Send us a text Editor-in-Chief Sue Yom co-hosts with Dr. Claire Vanpouille-Box, Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine, Associate Editor in Biology at our journal, and expert on radiation and immunotherapy, interviewing Associate Professor Dr. Tsubasa Watanabe and Postdoctoral Scholar Dr. Genki Sato from the Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science at Kyoto University, who were supervising and first authors on our recent new publication, “Conventional fractionated electiv...
Send us a text Editor-in-Chief Sue Yom co-hosts with Dr. Sarah Milgrom, Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Colorado and Section Editor for Lymphoma, interviewing Dr. Brad Hoppe, Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology and Medical Director of Particle Therapy from Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, who was last author on “The Role of Radiation Therapy in the Management of Grey Zone Lymphoma,” first author on “Comparison of Contemporary Radiotherap...
Send us a text For ASTRO 2025, our Editor-in-Chief Dr. Sue Yom hosts Dr. Minesh Mehta, Chief, Deputy Director and John and Mary Lou Dasburg Endowed Chair in Radiation Oncology at Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute and first author of the article “Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) therapy after stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer: final results of the phase 3 METIS study”; Dr. Cliff Robinson, Professor and Chief of SBRT at Washington University in S...
Send us a text Editor-in-Chief Dr. Sue Yom hosts Dr. Ben Corn, Professor of Oncology and Director of the Institute for the Study of Hope, Dignity & Wellbeing at Hebrew University School of Medicine in Jerusalem, and first author of our article published this month, ““Hope” Drives Quality of Life in Patients With Brain Metastases, But, the “Hope Center” Remains Elusive: An Analysis of NRG-CC003”; Dr. Vinai Gondi, Clinical Associate Professor and Service Line Director of Radiation Oncology ...
Send us a text ASTRO has recently updated guidelines for post mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) to align practice with outcomes from multiple newly published studies for locally advanced breast cancer published over the past decade. This podcast, led by Melissa Pulfer Mitchell, MD, features lead authors of the new ASTRO PMRT guidelines Kathleen C. Horst, MD, and Rachel B. Jimenez, MD, and highlights the main questions answered by the new guidelines, as well as limitations of this expert consensu...
Send us a text Dr. Sue Yom, Editor in Chief, co-hosts with Deputy Editor Dr. Alison Tree, in discussion/debate with Dr. John Floberg, Associate Professor and Director of Theranostics in the Department of Human Oncology at the University of Wisconsin and last author of “Severe Late Toxicities (Grade 3-5) with 13 Years of Follow-up after Hypofractionated Postprostatectomy Radiotherapy”; Dr. Paul Sargos, Head of the Department of Radiotherapy at the Institut Bergonié in Bordeaux, France and last...
Send us a text Editor-in-Chief Sue Yom hosts a discussion of lung cancer reirradiation with Dr. Charles Simone, Chief Medical Officer of the New York Proton Center and Full Member at Memorial Sloan Kettering and Dr. Kristen Higgins, Chief Clinical Officer for City of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta, first and co authors on a paper entitled “American Radium Society Appropriate Use Criteria Systematic Review and Guidelines on Reirradiation for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Executive Summary.”
Send us a text Editor in Chief Dr. Sue Yom hosts a discussion of reirradiation planning based on the Michigan model of the special medical physics consultation, as explained by guests Dr. Kelly Paradis, Associate Professor of Medical Physics in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Michigan, and Dr. Martha Matuszak, the Laurie Snow Professor of Radiation Oncology and Associate Chair for Physics in the same group, who were first and co-last author on the article, “Reirradia...
Send us a text Dr. Sue Yom, our Editor in Chief, hosts a discussion of workforce issues related to adaptive radiation therapy, with guests Dr. Lauren Henke, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University and Director of her department’s Residency and GI Programs, and last author of “Quality and Safety Considerations for Adaptive Radiation Therapy: An ASTRO White Paper” and Dr. Chirag Shah, Chair of the Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institu...
Send us a text ASTRO has recently released its first consensus guidelines on the treatment of anal cancer. This podcast, led by Michael Buckstein, MD PhD, features Dr. Mary Feng, lead author of the guidelines, and Dr. Chris Hallemeier as they discuss the nuances of the new guidelines, especially as it pertains to the more challenging aspects involving radiation for anal cancer. The podcast also explores some of the newer aspects of treatment for this rare disease and where we might be headed ...
Send us a text Editor in Chief Sue Yom hosts a discussion with Dr. Michelle Kim (CNS, University of Michigan), Dr. Michael Chuong (GI, Miami Cancer Institute), and Dr. Alison Tree (GU/editorials, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust), highlighting their top picks from their sections of the special issue.
Send us a text Editor in Chief Sue Yom hosts four of our artists – Jen Bellon, our journal’s Art Editor, who was previously at Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham & Women’s Hospital, and now works as an independent art consultant; Annie Lavigne, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at Johns Hopkins University; Josh No, Attending Physician at Kaiser Permanente; and Tony Orlina, Lead Dosimetrist at Dana Farber Cancer Center. They discuss the role of art in their lives, stories of thei...
Send us a text Editor in Chief Dr. Sue Yom hosts a discussion with Dr. Ying Xiao, Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania and a leader of the Center for Innovation in Radiation Oncology at NRG Oncology, and Dr. Jeffrey Buchsbaum, Medical Officer in the Radiation Research Program of the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health. They are the first and last authors of an article this month, Embracing the Future of Clinical Trials in Radiation Thera...
Send us a text Editor in Chief Dr. Sue Yom hosts a discussion on the role of radiation for gallbladder cancer, as it is managed in India versus the U.S. Guests are Section Editor Dr. Michael Chuong, Vice Chair and Medical Director of Radiation Oncology at Miami Cancer Institute, and Dr. Sushma Agrawal, Professor from the Department of Radiotherapy at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lacknow, India, RACE-GB Principal Investigator, and first author of the primary tri...
Send us a text In this episode of the PRO podcast, join host Michael Buckstein, MD, PhD, as he sits down with Jennifer Wo, MD and Ann Raldow, MD, MPH to discuss the latest updates to the ASTRO Rectal Cancer Guidelines. In this episode, they break down key recommendations, the evolving role of radiation in rectal cancer management, and how these guidelines impact clinical decision-making. Tune in for expert insights on the latest evidence, practical applications, and what these updates mean fo...
Send us a text Dr. Sue Yom, Editor in Chief, co-hosts with Dr. Lachlan McDowell, Consultant Radiation Oncologist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Queensland, Australia and our journal's Head and Neck Cancer Section Editor. Guests are Dr. Sean McBride, Radiation Oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Chief of External Beam Radiotherapy at the Manhattan site, who authored an editorial, Oligometastatic HNSCC: Is SABR the Solution?, and Dr. Juliette Thariat, Professor in Ra...
Send us a text In this PRO podcast, Bisham Chera MD, FASTRO, Danielle Margalit, MD, MPH, and David Sher, MD, discuss the recently published ASTRO clinical practice guideline of Radiation Therapy for HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. This manuscript was published in print in the September/October 2024 issue and was the 3rd most downloaded PRO article in 2024. Listen for their lively and meaningful discussion of the key recommendations and controversies.
Send us a text Dr. Sue Yom, Editor in Chief, hosts Dr. Kristin Hsieh, radiation oncology resident at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and member of the SWRO mentorship committee; Dr. Crystal Seldon Taswell, Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Miami and past Chair of SWRO; Dr. Jennifer Croke, radiation oncologist at Princess Margaret Cancer Center and Associate Professor and Director of Fellowship at the University of Toronto; and Dr. Reshma ...
Send us a text Our Editor-in-Chief Dr. Sue Yom co-hosts with Dr. Henning Willers, our journal's Biology Section Editor and Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Guests are Dr. Simon Powell, Chair of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Department of Radiation Oncology, who joins us as the co-last author of a new publication, Increased synthetic cytotoxicity of combinatorial chemoradiotherapy in homologous recombination deficient tumors, and Dr. Kerstin...
Send us a text Editor-in-Chief, Robert Amdur, MD explains a relatively new form of narrative writing called the Micro-Story, which is a subset of the writing genre called Flash Fiction. The presentation is based on two papers published in the January/February 2025 issue of PRO (2025, Issue 1, January/February). One paper is the first Micro-Story ever published in PRO with title: "The Black Car (Children Playing)." The second paper is an accompanying Editorial titled "Flash and FLASH: In Short...