The 53rd Annual Radiation Oncology Research Seminar

The 53rd Annual Radiation Oncology Research Seminar is organized by University of Florida (UF) College of Medicine and will be held on Feb 24, 2023 at Best Western Gateway Grand, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.

Description:
Our annual Research Seminar is an important venue that allows participants to define optimal treatment approaches, produce the best plans, employ first-rate techniques, provide healing experiences for our patients, assess outcomes, and develop new treatment approaches, providing invaluable information to faculty and residents from several educational institutions as well as professionals in private practice.

Anticipated Topics:
• Advances in the Use of DNA for Biosecurity and Cancer Treatment Response
• Installation and First Cases with MR Linac Adaptive Radiotherapy at UF Health
• Unveiling Inequities in Palliative and Supportive Care for Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer in the State of Florida
• Radiotherapy For Infants: Compassion or Cruelty?
• Male Breast Cancer
• Pediatric Esthesioneuroblastoma
• Vestibular Schwannomas Compressing Brainstem Treated with Single-Fraction SRS
• Clinical Outcomes following Fractionated Proton Radiotherapy for Benign Meningioma
• BE AWARE: An Educational Breast Cancer Campaign

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
• Describe techniques and results of treatment of head and neck cancers, pediatric cancers, lung cancer, breast cancer, and other tumors at the University of Florida Department of Radiation • Oncology and the University of Florida Health Proton Therapy Institute.
• Explain treatment methods to manage treatment side effects and reduce the occurrence of treatment complications.
• Recognize and interpret the success radiation oncologists are experiencing with definitive and adjuvant radiation therapy techniques.