Eyler Awarded Strong Start Funding
Christine Eyler, MD, PhD, is one of six School of Medicine faculty members to win a 2021 Physician Scientist "Strong Start" Award.
Fang-Fang Yin, PhD, Named Gustavo S. Montana Professor of Radiation Oncology
Fang-Fang Yin, PhD, has been named the Gustavo S. Montana Professor of Radiation Oncology, effective July 1, 2021.
Celebrating Women's History Month
For Women's History Month, Duke Radiation Oncology is spotlighting some of the exceptional women of our Department, starting with Professor of Radiation Oncology and Medical Physicist&nbs
Koontz Editorial on Metastatic Prostate Cancer, STAMPEDE
Dr. Koontz and co-author Thomas Hope, MD, congratulated the STAMPEDE trial group on improving understanding of best treatment options and confirming that focusing more aggressive therapies targeting bulkier sites of disease can improve survival when the systemic burden of disease is low, but noted that more work is yet to be done to understand the role of metastasis-directed therapy and the influence of better imaging on quantifying the burden of disease and predicting benefit of RT for metastatic prostate cancer.
Champ Receives Nutrition Research Funding
Colin Champ, MD, CSCS, has received a donation of $300,000 from the Marie McCandless Foundation to fund nutrition and cancer research.
Mowery Quoted in The New York Times
Butler Harris Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology Yvonne Mowery, MD, PhD, was quoted in an article – "Doctors May Have Found Secretive New Organs in the Center of Y
SHIELD-RT: Taking a Team Approach to Machine Learning–Directed Evaluations in Clinic
In September, Journal of Clinical Oncology published a study on machine learning–directed clinical evaluations during cancer treatment.
2020 ASTRO Presentations and Posters
Duke Radiation Oncology is proud to represent our Department during ASTRO 2020. Please see below for presentations and posters from our faculty and staff.
Salama Named 2020 ASTRO Fellow
Honor recognizes exceptional service to the field of radiation oncology and cancer care