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 | 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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Feature | ASTRO

August 29, 2019 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced the top-rated studies being highlighted ...

Time September 23, 2019
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News | Prostate Cancer

September 23, 2019 — A randomized clinical trial of targeted, high-dose radiation for men with oligometastatic prostate ...

Time September 23, 2019
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News | Treatment Planning

September 23, 2019 — The first-ever patient radiation therapy treatments generated with machine learning in the ...

Time September 23, 2019
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Videos | Radiation Oncology

Anne Hubbard, MBA, director of health policy for ASTRO, explains the details and purpose of the proposed Radiation ...

Time September 20, 2019
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Videos | Radiation Therapy

ITN Associate Editor Jeff Zagoudis speaks with Vinai Gondi, M.D., co-director of the Brain Tumor Center at the ...

Time September 20, 2019
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News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy

September 20, 2019 — Aktina Medical introduced several new products at the 2019 American Society for Radiation Oncology ...

Time September 20, 2019
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News | Proton Therapy

September 20, 2019 — Varian announced its ProBeam 360° proton therapy system is now available in a multi-room ...

Time September 20, 2019
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News | Radiation Oncology

September 18, 2019 — During its annual meeting in September, the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued ...

Time September 18, 2019
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News | Lung Imaging

September 18, 2019 — Adding precisely aimed, escalated doses of radiation after patients no longer respond to ...

Time September 18, 2019
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