Role of CTV expansion in H & N and Lung primary
Anyone routinely skipping CTV expansions off the GTV (that are taken to the gross disease dose) in the following situations:
1) H&N definitive RT/ChemoRT, omitting a 70Gy 'CTV' expansion of 3-5mm for the primary, in say a Oropharynx patient
2) Same as #1, but for a positive lymph node
3) Definitive chemoRT for lung cancer (NSCLC, LS-SCLC), in regards to the primary
4) Same as #3, but for positive lymph nodes (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 4, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: evilbooyaa Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
Was patient mislead? Told she was "cancer-free" after 3 weeks of radiation therapy
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she's cancer-free
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she's starting the new year cancer-free.
The 86-year-old was "energized and speaking animatedly" when she told CNN, "I'm cancer free. That's good," during a rare sit-down interview from her chambers on Tuesday.
This was the fourth time over the past 20 years Ginsburg has beaten cancer. She had colorectal cancer in 1999, pancreatic cancer in 2009 and lung cancer surgery...
Was patient mislead? Told she was "cancer-free" after 3 weeks of radiation therapy (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 19, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: msnbc2020 Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
Adaura
Off-top-of-head impressions 'bout ADAURA trial. From one rad onc's perspective.
1) This makes surgery more likely, radiation less likely, in the minds of many treating physicians for lung cancer (EGFR mutated lung ca). Won't be huge shifts, but anyone with an imagination can see all the trend lines.
2) Osi costs about $200K/year from what I've heard. This is 3...
ADAURA (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 14, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: scarbrtj Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
Lung cancer CT-screening: Bias and/or a lethal effect
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Source: BMJ Comments - February 13, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Lung cancer: CT screening in former or current smokers significantly reduces mortality, study finds
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Source: BMJ Comments - February 10, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Reversal of androgenic alopecia in Lung Cancer.
Has anyone heard of this? I have a patient who just presented with weight loss and headache- found to have CA lung (most likely, biopsy pending) and a cerebellar lesion. He has always been completely bald but over the past few months, his hair have grown back and now has a full head of hair!!
Im guessing its some kind of paraneoplastic phenomenon, but I couldn't find any info? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 18, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: deathmerchant Tags: Dermatology Source Type: forums
Dose constraints for 7 Gy x 10 hypofractionation for a lung tumor
What dose constraints do you use when treating a centrally located lung cancer with 7 Gy x 10? I believe the original paper didn't list constraints ... I could be wrong. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 28, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: RadOnc2013 Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
chemotherapy prescription
hi all,
i am a french resident and i would like to know more about oncology in the USA and Canada. i know that french MD can't work in the USA but there are agreements between Canada and France. My question is about the organisation of oncology over there. In France med onc is a speciality, but they often treat cancers that are not in the field of an organ medical speciality. For instance, pulmonologist treat lung cancer and can prescribe all treatments like conventional chemotherapies or...
chemotherapy prescription (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - August 16, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: frenchdoc Tags: Hematology / Oncology Source Type: forums
What are some of your favorite books?
This may or may not be related to pre-med but one of my favorite books of all time is
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, a memoir by a neurosurgeon in his final days grappling with his own mortality from metastatic lung cancer.
It's really moving and on the subject of neurosurgery he says:
“You can’t ever reach perfection, but you can believe in an asymptote toward which you are ceaselessly striving.”
What are some of your favorite books that you also feel like are worth...
What are some of your favorite books? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - July 26, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Engrailed Tags: Pre-Medical - MD Source Type: forums
Re: Lung cancer
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Source: BMJ Comments - June 19, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
durvalumab after chemoradiation for NSCLC
For stage IIIB lung cancer, if the chemotherapy regimen is paclitaxel plus carboplatin, do MedOncs complete 2 cycles of consolidative paclitaxel plus carboplatin q21 days and then start durvalumab? Or forgo consolidatiive pac/carbo altogether? Any data to support either approach? Thanks. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - April 18, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: seper Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
Re: Best supportive care in advanced lung cancer —more than a label?
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Source: BMJ Comments - March 1, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Do All Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Have the Same Risk of Lung Cancer?
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Source: BMJ Comments - February 27, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Best supportive care in advanced lung cancer —more than a label?
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Source: BMJ Comments - January 24, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
