Ruicci, MD, PhD, are mind-boggling. While most clinical trials of systemic therapy for NSCLC, including many randomized phase II and III studies, allow for on-trial RT (off protocol), NONE (0%) of them actually collect any data on this

David Routman presents Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center proposed changes to AJCC 8 staging that incorporates ENE status for #HPV OPC at #ASTRO25.

This week during #ASTRO2025, we hosted our second PULSAR Consortium Meeting. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this successful event! A special thank you to our moderator, Dr. Percy Lee MD, and our speakers: Drs. Robert Timmerman, Asal Rahimi M.D., M.S., Nancy Lee, and Zhen Zhang.

Another great month of accrual to NRG Oncology #HN014 #C-PRE for patients with advanced, resectable #skin #CSCC cancer. Excited for 🇦🇺 and 🇨🇦 to join the fight!🚀 NCI Cancer Control Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group CCTG Regeneron #OncSurgery MD Anderson Cancer Center

Terrific thread by Sean McBride While it is important to keep an open mind when faced with bizarre results, the raw survival numbers are almost incomprehensible. In the ITT population: - In the IMRT arm, there were 29 recurrences (Table 1) and 23 deaths due to cancer (Table

MSK radiation oncologist Dr. Nancy Lee (Nancy Lee) presented updated results at the Annual Meeting of ASTRO confirming that the addition of pembrolizumab to standard of care improved event-free survival for people with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Honoured to receive the Radiation Oncology Alumni Award this year at ASTRO 2025. Forever grateful for the mentors, colleagues, and friends who’ve shaped my journey. Proud to be part of the UTDRO family!

New in the #RedJournal: The Ongoing Challenge of Radiation-Immunotherapy Optimization: From Preclinical Insights to Clinical Practice. #radonc tinyurl.com/rjpark

🔥Hot off the press: Patterns of care in de-novo oligo-metastatic and oligo-recurrent head and neck cancers: A Head and Neck Cancer International Group (HNCIG) Survey. authors.elsevier.com/c/1lt874tFDIRk… An Head and Neck Cancer International Group Young Investigator survey initiated by Monali Swain and Petr Szturz.

Big news: The HPV vaccine is working. (And in many countries, it’s on its way to eliminate cervical cancer.) A study in JAMA Pediatrics with 2,300 women found that over 17 years, HPV infections dropped by 98% in vaccinated women (& 76% in the unvaccinated due to herd immunity).

Toronto's Dunn Street supportive housing saved $413,000 in ER costs and $1.66 million in hospital costs in 1 year. A partnership between UHN, nonprofits and government. Supportive housing is smarter, kinder and better for taxpayers compared to the ER, hospital, shelters or jail

Specialists in the Head and Neck Cancer Service at MSK are helping people overcome a variety of cancers while preserving facial appearance and function. Learn how #immunotherapy spared one patient from extensive surgery while preserving his function and quality of life:

Here's another new ARREST2 case - 10 lung lesions (also liver lesions treated by Tim Nguyen not shown). Most of these will receive 20 Gy in 1 fraction, the ones adjacent to important structures get 35/5.

The most urgent person usually wins. —Kara Lawson, head coach Duke Women’s Basketball

It’s been one year since we opened Dunn House — Canada’s first social medicine housing initiative. And this has been family over the past year. The data is staggering. Emergency Department visits for the tenants have plunged by over 50%. And days spent in hospital have

When you throw a ball at a wall, you can be sure it will bounce back at you. You would be extremely surprised if the ball suddenly appeared on the other side of the wall. In quantum mechanics this type of phenomenon is called tunnelling and is exactly the type of phenomenon that

🧵1/4 PATH study(Cohort A) out in IJROBP - The Red Journal – Our trial asks whether undetectable post-operative HPV ctDNA can select OPC candidates for adj RT omission and found high rates of disease recurrence #radonc #hncsm redjournal.org/article/S0360-…

Thread 1/14 🧵 New in Clinical Cancer Research: Our perspective on amphiregulin (AREG) as both a PREDICTIVE BIOMARKER and THERAPEUTIC TARGET following stereotactic radiotherapy (SBRT) in metastatic cancer. What makes this clinically actionable? Let's dive in.

There comes a time to say Farewell. Winding Up or Winding Down journey.anguspratt.ca/winding-or-win…

🎗️ Loneliness can kill - even in cancer. The first meta-analysis quantifies how social isolation raises mortality risk in oncology 🧩 n = 1.63 million pts | 16 studies | 7 countries 💔 Key Findings 🧍‍♀️ Loneliness/social isolation ↑ all-cause mortality by 34 %  HR 1.34 (95 % CI