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The lung SBRT team at the Cleveland Clinic hypothesizes that transplant-associated immunosuppression promotes metastatic progression and a tumor biology resistant to SBRT. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… pic.twitter.com/9NVbZGgAF4

A speed reading training video starts at 300 words per minute and ends at 900 words per minute. I was able to understand this entire video the first time it was present. Could you?

After he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957, Albert Camus wrote a letter of thanks to his favorite childhood teacher, whom he'd never forgotten. It's beautiful.

"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces. But I see everything. Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments. One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?" "6:15," he said, confused. "Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it." He blinked. "You... you can do that?" "I can now," I said. Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?" "Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing." He cried. Right there in the parking lot. Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic. But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!" "Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel." He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us." The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over." Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it. But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note, "Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends" People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket. I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece." So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones. Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees. It's not glamorous. But it's everything." Let this story reach more hearts.... Credit: Mary Nelson

📢Very proud of our recent publications from @MiamiCancerInst ...results of SMART ONE, proton RICE categorization, and SBRT for infra-diaphragmatic oligomets with MRgRT...something for everyone, check it out now online at @IJROBP! @MikeChuongMD

The AHN Cancer Institute is excited to welcome Dr. Chirag Shah as the new chair of radiation oncology. Dr. Shah comes to Pittsburgh from the Cleveland Clinic and brings extensive experience in clinical care, research and education. Meet Dr. Shah: bit.ly/4gaK8F9

26-year-old mother tells her 4-year-old daughter that she is going pass away as she enters hospice care, says she is grateful for the 26 years she lived. Great outlook. Sara Long is preparing her family for her de*th after doctors told her she has weeks to live. Long has had lifelong kidney problems. She had previously received an organ transplant from her mother however her body rejected it. "I feel like I've already had my miracle. I feel like [my daughter] is my miracle. And getting to spend these years that I've had with her is my miracle because it has put in so much work and so much effort into making sure that I stay alive and saving my life time and time again." Long wrote her daughter letters for when she has her first day of school, all the way to getting her graduate degree. "There are probably dozens, if not hundreds, of letters at this point, to open at different various points in her life. So, like her first day of school all through, or a graduate degree, potentially."

The NRG-BN013 phase III clinical trial was recently activated as a part of the NRG Oncology brain tumor portfolio. NRG-BN013 will compare two schedules of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for patients with intact brain metastases. @Rrkotecha Read more: ow.ly/7Paq50Tmfma

Jaren Jackson Jr. was asked about Dikembe Mutombo's death today. At first, he gave a short answer saying he knew him his whole life. Then, after he was asked a completely different question, he explained Mutumbo was his dad's college roommate, and the impact Dikembe had on him.

ICYMI - we just activated NRG-BN013 (Phase III Trial of Single Fraction Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) Versus Fractionated SRS (FSRS) for Intact Brain Metastases). Read more: conta.cc/3MmoqBt @Rrkotecha @theCTSU @MiamiCancerInst

Clinicians specializing in caring for patients with lung cancer discussed clinical trial updates on agents in stage III NSCLC. @ajuloorimd @PatelOncology @HwakeleeMD @JSabari #lcsm onclive.com/view/immune-th…

@ScottTruhlar nytimes.com/2013/03/28/hea… times have changed. Still remember this old article.

This week’s exhibit for admission into the court record in my ongoing case that “there are no Radiologists left to be hired at (almost) any price.”

A gas station meeting with Bill Walton changed this paralyzed young man'... youtu.be/VXSe_qk54qo?si… via @YouTube

Join us for our next FREE #RSSwebinar, "Time is Brain: Rethinking Radiosurgery Practice Principles for the Modern Era" on Tues, 3/5 at noon ET. Register now at therss.org/education/webi… Thank you to @Elekta for the unrestricted grant.

@NehaVapiwala @DrOmarMian @sophia_kamran @TylerSbrt @ASCO @ASTRO_org @CZamboglou @TiansterZhang @BraunMDPhD @seanmmcbride @DrKarineTawagi @DrLesterColl Any info about ptv margins, constraints , didn't see presentation

@sophia_kamran @TylerSbrt @ASCO @ASTRO_org @CZamboglou @TiansterZhang @BraunMDPhD @seanmmcbride @DrKarineTawagi @DrLesterColl If radiation were a drug & we saw these PFS & OS results….🙌🏽 Not to mention RT dose escalation is relatively cheap! With continued refinement of delivery techniques & attention to maximizing long term tolerability & QOL, it’s a no brainer.

#GU24 presentation of LBA259 by Dr. Hennequin for high-risk PC⬇️⬇️ Primary endpoint: 5yr biochemical or clinical PFS Hypothesis: increase 5yr PFS by 10% N=505pts

@DBelardoMD @Paddy_Barrett have always trust both of your opinions given each of your knowledge and expertise. Thoughts on this tweet ?

@SamuelChaoMD @RTendulkarMD @CleClinicMD Congratulations to the both of you !!!

Looking forward to walking on stage for FASTRO with my friend and colleague @RTendulkarMD. Congratulations! Honored to be guest at #ASTRO23 Presidential Reception. @CleClinicMD

Stephen Curry's story about Kobe Bryant is awesome. Interview by @seanseaevans on Hot Ones: youtube.com/watch?v=nbxVfd…

@lemmiwenks @ShaunaRadOnc Disagreeable" An important skill set I think many of us need to work on.

@lemmiwenks @ShaunaRadOnc I think thoughtful criticism is something everyone can respect. This article's purpose was highlighting a great colleague and her passion for radonc a field that many people I know still find tremendously rewarding. I think the trick for most of us is to "disagree without being

⁦@ShaunaRadOnc⁩ #radonc thedo.osteopathic.org/2023/06/radiat…