Regional nodal irradiation (RNI) should provide a higher estimated value than treating all comers included in NCIC MA.20 and EORTC 22922.1,2 We have...
Five Steps to Better Decisions for Regional Nodal Irradiation in Breast Cancer
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When I visited Washington D.C. earlier this week, the buzz among my colleagues was about how the Cancer Moonshot project didn’t include any radiation...
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For a few years now, I have wanted Radiation Nation to grow. It’s been wonderfully engaging online, but I’ve been looking for people with...
In the last post, we shared a multilingual, global resource for patient education. This page may help radiation oncologists guide patients to useful...
Cuando ves a un nuevo paciente, o es usted uno, es difícil communiquer entenderlo y todo en el tiempo limitado que tiene. Folletos de papel no...