ASTRO

With its shorter course of treatment, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) has long been preferred for patients ...

The first report of a large, international clinical trial shows that, for men who show signs of prostate cancer after ...

In a 10-year study of women who received radiation therapy to treat early-stage breast cancer, those receiving fewer ...

A subset of patients with low-risk breast cancer is highly unlikely to see cancer return following breast conservation ...

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued a new clinical guideline for the use of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in early-stage lung cancer today. While SBRT is the current standard of care for peripherally located tumors in patients who cannot undergo surgery, the new guideline addresses the appropriateness of SBRT for medically inoperable patients with high-risk clinical scenarios requiring curative focused therapy.