2016 ASTRO Annual Meeting
Meena Moran, MD, on Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: Improving Local Control
Meena Moran, MD, of Yale University, discusses an analysis from 10 pooled academic institutions that showed a radiation boost after whole breast radiation therapy improves local control of this diseas...
Paul L. Nguyen, MD, on Prostate Cancer: High-Risk Disease, Brachytherapy, And Hormones
Paul L. Nguyen, MD, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, summarizes a session he moderated, which included talks on local recurrence following brachytherapy, long-term PSA stability after the procedur...
Maria Werner-Wasik, MD, on Issues in Lung Toxicity
Maria Werner-Wasik, MD, of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, summarizes a session she moderated on lung toxicity, including the impact of cardiac radiation, the risk of radiation to thoracic verte...
Thomas J. Lynch, Jr, MD, on Personalized Care and Radiation Oncology in Lung Cancer
Thomas J. Lynch, Jr, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, summarizes his keynote lecture on whether we are any closer to curing lung cancer with targeted treatments. (Keynote Address 2)
Richard T. Hoppe, MD, on Lymphoma: Improving Outcomes
Richard T. Hoppe, MD, of Stanford University, summarizes a session on improving outcomes by enhancing old and new indications in follicular lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma. (Scientific Session 5)
Bradley R. Prestidge, MD, on Prostate Cancer: Initial Findings of NRG Oncology/RTOG 0232
Bradley R. Prestidge, MD, of Bon Secours VA Health System, summarizes his plenary lecture on this phase III trial comparing combined external beam radiation and transperineal interstitial permanent br...
Alan Pollack, MD, PhD, on Prostate Cancer: Postprostatectomy Radiotherapy
Alan Pollack, MD, PhD, of the University of Miami Health System, summarizes a session that included discussion of outcomes, dose response, oligometastatic disease, and gene predictor of response. (Pre...
Joanne B. Weidhaas, MD, PhD, on Head and Neck Cancer: Results of the NRG Oncology/RTOG 0522 Study
Joanne B. Weidhaas, MD, PhD, of the University of California, Los Angeles Radiation Oncology, discusses the KRAS variant as a biomarker of cetuximab response and altered immunity in head and neck canc...
Anders Widmark, MD, PhD, on Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer: Results From the HYPO-RT-PC Trial
Anders Widmark, MD, PhD, of the Umea University Hospital Oncology, discusses the early toxicity results from the phase III Scandinavian study on extreme hypofractionation vs conventionally fractionate...
Takeshi Kodaira, MD, PhD, on Glottic Cancer: Results of a Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study
Takeshi Kodaira, MD, PhD, of Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, discusses the final analysis of a randomized phase III trial of accelerated vs conventional fractionation radiotherapy for glottic cancer of ...
Louis Harrison, MD, on Radiation Oncology and the Future of Health Care
Louis B. Harrison, MD, of the Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses radiation oncology in the context of personalized medicine, multidisciplinary care, new technology and applications, and the mandate to c...
Lia M. Halasz, MD, on Disparities in Radiotherapy Delivery 126
Lia M. Halasz, MD, of the University of Washington Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, summarizes a session on the uneven delivery of radiotherapy in the United States and around the world. (Scientific Sess...
Howard M. Sandler, MD, on RTOG’s Past and NRG’s Future 126
Howard M. Sandler, MD, of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, discusses prospective clinical trials as the gold standard of clinical decision-making and examines the infrastructure needed for future cancer r...
Daniel Hamstra, MD, PhD, on Prostate Cancer: Decreasing Rectal Toxicity 126
Daniel A. Hamstra, MD, PhD, of Texas Oncology, discusses phase III findings on the use of an absorbable hydrogel spacer designed to decrease rectal toxicity and improve bowel quality of life for patie...
Brian Kavanagh, MD, MPH: Looking Ahead With ASTRO’s President-Elect
Brian Kavanagh, MD, MPH, of the University of Colorado at Denver and ASTRO’s incoming President, discuss his goals for the Society in 2017.
Bruce D. Minsky, MD's, Meeting Highlights: An Expert Perspective
Bruce D. Minsky, MD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Chairman of the ASTRO Board, discusses top papers presented at this year’s Annual Meeting.
Douglas W. Arthur, MD, on Breast-Preserving Surgery: Results From NRG Oncology/RTOG 1014 126
Douglas W. Arthur, MD, of Virginia Commonwealth University, discusses the 3-year efficacy report from a phase II study of repeat breast-preserving surgery and 3D conformal partial breast reirradiation...
