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Mashup Score: 0Impact of radiotherapy quality assurance on nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Usage of a novel web-based quality assurance application - 1 year(s) ago
We used a new web application for rapid review of radiotherapy (RT) target volumes to evaluate the relationship between target delineation compliance with the international guidelines and outcomes of definitive RT for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).
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Mashup Score: 7
Spine stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) results in improved local control and pain response compared to conventional external beam radiotherapy. Consensus exists stipulating that MRI-based delineation of the clinical target volume (CTV) is critical and based on spine segment sector involvement. The applicability of contouring guidelines to metastases involving the posterior elements alone…
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New in #PracticalRO: While uncommon, when treating posterior element-only vertebral metastasis with SBRT, a retrospective review from @SahgalArjun supports omitting the vertebral body per consensus guidelines. https://t.co/HwoIIdvIuR https://t.co/TcR4qRVZp1
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Mashup Score: 3Using a Culture Committee to Improve and Maintain a Positive Workplace Environment During a Pandemic - 1 year(s) ago
Workplace culture is often overlooked in interventions to improve the delivery of health care efficiency. Burnout and employee morale have been longstanding issues in health care and can negatively affect both provider and patient health. To address employee wellness and promote department unity, a culture committee was established within a radiation oncology department. After the emergence of…
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The initiation of a Culture Committee has been pivotal to identifying and improving workplace stressors that may enable burnout, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. @brianna_lau34 @Dan_ChangMD @Qle_stanford @StanfordRadOnc https://t.co/AVDiv1Z6eS https://t.co/JOYJi0yuMo
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The standard of care for locally advanced cervical cancer is concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by image guided brachytherapy. Surgery is not indicated for initial debulking before initiation of CRT or as adjuvant treatment after completion of CRT.1 However, the question remains: what is the best strategy for the management of early-stage, operable disease?
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New in #PracticalRO: @NeilTaunkMD @emmacfields & @jeffreybrower2 review the role of primary radiation in early-stage cervical cancer https://t.co/t3TCtYobni https://t.co/nehtAHdOju
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Mashup Score: 0The Rate of Prostatic Involvement in Men Treated With Radical Cystectomy for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer - 1 year(s) ago
Radical cystoprostatectomy (RC) is one standard treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) in male patients. Another therapeutic option is trimodal therapy. Including the prostate in the trimodal therapy radiation therapy volume is based on MIBC surgical series showing prostatic stromal (PS) involvement. Our aim was to establish the rate of pathologic PS involvement by preoperative T…
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New in #PracticalRO: Development of quality metrics for radiation therapy developed from the @DeptVetAffairs National Radiation Oncology Program https://t.co/I0zfg2TGRF https://t.co/LA8UJnXNVC
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Mashup Score: 2Great Ideas: In Regard to DePaoli et al - 1 year(s) ago
We read with interest the report by DePaoli et al.1 There were 3 ideas the authors presented that we wish to address.
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@DrewMoghanaki @ALESSIOBRUNI10 @CTuscanoMD Shouldn't necessarily conflate "volumes," which to me mean PTVs, in IMRT/non-IMRT PTV should be same in an IMRT or non-IMRT plan the *isovolumes* of higher % isodoses will be smaller in an IMRT plan, and bigger in the very lower % iso's ... in general https://t.co/ykto6IwG34
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Our purpose is to explore the effect of postmastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT) modality and timing on complication rates in breast cancer patients receiving immediate 2-stages expander/implant.
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New in #PracticalRO: RT to tissue expander before exchange increases reconstruction failure in patients requiring PMRT. Protons also increase capsular contracture rates - @George_E_Naoum @harvardrad @MassGenBrigham https://t.co/3AY3DDeExj https://t.co/qh4hBfwdVN
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To assess the degree of pathological complete response (pCR), post-operative surgical complication rates and oncological outcomes in women with locally advanced (LABC) or high-risk breast cancers treated with neoadjuvant radiotherapy (NART).
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In #PracticalRO: Retrospective review of neoadjuvant chemotherapy & neoadjuvant RT for patients with locally-advanced breast cancer from @ONJCRI & others in @FacRadOncology; comparable post-op complication rates & high rates of pCR. https://t.co/oXD2eOKgPx https://t.co/rvrGjV0dps
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Mashup Score: 0Management of Radiographically Positive Pelvic and/or Para-aortic Lymph Nodes During Primary Chemoradiation Therapy for Cervix Cancer - 1 year(s) ago
Advanced imaging in the initial workup of cervix cancer has become standard of care and has led to the need for complex decision making regarding optimal management of locoregional nodal metastases.1 When treating a patient with cervix cancer using primary radiation therapy (RT) or chemoradiation therapy (CRT), radiation oncologists must decide on the total radiation therapy dose and…
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New in #PracticalRO: @jeffreybrower2, Kristin Bradley, and Andrea Russo discuss management of radiographically positive pelvic/paraarortic nodes in patients with newly diagnosed cervical cancer. https://t.co/htf7axJ9ei https://t.co/rKpY8RJw7H
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Education and specific training on serious illness communication skills for radiation oncology residents is lacking. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requires radiation oncology residents to demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills; however, implementing specific training to address this poses an ongoing challenge. This study assesses the feasibility and…
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New in #PracticalRO: Training with simulated patients can improve resident communication skills with patients pertaining to serious illness @DocSirop @UTSW_RadOnc https://t.co/swEIaEkx6u https://t.co/5nqHq2eyrO
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New in #PracticalRO: Rapid review of intermediate-risk CTV in nasopharyngeal cancer is feasible and may help identify areas of undercoverage potentially reducing local failure @RadMedPM https://t.co/Vt305ywaD8 https://t.co/cBhc3cjWC7