ASTRO Journals

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 trial report, A Randomized Study of Consolidation Chemoradiotherapy Versus Observation After First-line Chemotherapy in Advanced Gallbladder Cancers: RACE-GB Study [https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(24)03706-4/fulltext].

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 [https://www.practicalradonc.org/article/S1879-8500(24)00304-7/fulltext]. 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 for patient care.

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? [https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(24)03650-2/fulltext], and Dr. Juliette Thariat, Professor in Radiation Oncology at Cancer Center Baclesse in Normandy, France, Secrétaire Nationale at the GORTEC, and first author of our featured article, Survival Without Quality of Life Deterioration in the GORTEC 2014-04 "OMET" Randomized Phase 2 Trial in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer with Oligometastases using Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy (SABR) alone or Chemotherapy and SABR [https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(24)03651-4/fulltext].

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 [https://www.practicalradonc.org/article/S1879-8500(24)00139-5/fulltext]. 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.

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 Jagsi, the Lawrence W. Davis Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at at Emory University. All were co-authors on this month's featured publication, A 5-Year, Multi-Institutional Mentorship Program in Radiation Oncology: The Society for Women in Radiation Oncology Experience [https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(24)03518-1/fulltext].