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Sue Yom, Editor in Chief, hosts a discussion of "Measure What Matters: Rethinking Surrogate Metrics of Success in Radiation Oncology,” with guests Dr. Shraddha Dalwadi, Associate Professor and Medical Director in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and the supervising author of this work, and Dr. Amar Rewari, Chief of Radiation Oncology for Luminis Health, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Affiliate Scholar of the Hopkins Business of Health Initiative, founder and co-host of the Value Health Voices podcast, and Health Policy Council Chair of ASTRO.

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Editor in Chief Dr. Sue Yom hosts two authors of the article, "Assessment of Defacing Techniques on Medical Images for Radiation Therapy: Implications for Patient Privacy and Data Utility.” Guests are Dr. Du Wang, a Therapeutic Medical Physics Resident at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, who was the first author of the paper, and co-author Dr. Ying Xiao, Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania. 

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The management of locally advanced endometrial cancer has changed substantially in the advent of molecular profiling of uterine cancers. The American Radium Society Gynecologic Panel recently published evidence-based expert consensus guidelines for management of these patients. This PRO podcast from Drs. Diandra Ayala-Peacock, MD, Mary McGunigal, MD and Anuja Jhingran, MD FASTRO discusses some of the recent impactful literature and current controversies in the management of these patients, while highlighting areas where radiation may be indicated in the modern management of this disease.  

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Sue Yom, Editor in Chief, hosts Dr. Anurag Singh, Professor, Director of Radiation Research, and Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education in radiation medicine in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. He was first author of the article “Long-term Analysis of One Versus Three Fractions of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Peripheral Stage I to II Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Randomized, Multi-Institution, Phase 2 Trial.” Additional guests include Dr. Kevin Stephans, Associate Professor and Director of SBRT at Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center, and Professor Dr. Greg Videtic, also at the Cleveland Clinic, who was the PI of RTOG 0915, a trial that also included a single-fraction schedule in one arm.

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Sue Yom, Editor in Chief, co-hosts with Section Editor Dr. Bob Dess, Associate Professor and co-Chief of the Genitourinary Radiotherapy Service in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Michigan. Guests are Dr. Raquib Hannan, Professor and Chief of the Genitourinary Radiation Oncology Service in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Texas Southwestern, who was first author on the article, “Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for Oligoprogressive Metastatic RCC: Predictors of Prolonged Systemic Therapy Benefit” and Dr. Thomas Westbrook, Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Cell Therapy of the Department of Internal Medicine at Rush University Medical Center. ​

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Editor in Chief Dr. Sue Yom co-hosts with Biology Editor Dr. Henning Willers, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Director of Translational Radiation Research at Mass General Brigham, welcoming our guest Dr. Pippa Cosper, Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Oncology at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Cosper discusses her first-author article published in this month’s issue, “Pretreatment Chromosomal Instability Correlates With Radiation Sensitivity in Squamous Cell Cancers.”

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Editor-in-Chief Sue Yom hosts Associate Editor Dr. Sara Alcorn, Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Clinical Strategy, and Director of Palliative Care at the University of Minnesota; Michael Shing Fung Lee, Consultant in the Department of Radiation Oncology at National University Cancer Institute and Clinical Senior Lecturer at the National University Hospital Singapore; and Dr. Henry Wong, Clinical Research Fellow in Radiation Medicine Program at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. They co authored the article, “Translating Evidence to Practice: Advancing Equitable Access to Dermatologic Care for Radiation Dermatitis Worldwide.”

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The role for radiation in the management of gastric cancer is evolving, given developments in systemic therapy.  ASTRO has released updated guidelines to provide evidence-based expert consensus on where radiation fits in the modern management of this disease.  This PRO podcast from Drs. Michael Buckstein, MD, PhD, Salma Jabbour, MD, and Christopher Anker, MD will help you navigate these guidelines and also explore some of the grey areas in gastric cancer where radiation can still make a big impact in this cancer.  

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Dr. Sue Yom, Editor in Chief, co-hosts with Section Editor Dr. Kilian Salerno, Associate Research Physician at the United States’ National Cancer Institute Radiation Oncology Branch, discussing this month’s Oncology Scan, “Proton beam radiotherapy for all children and adolescents globally: Is this a realistic and cost-effective goal?” Guests include Dr. Jeannette Parkes, Head of Radiation Oncology and Radiation Medicine at Groote Schuur Hospital at the University of Cape Town in South Africa; Dr. Natia Esiashvili, Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Emory University; and Dr. Derek Tsang, Clinician Investigator at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto.

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Editor-in-Chief Sue Yom hosts three editors who pick highlights from the special issue! Dr. Nicholas Zaorsky is Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Vice Chair of Education and Director of Genitourinary Oncology at University Hospitals in Cleveland. Dr. Michelle Kim, Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology and Co-Chair of the Cancer Center Neuro-Oncology Clinical Research Team at the University of Michigan, is the section chief for Brain and Spine at the Red Journal. Dr. Bethany Anderson, Professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in the Department of Human Oncology and specialist in breast and gynecologic cancer treatment, is our Breast cancer section editor. 

Dr. Zaorsky’s picks are: Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy to the Prostate With Focal Boost: Analysis of the Primary Endpoint in the DELINEATE Trial Cohort E; PSMA-PET-Guided Intraprostatic Boost in Prostate SBRT (PROBE): A Phase 2 Trial; Two-Year Outcomes of the SPARC Phase II Trial: Simultaneous Focal Boost With Stereotactic Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer; The Kilovoltage Intrafraction Monitoring Real-Time Prostate Cancer Image Guided Radiation Therapy Technology Journey: From Clinical Trials to Your Clinic; International Radiosurgery Oncology Consortium of the Kidney (IROCK) Contouring Guidelines for Renal Cell Carcinoma Treated With Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy; Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Renal Tumors: A Prospective Phase 2 Clinical Trial; Efficacy of SABR in Uncommon Subtypes of Primary Kidney Cancer: An Analysis From the International Radiosurgery Oncology Consortium of the Kidney; SABR Versus Radiofrequency Ablation and Cryoablation for Primary Renal Cell Carcinoma: An Economic Evaluation of the FASTRACK II Trial; A Prospective Study of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Oligometastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma; and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Oligoprogressive Disease in Androgen-Suppressed Prostate Cancer: Primary Endpoint Analysis of the TRAP Trial.

Dr. Kim’s picks are: Long-term Results From a Phase 1 Study of Spinal Cord Constraint Relaxation With Single Session Spine Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the Primary Management of Patients With Inoperable, Previously Unirradiated Spinal Metastases With Epidural Extension; Direct-to-Unit Stereotactic Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Spine Metastasis; Treatment With Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy for Patients With up to 5 Oligometastatic Cancer Lesions: Long-Term Outcomes of the Nonrandomized Population-based Phase 2 SABR-5 Clinical Trial; and Evaluating Toxicity and Interaction Outcomes of Systemic Therapy and Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy for Oligometastatic Disease: A Secondary Analysis of the Phase 2 SABR-5 Trial.

Dr. Anderson’s picks are: A Study of Curative-approach Treatment Along With Metastasis-Directed Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Bone-Only Oligometastatic Breast Cancer; Long-Term Results of a Phase 2 Prospective Clinical Trial of Single-Fraction, High-Gradient Adjuvant Partial Breast Irradiation in Early-Stage, Hormone-Positive Breast Cancer; and Postoperative Single-Fraction Stereotactic Partial Breast Irradiation for Early-Stage Breast Cancer With GammaPod Technology: A Phase 2 Clinical Trial.