UH Seidman Cancer Center Radiation Oncologists Present Expertise at 2019 ASTRO Annual Meeting

UH Seidman Cancer Center Update | October 2019

By Mitchell Machtay, MD
Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology

University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center’s Radiation Oncology faculty showed strong and active representation at the annual American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology’s (ASTRO) annual conference, held September 15-18, 2019 in Chicago.

UH Seidman Cancer Center was represented with highlighted notable speakers, presenters, and moderators. As Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology at UH, I was invited to deliver the introduction and congratulations speech for ASTRO's gold medal winner, Dr. Wally Curran from Emory.  Finally, numerous UH faculty members from the department participated in ASTRO committees and councils related to radiation oncology research and education.

ASTRO is a professional association in radiation oncology that is dedicated to improving patient care through professional education and training, support for clinical practice and health policy standards, advancement of science and research advocacy.

Below is a summary of all of the presentations:

SESSION MODERATOR

Janice Lyons, MD
 “SS 02 – Breast 1 – Fractionation and Clinical Outcomes”

Jennifer Dorth, MD
“SS 37 – GI 3 – Anorectal Cancers”

PRESENTERS

Eleanor Harris, MD, FASTRO 
“Planned Interim Analysis Results from a Prospective Multicenter Single-Arm Cohort Study of Patients Receiving Endocrine Therapy but not Radiotherapy after Breast-Conserving Surgery for Early-State Breast Cancer with Favorable Biologic Features”
Also Meet the Expert, Breast

Bryan J. Traughber, MD
“Groundbreaking Advancements in Real-time, In-Vivo Dosimetry”

Min Yao, MD, PhD, FASTRO
“MO_25_2885 – A Pilot Study Using Intraoperative Placement of Cesium-131 Permanent Interstitial Brachytherapy in Resectable High Risk Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer”

POSTER VIEWING Q&A

Tithi Biswas, MD
“SU_23_3142 – Comparative Effectiveness of SBRT and Standard Fractionation Radiation While Treating Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients”

Michael Kharouta, MD, MS, BS
“SU_26-3180 – Use of Surgery and Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) in Very Elderly Patients with Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): A National Cancer Database (NCDB) Analysis”

Min Yao, MD, PhD, FASTRO
 “Clinical Trials of Immunotherapy for Head and Neck Cancers”

Tarun Podder, PhD 
 “TU_33-2694 – Overall Survival and Radiation Treatment Modality for Low-risk and Immediate-risk Prostate Cancer: Analysis of a Hospital-based Big Database”

Michael Kharouta, MD, MS, BS 
 “TU_45_2809 – Efficacy of Chemoradiation and Patterns of Practice in the Treatment of Locally Advanced Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma: An NCDB Population-Based Study”

William Grubb, MD  
 “TU_40_3780 – Dosimetric Analysis of Longitudinal Clinical Experience Using Robotic Radiosurgery and LINAC-based SBRT with VMAT for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (ES-NSCLC)”