
James Welsh
Dr. James S. Welsh, MS, MD, FACRO — radiation oncologist, Professor and Director of Translational & Clinical Research at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and Chief of Radiation Oncology at Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, author of 'Sharks Get Cancer, Mole Rats Don't' and 'Space Radiation'.
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Jul 30, 2026
CURiE Conversations: Small-Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder With Concurrent High-Grade Prostate Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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Veronia FahmyGUEST
But that, you know, kind of reduced the overall treatment burden using this approach while maintaining the organs at risk constraints despite the complex anatomy from what I mentioned earlier from the left hip prosthesis and the altered pelvic anatomy.

James WelshGUEST
If I might expand on that a little bit, I can say that, of course, we were all aiming for, especially the patient, was aiming for bladder preservation if cystectomy could be avoided.

James WelshGUEST
So we did a literature review and found that small cell carcinoma of the bladder, like small cell lung cancer, is exquisitely radiation sensitive.

James WelshGUEST
The typical cisplatin etoposide regimen should really do a number on this cancer.

James WelshGUEST
We learned that cystectomy is not inevitable with either transitional cell carcinoma, but especially not with small cell carcinoma.
James Welsh et al., "Weathering Space" (American Scientist 114:1 2026)
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Gregory McNiffHOST
Is that fair? There's some correlation or connection with black holes and gamma rays?

James WelshGUEST
Gamma ray bursts are phenomena in which an intense blast of gamma rays is detected in space.

James WelshGUEST
These were initially discovered during the Vela mission back in the 1960s, where there was a nuclear test ban treaty in place so that exploding nuclear bombs was prohibited and there was a verification system in place known as VERA to determine if there were any gamma rays coming from covert nuclear explosion operations.
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Gregory McNiffHOST
Could you briefly talk about that as well as storm shelters and something I found fascinating again, radiotrophic fungi, if I have that right?