Medical Physics Post doctoral Fellow Mohamed Eldib has been selected for a 2024 AAPM Blue Ribbon Poster award

Radiation Oncology

Quality, Performance, and Innovation in Cancer Care

Welcome to the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of �鶹��ý�� School of Medicine. Our mission is to provide the highest quality care to patients with all types of cancers and certain benign tumors. The department aims to achieve excellence in professionalism and performance of our services. We seek to create a climate that fosters innovation and allows patients access to the newest cutting edge treatments.

The Department of Radiation Oncology is integrated within the award-winning, nationally celebrated University of �鶹��ý�� Hospital, within the larger University of �鶹��ý�� Health system. The University of �鶹��ý�� Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.

– Brian D. Kavanagh, MD, MPH, FASTRO, Professor and Chair

Highlight

Sana D. Karam, MD, PhD, professor of radiation oncology and member of the CU Cancer Center, is the corresponding author of an published February 28 in Med that investigates how sensory nerves modulate the adaptive immune system. Using RNA sequencing analysis from human tumor tissue, Sana and the research team found that sensory nerves helped accelerate tumor growth by acting on the immune system to decrease specific T-cells, which fight disease, within the tumor microenvironment. The campus newsroom includes an describing the study.

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