"Serial Imaging of Tumor Hypoxia in Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients Undergoing Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT)", an abstract written by Olivia Kelada, David Carlson, Roy Decker, and Sara Rockwell, has been accepted for an oral presentation in the "Best of Physics" session at the 56th annual ASTRO meeting, running from September 14-17 this year in San Francisco. As first author, Olivia will have the honor of giving the oral presentation at the meeting. The project is funded by a Yale Cancer Center pilot grant (PIs: Carlson & Decker) with the specific objective of quantifying the magnitude and variability of tumor hypoxia in NSCLC patients undergoing SBRT. The broader goal is to enable treatment individualization for cancer therapy patients based on patient-specific biological information. Olivia Kelada MS is a visiting PhD student under the mentorship of Dr. Carlson from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the University of Heidelberg.
In addition to recieving this honor, the abstract has also been awarded the "Annual Meeting Scientific Abstract/Travel Award" in the Physics Section. This prestigious award includes an honorarium, as well as complimentary registration for the meeting.
The full author listing for the abstract includes: O. Kelada, R.H. Decker, M. Zheng, Y. Huang, Y. Xia, J Gallezot, C. Liu, S. Rockwell, R.E. Carson, U. Oelfke, D.J. Carlson.