Matthew Katz, Author at Radiation Nation

Learning Leadership in Radiation Oncology: What is our Core Curriculum?

August 21, 2017 Matthew Katz

What are the key elements of leadership in radiation oncology? How do we teach it so that radiation oncologists can maintain a leading role in cancer care? Our article this...

Patient Education in Radiation Oncology: Teaching #radonc in Tweets

June 10, 2017 Matthew Katz

Traditionally, journal clubs analyze articles to help professionals improve their knowledge so they can help patients. We share our insights with each other, to improve our own expertise. June is...

Feedback from the #radonc community for journal club and beyond

April 15, 2017 Matthew Katz

Usually we have a journal club every third weekend. As we approach three years of #radonc journal club, it seemed well past time to ask: what can we do better?...

Anal Cancer Treatment Toxicity – Where Do We Stand?

March 14, 2017 Matthew Katz

Although only semiofficial, it’s anal cancer awareness day this Tuesday. We will be discussing a review article on chemoradiation for anal cancer this month for #radonc journal club: Evolution and...

Global Health and Radiotherapy: Expanding Cancer Care

February 14, 2017 Matthew Katz

In honor of World Cancer Day earlier this month, our February #radonc journal club will focus on global radiation therapy. Thanks to Clinical Oncology, Charlotte Coles and Catherine O’Hara, some of the articles we...

Correlation of Radiation with Survival in Metastatic Prostate Cancer

November 13, 2016 Matthew Katz

For our November #radonc journal club we will discuss the use of radiation therapy in metastatic prostate cancer. Adding chemotherapy shows some improvement in survival over androgen deprivation therapy alone. Can radiation...

Five Steps to Better Decisions for Regional Nodal Irradiation in Breast Cancer

October 23, 2016 Matthew Katz

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 discussed risk, biology, and the importance of...

10 Ways Complete Clinical Trial Reporting Improves Cancer Care

October 23, 2016 Matthew Katz

I’ve written about assessing lymph node risk and breast cancer biology, but how we report clinical trials also makes interpreting the results harder. Maybe academic breast cancer specialists know the...

Breast Cancer Biology: Six Reasons It Matters for Regional Nodal Irradiation

October 23, 2016 Matthew Katz

Deciding whether regional nodal irradiation (RNI) works depends upon not only accurate risk assessment but also a better understanding of the disease. Here are some key elements of breast cancer...

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