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Fairfax, Va., October 25, 2011 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) commends the recent paper published in The Lancet confirming that radiation therapy after surgery for early-stage breast cancer patients reduces the risk that the cancer...
Fairfax, Va., October 12, 2011 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has published a white paper on the safe use of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in the radiation oncology clinic as part...
Fairfax, Va., July 29, 2011 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is pleased to announce the results of its recent election. These new officers will begin their terms at ASTRO's 53rd Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, which will be held...
Fairfax, Va., July 19, 2011 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has named its 2011 class of Fellows. These 21 distinguished members will receive their Fellow designation at a ceremony during the Society’s 53rd Annual Meeting being...
Fairfax, Va., July 14, 2011 - As part of the Target Safely initiative, the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has developed a white paper, the first of a series of such papers, on the safe use of integrating intensity modulated radiation...
Fairfax, Va., May 26, 2010 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Report, quarterly magazine and patient website have been honored with 2011 Hermes Creative Awards from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals...
Fairfax, Va., April 21, 2011 - Acupuncture provides long-lasting relief to hot flashes, heart palpitations and anxiety due to side effects of the hormone given to counteract testosterone, the hormone that induces prostate cancer, according to a study...
Fairfax, Va., April 5, 2011 - D3 Radiation Oncology Solutions and WFR-Aquaplast/Qfix Systems have been elected and Accuray and Brainlab re-elected to serve three-year terms on the American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO) Corporate Advisory...
Fairfax, Va., March 30, 2011 - More than 100 radiation oncology treatment team members and resident physicians convened in Washington Monday and Tuesday to represent radiation oncology on Capitol Hill at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's...
Fairfax, Va., March 23, 2011 - Men with high-risk prostate cancer who take statin drugs commonly used to lower cholesterol while receiving radiation therapy are less likely to have their cancer return than patients who do not take these medications, according...
Fairfax, Va., February 18, 2011 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has hired Jason Hoolsema as its new director of information technology, an addition that is advantageous for the many technical projects ASTRO currently has underway...
Fairfax, Va., February 17, 2011 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Clinical Affairs and Quality Committee has developed a guideline for the use of radiation therapy in treating bone metastases. The guideline will be published in the...
Fairfax, Va., February 1, 2011 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has named Anthony Zietman, M.D., an endowed professor of radiation oncology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, as the new editor of the International Journal of Radiation...
Fairfax, Va., January 26, 2011 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology is continuing its commitment to Target Safely, a six-point patient protection plan developed in January 2010, to improve the safety and quality of radiation therapy treatments...
Fairfax, Va., January 25, 2011 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is very pleased with yesterday's ruling by the Maryland Court of Appeals preserving strong patient protections against abusive physician self-referral in radiation...
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