Dear Radiation Oncology Insider,
Regulatory enforcement has become a major issue in radiation oncology, as government entities from state radiation safety departments all the way up to the U.S. Congress focus on the proper administration of radiation therapy treatments.
The topic was in the spotlight again this week, with the announcement that the U.S. Department of Justice has reached a $12 million settlement with a Florida multispecialty physician group accused of improperly billing federal healthcare agencies for radiation therapy. Learn more about the case by clicking here.
In clinical news in your Radiation Oncology Digital Community, we're pleased to bring you a hot-off-the-press study conducted at Leiden University Medical Center, where radiation oncologists may have developed a new gold standard for radiation therapy for epithelial skin cancer. This study is the subject of this edition's Insider Exclusive, which you, as an Insider subscriber, have access to before our general readership.
Other positive news featured this week covers various treatments for cancer patients:
- Induction chemotherapy followed by radiation therapy can preserve the larynx for head and neck cancer patients.
- Stereotactic body radiation therapy improves control for inoperable lung cancer patients.
- Liver cancer patients may survive longer with radioembolization.
Want to voice your opinion? Join the discussion thread in our General Radiology Forum about the Florida settlement. Or launch a new subject. Or send me an e-mail. We welcome your comments.
