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 | Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)

September 29, 2016 — Patients with cervical and endometrial cancer have fewer gastrointestinal and genitourinary side ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

September 28, 2016 — Although approximately 50 percent of cancer patients in developing countries need radiation therapy ...

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News | Cardio-oncology

September 28, 2016 — In a recent study, a Yale Cancer Center team determined that men who received hormonal therapy for ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

September 27, 2016 — Survival rates for elderly patients receiving stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for early ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

September 27, 2016 — For men with early stage, low-risk prostate cancer, hypofractionated radiation therapy (RT) offers ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

September 27, 2016 — For patients who have cancer that has metastasized to the brain, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

September 27, 2016 — Elekta announced that it has expanded its partnership with Radiating Hope, a volunteer organization ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

September 26, 2016 — In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers have identified and validated three distinct ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

September 26, 2016 — RaySearch and Mevion Medical Systems are extending their collaboration agreement to support the ...

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News | Lung Imaging

September 26, 2016 — A new analysis of Veteran’s Affairs Central Cancer Registry records demonstrates a clear positive ...

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News | Proton Therapy

September 26, 2016 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) and Philips announced that they are stepping up their combined ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

September 26, 2016 — For men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, side effects at two years following radiation ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

September 26, 2016 — Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases decreases the likelihood of local recurrence ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

September 26, 2016 — At the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting, Sept. 25-28 in Boston ...

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News | Lung Imaging

September 26, 2016 — New research suggests hypofractionated radiation therapy (RT) offers similar results to standard RT ...

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News | Proton Therapy

September 23, 2016 — IBA unveiled its new platform, 'Leading the PATh', which gathers the leading experts in the field ...

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News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy

September 23, 2016 — ZDi Solutions LLC announced that it will soon market its Z-System patient positioning devices to ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

September 23, 2016 — Three leading national cancer organizations issued a joint clinical practice guideline update for ...

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News | Proton Therapy

September 23, 2016 — Mevion Medical Systems announced that it will be installing its Mevion S250i proton therapy system ...

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News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy

September 23, 2016 — Vision RT announced it will be exhibiting at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ...

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