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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

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The physics and mathematics that went into radiation therapy planning. Eric 04:49 Drew me to the field physics and math. Sometimes individuals have lung tumors that make it difficult for them to breathe. Anish, can I ask you why you went into radiation oncology? Anish 04:13 Yeah. So it’s a good question. Thank you.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

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Alex: We are delighted to welcome Amber Barnato, who’s a palliative care physician and health service researcher, and she’s director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. They look at the signs and symptoms, they do a physical exam, maybe some lab tests or some imaging.

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Potentially Unsafe Low-evidence Treatments: Adam Marks, Laura Taylor, & Jill Schneiderhan

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We and our guests have noticed that in our clinical practices, patients and caregivers seem to be asking for such treatments more frequently. Eric 06:58 It could be CPR in an individual with metastatic cancer in the icu. It’s like a third of people need chemical or physical restraints to keep that in.

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Pragmatic Trial of ACP: Jennifer Wolff, Sydney Dy, Danny Scerpella, and Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson

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Summary Transcript CME Summary A pragmatic trial evaluates the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention in real-world clinical practice. And is it at all individualized to the patient? Danny 12:07 I don’t know how individualized it is. Outcomes are typically assessed from available records. It’s a lot.