Send us a text

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-CC003”; Dr. Vinai Gondi, Clinical Associate Professor and Service Line Director of Radiation Oncology in the Northwestern Medicine West Region, co-author on this paper and Principal Investigator of the parent clinical trial that enabled this study, NRG-CC003; and Dr. Tracy Balboni, Professor and Program Director of the Harvard Radiation Oncology Program, Director of Skeletal Radiation Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Center, Co-Director of the Initiative on Health, Spirituality, and Religion at Harvard, and the author of an accompanying editorial to this article, “Hope in Wisdom Past and for Future Clinical Trials.”

Send us a text

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 highlights the main questions answered by the new guidelines, as well as limitations of this expert consensus and lingering questions to be addressed. 

Send us a text

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 Sargos, Head of the Department of Radiotherapy at the Institut Bergonié in Bordeaux, France and last author of an accompanying editorial, ”Hypofractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer in the postoperative setting: is it capable of going the distance?”; and Dr. Ron Chen, Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology at the University of Kansas, an Associate Editor at the journal, and a co-chair of NRG-GU003, who was corresponding author on a counterpoint editorial, “Long Term Outcomes in Hypofractionated Post-Prostatectomy Radiation: Cautionary Tale or Expected Findings?”

Send us a text

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 Review and Guidelines on Reirradiation for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Executive Summary.”

Send us a text

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 Associate Chair for Physics in the same group, who were first and co-last author on the article, “Reirradiation Special Medical Physics Consultations: Lessons Learned From Nearly 3000 Courses of Treatment.”​

Send us a text

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 Therapy: An ASTRO White Paper” and Dr. Chirag Shah, Chair of the Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute’s Division of Radiation Oncology and first author of an editorial from the ASTRO Workforce Committee entitled “Adaptive Radiation Therapy: Workforce Implications.”

Send us a text

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 explores some of the newer aspects of treatment for this rare disease and where we might be headed in the future.  

Send us a text

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 a text

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 Dosimetrist at Dana Farber Cancer Center. They discuss the role of art in their lives, stories of their Red Journal cover artworks, and what they see as the role of art in medicine.

Send us a text

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 and last authors of an article this month, Embracing the Future of Clinical Trials in Radiation Therapy: An NRG Oncology CIRO Technology Retreat White Paper on Pioneering Technologies and AI-Driven Solutions.