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Sean Ruck, Contributing Editor | December 28, 2012
2012 Harold Silverman Distinguished Author Award
The Silverman award is named in honor of radiation therapist Harold Silverman, an advocate for accreditation of radiation therapy educational programs. The award honors the best peer-reviewed articles published in Radiation Therapist.
Richard McKinnies, M.Ed., R.T.(R)(T), and Kevin Collins, Ph.D., R.T.(R)(T), CMD, won the Silverman award for their article “Comparing Critical Structure Dose: Prone vs. Supine Breast Treatments.” The article appeared in the fall 2011 issue of Radiation Therapist. The purpose of their study was to show the advantages of the prone position compared to the supine position in patients treated with radiation for breast cancer. The authors used a t test to compare three variables for two samples of patients in the prone and supine treatment positions. They concluded that for physicians who are concerned about the amount of lung included in the treatment field, the prone position is a feasible treatment modification to reduce the radiation exposure to a patient’s lungs.
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