ASTRO 2017: Long-Term Data Support Single SBRT Dose in Certain Early Lung Cancers

Rian M. Hasson Charles, MD, MPH, FACS, has a first-of-its-kind role at Brigham Women’s Hospital that will focus on health equity.

Rian M. Hasson Charles, MD, MPH, FACS, discusses advances in equitable lung cancer screening and her experiences as a woman in thoracic oncology.

Patients with factors such as lymphovascular space invasion or positive glossectomy specimen margins may be considered for adjuvant radiotherapy to optimize disease control of tongue squamous cell carcinoma.

ONCOLOGY spoke with Eric Ko, MD, PhD, who recently published a review article with his colleagues on strategies for combining radiation therapy with immunotherapy for the treatment of non–small-cell lung cancer.

The role of multimodal approaches such as FDG-PET imaging may require further investigation in patients with human papillomavirus–positive oropharyngeal cancer, according to Samuel Regan, MD.

The use of postoperative adjuvant radiation therapy led to less weight loss in patients with HPV-positive oropharynx cancer, according to Wade L. Thorstad, MD.