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 | Proton Therapy

October 26, 2015 — New data from clinical trials conducted at Penn Medicine’s Robert Proton Therapy Center demonstrate ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

October 23, 2015—Patients with intermediate meningiomas treated with radiation therapy (RT) after surgery experienced a ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

October 23, 2015 — For patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes, radiation ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

October 22, 2015 — Outcomes for pediatric patients as young as 12 months with ependymoma who are treated with immediate ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

October 22, 2015 — The steroid dexamethasone reduces radiation-induced pain flare in cancer patients with painful bone ...

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Feature | Lung Imaging

October 21, 2015 — Stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients receiving intensity-modulated radiation therapy ...

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News | Brachytherapy Systems

October 21, 2015 — iCAD Inc. presented updated clinical data, hosted in-booth clinician presentations and showcased the ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

October 21, 2015 — A collaborative, patient reported outcome (PRO)-based approach by palliative care and radiation ...

Time October 21, 2015
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News | Proton Therapy

October 20, 2015 — IBA announced that Korea’s National Cancer Center (NCC) has recently installed and deployed its ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

San Antonio, October 19, 2015— For high-risk patients who receive chemoradiation therapy for head and neck cancer ...

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Technology | Radiation Therapy

October 20, 2015 — In October, Siemens Healthcare debuted a host of imaging systems that enable radiation therapy (RT) ...

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Feature | Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)

October 20, 2015 — For cervical cancer patients undergoing postsurgical radiation therapy, image-guided intensity ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

October 19, 2015 — Immunotherapy combined with palliative radiation therapy (RT) for a subset of patients with ...

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Technology | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy

October 19, 2015 — Orfit Industries introduced and demonstrated its HP Pro Solution, an innovative, comprehensive and ...

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News | Brachytherapy Systems, Women's Healthcare

October 19, 2015 — For some early-stage breast cancer patients, accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) using ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

October 19, 2015 — For some patients with human papilloma virus (HPV)-related cancer of the tonsils and tongue, reduced ...

Time October 19, 2015
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News | Radiation Therapy

September 1, 2015 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology’s (ASTRO’s) 57th annual meeting will be held at the ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has selected seven leading physician-researchers to receive a total ...

Time August 28, 2015
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Sponsored Content | Videos | Information Technology

From the floor at this year's annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), Chris Toth, vice ...

Time October 20, 2014
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