Enrollments for the #INNOVATE trial have been booming this July! 🎆We want to thank all participating sites who continue to push for #innovations in #ProstateCancer!. Learn more: #NRGTrial #CancerResearch.Protocol amendment 6 has been made.

Congratulation to the University of Kansas Cancer Center Radiation Oncology Faculty and Research Staff on being named as one of the top accrual sites for NCORP (NCI Community Oncology Research Program) contributors to NRG CTEP trials. @RonaldChenMD @KUcancercenter @KURadonc

KUMC Faculty Chris Lominska, Associate Professor, and Xinglei Shen, Associate Professor, and KUMC RadOnc Faculty participate in hosting students from the ASCO pilot Oncology Summer Internship (OSI) Program. @ASCO @KURadonc @KUcancercenter

Dr. Ron Chen, Dr. Krishna Reddy and Dr. Andrew Hoover welcome the 2025-2026 Medical Residents at the University of Kansas Medical Center. @RonaldChenMD @KUcancercenter @KURadonc

Dr. Ron Chen, Dr. Dan Johnson, and Dr. Ben Lewis welcome the 2025-2026 Medical Physics Residents at the University of Kansas Medical Center. @RonaldChenMD @KUcancercenter @KURadonc

Rajeev Badkul, Clinical Asst Prof, Dir of Brachytherapy, KUMC, presented "Dosimetry Comparison of Coverage and Constraints of Our Gold Standard CT/MR-based High Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy Plan Versus an Ultrasound-based Plan" 2025 American Brachytherapy Society meeting.

Ron Chen, MD, MPH, Chair, ASCO, FASCO, FASTRO, Belal Abousaida, MD, KUMC Medical Resident, and Matthew Chen, high school volunteer, participate in the Masonic Cancer Alliance cancer screening and health fair held at local organizations in greater Kansas. @RonaldChenMD

KU RadOnc proudly welcomes our two graduating residents: Kate Kane, MD, from the Medical Residency Program, and Sarah Holler, PhD, from the Medical Physics Residency Program. Who will be joining our team here at Radiation Oncology!.@KURadonc @KUcancercenter @KUHospital

The month of June is heating up and so are our enrollment numbers! 🔥We are excited to share that the #INNOVATE trial has now reached 340 enrollments!. Learn more: #NRGTrial #CancerResearch #ProstateCancer.Protocol amendment 6 has been made.

Tiffany Kei, MS, CMD, University of Kansas Health System Radiation Oncology presented “Sharpening Dose Falloff with SBRT NTO in the Case of Lung SBRT” at the 2025 American Association of Medical Dosimetry annual meeting. @RonaldChenMD @KUcancercenter @KURadonc

KU Radiation Oncology Proton Therapy Center hosted representatives from EMRI Green Health Services, Telangana, India. Special thanks to Dr. Ron Chen, Dr. Ronny Rotondo, Dr. Yuting Lin, Darrin Kistler, Michelle Bragg and Sarah Peel. @KUcancercenter @KURadonc @RonaldChenMD

Stacey Kreppel and Shujah Rehman, both MD/PhD students, KUMC, received SIT travel awards to attend 2025 71st annual Radiation Research Society meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The overall quality of their abstracts garnered this award. @KUcancercenter @KURadonc @RonaldChenMD

Shane Stecklein, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, KU Rad Onc presented "Assessment of ctDNA somatic homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)", SWOG S1416 trial at ASCO 2025. @KURadonc @KUcancercenter @shanestecklein @RonaldChenMD @ASCO

The University of Kansas Medical Center Radiation Oncology Department is hosting 15 summer research students. The students are paired with faculty mentors and learn about disease sites and enter information into site specific databases. @KURadonc @KUcancercenter @RonaldChenMD

Dr. Julia Oh, Clinical Assistant Professor, KUMC, joins Dr. Raghu Adiga, Liberty Market CEO, UKHS, and Nicole Rhodes, Physician Relations, UKHS, for a well-deserved lunch break. @KURadonc @KUcancercenter @RonaldChenMD

RT @PRIMR_MED: #PRIMR earns IRB approval on first submission!. The INNOVATE Trial tests whether adding apalutamide to standard RT and hormo….