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Web Exclusive: ASTRO awards 17 Advocacy Day travel grants
Web Exclusive: ASTRO publishes supplement on protecting cancer patients by reducing radiation doses, side effects
Web Exclusive: MedPAC continues to weigh self-referral changes
Web Exclusive: House committee taps DeWeese’s expertise on prostate cancer
ASTROgram: American Association for Thoracic Surgery hosting 90th annual meeting
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Web Exclusive: ASTRO awards 17 Advocacy Day travel grants
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has awarded 17 residents in radiation oncology and radiation oncology nurses travel grants to attend the Society’s seventh annual Advocacy Day taking place March 21-23, 2010, in Washington. Advocacy...
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Web Exclusive: ASTRO publishes supplement on protecting cancer patients by reducing radiation doses, side effects
The Quantitative Analysis of Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic (QUANTEC) review has been published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics , the official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) to update...
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Web Exclusive: MedPAC continues to weigh self-referral changes
By Dave Adler, assistant director of government relations On March 4, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) discussed potential changes to the self-referral law for radiation therapy for the third time but said it is not yet ready to make...
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Web Exclusive: House committee taps DeWeese’s expertise on prostate cancer
By Dave Adler, assistant director of government relations Theodore DeWeese, M.D., chair of the department of radiation oncology and molecular radiation sciences at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, testified March 4, 2010, at a hearing...
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ASTROgram: American Association for Thoracic Surgery hosting 90th annual meeting
The AATS Annual Meeting in Toronto on May 1-4, 2010, will include a scientific program featuring a number of faculty lectures and abstract presentations pertaining to thoracic oncology. The program will also include the opportunity to tour the Thoracic...
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ASTROgram: Registration, housing now open for ASTRO's IMRT, IGRT and SBRT symposium in May (03/04/10)
The Current State of the Art Techniques for IMRT, IGRT and SBRT Symposium is scheduled for May 14-16, 2010, at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas. For more information, visit www.astro.org/meetings .
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ASTROgram: Submit your Annual Meeting abstract by April 8
Submit your latest scientific findings, practice-changing research and clinical trial outcomes before April 8, 2010, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time to be considered for the 2010 Annual Meeting. To be eligible, abstracts must be completed online (no last minute...
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ASTROgram: 2010 Minority Summer Fellowship Award applications due March 31
Do you know an outstanding minority medical student? If so, encourage them to apply for the 2010 Minority Summer Fellowship Award. The application deadline has been extended to March 31 in an effort to recruit outstanding applicants. The Fellowship Award...
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ASTROgram: Mark your calendar for the 2010 multidisciplinary thoracic oncology meeting
The 2010 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology will be held December 9-11, 2010, at the Hilton Chicago. Registration and housing will open in early May and the Call for Abstracts will open in early May and close July 14, 2010. Visit...
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ASTROgram: Don’t wait; register now for 2010 Spring Refresher
The March 31, 2010, early-bird registration deadline is fast approaching, so don’t miss out on discounted rates for the 2010 Spring Refresher being held April 23-25, 2010, at the Westin Michigan Avenue in Chicago. For more information about the...
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ASTROgram: ROI seeks proposals on conducting research needs assessment
The Radiation Oncology Institute has issued a request for proposals to conduct a national research needs assessment for radiation oncology. The results of this national assessment will be the main tool ROI will use to set the national research needs agenda...
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ASTROgram: CMS releases educational article on new consultation policy
CMS eliminated payment on consultation services for fee-for-service Medicare beginning January 1, 2010. Providers are being advised to report E/M visit codes for consultation services. To assist providers with the implementation of this new policy, CMS...
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ASTROgram: Help shape ASTRO’s new journal Practical Radiation Oncology
Practical Radiation Oncology will begin publication in 2011 with the primary objective to improve the quality of radiation oncology practice. Help ASTRO make this journal a true benefit to its members by taking a short, six-question survey to us shape...
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ASTROgram: AAPM, ASTRO to present safety symposium
AAPM and ASTRO are hosting Safety in Radiation Therapy - A Call to Action, June 24-25. This conference is aimed to inform all members of the treatment team, as well as manufacturers and regulators, on ways to improve the safety and quality of radiation...
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ASTROgram: Questions for patients to ask their doctors about radiation safety
As part of the Target Safely campaign ASTRO's Communications Committee and the Multidisciplinary Quality Assurance Committee have developed a list of questions patients may want to ask their doctors about the safety of their radiation therapy treatments...
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