2026 ASTRO Annual Meeting
Long-Term Disease Control From SBRT Equal to Surgery in Localized Prostate Cancer
Five-treatment stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) may offer an effective alternative to surgery for patients with localized prostate cancer. In long-term follow-up findings from the phase III ...
Ultra–Low-Dose Radiation Therapy May Relieve Bone Pain From Multiple Myeloma
A short course of ultra–low-dose radiation therapy relieved painful bone lesions from multiple myeloma for patients in a multi-institutional phase II clinical trial. The findings suggest that a lower-...
Short-Course SBRT Better Preserves Physical Function Before Pancreatic Cancer Surgery
Patients preparing for pancreatic cancer surgery maintained better physical function and experienced less fatigue with 5 treatments of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) than with 28 treatment...
SRS Is a "Reasonable Option" for Patients With SCLC and Brain Metastases
Stereotactic radiosurgery demonstrated a prolonged overall survival compared with hippocampal-avoidant whole-brain radiotherapy with memantine in patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and brain ...
Fractionated SRS Approach Improves Outcomes for Patients With Resected Large Brain Metastases
Fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery after resection improves surgical bed control compared with single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with large brain metastases, according to find...
