J. Giralt1, J.M. Trigo2, S. Nuyts3, E.M. Ozsahin4, K. Skladowski5, G. Hatoum6, J. Daisne7, A. Zhang8, K. Oliner9, A. Vanderwalde10 Radiation Oncology, Vall d`Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, SPAIN, Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Malaga, SPAIN, Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, BELGIUM, Radiation Oncology, Lausanne University Medical ...

M. Ciccarese1, L. Orlando2, P. Fedele3, P. Schiavone2, E. Maiello4, P. Cilenti5, M. Aieta6, G. Bozza6, M.R.C. Forcignanò1, A. Febbraro7, R. Bordonaro8, S. Romito9, A. Rinaldi10, N. Borsellino11, F. Riccardi12, S. Pisconti13, V. Lorusso14, G. Colucci15, S. Cinieri16 Oncology Dept., Ospedale Vito Fazzi, Lecce, ITALY Ospedale Perrino, Oncologia Brindisi, Brindisi, ITALY Oncology & Breast Unit, Ant...

Sessions covered metastatic breast cancer, cachexia in non-small-cell lung cancer, recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma, and melanoma.

Objective. To determine the current shortfall of medical oncologists (MOs) and the projected supply. Background. Morocco, the medical oncology (MO) is a relatively new specialty. Medical oncology was recognized as a separate specialty in 1994 but the real taking-off was done only since the 2000s after the creation of the chair of medical oncology in the University of Rabat. The GRIOMM (Moroccan...

1Division of Hematology-Oncology, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital/Oregon Health & Science University, Portland; 2Division of Hematology-Oncology, Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; 3Division of Hematology-Oncology, The Children’s Medical Center/Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH; 4Children’s Oncology Group, Statist...

PURPOSE The SEOM Future Plan is aimed at identifying the main challenges, trends and needs of the medical oncology speciality over the next years, including potential oncologist workforce shortages, and proposing recommendations to overcome them. METHODS The estimations of the required medical oncologists workforce are based on an updated Medical Oncologist Register in Spain, Medical Oncology...

Medical physics can be generally defined as a field in which applied physics techniques are used in medicine. Traditionally, medical physics deals chiefly with the use of ionizing or non-ionizing radiation in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. In radiation therapy, ionizing radiation is used to treat a wide variety of cancers through external-beam radiotherapy or brachytherapy. Medical phy...

Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are routinely used in the adjuvant treatment of women with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer. Patients who receive AIs have an increased risk of bone loss and arthralgia compared with those treated with tamoxifen. In addition to the effects of AIs, the population of women with early breast cancer has a high prevalence of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) insuf...

Traditionally, medical oncology and palliative care have been considered two distinct and separate disciplines, both as regards treatment objectives and delivery times. Palliative care in terminal stages, aimed exclusively at evaluating and improving quality of life, followed antitumor therapies, which concentrated solely on quantitative results (cure, prolongation of life, tumoral mass shrinka...

Supply and Demand for Radiation Oncology in the United States: A Resident Perspective Lindsay M. Burt, MD,* Daniel M. Trifiletti, MD,y Nima Nabavizadeh, MD,z Leah M. Katz, MD, MPH,x Zachary S. Morris, MD, PhD,k and Trevor J. Royce, MD, MS{ *Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; yDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virg...