Ecstatic and optimistic to receive the #CovidVaccine vaccine to protect our cancer patients, family, friends, and communities at risk. I will advocate to others who have doubts to take similar steps to protect those who are vulnerable. #WearAMask @CSCancerCare ProvidenceCalifornia

Congress passed legislation supported by ASTRO that will delay the start of the RO Model until Jan. 1, 2022. The letter, led by Representatives Brian Higgins and Mike Kelly, expressed concern about the steep reimbursement cuts in the RO Model. ow.ly/eue750CSbuF #RadOnc

Anyone using a video medical interpreting service that they like and can recommend? Could greatly help the #COVID19 telehealth visits and overcome language barriers making these visits more challenging. #radonc

Thrilled, relieved, hopeful, and thankful to get #CovidVaccine #2 for my patients, family, and country. ASTRO @CSCancerCare Cedars-Sinai ProvidenceCalifornia

That Asians are often considered the “model minority” by white people doesn’t mean we should perpetuate this message or that they are. Read: this is a STEREOTYPE. This myth: 1) contributes high suicidality among young AA women by promoting unrealistic expectations of 🧵1/

Proposed cuts in RadOnc will hurt patients by closing centers that cannot stay open espec during financial stress already present from #COVID19. President Donald J. Trump please help CMSGov work w/us to deliver quality, high value care, not less. Congressman Brad Sherman Rep. Jimmy Gomez Secretary Xavier Becerra

C. Jillian Tsai, MD, PhD presenting an interim analysis of CURB: Ph2 RCT of SBRT for ≤ 5 progressing sites shows improved PFS with SBRT, median PFS of 44 mos! No observed benefit in breast ca pts. SBRT well-tolerated. 👏 👏 👏 #ASTRO21 #lcsm #bcsm

🚨🚨 New in ASTROgram: ASTRO bylaws amendment change approved. ASTRO members voted to add a new Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (HEDI) Council & associated Board seats. #DEIinRO #RepresentationMatters

Cancer docs (medonc, radonc, surg, rads, path)! Pls🙏consider our <5 min survey on administrative burden of multi-d tumor boards, designed by the amazing Brittney Chau. We appreciate your support! iredcap.csmc.edu/surveys/?s=7D3… Devarati Mitra Brittney Chau Dr. Nina Niu Sanford Tara Cohen

Great to see SPPORT trial published in The Lancet showing that adding Pelvic RT to Prostate Fossa w/short-term ADT improves freedom from biochemical failure. Congrats to @CSCancerCare Howard Sandler! #pcsm #radonc thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween yesterday. Sorry I spoiled the "villain" theme in our department @CSCancerCare in Tarzana.

Any #radoncs use a chromebook to remote in via citrix for Varian eclipse and @elekta mosaiq? how does it work? looking for a portable solution for contouring/signing documents? recs?

🚨@Oncoalert: How can we increase diversity of the patient population in #radonc #clinicalTrials to better reflect the communities we serve? 👉This IJROBP - The Red Journal review discusses specific barriers & details approaches for intervention. #DEIinRO #DEIinOncology 📰sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

NRG/RTOG 1112 locally adv, unresectable CP-A #HCC SBRT 27.5-50 Gy X5 f/b sorafenib median OS benefit 15.8 vs 12.3 mos w/sorafenib (noted 80 to 65% reduction in power due to amendment given new #1L systemic landscape) but imp shows role of multimodal tx (SBRT) in this space #GI23

Happy Halloween from Cancer at Cedars-Sinai Tarzana! # (i'm Carmy from The Bear , in case you couldn't tell :))

Just out @JACC CardioOncol, we intricately map #radiation exposure from #radiotherapy for #LCSM to different sub-structures of the heart to predict the risk of 5 different classes of #cardiac arrhythmias, pointing to possibly distinct pathophys pathways. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

American Brachy marisa kollmeier Steven J. Frank, MD Martin King Peter Rossi This is going to be a great meeting. Practical lectures. Hands-on ldr and hdr and spacers. Contouring. Physics track. Networking. Nice warm location in January.

Happy Animal-Themed Halloween from Cancer at Cedars-Sinai Tarzana! #radonc