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The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) leadership participated in the launch of the new Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (HCPLAN) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) at an event featuring President Obama and HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell. HCPLAN is designed to inform and enable system-wide improvement of Medicare’s payment structure.
March 26, 2015 
Prostate cancer patients with detectable prostate specific antigen (PSA) following radical prostatectomy should receive earlier, more aggressive radiation therapy treatment, according to a new study.
March 25, 2015 
The International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group (ILROG) has issued a guideline outlining the use of 3-D computed tomography (CT)-based radiation therapy planning and volumetric image guidance for treatment of pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma. The goal of the new guideline is to reduce the radiation dose to normal tissue, thus decreasing the risk of late side effects.
March 04, 2015 Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final national coverage determination, effective immediately, that provides for Medicare coverage of screening for lung cancer with low dose computed tomography (LDCT). This screening gives at-risk seniors unprecedented access to care.
March 03, 2015 
Cancer patients with limited brain metastases (one to four tumors) 50 years old and younger should receive stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) without whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT), according to a study in the March 15, 2015 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics (Red Journal).
March 02, 2015 Three American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) staff members have been promoted to new positions: Emily Wilson has been named executive vice president; Dave Adler promoted to vice president of advocacy; and Anne Hubbard promoted to director of health policy, as announced by ASTRO’s board of directors and effective immediately.
February 05, 2015 A 2013 survey of radiation oncologists indicates that they would like more formal recommendations and guidance in order to improve the peer review process, according to a study published in the January-February 2015 issue of Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO), the clinical practice journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
January 13, 2015 A new study on the use of hypofractionated whole-breast irradiation (HF-WBI) for early-stage breast cancer patients found HF-WBI increased 17.4 percent from 2004 to 2011. Patients are also more likely to receive HF-WBI compared to conventionally fractionated whole-breast irradiation (CF-WBI) when they are treated at an academic center or live ?50 miles away from a cancer center. The study was published in the Dec. 1, 2014, issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics (Red Journal), the official scientific journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
December 16, 2014 Analysis of data from an institutional patient registry on stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) indicates excellent long-term local control on 79 percent of tumors for medically inoperable, early stage lung cancer patients treated with SBRT from 2003 to 2012. The research was presented at the 2014 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology.
December 11, 2014 
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is supporting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) decision to provide coverage for annual lung cancer screening via a low-dose CT screening for those at the highest-risk for lung cancer.
November 18, 2014