ARO announces winners for 2018 Articles of the Year

The votes are in, and we are excited to announce the winners of Applied Radiation Oncology’s annual Review Article of the Year, Research Article of the Year and Case Report of the Year for 2018. Congratulations to the authors, who receive an American Express gift card for $1,000 (research and review articles) and $500 (case report)! The winners, chosen by the ARO advisory board, are: 

Review Article of the Year

Winning article: Improving the therapeutic index for nonoperable esophageal cancer patients with modern radiation technologies

Authors: Michael D. Chuong, MD; Shahed Badiyan, MD; Matthew Hall, MD, MBA; Smith Apisarnthanarax, MD

Dr. Chuong and Dr. Hall are assistant professors at Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL. Dr. Badiyan is an assistant professor at University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD. Dr. Apisarnthanarax is associate professor at University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Submissions are judged on practical application, originality and presentation. 

Research Article of the Year

Winning article: Postprostatectomy radiation therapy for biochemically recurrent prostate cancer

Authors: Michael Schloss, MS-III; Suneal Peddada, MS-IV; Arman Bakhshi, MS-III; Angela Phelps,BS; Arash Velayati, MD; Jarrod B. Adkison, MD

Mr. Schloss is an MS-III medical student, Mr. Peddada is an MS-IV medical student, and Mr. Bakhshi is an MS-III medical student, at Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dothan, AL. Ms. Phelps is a cancer tumor registrar, Dr. Velayati is a hospitalist, and Dr. Adkison is department chair of radiation oncology, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center, Dothan, AL.

Submissions are judged on overall idea, execution of the work, and presentation. 

Case Report of the Year

Winning article: Radiation Oncology Case: Severe contact dermatitis secondary to metal contaminants in radiation therapy paint pens

Authors: Islam Younes, MD; Tzough-Liang Sun, MA; Wendy A. Woodward, MD, PhD

Dr. Younes is a visiting research fellow in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Mr. Sun is a senior physicist in the Department of Radiation Physics, and Dr. Woodward is a professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX.

Submissions are judged on interest and presentation. 

All manuscripts selected for publication are entered into the contest. For guidelines and information on submitting manuscripts, click here.

*ARO advisory board members are not eligible for the contest.