Roy Decker, MD, PhD, on Chemoradiation in Elderly Patients With Limited-Stage SCLC
2015 ASTRO Annual Meeting
Roy Decker, MD, PhD, of Yale University School of Medicine, discusses a National Cancer Database analysis that showed elderly patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer can benefit from adding concurrent radiation to chemotherapy (Abstract 1010).
Samuel Chao, MD
Samuel Chao, MD, of Cleveland Clinic, discusses the QMAP program and data-driven management, which offer ways to improve consistency and drive quality in radiation oncology departments (Abstract 39).
Supriya Chopra, MD
Supriya Chopra, MD, of Tata Memorial Hospital, discusses results of the PARCER study, which compared conventional 3D conformal radiotherapy to image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy in reducing bowel side effects for women with cervical cancer (Abstract 8).
Stephen G. Chun, MD
Stephen G. Chun, MD, of MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the comparison of 3D conformal and IMRT outcomes for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (Abstract 2).
James B. Yu, MD
James B. Yu, MD, of Yale School of Medicine, summarizes the plenary lecture on results from the NRG Oncology/phase III study comparing two fractionation schedules for low-risk prostate cancer (Abstract LBA6).
Alysa M. Fairchild, MD
Alysa M. Fairchild, MD, of the Cross Cancer Institute and the University of Alberta, discusses her study on the use of dexamethasone to reduce pain flare in patients receiving palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases (Abstract LBA6663).