Pencilla Lang

Radiation Oncologist, MD, PhD
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@BillfalkKelly @EasternHealthNL How time flies! Miss you!!

[Pencilla Lang @pencilla]

Join us today for an informal and fun afternoon musing on the possibilities and challenges of machine learning in head and neck cancer!

https://t.co/Ko3zN50okO

Meeting ID: 984 5670 8482
Passcode: 980799

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CaRMS might look a bit different this year, but the people and opportunities at @westernU rad onc are still here for our med students and future residents! Be sure to check out the online meet and greet series.

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Happy Halloween!

#paintedpumpkins #rockpumpkin

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@DrAlexLouie @drdavidpalma @CCSResearch @JeffBradleyMD @DrBezjakRO @UofTDRO @ASTRO_org @caro_acro_ca @sophia_kamran @HenningWillers @cancersociety One of my patients just got admitted for severe esophagitis after 20/5 POP, so it's great seeing this data! I'm wondering what impact timing of chemotherapy before/after treatment might have?

[Pencilla Lang @pencilla]

Maybe it's time to rethink how we talk about science.

[David K Smith @professor_dave]

For the first time, Nature family journals set their open access price, and it is around £9000. No, that's not a typo. Science is increasingly just a capitalist endeavour, where irrespective of your ideas, only those who get all the money can succeed.
https://t.co/8OrXPxIOBw

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@RadOnc_PA Great job Maitry!

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@MattonenLab @westernuBIRC @JarydChristie @SPIEtweets Good work @JarydChristie

[Jonathan Tomaszewski @dr_jonathant]

LungART abstract online @myESMO:

Stage III-N2 NSCLC (R0) randomised to +/- mediast PORT:
❌ no ss DFS benefit
⬆️ severe acute/late cardiopulm tox

⚠️higher than anticipated DFS both arms
⚠️await additional endpoints & subgroups (presentation pending)
#radonc #lcsm #ESMO20

[The Lancet Oncology @TheLancetOncol]

Online first: the phase 3 STRASS trial (@EORTC-62092) - #Preoperative #radiotherapy plus #surgery vs surgery alone for patients with primary retroperitoneal #sarcoma https://t.co/11EnzFooFc

[Pencilla Lang @pencilla]

Overheard at the hospital:
Door screener: Why are you wearing your mask on your elbow?
Patient: In case my elbow SNEEZES!

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@DavidSherMD Totally agree! I just had a patient completely abort oral cavity treatment after 10 fractions because of fear of permanent taste changes. It's taste, but it's also a social life, our way of interacting with others and having a shared experience.

[C. Jillian Tsai, MD, PhD @CJTsaiMDPhD]

Neoadjuvant Nivolumab or Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Untreated Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma https://t.co/G5yo8qHq75 via @JAMAOnc part of @JAMANetwork

[Ana Lohmann @AnaLohmann2]

If you are a #medonc resident looking for a clinical research fellowship in breast cancer in 2021, consider our program at @SchulichMedDent @LHSCCanada.
Thanks @LHSFCanada and @LHSCCanada for supporting our fellowship program. https://t.co/BBbh42dofG

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@AmitKulkarniMD Prognosis for stage IIIB is very limited, and if on 6L O2 for pulmonary fibrosis / hypertension his prognosis is limited from that as well. I'm wondering if he would be best served by palliative systemic therapy alone as the risk of toxicity is high and chance of cure low.

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Can we safely omit RT to the uninvolved neck in oral cavity cancer? The PRESERVE protocol is now online: https://t.co/6u0zM4R7Rj

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My first weekend call ever got off to an eventful start - treating an intubated patient. Remembered this great study by @DrAlexLouie et al and felt thankful to have data for guidance!

Also thankful to have great residents and therapists to give me great advice. @DrCorreaRO

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Is it benign or malignant? Is it recurrence or post-treatment change? Will it respond well to immunotherapy? See how #MachineLearning is being applied to answer these questions in this great summary by @JarydChristie

@SarahMattonen @BainesImaging

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There are so many potential applications of #MachineLearning and #Radiomics in #HeadAndNeckCancer. @TriciaChinnery does a great job of discussing where things are headed here!

@drdavidpalma @BainesImaging @SarahMattonen

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@SondosZayedMD has done such a great job putting this trial together, excited to it open! 👏

[Sondos Zayed @SondosZayedMD]

@drdavidpalma and I are excited to be opening OPTIMAL-HN @LHSCCanada! This is a #RCT designed to compare #opioid analgesia vs #multimodal #analgesia for managing #radiation-induced mucositis pain in #HNC pts.