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Dad/Doctor/Dude. Radiation Medicine faculty with the University of Vermont. I have a 120-pound dog and a second doctorate in Radiation Biology.
Sep 15, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Seeing all the Halloween stuff coming out makes me think of ghosts, aliens, myths and...wait. Myths, like normal application of lotion to skin has a bolus effect? What a great Out of the Basement topic! So let's explore just that:
open.spotify.com/episode/14MroF… Image This is one of those classic RadMed (#radonc) campfire tales that we just can't seem to shake. A wonderful paper in @JAMAOnc convincingly demonstrated that normal application of agents, EVEN SILVADENE, had unremarkable dosimetric effects. Image
May 12, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
2022: cancer staging? There's an app for that. Memorizing AJCC manuals harkens from a time of phone booths and Blockbuster. Except for RadOnc! Since I don't believe in brute-force techniques, I created a "Mind Map" for mentally consuming the AJCC 8th edition: Everything can be grouped into 3 buckets: 1) size vs invasion? 2) are there nodes, and how much do details matter? 3) is there a unique system which dictates our management instead?