Brachytherapy, Prostate Cancer, & Interventional Oncology with Dr. Ajay Bhatnagar
Dr. Ajay Bhatnagar explains low dose rate brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer.
Dr. Ajay Bhatnagar explains low dose rate brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer.
Dr. Mark Storey reflects on his seven years at Oklahoma Proton Center, the future of proton therapy and radiation oncology, and the career lessons he would pass on to the next generation of physicians.
Episode 1 of The Cancer Project podcast.
Episode 2 of The Cancer Project podcast.
Episode 3 of The Cancer Project podcast.
Dr. Steven J. Frank joins the Cancer Project to discuss landmark phase III clinical trial data showing proton therapy (IMPT) delivers comparable cancer control to standard radiation, with dramatically fewer side effects and an unexpected 10% overall survival benefit at five years.
Dr. David Sandberg, a pioneering pediatric neurosurgeon and author of Brain and Heart, joins The Cancer Project to discuss treating childhood brain tumors, navigating impossible conversations with families, and the profound lessons learned operating in Haiti, where pure medicine meets its most brutal constraints.
Breast surgeon Dr. Stephanie Taylor explains everything from mammogram screening guidelines to the difference between lumpectomy and mastectomy, breast cancer types, staging, genetic risk, and how treatment decisions are shaped by tumor biology.
Dr. Shannon MacDonald, Senior Medical Director at the Southwest Florida Proton Therapy Center and former Harvard radiation oncologist, joins the podcast to discuss her landmark First Amendment lawsuit challenging state telehealth restrictions that prevent physicians from consulting with out-of-state cancer patients.
Dr. Jim Gray, a radiation oncologist who treated his own intermediate-risk prostate cancer with proton therapy, joins the podcast to discuss the evolution of radiation technology, the nuanced debate over proton therapy’s cost-effectiveness, and what it truly means to cross from doctor to patient.