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

August 27, 2019 — Radiation dosimetry company PTW announced plans to exhibit its full range of radiation therapy ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

August 26, 2019 — A personalized approach to cancer treatment has become more common over the last several decades, with ...

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News | Treatment Planning

August 23, 2019 — Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany, has started using the RayStation treatment planning system ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

August 22, 2019 — As fiducial markers gain traction in parallel to rising incidences of various cancer affecting lung ...

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Videos | Proton Therapy

A new area for proton therapy in treatment of eye cancer, because of the ability to control the tissue penetration and ...

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Videos | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy

This is a quick demonstration of the Varian Identify image-guided patient positioning system at the American Association ...

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News | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)

August 21, 2019 — Physicians at the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Clinical Cancer Center in ...

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News | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)

August 19, 2019 — ViewRay Inc. announced the acceptance of publication by the International Journal of Radiation ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

August 19, 2019 — HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center is the first hospital in Arizona to begin offering ...

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News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy

August 15, 2019 — Mevion Medical Systems and C-RAD announced the integration between the C-RAD Catalyst PT and the ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

August 15, 2019 — Henry Ford Cancer Institute is first-in-the-world to enroll a glioblastoma patient in the GBM AGILE ...

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News | Brachytherapy Systems

August 14, 2019 — Isoray announced a trio of studies recently reported at scientific meetings and published in medical ...

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News | Proton Therapy

August 8, 2019 ― The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center unveiled plans to expand its Proton Therapy Center ...

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News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy

August 7, 2019 — Qfix and Mevion Medical Systems announced that a special version of the kVue One Proton couch top is ...

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News | Proton Therapy

August 6, 2019 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) recently signed a contract and received the first payment for a ...

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News | Radiation Oncology

July 31, 2019 — The members of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) elected four new officers to ASTRO’s ...

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News | Radiation Oncology

July 17, 2019 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposal for an advanced alternative ...

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News | Proton Therapy

July 17, 2019 — Treating prostate cancer with higher doses of proton therapy over a shorter amount of time leads to ...

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Technology | Oncology Information Management Systems (OIMS)

July 15, 2019 — RaySearch has released RayCare 3A, a new version of the next-generation oncology information system (OIS ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

July 9, 2019 — New Cleveland Clinic-led research shows that artificial intelligence (AI) can use medical scans and ...

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