Laura Dawson
@ldawsonmd
Radiation oncologist. Prof. & Chair Dept. Rad. Oncology. U of Toronto. Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Liver cancer. ASTRO Past President. Tweets are my own.
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21-05-2019 00:19:16
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Great to see this out- congrats Yaacov Lawrence Md, Laura Dawson et al. Retroperitoneal pain due to tumor celiac plexus involvement can be debilitating & narcotic refractory 25 Gy x 1 improving pain in 53% is remarkable! RCT of RT v celiac block hopefully forthcoming NRG Oncology🤞1/3
Congrats Jay Detsky MD! ‘Look forward to your talk Radiation Oncology
Fellow radiation therapist/educator colleagues… check out the link below and join our internationally renowned Radiation Oncology #MRS as the next program director!!! CAMRT/ACTRM SCoR Members ASMIRT ESTRO #RTT APRTiCoP
Looking forward to seeing past and present students and faculty! David Kirsch, MD, PhD arjun sahgal
“Radiotherapy is used in 50% of cancer patients, but only 5% of funding goes towards radiotherapy research”. A challenge around the world. Congrats Anthony Chalmers 💙.
Congratulations Laura Dawson Radiation Medicine Program Princess Margaret Cancer Centre University Health Network Radiation Oncology and colleagues across Canada for publishing CCTG HE1 in The Lancet Oncology establishing single fraction RT as an effective palliative treatment for painful liver cancer. CCTG thelancet.com/journals/lanon…
Big congrats to Laura Dawson & team for completing this symptom-based, palliative radiotherapy RCT! 8Gy x 1 ~whole liver RT improves pain in 67% Agree that all patients fitting study criteria should be offered this simple, convenient, safe & cost-effective treatment.
Palliative radiotherapy versus best supportive care in patients with painful hepatic cancer (CCTG HE1): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 study out on The Lancet Oncology thelancet.com/journals/lanon… This phase 3 randomized controlled trial (CCTG HE1) aimed to
#CCTG HE1 trial The Lancet Oncology publication shows that palliative radiation improves pain management for liver cancer patients and should be a standard palliative intervention. Congrats to Laura Dawson University Health Network Princess Margaret Cancer Centre thx to Research at Canadian Cancer Society Canadian Cancer Society bit.ly/4dQvP81
Fantastic data - we implemented this treatment immediately after the results were presented at ASCO GI and are impressed by the outcomes. Congrats to Laura Dawson !!!!
🚨CCTG HE.1🚨 Phase 3 RCT refractory HCC or liver metastasis with associated pain > 4/10 Randomized: Best Supportive care (BSC) vs. Single fraction palliative liver RT + BSC 🔥RT associated with ✅⬆️ Pain response ✅⬆️ QoL ✅ Trend to ⬆️ OS Congrats to Laura Dawson !!
Congrats to Brad Wouters 🇨🇦 ! A giant in our field and beyond.
Congratulations Brad Wouters 🇨🇦 So well deserved!
Updated data for atezo + bev vs surveillance in resected or ablated high risk HCC #ESMO24 🔎IMbrave050 👉RFS 33.2 vs 36 mo, HR 0.9 👉OS: HR: 1.26 🧐Benefit not sustained! Disappointing.. 🧐Caveat of (too) early read outs… ESMO - Eur. Oncology #ESMOAmbassadors @ILCA EASL Education