Since the 21st Century Cures Act took effect, almost 80% of test results are viewed by patients with cancer before the ordering clinician, a doubling over the prior five years. ja.ma/3O7ZnU0

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Vikram Jairam et al showing similarities between Flatiron Health database and CREST trial regarding differential benefit of consolidative thoracic RT in females vs. males with ES-SCLC Ben Slotman Anne Chiang Cary Gross Yale Radiation Oncology Residency Yale Cancer Center Yale COPPER Center doi.org/10.1016/j.adro…

Check out our work culminating in a web tool to predict the risk of brain metastasis in patients newly diagnosed with cancer! Paper: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38388667/ Webtool: tinyurl.com/brain-mets Thanks to all of our collaborators especially Nicholas Zaorsky, MD MS and Ming Wang_CWRU!!

Updated Analysis of Comparative Toxicity of Proton and Photon Radiation for Prostate Cancer | Journal of Clinical Oncology ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC… 11 years ago we published our findings of no difference. Given more time and more progress, we looked again… Cary Gross Yale COPPER Center

.Alexandra Potter led a study in Journal of Clinical Oncology showing that using smoking duration, instead of pack-years, to determine #lungcancerscreening eligibility is more equitable and greatly increases opportunities for early lung cancer detection. ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…

🔥🚨OncoAlert Hot Off the Press BIG NEWS Press Release by AstraZeneca #ADRIATIC phase 3 trial of #Durvalumab vs #Placebo after concurrent chemoradiotherapy in pts with limited-stage #SmallCell #LungCancer met dual primary endpoints of ⬆️#OS & ⬆️#PFS 👇🏼 astrazeneca.com/media-centre/p…

ARS Appropriateness Use Criteria for Unresectable Locally Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Strong push for IMRT; discussion of nuances for PD-L1 negative / EGFR mutant / poor performance status or pulmonary function Kudos to George Rodrigues and Kristin Higgins! jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao…

NRG GU008 — an important trial for patients with node positive prostate cancer. Currently open and enrolling patients!

Limited stage small cell lung carcinoma treated with concurrent chemo-radiotherapy, adjuvant Durva IO improved OS and PFS, a new standard of care.

Burnout & moral injury in medicine have affected so many health care workers. As a mid-career physician, here’s what I’ve learned to combat it - I hope others find it to be helpful. In Search of Joy and Meaning in Modern Medicine JCO Oncology Practice ascopubs.org/doi/pdf/10.120…

Preparing to give a lecture on physician wellness & professional fulfillment to med students @CleClinicLCM - here are some useful references 1/

🚨🔥 1/2 OncoAlert Hot off the press. Just published NEJM in conjunction with presentation on updated data ESMO - Eur. Oncology #ESMO2024 Results of #ADRIATIC trial of #Durvalumab vs #Placebo after #Chemoradiotherapy in Limited-Stage #SmallCell #LungCancer. 👇🏼 nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Just finished learning the AJCC 8th edition? Get ready for the 9th edition in less than 3 months! Kudos for Frank Detterbeck and team for this CHEST summary of staging updates in lung cancer. IASLC Yale Cancer Center Yale Thoracic Surgery ⁦Yale Radiation Oncology Residency⁩ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Palliative radiotherapy versus best supportive care in patients with painful hepatic cancer (CCTG HE1) out on The Lancet Oncology thelancet.com/journals/lanon… This phase 3 trial investigated whether radiotherapy ☢️improves hepatic pain in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma or liver

Excited to share about NRG GI-011 (aka LAP100) – anticipated opening in mid/early 2025. In this Phase III RCT, we are assessing the benefit of dose-escalated radiotherapy in patients with locally advanced unresectable pancreas cancer. 🧵1/11

🚨Check out this editorial!🚨 “Personalizing Treatment Decisions for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer to Balance Quality of Life, Function, and Cancer Control” The ASCO Post ASCO Karyn Goodman, MD, MS Eric J. Dozois Mayo Clinic Radiation Oncology QuadShot News ACROresident #CRC brnw.ch/21wO4pn

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Interested in an updated overview of small cell lung cancer geared towards a general audience? Check out our review article published in JAMA! So Yeon Kim Anne Chiang Yale School of Medicine Yale Cancer Center Yale Radiation Oncology Residency

🧵1/ 🚨New case report out in Cureus: Face the Pain: Radiobiological and Clinical Considerations of Re-radiosurgery to the Trigeminal Nerve 👉 A deep dive into a unique case of medically refractory TGN in the setting of a petroclival meningioma. 🔗 doi.org/10.7759/cureus…