On Target

Meet the Medical Physicist: Imaging and Radiation Therapy

In this joint ASTRO and AAPM episode of OnTarget, host Julianne Pollard Larkin, PhD, leads a conversation with medical physicists and physicians from radiology and radiation oncology. The panel demystifies imaging and therapy doses, contrast media safety, CT versus MRI, linear accelerators, treatment planning and when proton therapy or brachytherapy may be the right choice.

Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Part I

Radiation oncologists Dr. Christian Okoye and Dr. Anesa Ahamad discuss prostate cancer radiation therapy, covering consultation, PSA testing, and staging. Options include active surveillance, surgery, external beam radiation, brachytherapy, and SBRT—often delivered in just five sessions with cure rates rivaling surgery. High-risk patients add hormone therapy. MRI planning, rectal spacers, and molecular testing refine treatment for the best outcomes.

Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer

The podcast will provide a broad overview of the use of radiation therapy to treat lung cancer. We will cover logistics of radiation therapy, how radiation is integrated with other lung cancer treatment modalities, different radiation techniques, and side effects of treatment.

Radiation Therapy: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

In this episode of the OnTarget podcast, radiation oncologists Anesa Ahamad, MD and Avinash Chaurasia, MD address frequently asked patient questions about radiation therapy. Topics include what radiation oncologists do, how radiation works, when radiation is used to cure cancer or relieve symptoms, common side effects, treatment safety, and how response to therapy is monitored. The discussion is designed to provide clear, patient-friendly education.

Radiation Therapy for Esophageal Cancer

In this episode Malcolm Mattes, MD talks with Karyn Goodman, MD from Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Institute about radiation therapy to treat esophageal cancer. We will cover logistics of radiation therapy, how radiation is integrated with other esophageal cancer treatment modalities, different radiation techniques, and side effects of treatment.