Radiotherapy

More than 16% of Americans live at least a 4-hour drive from the closest proton beam therapy facility, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Neha Vapiwala, MD, FACR, FASTRO, FASCO, has been named president-elect of the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

PHILADELPHIA — In this video, Cassie Kline, MD, MAS, highlights keynote addresses from International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology.

PARK CITY, Utah — In this Healio Video Perspective from Clinical Trials at the Summit, Jill Hopkins, MD, of Aura Biosciences discusses a phase 3 program in ocular oncology.

PHILADELPHIA — In this video, Michael Fisher, MD, highlights a keynote presentation given by Charles Limoli, PhD, at the International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology.

Prior radiotherapy was associated with progression-free survival in patients with metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma treated with cemiplimab, according to a study.

Factors such as age, tumor size and immunosuppression are linked with survival outcomes in localized adnexal carcinomas, according to a study.

The addition of pembrolizumab to chemotherapy as adjuvant therapy did not confer significant improvement in DFS compared with placebo in women with newly diagnosed, high-risk endometrial cancer.

Patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma may benefit from radiotherapy alone, result from a randomized phase 3 study suggest.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Patients who are elderly or are poor candidates for surgery with nonmelanoma skin cancer would benefit from superficial radiation therapy, according to a speaker at South Beach Symposium.