Congratulations to the following faculty on their recent achievements. Our faculty are among the leaders in the field of radiation medicine, and we are proud of the calibre of work that they produce. Congratulations to all.
Stanley Liu Dr. Liu won a Prostate Cancer - Movember Discovery Grant valued at $200,000 for his study titled "microRNA and prostate cancer radiation response."
Arjun Sahgal Dr. Arjun Sahgal's study titled “Vertebral compression fracture after stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastases” was recently published in The Lancet Oncology.
Dr. Sahgal's paper titled "Individual Patient Data (IPD) Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) Comparing Stereotactic Radiosurgery Alone (SRS) to SRS Plus Whole Brain Radiotherapy (WBRT) in Patients with Brain Metastasis" was showcased in the Press Program for ASTRO's 55th Annual Meeting, where he also presented the study.
Edward Chow Dr. Chow recently presented his study titled "Response and Quality of Life (QoL) Outcomes in a Randomized Trial of Single vs. Multiple Fractions (Fx) for Re-Irradiation (RE-RT) of Painful Bone Metastases (PBM)" at ASTRO's 55th Annual Meeting in Atlanta, and at ASCO's Annual Meeting in Chicago.
Caroline Chung Dr. Chung's proposal “Randomized Phase II Study: Corticosteroids + Bevacizumab vs. Corticosteroids + Placebo for Radionecrosis after Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases” has been selected as the recipient of an Alliance Scholar Award from the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation.
Lee Manchul Congratulations to Lee who is the new chair of the Faculty of Medicine Faculty Council Continuing Education Committee. Lee is now a member of the Faculty Council and its Executive Committee.
Marianne Koritzinsky and Rob Bristow with Vanessa Zannella, Alan Dal Pra, Hala Muaddi, Trevor D. McKee, Shawn Stapleton, Jenna Sykes, Rachel Glicksman, Selim Chaib, Paul Zamiara, Michael Milosevic, Bradly Wouters Congratulations to this team for their publication in Clinical Cancer Research.Their paper, titled "Reprogramming Metabolism with Metformin Improves Tumor Oxygenation and Radiotherapy Response” is available here.
O’Sullivan B, Huang SH, Xu W, Shen XW, Waldron J, Keane T, Gullane P, Liu FF, Cummings B. Congratulations to this team for receiving the Best of ASTRO 2013 award for their abstract titled “The Changing Profile of Outcome in Long Term Follow-Up of a Randomized Trial for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer.”
Hany Soliman, Jolie Ringash, Haiyan Jiang, Kawalpreet Singh, John Kim, Robert Dinniwell, Anthony Brade, Rebecca Wong, James Brierley, Bernard Cummings, Camilla Zimmermann and Laura A. Dawson Congratulations to this team on the publication of their paper "Phase II Trial of Palliative Radiotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Liver Metastases" in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Arjun Sahgal, Eshetu G. Atenafu, Sam Chao, Ameen Al-Omair, Nicholas Boehling, Ehsan H. Balagamwala, Marcelo Cunha, Isabelle Thibault, Lilyana Angelov, Paul Brown, John Suh, Laurence D. Rhines, Michael G. Fehlings and Eric Chang Congratulations to Dr. Sahgal and team for their publication "Vertebral Compression Fracture After Spine Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy: A Multi-Institutional Analysis With a Focus on Radiation Dose and the Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score" in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Lisa Di Prospero Lisa had two co-presentations at the MASCC/ISOO International Symposium on Supportive Care in Cancer in Germany "Designing and testing of a new radiation therapy patient supportive care screening tool" and "Identifying and addressing the unmet supportive care needs of radiation therapy patients in radiation therapy treatment settings: a role for radiation therapists."
Ewa Szumacher, Lisa Di Prospero, Ruth Barker, Koo K, Sinclair L, McGuffin M, Ng A Congratulations to this team on their presentation titled "Exploring Attitudes of Canadian Radiation Oncologists, Radiation Therapists and Physicists towards Interprofessional Teaching and Learning" at the recent meeting of Collaborating Across Borders IV (CAB IV) - Transformative Change from the Classroom to Practice in Vancouver.
Arjun Sahgal Dr. Sahgal was not only the chair of the 11th International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society Congress, he also presented his study "The impact of treating multiple consecutive vertebrae as a single volume with spine SBRT on positional accuracy" at this meeting.
