Radiation Medicine Program

New research from #RMPatPM medical physicist Dr. Tony Tadic and team evaluate a prostate MR‑to‑MR deformable image registration (DIR) method to support MR‑guided adaptive radiotherapy.

🔗: doi.org/10.1002/acm2...

Recent study from #RMPatPM Dr. Aruz Mesci, former RMP fellow Dr. Saheli Saha, and team, published in Current Oncology, examines outcomes of short-course radiotherapy for cholangiocarcinoma.

🔗: doi.org/10.3390/curr...

💡New article from #RMPatPM Radiation Therapist Vickie Kong and team looks at time toxicity in CBCT-guided radiation therapy using a retrospective analysis🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

🎉Additional congratulations to Dr. Yan for receiving the Institute of Cancer Research's Early Career Research Award in Cancer for this project!

🎉Big congratulations to #RMPatPM researchers Drs. Michael Yan and Laura Dawson on receiving a $210,000 CIHR grant for their project, “A randomised controlled trial of Standard of Care versus RadioAblaTion in Early Stage HCC (The SOCRATES HCC Study).”

🎉Congratulations to the Head of #RMPatPM @dkirschmdphd.bsky.social on securing a $1.37 million CIHR grant for his project "Dissecting T cell immune and therapeutic responses against soft tissue sarcomas."

New article from #RMPatPM's Drs. Philip Wong, Hiba Othman & team details prospective PROMPT trial, exploring feasibility of integrating biometric monitoring for patients with metastatic cancer receiving palliative radiotherapy for symptom management.🔗: doi.org/10.21037/apm...

🚨Reminder: The 20th International p53 Workshop is still accepting trainee abstracts until Jan. 31st 5PM ET! Don’t miss your chance to present at this global event!
📅Deadline for early bird pricing is Feb. 1st.
📍Toronto | Apr 27–May 1, 2026
🔗Submit now: p53.mshri.on.ca

📢Exciting news! The deadline for trainee abstracts has been extended to January 31st (5PM ET).
Don’t miss your chance to present at this global event!
📅Deadline for early bird pricing is February 1st.
🔗 Submit now: p53.mshri.on.ca

🚨 Reminder for trainees: The 20th International p53 Workshop is accepting abstracts!
📅 Deadline: Dec 31, 2025 (5 PM EDT)
📍 Toronto | Apr 27–May 1, 2026
🔗 Submit now: p53.mshri.on.ca
Don’t miss your chance to present at this global event!
#TP53 #CancerResearch

Last week, #RMPatPM hosted Dr. Lauren Henke and Dr. Alex Price from University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University as guest lecturers. They shared key lessons learned on liver, pancreas, and upper GI SBRT. Thanks both for the insightful lectures and discussions!

🎉A major congratulations to #RMPatPM's Dr. David Shultz on receiving a $135k grant from @src-crs.bsky.social for his project "Mechanisms of Circulating Tumor Cell
Dissemination in Soft Tissue Sarcoma." Read more: cancerresearchsociety.ca/news/100-new... #CancerResearch

Read the latest publication from our lab in @springernature.com Communications Materials, spearheaded by Rohith Kaiyum, MSc. Thank you to all the authors for all the hard work getting this out!
@radmedpm.bsky.social
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All RMP-paper in tipsRO from Dr. Andrea Bezjak and team presents the patterns of practice in thoracic reirradiation within a high-volume academic center.

🔗Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

👏Please join us in celebrating #RMPatPM Head
@dkirschmdphd.bsky.social on his election to
@nam.edu. Congratulations on this incredible, well-deserved achievement!

🌟 Welcome to the 2025 #STARS21 cohort!

This year’s STARS21 program is now underway from #RMPatPM.

We’re excited to support the next generation of leaders in radiation medicine as they develop cutting-edge research and collaboration skills.

🔗: radonc.utoronto.ca/stars21-about

Registration is OPEN for the 20th International p53 Workshop! 🗓 April 27–May 1, 2026 | 📍 Toronto 🚨 Call for trainee abstracts (deadline: Dec 31, 2025) 👉 All details – speakers, travel info & more: p53.mshri.on.ca #TP53 #CancerResearch @dkirschmdphd.bsky.social

#RMPatPM's Dr. Rebecca Wong was recognized as an @astro-org.bsky.social Fellow at #ASTRO25. Congratulations Dr. Wong!

🎉A massive congratulations to #RMPatPM Head @dkirschmdphd.bsky.social on receiving @curesarcoma.bsky.social 2025 Nobility in Science award, which honours visionary leaders in sarcoma research. Dr. Kirsch was presented with the award at the annual Stand Up to Sarcoma Gala last week.

🎉 Congratulations to everyone at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre on this remarkable achievement! RMP is proud to be a part of this world-class organization and contribute to delivering exceptional cancer care to patients every day #RMPatPM

At #RMPatPM's annual Resident Rounds, our radiation oncology residents practiced their presentations ahead of
CARO and ASTRO conferences. Topics ranged from FLASH therapy to SBRT in prostate cancer. Wishing our residents the best of luck at upcoming events!

🎉 That’s a wrap on the 2025 #RMPatPM Summer Student Program! Huge thanks to our students & supervisors for an inspiring summer of research.

👏 Special shoutout to our Top 3 Research Day winners: Annie Liu, Nicole Wisener, and Luca Bernardini

🌞 On August 14th, #RMPatPM welcomed Dr. Jay Detsky from @sunnybrookhsc.bsky.social for our third session in the RMP Rounds Summer Series. His talk focused on "Adaptive MR-guided CNS radiation."

To catch up on this and other sessions, check out "RMP Summer Series" at pmcancercampus.ca

Innovation in action! 🎯 #RMPatPM RT Devin Hindle and team at @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social have recently completed their first adaptive radiotherapy treatment for head & neck cancer using the Ethos system. A major step forward in personalized cancer care. More to come!

👏Join us in celebrating the Head of #RMPatPM @dkirschmdphd.bsky.social on his recent @cancersociety.bsky.social grant! This $400,000 grant will test tumour immunotherapy in models of neurofibromatosis type 1 #RadOnc

🎉 Welcome to the 2025 RMP Summer Student Cohort!
We’re thrilled to host a brilliant group of students at the #RMPatPMH as they spend the summer diving into medical physics & radiation medicine research. Here's to a summer of discovery, growth, and collaboration!

🎉A massive congratulations to #RMPatPM 's
Dr. Rebecca Wong on being named a 2025 @astro-org.bsky.social Fellow (FASTRO)! Please join us in celebrating Dr. Wong's incredible accomplishment.

🌞RMP’s exciting Summer Series is underway! This year’s theme is Advances in Radiotherapy. Join us through August 21st to hear from global leaders in the field. 🌍💡

Catch up on past sessions here under “RMP Summer Series”: pmcancercampus.ca

#RadOnc #Radiotherapy @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social

🎉Cheers for #RMPatPM's Dr. Marianne Koritzinsky for her @CIHR funded research on “The Role of ADO in Cancer Biology," aiming to understand the impact of ADO on tumors.

🎉Bravo to #RMPatPM's Dr. Philip Wong @dkirschmdphd.bsky.social and team on their CIHR funded project: HARMONY, Hypofractionated Alternative Radiation with MOdulation of Neoadjuvant/perioperative immunotherapY in Sarcoma, which is pushing the boundaries of sarcoma treatment.