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In his debut podcast as Editor-in-Chief, Robert Amdur, MD, discusses several of the new Practical Radiation Oncology journal initiatives upcoming in 2021. New projects include the establishment of a new article type, expansions of the journal’s social media presence, and an increase in regular podcasts.

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Issue Highlights January 1, 2021

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Issue Highlights December 1, 2020

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Issue Highlights November 15, 2020

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As part of the new featured section of the Red Journal, Statistics for the People, Deputy Editor Sue Yom, MD, PhD, hosts an in-depth discussion on the use of propensity scores with Beow Yeap, ScD, David Cheng, PhD, and Red Journal methodology editor David Sher, MD.

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Issue Highlights November 1, 2020

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Wesley Talcott, MD, and Sue Evans, MD, MPH join PRO Senior Editor Bhisham Chera, MD, to discuss their article "A Blinded, Prospective Study of Error Detection During Physician Chart Rounds in Radiation Oncology ." The authors discuss their motivation for the study, how plan review and chart rounds can be more effective, and more. Also available in the September-October 2020 issue of PRO is an accompanying editorial by Dr. Chera, "Restructuring our approach to peer review: a critical need to improve the quality and safety of radiation therapy ." For those interested in expanding their peer review pool, see the new ASTRO Peer-to-Peer Match program, a user-driven platform that facilitates the establishment of relationships for the purpose of peer review of patient cases.

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As part of the Red Journal’s special issue focused on COVID-19 and its impact on Radiation Oncology, the October 2020 Issue Highlights podcast has been produced in conjunction with the Virtual Visiting Professor Network. The podcast is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Anthony Zietman, MD, FASTRO and Deputy Editor Sue Yom, MD, PhD, and features guests Paul Volberding, MD, and Daphne Haas-Kogan, MD. Drs. Volberding and Haas-Kogan share their stories of working with patients with HIV, and reflect upon parallels to today's COVID-19 pandemic.

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In conjunction with the special September issue of the Red Journal, Silvia Chiara Formenti, MD, FASTRO joins Editor-in-Chief Anthony Zietman, MD, FASTRO to discuss the latest developments in immunotherapy as they relates to radiation oncology, including checkpoint inhibitors, the abscopal effect, and how these changes could affect the future of the field.

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The August 1st Red Journal podcast features a discussion of Black representation in radiation oncology. Guest panelists include Curtiland Deville, Jr., MD, of Johns Hopkins University; Iris Gibbs, MD, FACR, FASTRO, of Stanford University; Chelsea Pinnix, MD, PhD, of MD Anderson Cancer Center, and special guest Freeman Hrabowski III, PhD, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. This wide-ranging discussion about rationale and strategies related to diversity, representation and equity is moderated by Red Journal Deputy Editor Sue Yom, MD, PhD of the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Deville and Dr. Gibbs are the first and senior authors, respectively, on a recently published article in the Red Journal, "I Can't Breathe: The Continued, Disproportionate Exclusion of Black Physicians in the United States Radiation Oncology Workforce" and co-authors of "Why Racial Justice Matters in Radiation Oncology," an article recently published in Advances in Radiation Oncology.