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Resident in Radiation-Oncology PGY-4, @Unispital_USZ, @RadOncUSZ, Switzerland || Stipendiat @FESonline||
Dec 13, 2023 8 tweets 3 min read
🚨Just published

☢️ Dosimetric analysis of proximal bronchial tree (PBT) subsegments to assess the risk of toxicity after SBRT of ultra-central lung tumors ⚡️🫁


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1/x ctro.science/article/S2405-…Image ‼️ SBRT for ultra-central lung tumors is associated with high toxicity rates.

⭐️ Recent studies using modern risk-adaptation demonstrated acceptable toxicity rates with good local control.

❓But is there a difference of radiosensitivity within the PBT?

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Jan 8, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
As of December 2022, Afghan women are once again barred from attending Universities in Afghanistan.

Unfortunately, two of the most important fields - medical education and medical care - are fundamentally affected by this new ban.
1/3 More than forty years of non-stop war has decimated medical care, especially for women.

A group of roughly 50 Afghan doctors in Afghanistan and from abroad are now organising online lectures for more than 2,500 female medical students in Afghanistan online. 2/3