title: International outreach: what is the responsibility of ASTRO and the major international radiation oncology societies?
abstract: In this era of globalization and rapid advances in radiation oncology worldwide, the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is committed to help decrease profound regional disparities through the work of the International Education Subcommittee (IES). The IES has expanded its base, reach, and activities to foster educational advances through a variety of educational methods with broad scope, in addition to committing to the advancement of radiation oncology care for cancer patients around the world, through close collaboration with our sister radiation oncology societies and other educational, governmental, and organizational groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington. Electronic address: ninamayr@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Nina A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Mayr
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Kenneth S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Zhongxing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Akila N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Viswanathan
authors.affiliation: St. Luke's Cancer Institute, Kansas City, Missouri.
authors.forename: Terry J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Wall
authors.affiliation: Innovative Cancer Institute, Miami, Florida.
authors.forename: Beatriz E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Amendola
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, St. Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines.
authors.forename: Miriam J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Calaguas
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.
authors.forename: Jatinder R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Palta
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Ning J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rengan
authors.affiliation: Lynn Cancer Institute, Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Boca Raton, Florida.
authors.forename: Timothy R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States