Cancer Disparities Research Partnership (CDRP): Linking University & Community Radiation Oncology to Improve Cancer Outcomes Patrick D. Maguire, M.D. New Hanover Radiation Oncology Wilmington, NC CDRP: Partnerships in Radiation Oncology The Problem Clinical
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Purpose: The academic health of a medical specialty can be gauged by the level of university support through endowed professorships. Methods and Materials: We conducted a survey of the 86 academic programs in radiation oncology to determine the current status of endowed chairs in this discipline. Results: Over the ...
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Contents: General information; Criteria and standards for radiation oncology facilities and services.
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Experts in the fields of pediatric oncology, pediatric surgery, pediatric neuro-oncology, and radiation oncology.
The processes by which academic medicine will train the next generation of physicians and develop new knowledge have brought to the forefront the relationship between academic medical centers and community hospitals and practitioners. Over the past thirteen years, the Harvard Medical School Joint Center for Radiation Therapy (JCRT) has ...
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Purpose: Advancement in academic radiation oncology is largely contingent on research productivity and the perceived external influence of an individual's scholarly work. The purpose of this study was to use the Hirsch index (h-index) to estimate the research productivity of current radiation ...
Purpose: The aim of this study was to document adequacy of training, career plans after residency, use of the in-service examination, and motivation for choice of radiation oncology as a specialty. Methods and Materials: In 2004, the Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO) conducted a nationwide ...
The role of the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) has been established and described in some detail. The majority of these specialists practice in academic centers or large hospitals, often in concert with a group of their peers and with strong administrative support for the advanced practice role. Changes in the healthcare system, particularly the recent trend toward the ...
Professions in: Radiation Therapy Radiation Oncologist Medical Radiation Physicist Radiation Therapist Dosimetrist Radiation Oncology Nurse Social Worker ...
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Visualization in Radiation Oncology: Towards Replacing the Laboratory Notebook Erik W. Anderson 1 General Hospital Figure 1: Importance of advanced visualization techniques in radiation oncology. The figure on the left is representative of the type of slice-based visualization used currently in ...
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include: ! Radiation Protection ! Nuclear Medicine ! Radiation Oncology ! Nursing Services Formsof or nursing purposes approved by Nuclear Medicine or Radiation Oncology. Special, unless ordered by Nuclear Medicine or Radiation Oncology. If the nurse ...
Purpose: The United States healthcare system has witnessed declining reimbursement and increasing documentation requirements for longer than 10 years. These have decreased the time available to academic faculty for teaching and mentorship. The impact of these changes on the career choices of residents is unknown. The purpose of this report was to determine whether changes have ...
Purpose: Radiation oncology's popularity as a career in Canada has surged in the past 5 years. Consequently, resident numbers in Canadian radiation oncology residencies are at all-time highs. This study aimed to survey Canadian radiation oncology residents about ...
and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, IL, USA b Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California � San Diego, CA, USA c Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Illinois � Chicago, IL, USA d Department of Radiation Oncology, ...
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Purpose: Radiation oncology trainees must consider an array of variables when deciding upon an academic or private practice career path. This prospective evaluation of the 2004 graduating radiation oncology trainees, evaluates such variables and provides additional descriptive data. Methods: A ...
A. Develop a culture of mentorship B. Expand Medical Oncology and Radiation Oncology training programs C. Develop Surgical Oncology training program D. Broaden clinical and translational scope, and consider additional satellites throughout Arizona D. Develop a Hematology and Oncology consulting
Significant controversy surrounds the 2012 / 2014 decision announced by the Trustees of the American Board of Radiology (ABR) in October of 2007. According to the ABR, only medical physicists who are graduates of a Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs, Inc. (CAMPEP) accredited academic or residency program will be admitted for examination in the ...
responsible agencies. Radiation Oncology Staff Responsibilities ConsentForm The Radiation Oncology Department and staff. AfterSourceInsertion Afterinsertionofradiationsources,theRadiationOncologyDepartmentmust: ! Post. ! Perform a radiation exposure survey. ...
CCR's labs and clinics at the NIH Clinical Center are important training grounds for the most promising oncology residents who have decided to specialize in clinical research. The CCR offers training in a variety of clinical specialities including medical oncology, pediatric hematology - oncology, radiation ...
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Department of Radiation OncologyDepartment of Radiation Oncology Effects of Scatterer Populations on Temperature Dependence ofEffects of Scatterer Populations on Temperature Dependence of Backscattered scatterers Our image simulation model provides a unique, effective means to explore variations in assumptions
Purpose. The estimated new cancer patient load in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is 0.1�0.12 million per year. Approximately two thirds of these require treatment by a radiation oncologist. Radiation oncologists: cancer patient ratio in this state is 1?:?2000 as compared to the recommended 1?:?250. This problem is compounded by the poor infrastructure ...
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nuclear medicine and radiation oncology clinics, and living areas areas where there are environmental radiation concerns. Non Government Application ...
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OBJECTIVES: To analyze the didactics and research experience reported by chief residents during their residency training. METHODS: During the academic years 2005 to 2006, 2006 to 2007, and 2007 to 2008, the Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO) conducted a nationwide survey of all radiation ...
research focus in solid tumor oncology. Early tumor detection can theoretically result in lower stage. of Radiation Oncology, Stanford Univ., 94305. sgsoltys@stanford.edu � Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Stanford Univ., 94305. gshi@stanford.edu # Dept. of Radiation ...
Since there is no fine line between Radiation Oncology and Medical Oncology in the treatment of cancer, with many patients receiving multi-modality therapies, the system is also available for Medical Oncology use as long as it supports the areas described above and is approved by the PI for use.
Purpose: To evaluate the structure of radiation oncology in Japan in terms of equipment, personnel, patient load, and geographic distribution to identify and improve any deficiencies. Methods and Materials: A questionnaire-based national structure survey was conducted between March 2006 and February 2007 by the Japanese Society of Therapeutic Radiology and ...
... and Janet E. Baulcha,2 aDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology Research Laboratory, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland bDepartment of Radiation and Cellular O...
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Purpose: To document demographic characteristics of current residents, career motivations and aspirations, and training program policies and resources. Methods: In 2003, the Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO) conducted two nationwide surveys: one of all U.S. radiation oncology residents and one ...
Dr. Coleman graduated from the University of Vermont with a B.A. in mathematics, then graduated from Yale University School of Medicine in 1970. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of California in San Francisco, and medical oncology at the NCI and radiation oncology at Stanford. Board ...
Purpose: To provide an extensive and detailed portrait of radiation oncologists, their professional activities, and the practices in which they work. Methods and Materials: We analyzed non-individually identified data from the American College of Radiology's 2003 Survey of Radiation Oncologists, a stratified random sample survey that guaranteed ...
Radiation Oncology Annual presents analyses of the latest clinical, technical, and biological advances in the field. Review articles cover new single and combined modality treatments for specific tumors; emerging techniques and uses of radiotherapy; advances in radiation physics; dosimetry; and treatment planning; clinical applications ...
Purpose/ObjectiveMinority cancer patients have higher recurrence rates than the general population and are more likely to be treated at community centers where the standard of care has been reported to be inferior to that at academic centers. These issues are being explored by ROCOG, a consortium of 5 Community Radiation Oncology (RO) ...
Medical physics plays an essential role in modern medicine. This is particularly evident in cancer care where medical physicists are involved in radiotherapy treatment planning and quality assurance as well as in imaging and radiation protection. Due to the large variety of tasks and interests, medical physics is often subdivided into specialties such as radiology, nuclear ...
The evolution of Medical Oncology is facing its first major crisis, that of oversupply of trained oncologists. The tabulated number of certified medical oncologists does not constitute all of the physicians practicing Medical Oncology in the United States. Because of the adequate supply of medical oncologists in clinical practice, but a deficiency of ...
Minimum standards and guidelines to be applied by State agencies and New Jersey health systems agencies in the examination of certificate-of-need applications and in the development of planning activities for radiation oncology units in health care facili...
Purpose: To survey the radiation oncology residency program directors on the topics of departmental and institutional support systems, residency program structure, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirements, and challenges as program director. Methods: A survey was developed and distributed by the leadership of the ...
The following standards are intended to guide the development of radiation oncology (therapy) services in the Central New York Health Service Area. They are applicable to appropriateness review of existing services, as well as to evaluation of proposals f...
The Department of Radiation Oncology at UCSF Medical Center and the Radiation Oncology Department at UC Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory have been evaluating the use of high LET charged particle radiotherapy in a Phase 1--2 research trial ongoing since 1979. ...
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PurposeTo evaluate Telesynergy (TS) as a method of interactive treatment planning between academic and community radiation oncology departments.MethodsThrough a grant from the National Cancer Institute to improve cancer outcomes for underserved populations, community radiation oncologists at New Hanover Regional ...
BACKGROUND: Safety initiatives in the United States continue to work on providing guidance as to how the average practitioner might make patients safer in the face of the complex process by which radiation therapy (RT), an essential treatment used in the management of many patients with cancer, is prepared and delivered. Quality control measures can uncover certain specific ...
Purpose: To review the published literature pertaining to radiation oncology in undergraduate medical education. Methods and Materials: Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid MEDLINE Daily Update and EMBASE databases were searched for the 11-year period of January 1, 1998, through the last week of March 2009. A medical librarian used an extensive list of indexed subject ...
BIBLIOGRAPHY Ira J. Kalet, Ph.D. Professor Radiation Oncology Department University of Washington Radiological Path Length Algorithms. Interna- tional Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, 13/Expert Systems in Radiation Therapy. American Journal of Clinical ...
This book presents papers on nuclear medicine. Topics considered include the classification of cancers, oncologic diagnosis, brain and spinal cord neoplasms, lymph node metastases, the larynx and hypopharynx, thyroid cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer, bladder cancer, tumors of the skeletal system, pediatric oncology, computed tomography and ...
The White Book of Radiation Oncology provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of the speciality of radiation oncology in Spain and is intended to be used as a reference for physicians, health care administrators and hospital managers. The present paper summarises the most relevant aspects of the ...
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The author presents a reference for diagnostic radiology, radiation oncology, and nuclear medicine. The book includes subjects such as physics, basic biological relationships, tissue sensitivities and modifiers, and long-term effects of radiation.
A survey to determine whether oncology nurses (n=670) use the Internet and for what purpose revealed that they use it for drug information, literature searches, academic information, patient education, and continuing education. Results suggest that continuing-education providers should pursue the Internet as a means of meeting the need for quick, current ...
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In the past 10 years, molecular biology has found major applications in pathology, particularly in oncology. This has been a field of enormous expansion, where pure science has found a place in clinical practice and is now of everyday use in any academic unit. This demystified review will discuss the techniques used in molecular pathology and then provide ...
Purpose: To identify factors significantly influencing accrual to clinical protocols by analyzing radiation Patterns of Care Study (PCS) surveys of 3,047 randomly selected radiotherapy (RT) patients. Methods and Materials: Patterns of Care Study surveys from disease sites studied for the periods 1992-1994 and 1996-1999 (breast cancer, n = 1,080; prostate cancer, n = 1,149; ...
. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 77(3):655- 661. 23. Ebbert JO, Edmonds A, Luo X, Sperduto CM, Mehta MP. Reply to Drs. Mulvenna and Holt. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology: impact of Imatinib on risk of relapse and survival. The American Society of Pediatric ...
. Marketing Initiatives (J. Phaneuf): o Marketing is working with Radiation/Oncology on a finalized letter Series for Oncology will be held on January 19th from 5:30-7 pm. Also, the Caregiver Support Group on behalf of P. Zampi): Recruitment: Efforts are ongoing to recruit physicians for both Radiation Oncology
Purpose: The Oncology Education Initiative was created to advance oncology and radiation oncology education by integrating structured didactics into the existing core radiology clerkship. We set out to determine whether the addition of structured didactics could lead to a significant increase in overall medical ...
The monograph comprising primarily papers on topical subjects of oncology and cancer research, contains also a selection of papers presented at the 2. Congress of the Czechoslovak Society of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Hygiene. Seven papers were select...
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CCOP Physician Registry Stephen S. Grubbs M.D. Delaware Christiana Care CCOP September 18, 2007 Delaware Christiana Care CCOP Main Member and Four Affiliates Physician Investigators Medical Oncology/Hematology: 28 Pediatric Oncology/Hematology: 8 Radiation
Purpose: To survey radiation oncology training programs to determine the impact of ownership of radiation oncology facilities by non-radiation oncologists on these training programs and to place these findings in a health policy context based on data from the literature. Methods and Materials: ...
This book contains 76 chapters. Some of the titles are: Biologic Basis of Radiation Therapy; Radiation Immunobiology and Immunomoduation; The Staging and Classification of Cancer: A Unified Approach; External Beam Dosimetry and Treatment Planning; Intraoperative Radiation Therapy; Hyperthermia; and Clinical Applications of Electron ...
Dr. Mitchell received his Ph.D. from Colorado State University in cellular radiation biology in 1978. He came to the NIH and the Radiation Oncology Branch of the NCI in 1979 and became an independent investigator in 1984. He served as chief of the Radiobiology Section and later as deputy branch chief of the ...
BACKGROUND:: A study was undertaken to examine the patterns of systemic therapy use in conjunction with radiation therapy for patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell cancer. METHODS:: Between December 1, 2005 and May 11, 2009, 2874 patients with newly diagnosed head and neck squamous cell cancer who were scheduled to receive radiotherapy and/or drug therapy ...
the Edwin L. Steele Laboratory, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stephen E. and Catherine Pappas Center for Neuro-Oncology, and A.A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imag- ing, Massachusetts General Hospital version (via Adobe� Reader�). � 2009 by American Society of Clinical Oncology 0732-183X/09
Dr. William G. Nelson is a Professor of Oncology, Urology, Pharmacology, Medicine, Pathology, and Radiation Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, with a Joint Appointment in Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Nelson serves as the Marion I. Knott ...
4th International Advanced Research Workshop on In Silico Oncology and Cancer Investigation Radiation Therapy N.C.Zamboglou (Abstract) 11:00 � 11:30 Coffee Break 11:30-11:50 In Silico Oncology Models: A Review of Basic Concepts and Algorithms D.Dionysiou 12:10-12:30 Breast Cancer Modeling
Purpose: To obtain, in a survey-based study, detailed information on the faculty currently responsible for teaching radiation biology courses to radiation oncology residents in the United States and Canada. Methods and Materials: In March-December 2007 a survey questionnaire was sent to faculty having primary responsibility for ...
A modern approach to quality was developed in the United States at Bell Telephone Laboratories during the first part of the 20th century. Over the years, those quality techniques have been adopted and extended by almost every industry. Medicine in general and radiation oncology in particular have been slow to adopt modern quality techniques. This work ...
The radiation oncology physicist is responsible for the medical use of radioisotopes in two general categories of therapy: teletherapy and brachytherapy. Responsibilities common to both these domains are maintaining a safe environment and ensuring compliance with all regulations as part of the quality management program. For these duties, close ...
This presentation will consist of a description of some of the steps followed to organize a new radiation oncology department in a medium size community hospital. In here the duties and involvement of the medical physicist at the different stages of the project are explained. Also some of the new techniques such as Intensity Modulated ...
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CDRP Goal Build and stabilize research capacity in radiation oncology in community-based institutions that care for a disproportionate number of medically underserved, low-income, and racial and ethnic minority populations.
Jan 28, 2008 ... Pre-clinical and Clinical Researchers (in particular stem cell and oncology researchers) " Hospital & Health Site Monitoring (for nuclear ...
The ROB is critical to the overall care of cancer patients in the Intramural Research Program and provides radiation therapy as well as general oncology consultation for patients admitted to the clinical center.
Sep 18, 2009... spark plug igniters; crystal growth crucibles, catalyst electrodes for chemical production processes; and radiation oncology. ...
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A method of clinicai dosimetry that can be easily applied to studies in oncology is described. The source of gamma radiation used is a Theratron B of 1200 C Co/sup 60/. (auth)
... Title : How to Increase Appropriate Use of Breast-Conserving Therapy - Greater Access to Radiation Oncology Services or Physician Education. ...
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This is the annual report of the Radiological Research Laboratory of the Department of Radiation Oncology, Columbia University. The bulk of the research of the Laboratory involves basic and fundamental aims, not confined to radiotherapy. Research carried ...
This book contains 27 selections. Some of the titles are: Principles of Radiation Oncology; Radiation Therapy; Adjuvant Radiotherapy and Its Role in Treatment of Stage II Lung Cancer; and Radiation Treatment for Locally Advanced Stage III/sub M/ Non-Small Cell Carcinomas of the Lung.
In this meta-analysis, researchers found that chemotherapy given during standard radiation treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer reduced the risk of death, and also of cancer recurrence, according to the Jan. 1, 2006, issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
Compared to radiation alone, cetuximab plus radiation therapy improves overall survival of patients with advanced head and neck cancer that has not spread to other parts of the body, according to an article published online November 7, 2009, in Lancet Oncology.
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This book discusses the management of cancer by radiation therapy both for cure and palliation. A wide range of clinical topics are introduced. In the introductory chapters on radiation physics and radiobiology, important terms and concepts used in clinical radiation oncology are covered. The subsequent chapters, ...
PURPOSE: To evaluate the actual work environment of radiation oncologists (ROs) in Japan in terms of working pattern, patient load, and quality of cancer care based on the relative time spent on patient care. METHODS AND MATERIALS: In 2008, the Japanese Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology produced a questionnaire for a national structure survey ...
