Supply and Demand for Radiation Oncology in the United States: A Resident Perspective Lindsay M. Burt, MD,* Daniel M. Trifiletti, MD,y Nima Nabavizadeh, MD,z Leah M. Katz, MD, MPH,x Zachary S. Morris, MD, PhD,k and Trevor J. Royce, MD, MS{ *Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; yDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virg...

Curative Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: Brachytherapy Is NOT Optional Kari Tanderup, PhD,*,y Patricia J. Eifel, MD,z Catheryn M. Yashar, MD,x Richard Pötter, MD,k and Perry W. Grigsby, MD* *Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; yDepartment of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; zDepartment of ...

1 Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2 Department of Radiation Oncology, New York University Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA 3 Department of Radiation Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA 4 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA 5 Depar...

Department of Oncology, Radiation Oncology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy; Department of Oncology, Radiation Oncology, AOU Citta’ della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy; Department of Surgery, General Surgery 2U and Liver Transplantation Center, AOU Citta’ della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy; Department of Surgical Sciences, General Surgery 2U and Liver Transplantation Center, Un...

In today's world, treating a patient successfully with radiation requires the integration of complex data from a variety of systems. In a typical radiation oncology clinic, data move from the treatment management system to treatment planning system to treatment delivery system. When there is a lack of interconnectivity between the systems, the potential for medical error is increased. Integrati...

PURPOSE Our purpose was to assess comparative female representation trends for trainees and full-time faculty in the academic radiation oncology and hematology oncology workforce of the United States over 3 decades. METHODS AND MATERIALS Simple linear regression models with year as the independent variable were used to determine changes in female percentage representation per year and associa...

Objective: Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is an exciting new technique with the potential to improve radiotherapy treatment by reducing dose to normal structures and increasing dose to the cancer. The objective was to investigate the potential value of IMRT in the treatment of sarcoma. To compare normal tissue sparing and treatment volume coverage for both three dimensional conformal (...

1 Department of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Kanagawa, Sagamihara 252-0374, Japan 2Department of Radiation Oncology, Yamanashi University School of Medicine, Yamanashi, Japan 3Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA 4Department of Radiation Oncology, Yamanashi University School of Medicine, Yaman...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe the professional opportunities for licensed nursing personnel in radiation oncology within the conceptual framework developed for ambulatory care nurses by the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN). DATA SOURCES Published articles and books. DATA SYNTHESIS Using AAACN's framework, the researchers identified three roles that are part of every ambu...

1 Department of Radiation Oncology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland, 2 Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States, 3 Department of Radiation Oncology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, 4 Department of Radiation Oncology, Institut de Cancérologie de l’Ouest, Nantes, France, 5 Centre de Recherche en Cancérol...