More BC Cancer! Dr. Sarah Hamilton reports outcomes for large (>4cm) DCIS treated with BCS vs BCS+RT vs mastectomy. Mastectomy associated with lowest recurrence (2% vs 8% for BCS+RT) #radonc #CAROCOMPCAMRT CARO-ACRO

Poster session time! Interested in learning about the effect of "financial toxicity" on outcomes for American #lungcancer patients? Come by poster 293 on the 3rd floor, and then see all the other great posters, too! CARO-ACRO #radonc #CAROCOMPCAMRT

2018 CARO-ACRO Gordon Richards lecture honours Dr. Laura Dawson Radiation Oncology, whom I had the pleasure to work with as a resident. Wonderful introduction by Mary Gospodarowicz Hope to learn lots about liver cancer and RT. #radonc #JSM2018 #CAROCOMPCAMRT

Liver RT in pre-SABR era was given in small fractions, twice daily. Different strategy but showed effectiveness and potential cure for liver cancer. CARO-ACRO #CAROCOMPCAMRT #radonc

Liver RT was avoided for decades due to concerns about toxicity. With focused RT (SABR), patients report sustained, good quality of life after mild initial fatigue and loss of appetite. CARO-ACRO #CAROCOMPCAMRT #radonc

Dr. Dawson teases unpublished data examining >300 early HCC patients. 85% local control at 5 years with RT. Stay tuned.... #CAROCOMPCAMRT #radonc CARO-ACRO

Locally advanced liver cancer often recurs outside of #radonc treatment field. Strong rationale to combine with immunotherapy to improve control and survival. But possibly toxic, hence not given concurrently in RTOG1112 trial. CARO-ACRO #CAROCOMPCAMRT

Getting my flu vaccine. The best thing that I can minimally do for taking care patients with cancer. Flu is a reason for major delays in cancer treatments. Caregiver and patients also needs flu vaccination! #endcancer

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Our article "Cancer pain can be eased by palliative radiation therapy" is published today on The Conversation Canada! theconversation.com/cancer-pain-ca…. Leave a comment and discuss with me and Jonathan Klein on The Conversation Canada website. #hpm #radonc #lcsm #pcsm #hcsm #hcsmca

Radiation therapy as #PalliativeCare for cancer patients is integral to proper care. It is NOT "giving up" or withdrawing "real" care. I wrote about this with Dr. Jonathan Livergant in The Conversation Canada. Check it out and discuss with your doctor, family, friends, and tweeps!

So exciting!!!

Thanks Michael Barbaro for getting us through 2020......

The subject of Rembrandt’s The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicholaes Tulp wrote that #cancer was a slowly-spreading, contagious poison (with modern #medicine, we obviously know this isn't true). Today, the painting hangs in the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague.

B cells fight infection by releasing antibodies against invaders (like viruses or bacteria) B cells were originally discovered in (and named for) the Bursa of Fabricius, an organ that exists in birds, but not humans Human B cells develop in the Bone marrow

Happy 170th birthday to Dr. Martinus Beijerinck! In 1898, he showed for the first time that a disease could be caused by agents smaller than bacteria He called the agents contagium vivum fluidum ("contagious living fluid")... ...Today we call them #viruses

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