GRACEcast Radiation Oncology Video

Feb 07 2013 11 ep. 9 mins 274
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Oncology experts summarize current and emerging issues in cancer management for patients and caregivers. Information from the Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education (GRACE) helps people to become informed partners in their care.

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Can we safely combine Tarceva with brain radiation for lung cancer with brain radiation?

Feb 07 2013 3 mins  
Dr. Jack West describes a case series that illustrates the safety of giving whole brain radiation along with concurrent Tarceva (erlotinib) for patients with lung cancer and brain metastases.

Is there an alternative to brain radiation for patients with several brain metastases?

Dec 05 2012 5 mins  
Dr. Jack West reviews a case that illustrates the potential option of systemic therapy for brain metastases before initiating whole brain radiation.

Refining Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer, Part 6: Moving Radiation Developments into Metastatic Lung Cancer (video)

Nov 24 2012 5 mins  
Dr. Vivek Mehta, Radiation Oncologist at Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle, WA, reviews the rationale and feasibility of using focal radiation in the setting of metastatic lung cancer.

Refining Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer, Part 5: New Techniques (video)

Nov 14 2012 10 mins  
Dr. Vivek Mehta, Radiation Oncologist at Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle, WA, describes new technologies that are improving the accuracy and safety of radiation for stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Refining Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer, Part 4: Defining a Role for SBRT (video)

Nov 08 2012 6 mins  
Dr. Vivek Mehta, Radiation Oncologist at Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle, WA, covers the benefits and limitations of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Refining Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer, Part 3: Recent Successes and Open Questions (video)

Nov 05 2012 6 mins  
Dr. Vivek Mehta, Radiation Oncologist at Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle, WA, reviews recent successful experiences with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for early stage non-small cell lung cancer and reviews several open questions about this strategy.

Refining Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer, Part 2: The Rationale for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy, by Dr. Vivek Mehta (video)

Nov 01 2012 9 mins  
Dr. Vivek Mehta, Radiation Oncologist at Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle, WA, describes the ways to modulate the efficacy of radiation and explains why stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) may be particularly effective for early lung cancer.

Refining Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer, Part 1: A Historical Perspective, by Dr. Vivek Mehta (video)

Oct 28 2012 10 mins  
Dr. Vivek Mehta, Radiation Oncologist at Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle, WA, provides a historical perspective of radiation therapy as it transitions to a more targeted treatment approach.

GRACEcast Feeds Moving (video)

Mar 14 2012 1 mins  
The GRACEcast feeds on iTunes are moving!

Interview with Raditation Oncologist Vivek Mehta: Radiation from Stage I to Stage IV NSCLC (video)

May 13 2009 23 mins  
This interview by medical oncologist Dr. Jack West of Dr. Vivek Mehta, radiation oncologist Seattle, includes discussion of emerging radiation techniques to treat medically inoperable early stage lung cancer, the challenges of treating locally advanced NSCLC with chemo/radiation, and the role of radiation in advanced lung cancer.