Radiation Therapy Presentations

ASTRO has created PowerPoint presentations for members to use as a resource for presentations to other medical professionals and the public. The Communications Committee is working to produce additional disease-site specific presentations.

The general PowerPoints include a comprehensive presentation designed to use with other health care professionals, such as during grand rounds, and a presentation to use with the general public, such as during a Rotary Club presentation.

The disease-site specific PowerPoints were created with the intention of educating other medical professionals, including residents and fellows and other oncologists.

All of the PowerPoints are editable to meet your needs and contain photos and talking points. PowerPoints will automatically download when you click on them.

Newest Presentation

Oligometastatic Cancer
The purpose of these slides is to serve as a resource that any radiation oncologist can use when speaking about the role of radiation therapy for oligometastatic disease. The target audience is medical oncology faculty and fellows. However, any user is welcome to format the slides as needed to fit your target audience.

• Radiation oncology for oligometastatic cancer: Contemporary principles and future directions

General Presentations

• Radiation therapy presentation for health care professionals
• Radiation therapy presentation for the general public

Student Education

This slide presentation has been created for use by radiation oncologists interested in promoting the specialty to students at medical schools. The presentation includes an introduction to radiation oncology, the radiation oncology job market and future prospects for the specialty. It also addresses the need for greater diversity in our workforce, and general pathways for addressing health disparities in highly specialized fields like radiation oncology.

• Introduction to Radiation Oncology

Disease-site Specific Presentations

Bladder Cancer
The purpose of these slides is to serve as a resource that any radiation oncologist can use when speaking about the role of radiation therapy in treating bladder cancer.

• Radiation Therapy as a Component of Multidisciplinary Bladder Cancer Management

Gynecologic Cancers
The purpose of these slides is to serve as a resource that any radiation oncologist can use when speaking about the role of radiation therapy in treating gynecologic malignancies.

• Introduction to Radiation Therapy for Gynecologic Malignancies

Lung Cancer
The purpose of these slides is to serve as a resource that any radiation oncologist can use when speaking about the role of radiation therapy in treating lung cancer. The target audience is residents/fellows in the fields of pulmonology, thoracic surgery and medical oncology; however, any user is welcome to format the slides as needed to fit your target audience.

• Radiation therapy as a component of multidisciplinary lung cancer management

Prostate Cancer
The purpose of these slides is to serve as a resource that any radiation oncologist can use when speaking about the role of radiation therapy in treating prostate cancer. The target audience could include residents/fellows, staff physicians, or mid-level providers in the fields of Urology and Medical Oncology.

• Radiation therapy as a component of multidisciplinary prostate cancer management

Sarcoma
The purpose of these slides is to serve as a resource that any radiation oncologist can use when speaking about the role of radiation therapy in treating sarcomas. The target audience is residents/fellows in the fields of surgery, medical oncology, pathology and radiology; however, any user is welcome to format them as needed for your target audience.

• Radiation therapy as a component of multidisciplinary sarcoma management

Skin Cancer
The purpose of these slides is to serve as a resource that any radiation oncologist can use when speaking about the role of radiation therapy in treating skin cancers. The target audience is residents/fellows in the fields of Dermatology or Medical Oncology; however, any user is welcome to format them as needed for your target audience.

• Radiation therapy as a component of multidisciplinary skin cancer management

For Specific Providers

Radiation Oncology for Gastroenterologists
The purpose of these slides is to serve as a resource that any radiation oncologist can use when speaking about the role of radiation therapy in treating GI cancers or managing GI toxicity from radiation therapy. The content of this lecture is long and may work best as a 2-part series rather than a single presentation.

• Introduction to radiation therapy for gastroenterologists

Palliative Care
The purpose of these slides is to serve as a resource that any radiation oncologist can use when speaking about the role of palliative radiation therapy for hospitalized patients. The target audience could include residents/fellows, staff physicians or mid-level providers in the field of emergency medicine, internal medicine, palliative care and medical oncology. .

• Radiation oncology for inpatient services (palliative care)

Radiation Oncology for Physical Therapists
The purpose of these slides is to serve as a resource that any radiation oncologist can use when speaking about the role of radiation therapy to health care professionals involved in cancer rehabilitation (PT, OT, PM&R, etc.).

• Introduction to radiation therapy for health care professionals involved in cancer rehabilitation

If you have questions or feedback about the presentations, contact the Communications department.