Adoption of hypofractionated radiation therapy for early breast cancer in private practice: the GenesisCare experience 2014–2016.

Introduction: Cancer Australia guidelines recommend that hypofractionation should be considered for women over the age of 50 years with early breast cancer. GenesisCare is the largest provider of radiation therapy services in Australia. This study aimed to investigate variation in hypofractionation across 4 states encompassing the period when the most recent guidelines had been released.

Radiotherapy for parotid IgG4-related disease.

We describe the use of radiotherapy for parotid IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), initially misdiagnosed as Kimura's disease, with sustained good partial response in a 37-year-old male. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of radiation for extra-orbital IgG4-RD, albeit inadvertently.

Moderate hypofractionation for prostate cancer: A user's guide.

Three large randomised controlled trials have been published in the last year demonstrating the non-inferiority of moderate hypofractionation compared to conventional fractionation for localised prostate cancer with respect to both disease control and late toxicity at 5 years. Furthermore, no clinically significant differences in patient-reported outcomes have emerged. More mature follow-up data are now also available from phase 2 studies confirming that moderate hypofractionation is associated with low rates of significant toxicity at 10 years.

Comparison of treatment techniques for reduction in the submandibular gland dose: A retrospective study.

Introduction: Recent studies have suggested reducing the dose submandibular glands receive when patients undergo head and neck radiotherapy can play a crucial role in preventing xerostomia. However, they are traditionally not spared due to concern that target coverage may be compromised. We investigated the possibility of sparing the contralateral submandibular gland (cSM) by utilising modern planning techniques.

Breast interest group faculty of radiation oncology: Australian and New Zealand patterns of practice survey on breast radiotherapy.

Introduction: This patterns of practice study was conducted on behalf of the RANZCR Breast Interest Group in order to document current radiotherapy practices for breast cancer in Australia and New Zealand. The survey identifies variations and highlights potential contentious aspects of radiotherapy management of breast cancer.

Methods: A fifty-eight question survey was disseminated via the Survey Monkey digital platform to 388 Radiation Oncologists in Australia and New Zealand.