Respiratory motion management (RMM) systems in external and stereotactic radiotherapies have been developed in the past two decades. Japanese medical service fee regulations introduced reimbursement for RMM from April 2012. Based on thorough discussions among the four academic societies concerned, these Guidelines have been developed to enable staff (radiation oncologists, radiological technolo...

BACKGROUND Oncologists are at high risk of poor mental health. Prior research has focused on burnout, and has identified heavy workload as a key predictor. Compassion fatigue among physicians has generally received less attention, although medical specialties such as oncology may be especially at risk of compassion fatigue. We contribute to research by identifying predictors of both burnout and...

BACKGROUND Little information is currently available concerning young medical students desire to pursue a career in oncology, or their career expectations. METHODS This project is a cross-sectional epidemiological study. A voluntary and anonymous questionnaire was distributed to all young oncologists studying in France between the 2nd of October 2013 and the 23rd of February 2014. RESULTS T...

Background. Whole lung irradiation (WLI) is a standard treatment component for children with metastatic Ewing Sarcoma (ES), but data on WLI for adults are sparse. Design. An email survey was sent to expert sarcoma-dedicated oncologists worldwide: An adult with excellent performance status presents with primary ES in the leg and multiple pulmonary metastases. The patient achieves complete radiog...

The recognition that cancer is a 'spectrum' of diseases, and that medical oncologists should achieve 'convergence' from 'divergence' to treat cancer patients was the main theme of the 2014 European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress. The meeting assembled 19,859 participants from nearly 134 countries worldwide. The educational content was centered on precision medicine in cancer care, ...

BACKGROUND Music therapy is a common complementary and alternative therapy in addition to medical treatment for patients with cancer. If music therapy, which is known has a positive effect on human emotions and behaviors, is a useful additional therapy, it should be more integrated into pyscho-oncology. In this study, we aimed to determine medical oncologist attitudes to music therapy for patie...

Cancer can be treated by surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, and targeted therapy. The choice of treatment dependson the type and stage of the cancer. Chemotherapy drugs play an important role in cancer treatment. The objective of this interview-questionnaire study is to explore what influences Iranian hematologists-oncologists’ prescription when prescribing chemotherapy...

The request for this Point / Counterpoint was received on Sept. 6, 2007. It was also the day that Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti died at the age of 71 from advanced pancreatic cancer. One year earlier, Pavarotti had developed resectable pancreatic cancer and underwent a pancreaticoduodenectomy, or Whipple resection, in New York. Why did he have his surgery in New York? Well, Pavarotti was...

INTRODUCTION This paper reports the key findings of the Faculty of Radiation Oncology 2014 workforce census and compares the results with earlier surveys. METHODS The census was conducted in mid-2014 with distribution to all radiation oncologists, educational affiliates and trainees listed on the college database. There were six email reminders and responses were anonymous. The overall respon...