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.
Videos | Radiation Therapy | September 27, 2019
Candice Johnstone, M.D., MPH, Medical College of Wisconsin explains the need for palliative radiotherapy and patient...
News | Artificial Intelligence | September 26, 2019
September 26, 2019 — For the first time, a sophisticated computer model has been shown to accurately predict two of the...
Videos | Radiation Therapy | September 26, 2019
Clifford Robinson, M.D., associate professor of radiation oncology, chief of the SBRT (stereotactic body radiation...
News | Radiation Therapy | September 25, 2019
September 25, 2019 —Whole breast radiation and partial breast radiation following a lumpectomy yield similar cosmetic...
News | Radiation Therapy | September 24, 2019
September 24, 2019 — Patients with brain metastases who received whole-brain radiotherapy that avoided memory-specific...
News | Prostate Cancer | September 23, 2019
September 23, 2019 — A randomized clinical trial of targeted, high-dose radiation for men with oligometastatic prostate...
News | Treatment Planning | September 23, 2019
September 23, 2019 — The first-ever patient radiation therapy treatments generated with machine learning in the...
An example of a treatment plan for radio-ablation of the heart to noninvasively treat cardiac arrhythmias. This concept is one of the key presentations at the 2019 ASTRO meeting. Image courtesy of Cyberheart.
Feature | ASTRO | September 23, 2019
August 29, 2019 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced the top-rated studies being highlighted...
Videos | Radiation Oncology | September 20, 2019
Anne Hubbard, MBA, director of health policy for ASTRO, explains the details and purpose of the proposed Radiation...
Videos | Radiation Therapy | September 20, 2019
ITN Associate Editor Jeff Zagoudis speaks with Vinai Gondi, M.D., co-director of the Brain Tumor Center at the...
News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy | September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019 — Aktina Medical introduced several new products at the 2019 American Society for Radiation Oncology...
News | Proton Therapy | September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019 — Varian announced its ProBeam 360° proton therapy system is now available in a multi-room...
Anne Hubbard, MBA, director of health policy for the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), explains the details of the proposed radiation oncology alternative payment model (APM), and issues ASTRO has raised with the model, at the 2019 ASTRO annual meeting in Chicago.
News | Radiation Oncology | September 18, 2019
September 18, 2019 — During its annual meeting in September, the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued...
News | Lung Imaging | September 18, 2019
September 18, 2019 — Adding precisely aimed, escalated doses of radiation after patients no longer respond to...
News | Proton Therapy | September 17, 2019
September 17, 2019 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications SA, held its third Victoria Consortium Meeting focusing on Flash...
News | Radiation Therapy | September 17, 2019
September 17, 2019 — Treating high-risk heart patients with a single, high dose of radiation therapy can dramatically...
The PlanCheck module now part of SunCheck, automates plan quality checks, validates treatment plans against requirements, and automatically assesses plan performance versus intent.
News | Quality Assurance (QA) | September 16, 2019
September 16, 2019 — At the 2019 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting, running Sept. 15-18 in...
News | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) | September 16, 2019
September 16, 2019 — At the 2019 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting, being held Sept. 15-18...
News | Prostate Cancer | September 16, 2019
September 16, 2019 — Secondary analysis of a recent clinical trial that changed the standard of care for men with...
The Siemens Somatom Go.Sim computed tomography (CT) system for dedicated radiation therapy planning. Image courtesy of Siemens Healthineers.
News | Computed Tomography (CT) | September 15, 2019
September 15, 2019 — Siemens Healthineers debuted two computed tomography (CT) systems dedicated to radiation therapy (...
