ASTRO’s 11th annual Advocacy Day featured meetings with more than 150 members of Congress
More than 75 ASTRO members pushed for key radiation oncology initiatives to benefit patients, physicians and researchersFairfax, Va., May 8, 2014—During the American Society for Radiation Oncology’s (ASTRO’s) 11thannual Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. on May 5-6, 2014, more than 75 ASTRO members met with more than 150 congressional members from their 32 home states. Attendees, including radiation oncologists, nurses, administrators and a record of 24 radiation oncology residents, urged Congress to close the self-referral loophole, to stabilize Medicare physician payments, to provide
