ARLINGTON, Va., May 15, 2025 — Registration opens today for the 67th American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting, to be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, September 27 to October 1, 2025. Media registration is available at astro.org/annualmeetingpress, and general attendee registration is available at astro.org/annualmeeting.
Led by ASTRO President Sameer Keole, MD, FASTRO, the conference is expected to attract up to 10,000 oncologists, clinicians, researchers and other health care professionals from around the globe. The meeting theme, “Rediscovering Radiation Medicine and Exploring New Indications,” reflects the rapid growth and evolving applications of radiation therapy to treat patients with non-cancer conditions such as osteoarthritis and certain cardiac or functional brain disorders.
ASTRO's 2025 Annual Meeting will feature:
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More than 2,500 research presentations and posters on advances in radiation oncology and cancer care
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Expert panels, storytelling sessions and workshops covering topics such as adolescent and young adult survivorship after cancer, cancer care in conflict zones and establishing a radiopharmaceutical therapy program
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Keynote addresses from two leading physician voices with unique patient perspectives: Bobby Mukkamala, MD, American Medical Association president-elect who had a grade 2 brain tumor removed in December 2024, and Bryant Lin, MD, MEng, a Stanford Medicine professor who is living with stage 4 lung cancer
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A Presidential Symposium highlighting the existing and emerging data on radiation therapy for non-cancer indications featuring multidisciplinary experts on treatment for musculoskeletal (e.g., plantar fasciitis, osteoarthritis), cardiac (e.g., arrhythmias, early heart failure) and functional neurologic (e.g., tremors from Parkinson’s disease) conditions
Registered attendees can participate in person in San Francisco or virtually via livestreams of all scientific and educational sessions. On-site attendees also can explore cutting-edge patient care technologies in the ASTRO Exhibit Hall.
ASTRO news briefings will feature noteworthy and high-impact research presented at the meeting. Briefing details will be announced in early September, and briefings will be available to registered press in person and via livestream. ASTRO also will host a press office in the Moscone Center during meeting hours, and media interview facilities will be available on request.
General information about the meeting can be found on ASTRO’s Annual Meeting website. For press inquiries or media registration, visit our press kit or contact ASTRO's media relations team.
ABOUT ASTRO
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is the largest radiation oncology society in the world, with more than 10,000 members who are physicians, nurses, biologists, physicists, radiation therapists, dosimetrists and other health care professionals who specialize in treating patients with radiation therapies. Radiation therapy contributes to 40% of global cancer cures, and more than a million Americans receive radiation treatments for cancer each year. For information on radiation therapy, visit RTAnswers.org. To learn more about ASTRO, visit our website and media center and follow us on social media.