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. 

Technology | Proton Therapy

August 18, 2016 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications SA) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its ...

Time August 18, 2016
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Videos | Quality Assurance (QA)

Patient QA Efficiency with Dolphin presented at AAPM 2016 IBA booth. Dolphin Online Ready is released and in clinical ...

Time August 15, 2016
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Videos | Radiation Oncology

AAPM President Bruce Curran, MEng, FAAPM, FACMP, FACR, discusses the key topics at the 2016 meeting of the American ...

Time August 12, 2016
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News | Radiation Therapy

July 22, 2016 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) recently issued a new clinical practice statement ...

Time July 22, 2016
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Technology

March 30, 2016 — Philips Healthcare introduced the first commercially available magnetic resonance (MR)-only simulation ...

Time March 30, 2016
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Feature | Radiation Oncology | By Rachael Bennett, R.T.(R)(T)

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2015 annual meeting drew a crowd of more than 11,000 attendees. This ...

Time February 03, 2016
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Sponsored Content | Videos | Proton Therapy

At ASTRO 2015, Mevion highlighted the exceptional results its customers are seeing with the Mevion S250 Series proton ...

Time January 22, 2016
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News | Radiation Oncology

A new template published by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) standardizes and streamlines the ...

Time December 30, 2015
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Sponsored Content | Videos | Radiation Therapy

Varian offered an overview of its new technology offerings at ASTRO 2015. These include advancements in analytics ...

Time December 21, 2015
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News | Radiation Therapy

November 2, 2015 — Accuray Inc. announced that studies on the clinical use of the CyberKnife and TomoTherapy systems ...

Time November 02, 2015
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News | Radiation Therapy

October 29, 2015 — Brainlab showcased cranial Elements for stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) at the 57th annual meeting of ...

Time October 29, 2015
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News | Radiation Therapy

October 28, 2015 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has awarded the 2015 Annual Meeting Nurses ...

Time October 28, 2015
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News | Lung Imaging

October 28, 2015 — An analysis of an international, cooperative-led trial of patients with locally advanced non-small ...

Time October 28, 2015
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News | Prostate Cancer

October 28, 2015 — Augmenix Inc. showcased the SpaceOAR System at the 57th annual American Society of Therapeutic ...

Time October 28, 2015
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News | Proton Therapy

October 27, 2015 — IBA announced that longtime customer and research partner Penn Medicine has upgraded the equipment of ...

Time October 27, 2015
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News | Proton Therapy

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

Time October 26, 2015
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News | Radiation Therapy

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

Time October 23, 2015
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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 ...

Time October 23, 2015
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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 ...

Time October 22, 2015
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News | Radiation Therapy

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

Time October 22, 2015
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