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Editor-in-Chief Sue Yom talks with four investigators of proton therapy clinical trials. Guests include: Dr. Xing Liao, Professor and Chair of the Department of Thoracic Radiation Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center discussing her team’s paper, “Long-term Outcomes After Passive Scattering Proton Therapy Versus Intensity-modulated Photon Radiotherapy with Concurrent Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Posthoc Analysis of a Prospective Randomized Trial”; Dr. Jean Wright, Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of North Carolina, discussing her team’s paper, “Associations Between Cardiac Radiation Dose Volume Metrics and Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients with Breast Cancer: the RadComp Trial”; Dr. Shannon Macdonald, Medical Director at the Southwest Florida Proton Center, whose team published a comprehensive review paper including insights from the RadComp trial, “Proton Radiation for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: Evolution and Techniques”; and Dr. Nancy Mendenhall, Professor and Interim Co Chair of Radiation Oncology at the University of Florida and Medical Director of the UF Health Proton Therapy Institute, describing her team’s paper, “Can Engagement Aid in Design and Accrual on Clinical Trials? Observations from COMPPARE – A Prospective Comparison of Outcomes with Proton and Photon Radiation in Prostate Cancer.”

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Sue Yom, Editor in Chief, hosts a discussion of "Measure What Matters: Rethinking Surrogate Metrics of Success in Radiation Oncology,” with guests Dr. Shraddha Dalwadi, Associate Professor and Medical Director in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and the supervising author of this work, and Dr. Amar Rewari, Chief of Radiation Oncology for Luminis Health, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Affiliate Scholar of the Hopkins Business of Health Initiative, founder and co-host of the Value Health Voices podcast, and Health Policy Council Chair of ASTRO.

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Editor in Chief Dr. Sue Yom hosts two authors of the article, "Assessment of Defacing Techniques on Medical Images for Radiation Therapy: Implications for Patient Privacy and Data Utility.” Guests are Dr. Du Wang, a Therapeutic Medical Physics Resident at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, who was the first author of the paper, and co-author Dr. Ying Xiao, Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania.

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The management of locally advanced endometrial cancer has changed substantially in the advent of molecular profiling of uterine cancers. The American Radium Society Gynecologic Panel recently published evidence-based expert consensus guidelines for management of these patients. This PRO podcast from Drs. Diandra Ayala-Peacock, MD, Mary McGunigal, MD and Anuja Jhingran, MD FASTRO discusses some of the recent impactful literature and current controversies in the management of these patients, while highlighting areas where radiation may be indicated in the modern management of this disease.

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Sue Yom, Editor in Chief, hosts Dr. Anurag Singh, Professor, Director of Radiation Research, and Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education in radiation medicine in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. He was first author of the article “Long-term Analysis of One Versus Three Fractions of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Peripheral Stage I to II Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Randomized, Multi-Institution, Phase 2 Trial.” Additional guests include Dr. Kevin Stephans, Associate Professor and Director of SBRT at Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center, and Professor Dr. Greg Videtic, also at the Cleveland Clinic, who was the PI of RTOG 0915, a trial that also included a single-fraction schedule in one arm.