Pimul Sarikh

[Pimul Sarikh @PimulSarikh]

@TylerSbrt There’s also Nordic SCLC study comparing 60/40 vs 45/30. A few others out in the wild, but those two are the more recent ones.

[Pimul Sarikh @PimulSarikh]

@SprakerMDPhD Fair point - I should have clarified. Head neck radiation sucks. Nobody likes it. Patients don't. I don't. It works and it's often times the best (or only) option. It's just very hard and I don't think changing the name improves outcomes or makes it more pleasant for pts.

[Pimul Sarikh @PimulSarikh]

In a word, no. Answering a survey is system 1 heuristic processing. You hear a scary word, alarm goes off and you make a choice based on that. (1/n)

[Dominik Wawrzuta @WawrzutaD]

Can a single word influence cancer treatment preferences?

In our randomized experiment, calling the same treatment “radiotherapy” rather than “radiation therapy” increased preference for radiation treatment by 8.3 percentage points.

Just published in @IJROBP: https://t.co/mFmlAuccCc

With @KatLudwikowska & @JustynaKlejdysz

[Pimul Sarikh @PimulSarikh]

And yet, the RJ wants to focus on words.

Y'all are sipping martinis and casually rearranging deck chairs, while the rest of us on the ground are furiously trying to change course. Stay focused, eye on the prize. These studies are for psychology journals not cancer.

[Pimul Sarikh @PimulSarikh]

Radonc is burning. The coding changes are destroying freestanding practice. OA - LDRT is about to be banished as unnecessary. Increasing labor and capex costs are making community practice unsustainable.

[Pimul Sarikh @PimulSarikh]

Quitting is easy. Suffering through a terrible job is literally life threatening. Don't over think this.

[Pimul Sarikh @PimulSarikh]

I'm known for a few things, not least as an elite quitter, having done so 4 times. My never to be published guide follows below. (1/n)

[Nicholas Zaorsky, MD MS @NicholasZaorsky]

How do you resign from an academic medical position?

I distilled my practical advice into 20 lessons.

One lesson: never threaten to leave without another offer.

@ASTRO_org #AcademicMedicine #MedEd

https://t.co/v6rAQUz6Mg

https://t.co/bgCKg5niDJ

[Pimul Sarikh @PimulSarikh]

I've paid back a sh*t ton in bonus money. I've lost matching retirement funds. I've burned a bridge. I would say it was one of the most satisfying days of my professional life, actually. Burning bridges is very underrated!