Stereotactic radiation therapy is evolving fast but the phase III RCT evidence is not keeping up.

We outline the headwinds, and a roadmap forward.

Open access: www.redjournal.org/article/S036...

#Radonc #Radiotherapy #CancerCare #IJROBP @astro-org.bsky.social @estroradiotherapy.bsky.social

You heard about it here first
#IJROBP podcast "Where does Hope come from?"
#radonc #oncology #theworld
Podcast aunches tomorrow on the ASTRO channel on Spotify, Apple, and at www.redjournal.org/multimedia/a...

Radiation Therapy Patient Education: A Scoping Review to Identify Future Directions for Scholarship Patient education is demonstrated to reduce patient anxiety, facilitate shared decision-making, and improve treatment outcomes. This scoping review characterizes the state of radiation therapy patient...

Scoping review on patient education about radiation therapy advocates for "increasing physician participation, and developing more active methods for patient engagement and learning"
#IJROBP #radiation #radonc
www.redjournal.org/article/S036...

Red Journal Reviews: Typology, Methodology, and Standards Consolidating accumulated knowledge into a single qualitative or quantitative analysis allows researchers to summarize large bodies of information succinctly, providing clinicians with an assessment o...

Useful guidance on what kinds of reviews are common in #radonc and the types that may be under-utilized.
#IJROBP #radiation
www.redjournal.org/article/S036...

Check out podcast discussing the intersection of art and a life in medicine!
Featuring four artists published on our cover
#IJROBP #radonc
At: www.redjournal.org/pb-assets/He...

Salvage Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Recurrent WHO Grade 2 and 3 Meningiomas: A Multicenter Study (STORM)

Read about STORM (Salvage Stereotactic #Radiosurgery for Recurrent WHO Grade 2 and 3 #Meningiomas), a multicenter retrospective cohort study of patients treated with primary SRS for recurrent grade 2 and 3 meningiomas in #IJROBP:

bit.ly/3QVq932

Are you noticing a lot of "adaptive" articles issuing online? Stay tuned for our planned 2 volume special issues on the adaptive state of the art!
Huge thanks to all the editors and reviewers who make these special issues great.
#IJROBP @astro-org.bsky.social

Boswellia Serrata for Cerebral Radiation Necrosis After Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases Radiation necrosis (RN) is a dose-limiting toxicity of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases. Oral corticosteroids are not optimal for long-term management, given multiple side effects....

The bird people seemed very excited about this study.
#IJROBP #radonc
www.redjournal.org/article/S036...

red journal cover with center photo of winding highway lit up gold by car headlights against the blue mountains

photo of winding highway lit up gold by car headlights against the blue mountains

The January 2025 #IJROBP issue is here! Happy New Year!
See all the complete contents at www.redjournal.org/issue/S0360-...
Has a great cover - "Car Trails" by Juliet Kabatt, RTT
Listen to Podcast and Outtake on the BIOEMBRACE cervical cancer biomarker study: www.redjournal.org/article/S036...

An editorial in #IJROBP that gives much food for thought. It attempts to answer the question of questions : whats is the sweet spot of true synergy between local and systemic treatment to optimize the intensity of local or systemic therapy depending on the clinical situation ? #radonc

Proportion of acute radiation dermatitis grades (ARD) over time for StrataXRT and Mepitel Film in designated rectangles. This stacked bar graph illustrates the progression of ARD grades over a 10-week period with StrataXRT (S) and Mepitel Film (M). Each bar corresponds to a single week, with the proportions of patients at each ARD grade represented by color-coded segments: grade 0 in blue, grade 1 in red, grade 2 in green, and grade 3 in orange. The percentages labelled within each segment reflect the proportion of patients experiencing each ARD grade during that specific week.

Interesting intra-patient randomized controlled trial design in #IJROBP: film vs gel for reducing radiation dermatitis, with one on each side of the same chest wall radiation area. #OncSky #bcsm #RadOnc @ijrobp.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Exclusive tip for bsky friends only - deadline for the Adaptive Cancer Therapies special issue has been extended to Nov 30 ... One more week to grab your seat on the Adaptive canoe!
(don't do rocketships on bsky)
#IJROBP

Resolution for the New Year - more journaling
#IJROBP