Congratulations to our newest class of residents and incoming PGY2 resident! We are so excited to work with you -- welcome to the Stanford family! #MatchDay2024 #MatchDay #PsychMatch

#radonc: what reading material would you rec for newly #MatchDay2024 students interested in learning about the history of radiation oncology?

We covered some in our history chapter in the Radiopharmaceutical Therapy book, but not a proper dive (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-39005-0_2)

TIA!

A Brief History of Radiopharmaceutical Therapy

Radiopharmaceutical therapy broadly refers to the administration of a compound that emits ionizing radiation for the purpose of cancer treatment. Today, this often assumes the form of a radionuclide that (a) exhibits inherent tropism for a specific lesion or (b) is...

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