AAHPM Forms a Palliative Radiation Oncology Community
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) recently formed a Palliative Radiation Oncology Community. The group aims to encourage engagement of HPM professionals in promoting palliative radiotherapy and to increase collaboration between palliative care physicians and radiation oncologists. The group will hold its inaugural meeting at AAHPM's 2019 Annual Assembly in Orlando, Florida. Follow on Twitter @Pall_Rad_Onc [...]
ASTRO membership survey on palliative and supportive care
Just published in PRO! Members of SPRO and ASTRO have completed a national membership survey of radiation oncologists on Palliative and Supportive Care in the United States. Attitudes of Radiation Oncologists Toward Palliative and Supportive Care in the United States: Report on National Membership Survey by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Randy L. Wei, MD, PhD, Malcolm D. Mattes, MD, [...]
Single versus multiple session stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastasis: the risk-benefit ratio.
Single versus multiple session stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastasis: the risk-benefit ratio. Redmond KJ, Sahgal A, Foote M, Knisely J, Gerszten PC, Chao ST, Suh JH, Sloan AE, Chang EL, Machtay M, Lo SS. Future Oncol. 2015;11(17):2405-15. doi: 10.2217/fon.15.160. Epub 2015 Sep 15. PMID: 26369361
Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA) National Palliative Radiotherapy Taskforce Update
The Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA) National Palliative Radiotherapy Taskforce formed in 2012 with the aim of researching and advancing palliative care within the VHA. The taskforce has since expanded and made meaningful progress. Through a series of survey studies, the group has measured practice patterns across the 39 (soon to be 40) VHA facilities that provide radiation therapy to Veterans [...]
SPRO Annual Meeting 2015 at ASTRO in San Antonio
On October 18, the Society for Palliative Radiation Oncology (SPRO) held its annual meeting in San Antonio, TX, in conjunction with the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting. Dr. Stephen Lutz welcomed everyone to the meeting and reviewed the initiatives that have been undertaken since SPRO was formally introduced one year before. He then introduced speakers in three [...]
Palliative Radiation Therapy: Utilization of Advanced Technologies
Palliative Radiation Therapy: Utilization of Advanced Technologies. Both volumes should be published in Q3 2015 and the links to volume 1 and volume 2 are here: https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=53929&osCsid=66dbd9fbf4c4a6c8fe3e843773398f05 https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=53930&osCsid=66dbd9fbf4c4a6c8fe3e843773398f05
