Upcoming webinars, Comment on Gastric Cancer guideline, ROCR support grows among industry

March 26, 2025

Just scheduled! ASTRO ROCKS webinar on promotion and tenure

Early career researchers are invited to learn more about the tenure and promotion process from experts who have received and approved promotion packages. Panelists will present the basics of tenure and promotion, how to identify your home institution’s policies, what records you should keep as you prepare, what types of mentors you should seek out and serve as, and how to identify gaps and strengthen your application. Join us for this free webinar on April 11, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Register today in the ASTRO Academy.

 

eContouring for Primary Hepatobiliary Tumors Webinar – Free to Members-in-Training!

Register for this Friday’s eContouring for Primary Hepatobiliary Tumors Webinar, taking place at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time, led by Jennifer Wo, MD. This ASTRO Academy webinar offers access to hands-on contouring practice on real cases in addition to a live webinar with time for Q&A. ASTRO members receive a discount on registration. Members-in-training and international members-in-training can register for free thanks to support from the Radiation Oncology Institute’s Juan A. del Regato Fund.

 

Five easy steps to save 25% on courses from the ASTRO Academy

It is really easy to save 25% off the cost of courses from the ASTRO Academy through March 31. Step 1: Visit ASTRO Academy. Step 2: Search by topic, new Academy Courses, the ad carousel, or use the search bar to enter your own criteria. Step 3: Fill your cart with online courses. Step 4: Enter the code, SAVE25IN2025, to save 25% off the total price of your cart (code may be used once per person by March 31)! Step 5: Enter payment. And there you have it, discounted CME! Learn more and save today!

 

ASTRO seeks public comments for guideline on gastric cancer

ASTRO requests feedback on its first draft guideline on Radiation Therapy for Gastric Cancer. The guideline covers a broad scope, including resectable disease, unresectable but nonmetastatic disease, locoregionally recurrent disease, and metastatic disease, including oligometastases. Please review the guideline and submit comments through the webform by Monday, April 21. You can also access the draft guideline and webform at www.astro.org/PublicComment.

 

See you at AAPM Spring Clinical Meeting!

Looking to learn more about APEx? Interested in becoming an APEx surveyor? Stop by ASTRO Booth #111 at AAPM’s Spring Clinical Meeting to chat with ASTRO’s Rebecca Geiger about ASTRO's practice accreditation program and our new radiopharmaceutical designation, as well as other ASTRO member benefits and programs.

 

Tech companies, private practice groups among latest ROCR supporters

The Advanced Medical Technology Association, which represents radiation therapy manufacturers, is among a slew of organizations, including several community-based private practice groups and tech companies like Accuray, Eleckta, Siemens Healthineers and Novocure, that recently signed on in support of the Radiation Oncology Case Rate Act of 2025. An updated list of supporters is available on ASTRO’s website. Tell your members of Congress to support ROCR by using ASTRO’s convenient grassroots tool. Learn more at What’s Happening in Washington.

 

New patient education brochure available: Updated Radiation Therapy for Cancers of the Esophagus and Stomach

ASTRO has a new patient brochure — Radiation Therapy for Cancers of the Esophagus and Stomach! Newly released, this brochure helps people with cancers of the esophagus or stomach better understand how radiation therapy can be used to treat their cancer, what other treatment types are used with radiation, what to expect prior to beginning radiation therapy treatment and tips on caring for yourself, as well as an easily readable side effects chart and suggested questions to ask the radiation oncology team. Note: this brochure replaces the Radiation Therapy for Upper GI Cancers brochure and is sold in packs of 50 for $30. In addition, check out ASTRO’s numerous resources including RTAnswers.

 

Time is running out! Nominations for ASTRO Gold Medal and Honorary Member close on April 11

The deadline to submit nominations for the 2025 ASTRO Gold Medal and Honorary Member awards is fast approaching! If you have a colleague that you think is highly deserving of either award, please send in a nomination or support letter via email to Gold Medal by Friday, April 11! Nominations will not be considered after the deadline. For more details, please visit the Gold Medal Award and Honorary Membership pages.