Scholarly Activity of Radiation Oncologists in High-Income Developing Countries: Saudi Arabia as an Example.

Purpose: To examine the trends and quality metrics of publications by radiation oncologists in Saudi Arabia.

Methods: PubMed was searched using names of all Saudi radiation oncologists to retrieve published articles between January 2010 and December 2019. International collaboration, journal impact factor and country of origin, and number of citations were collected.

Highlights on the Management of Oligometastatic Disease.

The understanding of oligometastatic disease (OMD) is rapidly evolving and with this comes the ability to utilize a number of modalities that excel in the localized control of disease. It has been identified that there are no clear guidelines based on high-level evidence to standardized approaches toward the management of OMD. These highlights have been developed to provide a road map for all health-care professionals who are involved in the management of OMD to support standardized patient care.

Defining Clinical Indications of Proton Beam Therapy at National Level in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi Particle Therapy Centre (SPTC) is establishing proton beam therapy (PBT) services within Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Thus, national guidelines for the pertinent draft, and recommendations of PBT for cancer patients are utmost important. Saudi Particle Therapy Centre invited a panel of expert radiation oncologists practicing within KSA to formulate national clinical practice guidelines for the referral, absolute and relative indications and dose/fractionation for PBT.

Impact of race on outcome after definitive radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Background: The objective of the current study was to evaluate the impact of race (black vs. white) on the outcome of patients with invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Methods: Between 1983 and 1997, 686 patients completed definitive, twice-daily radiotherapy (RT) alone or combined with a planned neck dissection; no patients received adjuvant chemotherapy.

Does feeding tube placement predict for long-term swallowing disability after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer?

Purpose: To evaluate feeding tube use.

Materials And Methods: Nine hundred thirty-four patients were treated with radiotherapy (RT).

Results: Feeding tubes were placed in 235 patients (25%): 212 patients (22.

Distant metastases after definitive radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Purpose: To analyze parameters that influence the risk of distant metastases after definitive radiotherapy.

Methods: Between 1983 and 1997, 873 patients were treated with definitive radiotherapy and had follow-up for 2 years or more. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to evaluate risk factors that might influence the risk of distant metastases.