Despite the prevalence of hearing loss or deafness, many physicians are unfamiliar with how best to support patients and colleagues with diverse communication needs.
Navigating medical insurance for radiation treatment in the United States is frustrating and complex, often resulting in disappointment for patients, delays in care, and denials of standard of care treatment.
Radiotherapy plays an important role as a consolidation treatment after systemic therapy, either to shorten the course of systemic therapy and reduce hematological, cardiac and fertility toxicity or to reduce the risk of relapse e.g., for bulky masses.
This activity focuses entirely on issues related to the Organs at Risk (OAR) in the setting of thoracic radiation. Discussion centers on protecting the OARs and managing acute and late toxicities. Each speaker focuses on a different clinical situation.
There are many advances in the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in contouring and segmentation, as well as patient specific quality assurance.
This is a one-hour interactive forum about patient safety. During this virtual conversation hour, attendees will review and discuss actual safety events in a small group lead by a designated facilitator. All the attendees will then convene in a large group to debrief with safety experts.
When implementing newer technologies practices often rely on vendor training, an evaluation of published literature, and collaboration with others experienced in the technology. Incident learning has a critical role in radiation therapy and may be most important in new and emerging technologies.
Beyond the Beam is a 15-hour in-depth curriculum supplement resource that is designed specifically for radiation oncology residents and practicing radiation oncologists who are planning or participating in a radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) clinical program.
Several national societies' guidelines, including the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and the American Society of Clinical Oncology, recommend screening of older adults with cancer with a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) or similar tools.
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