UTSW Radiation Oncology

Do you have an interest in radiation oncology? Our Medical Residency Program Associate Director, Dr. @MonaArbabMD, will join fellow experts for a special webinar targeting prospective students. Register and learn more by scanning the QR code or visiting: bit.ly/4wp0l2p

TOMORROW: There's still time to register for this FREE #RSSWebinar "The Evolving Role of Ablative Radiotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer" (7/28) at noon ET. Register now at therss.org/education/webi…

(2/2) The study aims to generate critical data that could expand treatment options for patients with spinal metastases. Drs. Banghao Zhou and Lixiang Guo, former grad students in Dr. Wang's BIRTLab, contributed to building UTSW’s FLASH research program and this achievement.

(1/2) Drs. Ken Wang, Paul Medin, and Weiguo Lu received a $3.4M NCI R01 grant to advance FLASH radiotherapy research. The project will study whether FLASH irradiation can reduce late normal tissue injury and support clinical translation, particularly for spinal re-irradiation.

New #RedJournal podcast episode: "Oligoprogressive Renal Cell Carcinoma on Systemic Therapy: Which Patients Benefit from SABR?" - August 1, 2026 Dr. @sueyom, Editor in Chief, co-hosts with Section Editor Dr. Bob Dess with guests Dr. @Raquib_Hannan and Dr. Thomas Westbrook. Listen on YouTube: ow.ly/cJLu50Zssmf Listen on Spotify: ow.ly/rEeh50Zssmh Listen online: ow.ly/AYeb50Zssmg

Value-Monotonicity Matters: A Concordance Loss for Deep Survival Prediction Meixu Chen, Kai Wang, Jing Wang arxiv.org/abs/2607.16802 [𝚌𝚜.𝙻𝙶 𝚌𝚜.𝙲𝚅 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝.𝙼𝙻]

Excited to share our approved oral presentations for the @CNS_Update Annual Meeting! Super excited, as these will be my first as a postdoc! Thanks so much to our lab’s team @UTSWNeurosurg @UTSW_RadOnc and see you in Washington DC! 🦾🧠

Dr. Chenyang Shen presented during a Proffered Program this morning at @aapmHQ. His team's work is titled "Deep-Learning (DL)–Based Real-Time Inverse Planning for MR-Guided Radiotherapy (MRgART)." #AAPMCOMP2026

Join us for our next FREE #RSSwebinar "The Evolving Role of Ablative Radiotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer" on Tuesday, July 28 at noon ET. Register now at therss.org/education/webi…

Drs. Austen Maniscalco and Amber Wang presented their research as part of Proffered Programs during this week's @aapmHQ meeting. We are proud to have both recently join our Clinical Medical Physics Residency Program!

Our @aapmHQ attendees had the chance to explore Vancouver and visit the Olympic Cauldron at Jack Poole Plaza this afternoon! #AAPMCOMP2026

Dr. Hao Gao presenting work from the @MAIA_Laboratory titled "Patient-Reported Outcome Analysis Via Zero-Shot, Few-Shot, Self-Correction, and Fine-Tuning Large Language Models," during a Proffered Program at @aapmHQ this morning. #AAPMCOMP2026

Dr. @DaveParsonsPhD, presenting his team's work during a Proffered Program this morning at @aapmHQ. The presentation was titled "Direct-to-Unit Ultra-Hypofractionated Whole-Breast Irradiation Using AI-Enabled Adaptive Radiation Therapy." #AAPMCOMP2026

One of our medical physicists, Dr. Dan Nguyen, presented his team's work titled "Is Your AI Drifting? An Agentic Continuous Performance Monitoring System for Autosegmentation," as part of a Proffered Program this morning at @aapmHQ. #AAPMCOMP2026

The #AAPM Residency Fair was a great opportunity to connect with aspiring medical physicists from across the country. We enjoyed discussing training, career pathways, and life as a resident while building new connections with the future of our profession!

Our Senior Director of Clinical Physics, Dr. @MHLinPhD, shared her expertise today as part of an invited program at @aapmHQ, presenting her work titled "Credentialing and Privileging: Defining Competencies Across Roles and Modalities." #AAPMCOMP2026

Our physics faculty, residents, and staff enjoyed a fantastic night out after a great first day at #AAPM!

Hey @mr_linac , it's @NRGonc week! Considering #LAP100 for pancreas cancer or #ARCHER for bladder cancer, but hesitant about the "big doses"? Join @NiuSanford, @HimanshuNagarMD and Thomas Banks next week for a Knowledge Exchange Webinar and learn the practical strategies, planning tips, and lessons learned to implement these trials with confidence. #MRLinac #NRG-GI011, #NRG-GU015. @adapthyun @UTSW_RadOnc @MSK_RadOnc @UroCancer @whallradonc @MikeChuongMD

In this @IJROBP editorial we advocate for routine discussion of radiation therapy for appropriate #HCC patients. Thanks to @drjamesgood for leading this with @ldawsonmd @lauren_henke @NiuSanford @jen_wo_xrt authors.elsevier.com/c/1nRX71Hx52RX…

A Global Workspace in Language Models (Anthropic) • Anthropic found evidence that language models develop an internal global workspace, where information from different components is integrated before producing an output. • This workspace enables flexible reasoning by allowing planning, memory, and multiple capabilities to interact rather than operating independently. • The internal workspace emerges naturally during training and resembles the Global Workspace Theory proposed in cognitive neuroscience. • Monitoring this internal representation could improve interpretability, safety, and the detection of misalignment or deceptive behavior. • The findings do not imply that LLMs are conscious, but they suggest an important architectural similarity to mechanisms underlying human cognition. • Takeaway: Advanced LLMs appear to develop an internal information integration mechanism that supports flexible reasoning, offering new opportunities for understanding and improving AI systems. anthropic.com/research/globa…