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May 13, 2021 · Quick insights I would give students who are considering radiation oncology: Shadow a radiation oncologist so you can see what their day-to-day life is like. Meet the patients, meet the team and decide if the fit is right—in terms of both the culture and the skills required.
Aug 4, 2023 · Radiation is one of the most powerful ways to treat cancer. Radiation oncologists are highly trained specialists who manage treatment from start to finish. They develop tailored treatment plans, oversee treatment and ease its side effects.
- Session 164
- Interest in Radiation Oncology
- The Biggest Myths Or Misconceptions Around Radiation Oncology
- Personal Traits Or Qualities That Lead to Being A Good Radiation Oncologist
- Types of Cancer Patients
- Typical Day
- Taking Calls
- Choosing An Academic Setting
- Life Outside of The Hospital
- The Training Path
Dr. Malika Siker joins her to discuss her career as a radiation oncologist. they discuss her typical day, what residency is like, how competitive it is, and more! For more podcast resources to help you along your journey to medical school and beyond, check out Meded Media. Find out more about this specialty and check out the American Society for Ra...
Marika became interested in oncology in general, during her second year of medical school when her dad was diagnosed with blood cancer. Marika didn’t understand the big picture. Her dad had a number of incredible oncologists that were part of his clinical care. And that’s what inspired her to go into oncology. And then through third year, Marika kn...
One of the misconceptions around radiation oncologists is that they’re just physicists and you have to be good at math. Most of the people that got into medical school had a basic knowledge of physics, math, and science as a prerequisite. And that’s more than enough to get you through your boards and everything. Another misnomer is the safety conce...
The number one quality would be to have a firm commitment to caring for cancer patients in a holistic way. So practicing empathy, taking care of the patient is a very important part. Oncology is a different field than orthopedic surgery. You’re dealing with patients who sometimes have life-threatening, or potentially life-ending diagnoses. And so o...
Radiation oncologists see any and all types of cancers, whether it’s curative or palliative. They see almost every single type of cancer. Sometimes they are able to cure cancers on their own with radiation therapy alone. But oftentimes, it’s in combination with surgery, or with chemotherapy or systemic agents.They work in a very dynamic, highly col...
Malika’s typical day usually starts around 7-730. Many days will be a tumor board. Tumor boards are where multidisciplinary groups of physicians get together to talk about cancer patients. So there might be a breast tumor board where there’s a breast surgeon, a radiation oncologist, a medical oncologist, radiologists, and pathologists. And we’ll go...
They take one week at home pager calls. And so when she’s on call, she’s holding the pager for about a week at a time. And together with the resident, she answers any types of patient phone calls that come up. It’s pretty rare that they have to go in to treat a patient. Sometimes, they will have to go in to talk to a patient after hours, or over th...
For radiation oncology, it’s pretty 50-50 private practice and academic centers. Half of the residents at her program go into private practice, the other half go into academics. There are certain institutions where they might have more private practice or more acquisitions. But at her center, it was pretty 50-50. For her, the decision to go into ac...
Malika recently took on a new administrative role as the Associate Dean for Student Inclusion and Diversity and so her admin work now takes up 50% of her time, and her clinical work is the other 50%. She’s certainly working from home 50% of the time because of COVID-19. So it can get kind of complicated in terms of when does the workday start and s...
The training path to become a radiation oncologist is one plus four. So you do an intern year. The majority of individuals do internal medicine or transitional year. A few people will do a prelim surgery year, and then it’s four years of radiation oncology. What appealed to her about the training path was that it was the straightest shot right into...
As oncology treatment advances, radiation oncologists continue to play a critical role in curative treatment for many types of cancer and provide symptom relief for those who are suffering with metastatic disease.
May 17, 2021 · The ability to define anatomic extent of disease and the elucidation of the biology of metastases has brought a key role for radiation oncology for treating metastatic disease. That radiation can stimulate and suppress subpopulations of the immune response makes radiation a key participant in cancer immunotherapy.
- C Norman Coleman, Jeffrey C Buchsbaum, Pataje G S Prasanna, Jacek Capala, Ceferino Obcemea, Michael ...
- 10.1093/jncics/pkab046
- 2021
- JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2021 Aug; 5(4): pkab046.
Mar 18, 2021 · Through evidence based practice, the APRT role has proven to provide benefits for multiple stakeholders including service-reconfiguration to reduce wait times, developing and retaining highly skilled radiation therapists, treatment review and most importantly improving patient care within much needed patient cohorts such as the palliative popula...
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Mar 12, 2019 · 1 INTRODUCTION. Radiotherapy (RT) treatment is a complex process that requires the entire radiation oncology team working together to ensure a safe, expeditious, and effective treatment of patients in the clinic. Standardizing the RT workflow is considered essential to improve RT treatment quality and reduce miscommunication or human errors.
