Optimal radiation treatment planning and symptom management for radiotherapy toxicities are keys to patient adherence and good outcomes, according to radiation oncology specialists who described the field at JADPRO Live. J. Nicholas Lukens, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, described the basics of radiation oncology, indicating that its target...

Students won’t have long to w a it fo r new social space on campus plans ca ll fo r a 24hour lounge in the Oak Room Cafeteria s ta rting Sept. 6, ac­ cording to Tom Doyle, student body president. “ I t ’s been something we’ve been w orking on a ll summer. I t ’s something the students rea lly wanted, ” Doyle said. “ This w ill be seven days a week, 24 hours a day as fa r as I know ,” said M ike...

Chemistry Professor John Hutchinson became Rice's second dean of £ undergraduates July l, the same day that former Dean of Undergraduates Robin Forman started work as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Emory University. Hutchinson was selected by a 17-member search committee headed J} by Interim Dean of Humanities Allen Matusow. The committee included two undergraduates and one graduat...

I replied, ‘‘you have been teaching students at least for twenty-five years?’’ ‘‘Yes,’’ said he. Then I asked him: ‘‘Can you tell me the symptoms of which the majority of people complain when they fall sick?’’ After some consideration he said, ‘‘No.’’ I said, ‘‘The most common complaint is exhaustion. Can you tell me what is exhaustion?’’ He again, after a little consideration, said ‘‘No.’’ ‘‘S...