Fox Chase Cancer Center at ASTRO 2026

We are pleased to highlight several Fox Chase–Temple sessions taking place at ASTRO 2026. Explore the sessions below as our faculty and residents share their work throughout the meeting — and be sure to visit us at Booth #1336 in the ASTRO Exhibit Hall.
ASTRO 2026 Physician Resources
- Video: Beyond the Routine – Adapt or Not? Challenges and Dilemmas in Adaptive Radiation Treatment Planning
- The Storied Career of Clinical Physicist Dr. Charlie Ma: From Philadelphia to Cancer Centers Worldwide
- Open Adaptive Radiation Trials
- Fox Chase’s Department of Radiation Oncology Overview
- Meet Our Team
Saturday, September 26th
Workshop - ARRP 04 - ASTRO-ARRO Medical Student Workshop
Time: 12:00pm - 4:00pm ET
Location: Room 153
Sunday, September 27th
Poster Q&A - PQA 01 - Gastrointestinal Cancer and Central Nervous System
Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm ET
Location: Poster Hall – Exhibit Hall A
- 2000 – Reirradiation for Primary Central Nervous System Tumors: A Retrospective Single-Institutional Review
Screen: 7
Presenter: Aleena Abbasi, BS - 2127 – Efficacy of SBRT vs. TACE (+/- TARE/MWA) for Local Control in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Screen: 28
Presenter: Lamees El Nihum, MD, MEng
Education - EDU 05 - Radiotherapy Treatment Planning for Anal Cancer: Personalized Radiation and Modern Techniques
Time: 5:00pm – 6:00pm ET
Location: Room 107
- Radiotherapy Treatment Planning for Anal Cancer: Personalized Radiation and Modern Techniques
- DECREASE-EA2182: A Model for Precise Contouring of Early-Stage Anal Cancer
Moderator/Presenter: Joshua Meyer, MD, FASTRO
Monday, September 28th
Education - EDU 24 - Comprehensive Econtouring for GI, Head and Neck, and Thoracic Cancers
Time: 10:45am – 12:15pm ET
Location: Room 153
Poster Q & A - PQA 03 - Digital Health Innovation and Informatics, Patient Safety & Quality, and Radiation and Cancer Biology
Time: 10:45am – 12:00pm ET
Location: Poster Hall – Exhibit Hall A
- 2663 – Enhancing the Therapeutic Effect of Radiodynamic Therapy Using Carbamide Peroxide: Validation Against Immunohistochemical Analysis
Screen: 3
Presenter: Dae-Myoung Yang, PhD - 2402 – Thymic Dose as a Driver of Reversible T-Cell Declines after Pulsed Low Dose Rate Radiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer
Screen: 6
Presenter: Aleena Abbasi, BS - 2418 – Neoadjuvant Pulsed Low-Dose-Rate (PLDR) Chemoradiation for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Not Eligible for Upfront Resection: A Phase I Trial
Screen: 8
Presenter: Alexander Campbell, MD
Poster Q & A - PQA 04 - Breast Cancer, Patient Reported Outcomes/QOL/Survivorship, Functional Radiation Medicine, Hematologic Malignancies, Palliative Care, and International/Global Oncology
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm ET
Location: Poster Hall – Exhibit Hall A
- 2762 – Dosimetric Benefits of Online Adaptive Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation In Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Screen: 4
Presenter: Odette Iskander, MD, MBBS - 2786 – Radiobiological Mechanism and Quantification of Low-Dose Radiation Therapy (LDRT) for Osteoarthritis Pains
Screen: 14
Presenter: Shidong Li, PhD
Sessions - SS 07 - Don't Get Squeamish about Squams of the GI Tract!
Time: 5:10pm – 5:20pm ET
Location: Room 107
- 227 – Quality Assurance Analysis of EA2182 Supports Pretreatment Radiation Plan Review in Anal Cancer Clinical Trials
Presenter: Joshua Meyer, MD, FASTRO
Tuesday, September 29th
Poster Q & A - PQA 05 Physics
Time: 12:30pm - 1:45pm ET
Location: Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A
- 2966 – A Retrospective Analysis of the Treatment Time of CBCT-Based Online Adaptive SBRT: A Single Institute’s Experience
Screen: 1
Presenter: Xiaoming Chen, PhD, DABR - 2989 – Initial Experience with Adaptive Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer
Screen: 2
Presenter: Ahmed Eldib, PhD, DABR - 2942 – Comparison of BED-Based Scheduled Plan Scaling Versus Fully Adaptive Re-Optimization in Abdominal SBRT
Screen: 11
Presenter: Shahabedd Aslmarand, PhD - 3003 – SBRT for Numerous Liver Metastases: AIMing above the Mark to Hit the Mark
Screen: 24
Presenter: Robert Freeman, MD
Poster Q & A - PQA 06 - Genitourinary Cancer, Gynecological Cancer, and Health Care Access and Engagement
Time: 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM ET
Location: Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A
- 3215 – Adaptive Kidney Irradiation: The Impact of CT-Based Adaptive Radiotherapy on Kidney Cancer SBRT Delivery
Screen: 3
Presenter: Elizabeth Ademuwagun, MD - 3291 – Hydrogel Spacers Hold the Line: Rectal Wall Infiltration is Rare in Prostate SBRT
Screen: 11
Presenter: Mihir Karande, MD - 3769 – Pelvic Radiation and Female Sexual Health: A Dosimetric Feasibility Study of the Bulboclitoris as an Organ-at-Risk in Gynecologic Cancers
Screen: 28
Presenter: Lamees El Nihum, MD, MEng
Poster Q & A - PQA 07 - Head and Neck Cancer, Lung Cancer/Thoracic Malignancies, and Nursing and Supportive Care
Time: 3:45pm – 5:00pm ET
Location: Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A
- 3605 – Rates of Osteoradionecrosis in Sinonasal Malignancies with Current Radiation Modalities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Screen: 6
Presenter: Sarah Rosmarin, DO, MS - 3461 – Induction Immunotherapy (+/- Chemotherapy) in Inoperable Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Screen: 20
Presenter: Lamees El Nihum, MD, MEng - 3553 – Survival Outcomes in Inoperable Stage III NSCLC: Comparing Immunotherapy (+/- Chemotherapy) followed by Radiotherapy vs. Standard of Care Chemoradiation Followed by Adjuvant Durvalumab
Screen: 23
Presenter: Mary Mahoney, MD


