We are currently accepting applications for our medical student rotation that starts on July 1. Fourth-year medical students will have the opportunity for a 4-week clinical rotation in our department!

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Lactate is often the most abundant metabolite in the tumor microenvironment and thought of as a waste product. Dr. Xin Cai identified an unexpected signaling function to the mitochondria that enables cells to survive and proliferate.

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Dr. Laeton Pang shedding 💡 on #radonc workforce challenges and impact on cancer care #ACR2024

Gearing up for a busy few months of transitions as residency comes to an end, but trying to enjoy every moment along the way! #RadOnc #MedEd

🎉✨👩‍⚕️ Huge congratulations to Dr. Kelli Pointer for being awarded a 5-year ACS/ASTRO Clinician Scientist Development Award for her project 'Targeting Cholinergic Signaling to Overcome Radiation Resistance in Gliomas'! 🌟 #dartmouthradonc #womenwhocurie #ACS #ASTRO #grant

Happy #412Day to the best skyline in #radonc !

A reminder to MSIV's: if you're interested in doing an elective radiation oncology rotation UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, we are offering a $2k stipend to offset travel and living costs. Link: hillmanresearch.upmc.edu/training/medic…

Deadline approaching: ASTRO is now accepting nominations for the ASTRO Gold Medal, awarded to outstanding contributors to the field of #RadOnc . Deadline is this Friday, April 12. Learn more: ow.ly/BZc750Qu7jJ

New at #AACR24 : Drs Jonathan Yang & Brandon Imber present research on a new tx for GBM --study drug AZD1390 & #radiotherapy .

Dr Imber: “I think this is a promising and novel therapeutic combination for one of the most difficult-to-treat cancers.” 🧠☢️

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Lucinda Morris Help me understand why there is not more investment in radiation therapy in light of these health economics? From a patient perspective, it’s hard to understand, especially when I watch the delays in access to radiation therapy in UK Targeting Cancer #rtt Radiotherapy UK #radonc

Absolutely!

Despite its cost-effectiveness, in the U.S., #radonc has the 📈 frequency of handling 1+ prior authorizations annually among all specialties.

It’s perplexing why such a burden disproportionately impacts our field.

Can anyone explain this?

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Dr. Cai's paper was selected as one of 20 Editors' Choice papers for 2023 by Molecular Cell!

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After 7 years of preparation we finally included our first patients LMU Radiation Oncology and Neurooncology Tuebingen / UKT Radiation Oncology into the PRIDE-study (NOA-28; ARO-2024-01; AG-NRO-06). The other sites will follow soon!
Max Niyazi Ghazaleh Tabatabai NOA Deutsche Gesellschaft für Radioonkologie e.V. Krebsgesellschaft

I was so pleased to be invited by Sociedad Chilena de Radioterapia Oncológica to speak at their biannual meeting in San Pedro de Atacama - and it has not disappointed so far 😊 Great colleagues & discussions, delicious food, and a lovely venue #radonc #medphys

Fun times with these brain trusts! 👍🏻👊🏻 #radonc The ASTRO Foundation

'Climate change poses significant challenges to health care, with radiation oncology being no exception.'

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#RadOnc #RadiationOncology #RadOnc Ed #ClimateChange

New Featured Continuing Education!

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The Emerging Role of Digital Therapeutics in Medical,
Surgical and Radiation Oncology

#CME #CE #RadOncEd #RadOncRes #Chemo #Chemo therapy #CancerTreatmant

Attn: Residents in #radonc ARRO ACROresident check out research grants and potential boosts to your career via ASTRO’s Research Arm Radiation Oncology Institute super cool and supportive group of your current and future potential work 👍🏻👊🏻

#radonc kicks off w workforce symposium w Dr. Art Hung from OHSU Radiation Medicine discussing #ruralhealthcare , Dr. Laeton Pang of #AFROC , & Dr. Terence Sio of Mayo Clinic Radiation Oncology

#ACR2024 American College of Radiology

Even my family would have trouble with this #radonc

Rad Onc department has to recharge somehow! Sravya Koduri Aishwarya Shah Juhi M. Purswani, MD