Radiotherapy continues to be a major treatment for solid tumours and is a cornerstone of modern oncology. The term 'radiation oncology' describes the integration of radiation therapy into the complexity of multi-modal therapy. Over the last ten years the crucial role of radiation therapy as part of multi-modality protocols in cancer care has been documented in numerous Phase III trials. Advance...

*Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia, Virginia, USA, Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Florida, USA, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Florida, USA, Radiation Physics Laboratory, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia C...

*Department of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; yDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; zMD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; xDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; jjDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;...

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...

Usability and cognitive workload (CWL) are multidimensional constructs that describe user experience, predict performance, inform system design. The relationship between the subjective measures of these has not been adequately explored, especially in healthcare delivery settings where suboptimal usability electronic health records CWL professionals among major contributing factors to medical er...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To compare the perspectives of oncology nurses and physicians regarding online access to laboratory results for patients with cancer pre- and postimplementation, and to evaluate the impact on workload. DESIGN Pre- and postimplementation surveys distributed to nurses and physicians. In addition, a nursing workload study was conducted to measure the number of phone calls rece...

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...