ASTRO

This page includes the latest news from the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), including news and video coverage from the society's annual meeting. ASTRO is the premier radiation oncology society in the world, with more than 10,000 members who are physicians, nurses, biologist, physicists, radiation therapists, dosimetrists and other healthcare professionals who specialize in treating patients with radiation therapy. 

News | Radiation Therapy

December 11, 2019 — A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) provides ...

Time December 11, 2019
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News | Radiation Therapy

December 11, 2019 — Accuray Incorporated announced today Stanford University Medical Center has selected a second ...

Time December 11, 2019
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News | ASTRO

December 6, 2019 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) expressed its support after the U.S. Senate ...

Time December 06, 2019
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News | Clinical Trials

November 21, 2019 — One in three adults treated for cancer may experience side effects from treatment they wish they had ...

Time November 21, 2019
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News | Radiation Oncology

November 13, 2019 — Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle issued a series of oversight letters to the Centers ...

Time November 13, 2019
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News | Proton Therapy

November 4, 2019 – Two new studies support and inform the use of proton radiation therapy to treat patients with ...

Time November 04, 2019
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News | ASTRO

November 1, 2019 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) today expressed strong support for the nomination ...

Time November 01, 2019
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Feature | ASTRO | By Greg Freiherr

At the American Society for Radiation Oncology’s (ASTRO) 2019 annual meeting, the society’s leadership introduced a new ...

Time October 30, 2019
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News | Brachytherapy Systems, Women's Healthcare

October 23, 2019 — At the 2019 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting, Sept. 15-18 in Chicago ...

Time October 23, 2019
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News | Radiation Therapy

October 22, 2019 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) ...

Time October 22, 2019
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Videos | Artificial Intelligence

David Sjostrom, Ph.D., deputy chief physicist, Herlev Hospital, Department of Oncology, Division of Radiotherapy, Herlev ...

Time October 22, 2019
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Videos | Radiation Oncology

Lorraine Drapek, DNP, nurse practitioner, radiation oncology, GI service, Massachusetts General Hospital, explains the ...

Time October 11, 2019
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Videos | Radiation Therapy

Kristin Higgins, M.D., medical director of radiation oncology, Emory Clinic at the Winship Cancer Institute, explains ...

Time October 08, 2019
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Videos | Prostate Cancer

Bill Hartsell, M.D., medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Proton Center in Warrenville, Ill., discusses the ...

Time September 30, 2019
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Videos | Radiation Therapy

Candice Johnstone, M.D., MPH, Medical College of Wisconsin explains the need for palliative radiotherapy and patient ...

Time September 27, 2019
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News | Artificial Intelligence

September 26, 2019 — For the first time, a sophisticated computer model has been shown to accurately predict two of the ...

Time September 26, 2019
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Videos | Radiation Therapy

Clifford Robinson, M.D., associate professor of radiation oncology, chief of the SBRT (stereotactic body radiation ...

Time September 26, 2019
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News | Radiation Therapy

September 25, 2019 —Whole breast radiation and partial breast radiation following a lumpectomy yield similar cosmetic ...

Time September 25, 2019
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News | Radiation Therapy

September 24, 2019 — Patients with brain metastases who received whole-brain radiotherapy that avoided memory-specific ...

Time September 24, 2019
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