2020 SPRO Annual Meeting
Mark Your Calendars! SPRO's 7th Annual Meeting will be held virtually via Zoom Wednesday, October 28th, 2020 2-3:30pm EST If you would like to attend but have not yet received the [...]
SPRO Awards: Accepting nominations!
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2020 Palliative Radiation Symposium at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
The Palliative Radiation Symposium is a one-day conference intended for all healthcare providers caring for advanced cancer patients, particularly in radiation oncology, medical oncology, and palliative medicine. The conference’s purpose is to highlight [...]
Seeking Nominations for SPRO Committees
We are now seeking nominations for volunteers to serve on one of five SPRO committees. To nominate either yourself or someone else, please email the SPRO Executive Committee at admin@spro.org and include a paragraph summarizing your [...]
SPRO’s 6th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate SPRO's successes and to plan for the year ahead! And congratulations to Drs. Sara Alcorn and Simon Lo [...]
CMS Announces Alternative Payment Model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposes an innovative payment model in radiation oncology that will align payment to quality and value instead of volume. More information located here.
2019 SPRO Annual Meeting
Mark Your Calendars! SPRO's 6th Annual Meeting September 15th, 2019 Chicago, IL More details to come.
Report from the 5th Annual Meeting
On October 25th, 2018, in association with the American Society for Radiation Oncology's 60th Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, SPRO held its 5th Annual Meeting. The event was a great success, with 45 members [...]
AAHPM Forms a Palliative Radiation Oncology Community
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) recently formed a Palliative Radiation Oncology Community. The group aims to encourage engagement of HPM professionals in promoting palliative radiotherapy and to increase collaboration between palliative [...]
ASTRO membership survey on palliative and supportive care
Just published in PRO! Members of SPRO and ASTRO have completed a national membership survey of radiation oncologists on Palliative and Supportive Care in the United States. Attitudes of Radiation Oncologists Toward Palliative and Supportive Care in [...]
