It’s spring! Or, warm season 1. Left for the weekend and came back to my whole backyard growing frenetically, fruiting and flowering. The verdancy of this swamp (Houston)!

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Estimating the risk of brain metastasis for patients newly diagnosed with cancer

Our team built highly predictive models to help physicians and National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines in recommending brain MRI

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38388667/
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Webtool: tinyurl.com/brain-mets

Incredibly exciting to see that the US has landed on the moon again! Proud to be a Houstonian. I live for mission control clapping. 🚀

Big thanks to all the amazing rad onc ladies (as well as other folks who are underrepresented in radonc)- PLUS everyone who supports us #WeWhoCurie at MD Anderson Cancer Center
Stephanie Dudzinski Chelsea C Pinnix MD PhD Ashleigh Guadagnolo Devarati Mitra Chelain Goodman, MD PhD Subha Perni, MD and so much many many more :)

Thank you to the more than 6,000 people who walked with us, raised funds and donated to MD Anderson’s Boot Walk to End Cancer®. Together, we raised $1.3 million that will directly support our cancer patient programs and research.

You can still donate at MDAnderson.org/BootWalk.…

Seminars in Radiation Oncology Elsevier is pleased to share from October's issue 'Optimizing Informed Consent in Cancer Clinical Trials' by
Dr. Subha Perni Subha Perni, MD, Rachel Jimenez Rachel Jimenez, MD, and Dr. Reshma Jagsi Reshma Jagsi.

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Check out this new study from Jennifer Matsui et al. that identifies prognostic factors among pediatric/young adult patients with WHO grade 4 gliomas. Among significant prognosticators include age, location, and reoperation. #JNO #BTSM NS Tumor Section link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Honored to be selected for a JAMA Oncology Invited Commentary on the emergence of preoperative stereotactic #radiosurgery for brain metastases, teaming with Dr. Debra Yeboa (@DYeb_MD) of MD Anderson Cancer Center #RadOnc !
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#btsm #srs #GammaKnife #KillCancer #Neurosurgery

We are excited to share this new collaboration series with our friends at ARRO! The first episode on laryngeal and oral cavity cancer is now available! Big thank you to Anna Lee for heading this episode, along with Kelsey Corrigan MD MPH and Austin Iovoli

#RadOnc faculty, residents, therapists, and a few kids hanging out last night Houston Dash soccer match. Thanks Chelsea C Pinnix MD PhD for organizing. Great opportunity for MD Anderson Cancer Center employees to enjoy some downtime from our mission to #endcancer .

It was a beautiful Houston day for the Dr. Marnie Rose Fdn. annual Run for the Rose! I'm seriously so inspired by every single one of my patients with brain tumors, not to mention their caregivers. MD Anderson Cancer Center Brain Tumor Center was staffing the first aid tent! #endcancer

In this week's JAMA, my husband Ethan Sanford writes about the deaths of our daughter Ceci and his patient Terry.

About how grief has informed his practicing of medicine and living a fuller life.

Please read about our girl and share.

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We are LUCKY 🍀🍀🍀 that these 6 superstars matched with us in #radonc here MD Anderson Cancer Center
Happy St. Match-Patty’s Day y’all!

PSMA scans are all the rage in prostate cancer imaging, but it is important to consider how to equitably implement it, starting in clinical research.

My co-authors and I offer strategies to improve PSMA-associated clinical trial diversity:

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I love my adopted city of HTX for a number of reasons, but mutton bustin’ is maybe at the top of the list? A Monday pick-me up, make sure to watch the interview at the end #RodeoHouston m.youtube.com/watch?v=nscJUG…

#radonc review imaging #spine #metastases Sarah Maria Bahouth, Amini #MDACC
•T1 w/o helpful for
- marrow replacing mets
- melanoma T1-hyperintense
- hemangioma increased T1(& T2) signal
•Great discussion #pseudoprogression
•See Fig 4&11
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Kudos Dr. McGovern and team #prospective trial conventional fractionation re-RT #brain tumor
•Essentially keep max dose non-target brain composite plan approx. <EQD2 of 100 Gy
•Table 1 good reference dose constraints
#radonc #roedu

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Don't underestimate your ability as a trainee to improve care for our patients. Congrats to MD Anderson Cancer Center #PGY3 resident Benjamin Schrank, MD, PhD for his work in improving oncologic care for our LGBTQ+ community!
mdanderson.org/cancerwise/res…

Going to Tweet a paper here in case we still do that.

#radonc resident perspectives on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. A *national* resident survey. Very proud of Vonetta M. Williams MD. PhD for *carrying* this work. And crucial inputs from many!

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