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.
Artificial intelligence (AI) entering clinical use to aid with contouring, creating and optimizing treatment plans and creating adaptive plans on the fly were among the biggest topics at the annual meeting. This is a a machine learning created treatment plan for pancreatic cancer radiation therapy displayed by Raysearch on the expo floor at the ASTRO 2019 meeting.
Gallery | ASTRO | October 30, 2019 | Dave Fornell, Editor
Below are photos from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2019 meeting September 2019 in Chicago. The...
News | Brachytherapy Systems, Women's Healthcare | October 23, 2019
October 23, 2019 — At the 2019 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting, Sept. 15-18 in Chicago,...
News | Radiation Therapy | October 22, 2019
October 22, 2019 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American College of Radiology (ACR)...
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Videos | Information Technology | December 01, 2020
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements...
Videos | Artificial Intelligence | October 22, 2019
David Sjostrom, Ph.D., deputy chief physicist, Herlev Hospital, Department of Oncology, Division of Radiotherapy,...
Videos | Radiation Oncology | October 11, 2019
Lorraine Drapek, DNP, nurse practitioner, radiation oncology, GI service, Massachusetts General Hospital, explains the...
Videos | Radiation Therapy | October 08, 2019
VIDEO: Clinical and Physics Aspects of Re-irradiation of Previously Treated Radiotherapy Tumor Sites
Kristin Higgins, M.D., medical director of radiation oncology, Emory Clinic at the Winship Cancer Institute, explains...
Videos | Prostate Cancer | September 30, 2019
Bill Hartsell, M.D., medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Proton Center in Warrenville, Ill., discusses the...
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...
