In the ASTROgram for the week of March 24: Join these upcoming webinars, Public comment period open on Gastric Cancer guideline, ROCR support grows among industry
On March 13, 2025, ASTRO hosted a Town Hall to discuss the newly reintroduced ROCR Act. A recording of the Town Hall is available for members to view (member login required).
The ROCR Value Based Payment Program Act of 2025 was reintroduced to Congress by Sens. Thom Tillis (NC) and Gary Peters (MI) and Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Jimmy Panetta (CA), John Joyce, MD (PA) and Paul Tonko (NY).
ASTRO's new podcast features Mustafa Basree, DO, ASTRO’s Government Relations Fellow, and Anne Hubbard, ASTRO’s Director of Health Policy chatting about ASTRO’s role as an advocate organization.
ASTRO published its first clinical guideline on the use of radiation therapy to treat adult patients with primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the anal canal and anal margin.
This issue of ASTROnews looks at the evolving role of biomarkers in cancer treatment decisions and current implications of biomarker assays in various disease sites, including prostate, breast, lung, bladder and more.