2024 ASTRO Annual Refresher Course onDemand

This course is designed to provide clinicians in practice and trainees with a comprehensive review and update of the clinical practice parameters across most major sub-disciplines of radiation oncology, including sarcomas, pediatrics and lymphomas, and the role of radiotherapy in the multidisciplinary management of cancer patients. The course reviews key evidence that forms the basis for current clinical practice guidelines and trends in new approaches. In addition, the course covers implementation of hypofractionation in key disease sites as well as treatment of oligometastases and use of SBRT to improve outcomes for patients with metastatic disease. It also provides hands-on experience in contouring for CNS, sarcoma, and head and neck. It also informs on the emerging field of artificial intelligence in the clinic and the use of circulating tumor DNA in the treatment of select patients with cancer.

This activity was originally presented and recorded at the 2024 ASTRO Annual Refresher Course. This activity is available from April 29, 2024, through 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on April 28, 2026. 

Target Audience

The meeting is designed to meet the interests of practicing radiation oncologists, radiation oncology residents, medical and clinical physicists, radiation therapists, radiation dosimetrists, nurses and all other health professionals involved in the field of radiation oncology.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this  activity, participants should be able to do the following:

  • Describe and implement the latest radiation therapy treatment recommendations for clinical scenarios commonly encountered in clinical practice.
  • Safely utilize the latest radiation technologies to improve patient care.
  • Describe the ways in which Artificial Intelligence can be implemented in the radiation oncology clinic to aid contouring, diagnosis, and management of patients.
  • Appropriately and safely incorporate the treatment of oligometastases into clinical practice.
  • Identify the ways in which ctDNA can be used in the management of patients with cancer.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 22.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for physicians. ASTRO designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 22.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 22.75 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 22.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Course opens: 
04/29/2024
Course expires: 
04/28/2026
Cost:
$1,049.00
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Day 1


Lung

  • Speaker: Raymond H. Mak, MD, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School
  • Moderator: Paul L. Nguyen, MD, MBA, FASTRO, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School


Gynecologic: Endometrial and Cervical Cancer

  • Speaker: Joanne W. Jang, MD, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Moderator: Paul L. Nguyen, MD, MBA, FASTRO, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School


Physics: Clinical Applications of AI: Contouring and Patient-Specific QA

  • Speaker: Emily Hirata, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
  • Moderator: Sonja Dieterich, PhD, MBA, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

Head and Neck

  • Speaker: Lachlan McDowell, MBBS, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
  • Moderator: Sue S. Yom, MD, PhD, FASTRO, University of California, San Francisco

eContouring for Head and Neck

  • Speaker: Richard Bakst, MD, Mount Sinai Health System and New York Proton Center
  • Moderator: Sue S. Yom, MD, PhD, FASTRO, University of California, San Francisco


Day 2


Gastrointestinal: Upper and Lower GI

  • Speaker: William A. Hall, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Moderator: Kathryn E. Huber, MD, PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine

Breast

  • Speaker: Rachel Jimenez, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Moderator: Kathryn E. Huber, MD, PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine

Radiobiology: ctDNA as a Precision Medicine Tool for the Radiation Oncologist

  • Speaker: Scott Bratman, MD, PhD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and University of Toronto
  • Moderator: Kathryn E. Huber, MD, PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine

Central Nervous System

  • Speaker: Daniel M. Trifiletti, MD, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
  • Moderator: Sue S. Yom, MD, PhD, FASTRO, University of California, San Francisco

eContouring for Central Nervous System

  • Speaker: Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, MD, University of California, San Diego
  • Moderator: Sue S. Yom, MD, PhD, FASTRO, University of California, San Francisco


Day 3


Genitourinary

  • Speaker: Karen E. Hoffman, MD, MHSc, MPH, FASTRO, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Moderator: Paul L. Nguyen, MD, MBA, FASTRO, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School

Oligometastatic Cancers and SBRT

  • Speaker: C. Jillian Tsai, MD, MS, PhD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
  • Moderator: Sonja Dieterich, PhD, MBA, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

Lymphomas

  • Speaker: Chelsea C. Pinnix, MD, PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Moderator: Paul L. Nguyen, MD, MBA, FASTRO, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School

Sarcomas

  • Speaker: Safia K. Ahmed, MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona
  • Moderator: Paul L. Nguyen, MD, MBA, FASTRO, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School

eContouring for Sarcomas

  • Speaker: B. Ashleigh Guadagnolo, MD, MPH, FASTRO, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Moderator: Paul L. Nguyen, MD, MBA, FASTRO, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School


Bonus onDemand Session


Pediatrics

  • Speaker: John T. Lucas Jr., MS, MD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Faculty:
A list of all meeting faculty and Individual presenter disclosures can be found on the Course Schedule page.

Planning Committee:
A list of all meeting planning committee members and their individual disclosures can be found on the Program Committee page.

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Available Credit

  • 22.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for physicians. ASTRO designates this Enduring material for a maximum of 22.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 22.75 Certificate of Attendance
    This activity was designated for 22.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
 
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  • Nonmember: $1049
  • Member: $799
  • Member-in-Training: $599
  • Postdoctoral Fellow Member: $599
  • Student/Graduate Student/PGY-1 Member: $549

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No refunds, extensions, or substitutions will be made for those participants who, for any reason, have not completed the activity by the expiration date.

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The activity and its materials will only be available on the ASTRO website until April 28, 2026, regardless of purchase date. At the expiration of the activity, participants will no longer have access to the activity or its materials. ASTRO reserves the right to remove an activity before its expiration date.

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