J. Oldenburg1, S. D. Fosså1, J. Nuver2, A. Heidenreich3, H-J Schmoll4, C. Bokemeyer5, A. Horwich6, J. Beyer7 & V. Kataja8, on behalf of the ESMO Guidelines Working Group* Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Urology, RWTH University Hospital, Aachen; Departme...

PURPOSE The initial Abt Study of Medical Physicist Work Values for Radiation Oncology Physics Services was published in October 1995. That study measured qualified medical physicist (QMP) work associated only with routine radiation oncology procedures. In the intervening years, medical physics practice has changed dramatically. Three-dimensional treatment planning, once considered a special pro...

BACKGROUND Oncology is a rapidly evolving field with continuous advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Therefore, it is important that medical students are provided with the knowledge and experience required to care for oncology patients and enable them to diagnose and manage toxicities of novel therapeutic agents. OBJECTIVE This study was performed to understand the medical s...

Prospective, open-label, randomized, phase III study of two dose-dense regimens MVAC versus gemcitabine/ cisplatin in patients with inoperable, metastatic or relapsed urothelial cancer: a Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group study (HE 16/03) A. Bamias1, U. Dafni2, A. Karadimou1, E. Timotheadou3, G. Aravantinos4, A. Psyrri5, I. Xanthakis2, M. Tsiatas1, V. Koutoulidis6, C. Constantinidis7, C. Hatz...

1 Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 3 Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 4 Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 5 Departmen...

*Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York; yDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; zDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; xDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York; jjDepartment of Radiation Oncol...