New RO-ILS Case Study 19: This case study discusses a near miss in which an attentive #RadOnc caught a treatment setup error for a patient ready to receive SBRT to the lumbar spine. Read it here: ow.ly/182e50Sj5Rk

Reminder: ASTRO requests feedback on the draft guideline on Radiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer. Please review the guideline focused update and submit comments through the webform by June 17. ow.ly/zzQG50RREhv

New in #practicalRO : The value of patient-reported outcomes to predict for symptom burden and health-related quality of life after chemoradiation for cervical cancer: A prospective study. #radonc bit.ly/andring2

New in this week's ASTROgram: ASTRO elections and member survey, #ASTRO24 abstract notifications sent, Prior auth reform bill ow.ly/F0gg50SiXAP

New in #practicalRO : Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Oligo-progressive Pleural Mesothelioma: Fine-Tuning the Optimal Doses. #radonc bit.ly/ghirardelli1

Congratulations Providence St. Mary Regional Cancer Center for achieving initial accreditation through ASTRO’s APEx - Accreditation Program for Excellence®. Join the growing list of accredited facilities: ow.ly/jaIt50RAosU

Health Policy Chair catheryn yashar spoke with @MayaGoldman_ @Axios about new legislation to rein in #PriorAuth : axios.com/2024/06/13/med…

Join us in celebrating🎉the new ROI award winners! Learn more about these 4 talented #radonc investigators who will be leading research to improve access to RT: bit.ly/2024ROIawards Congrats to Drs. Eulanca Liu Shearwood McClelland III, M.D. Baozhou Sun Lin Zhu!

ASTRO 2024 Elections - Nominating Committee - Physicist Nominees: David J. Carlson, PhD, FASTRO & Jean Moran, PhD. Voting closes on Friday, July 5 at 5 p.m. ET. Learn more about each candidate and their policy statement here: astro.org/vote

New in #practicalRO : Experience from an Early Exposure Education Program in Radiation Oncology for High School and Undergraduate Students. #radonc bit.ly/protam2

ASTRO 2024 Elections - Nominating Committee - Community Practice Physician Nominees: Matthew Manning, MD, FASTRO & Daniel Schiffner, MD. Voting closes on Friday, July 5 at 5 p.m. ET. Learn more about each candidate and their policy statement here: astro.org/vote

Thank you Sen. Gary Peters (MI) for signing on as a the first Senate Democratic co-sponsor of the #ROCR bill.
Now is a great time for ASTRO members to contact your reps to ask them to support the bill. ow.ly/sSb750S2z4H Senator Gary Peters

New in #practicalRO : External Beam Radiation Therapy for Palliation of Symptomatic Bone Metastases: An ASTRO Clinical Practice Guideline. #radonc bit.ly/alcorn2

Delayed care due to prior authorization has severe & often deadly consequences for patients. We must let doctors do their jobs & not let red tape stand in the way of patient care.

I'm proud to reintroduce the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act to improve & fix the

ASTRO 2024 Elections - Nominating Committee - Academic Physician Nominees: Lia Halasz, MD & Cliff Robinson, MD. Voting closes on Friday, July 5 at 5 p.m. ET. Learn more about each candidate and their policy statement here: astro.org/vote

ASTRO 2024 Elections - Education Council Vice-chair Nominees: Andrea Ng, MD, MPH, FASTRO & William Small Jr, MD, FASTRO. Voting closes on Friday, July 5 at 5 p.m. ET. Learn more about each candidate and their policy statement here: astro.org/vote

New in #practicalRO : Exploring the Impact of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors on Genitourinary Toxicities in Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy: A Case Study and Discussion. #radonc bit.ly/andrianu1

ASTRO 2024 Elections - President-elect Nominees: Constantine Mantz, MD, FASTRO & Neha Vapiwala, MD, FASTRO. Voting closes on Friday, July 5 at 5 p.m. ET. Learn more about each candidate and their policy statement here: astro.org/vote

New in #practicalRO : Elective Irradiation of Retropharyngeal Lymph Nodes as an Indication for Adjuvant Radiotherapy Following Trans Oral Surgery for Tonsil Cancer. #radonc bit.ly/compton3

Congratulations Oklahoma Proton Center for achieving initial accreditation through ASTRO’s APEx - Accreditation Program for Excellence®. Join the growing list of accredited facilities: ow.ly/jaIt50RAosU