Doxurubicin increases breast cancer risk independent of age or RT! 1964 pts mFU 21.6 years. Survivors treated with >200 mg/m2 Dox had a 1.5-fold increased BC risk, cf no Dox. BC risk increased 1.18-fold per additional 100 mg/m2 Dox (Ptrend = .004). ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…

Engaging discussions with U of Mich team. Looking forward to cross-border collaborations! Thank you Daniel Chang for visiting NCIS!

Brain mets: optimal sequencing of local Tx (LT) & CNS active systemic Tx remains unkown - retrospective study of 121 pts with EGFR mut NSCLC - 45 & 76 pts treated with upfront LT vs osimertinib alone 👉 upfront LT improved OS (HR 0.37), CNS-PFS (HR 0.36) lungcancerjournal.info/article/S0169-…

METIS positive randomized trial! Met Primary Endpoint Tumor Treatment fields significantly delay time to intracranial progression novocure.com/metis-phase-3-…

We shouldn’t be saying “idk” about IDH after this talk

Intetesting data... I can say one of the most important HOT TOPIC question in the management of brain mets: is combined local treatment and targeted therapies/IO more effective than systemic treatments alone?

ANNOUNCING: The next #ISRSWebinar📣 “Management of Symptomatic Brain Radiation Necrosis After Stereotactic Radiosurgery and ISRS Recommendations” 🗓️ Mon, 11 April 2024, 14:00 CET 🥼 Bala Vellayappan, MBBS, FRANZCR, MCI 👉 REGISTER: isrsy.org/webinars/

Asian Society or Neuro oncology meeting happening in Singapore Aug 2024! Please join us!

Singapore Radiological Society AGM and social night, at alumni association. Photo with the 2023 EXCO

Max Heart Rate Testing & The 220-AGE Formula By John Hellemans David is an experienced 68-year-old runner. On the advice of his running buddies, he finally capitulated and invested in a heart rate monitor. A week later, he came to see me in a panic, announcing that there was

External Beam Radiation Therapy for Palliation of Symptomatic Bone Metastases: An ASTRO Clinical Practice Guideline - Practical Radiation Oncology ⁦ASTRO⁩ ⁦RANZCR Rad Oncology⁩ ⁦The Royal College of Radiologists⁩ ⁦ESTRO⁩ ⁦CARO-ACRO⁩ practicalradonc.org/article/S1879-…

🚨🚨RTOG 0848🚨🚨 Anatomically resectable PDAC randomized postoperatively 1st randomization: Gemcitabine +/- erlotinib 🔥2nd Randomization🔥 +/- Chemoradiation, 50.4 Gy/28 fx + cape ✅⬆️ DFS w/ ☢️ ✅N0, ⬆️DFS and OS (5y 48% vs 29%) w/ ☢️ #ASCO24 NRG Oncology

Feel honored to have worked with @JYangMDPhD and to be working with Vyshak Venur, MD Fred Hutch Cancer Center ! You guys are like CNS brothers!

Enjoying my first #EANO2024. Thrilled to share the stage with heavy hitters Prof Helen Shih and Prof Marion Smits in the Radiation Necrosis session. Thank you giuseppe Minniti for the invitation!

It’s wonderful catching up with medical school buddy/ roommate/ co-intern, mentee and friends ⁦Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine⁩ in a social visit! ⁦The hospital food is amazing there. ⁦Bala Vellay⁩

SRS for Trigeminal Schwannoma · Median 13 Gy · Median vol 4 cc · LC 95% · Symptom Improve 45% · 9% ARE journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/a…

Check out the rest of this article ➡️ bit.ly/4oJxnGW #RadOnc #RadOncNews #BrainTumors Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Johns Hopkins Medicine

⭐️ Tips for distinguishing treatment change from tumor progression from my own experience and the literature ☢️ **Sorry for the long and very complicated post!** #Neurosurgery #Neurology #radres #futureradres The American Society of Neuroradiology UMiami Health System #MRI Radiopaedia.org #ENT #Medicine

Register now for the next FREE #RSSwebinar on "The Role of Metastasis-Directed Therapy for Oligometastases and Oligoprogression in Breast Cancer" on 10/9 at noon ET featuring Steven David, Rachel Glicksman and Winston Vuong; moderated by Bala Vellay. therss.org/education/webi…