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Coverage from the

American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2017 Annual Meeting

September 24 - 27, 2017; San Diego, California

September 24 - 27, 2017 San Diego, California

ASTRO Treatment That's Easy to Swallow in HPV+ Throat Cancer The radiation therapy dose for throat cancer was cut 50%, but the 2-year outcomes are still excellent, including no injury to patient swallowing.
Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2017
Liquid Biopsy May Identify Lung Cancer Tx Failures Circulating tumor DNA may be the first biomarker that allows clinicians to guide treatment for nonmetastatic lung cancer.
Medscape Medical News, September 26, 2017
ASTRO RT Plus Chemo Triples PFS in Limited Metastatic Lung Cancer Adding consolidative radiotherapy to maintenance chemotherapy for patients with limited metastatic non-small cell lung cancer significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS).
Medscape Medical News, September 26, 2017

Conference News

ASTRO Why Smart Oncologists Do Dumb Things
Medscape Medical News, October 5, 2017
ASTRO In High-Risk Endometrial Cancer, Adding Chemo No Help, but…
Medscape Medical News, October 2, 2017
ASTRO Radiation Therapy for Cancer: Feared, Misunderstood
Medscape Medical News, September 29, 2017
ASTRO Hypofractionated RT: Safe and Effective After Mastectomy
Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2017
ASTRO Standard-Dose Radiation Therapy Confirmed in Advanced NSCLC
Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2017

ASTRO Treatment That's Easy to Swallow in HPV+ Throat Cancer
Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2017
ASTRO Higher-Dose RT Ups Local Control in Cervical Cancer
Medscape Medical News, September 26, 2017
Liquid Biopsy May Identify Lung Cancer Tx Failures
Medscape Medical News, September 26, 2017
ASTRO RT Plus Chemo Triples PFS in Limited Metastatic Lung Cancer
Medscape Medical News, September 26, 2017
ASTRO Immunotherapy Plus RT for Metastatic Cancer: 'Step Forward'
Medscape Medical News, September 25, 2017

Popular News from ASTRO 2016

First Phase 3 Results for SRS vs WBRT for Brain Metastases There has been a lot of news coverage about stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases. But in a first-of-its-kind phase 3 trial comparing it with whole-brain radiotherapy, the results were mixed.
Medscape Medical News, Sep 26, 2016
Magic Mouthwash Really Works, Says Phase 3 Trial The mouth rinse is widely used but has not been robustly studied. That is now changed, and the news is good.
Medscape Medical News, Sep 27, 2016
Should DCIS Patients Get a Radiation Boost? Pooled analysis of 4000 patients with ductal carcinoma in situ shows that a radiation boost reduces local recurrence.
Medscape Medical News, Sep 29, 2016

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