ASTRO’s Embargo Policy:

All studies/abstracts to be presented at the ASTRO meetings are embargoed until the time and date of presentation. This includes the ASTRO Annual Meeting. The embargo can only be lifted after such time, unless ASTRO holds an official ASTRO press conference releasing information about the studies at the meeting. When this occurs, the embargo is lifted at the time of the press conference.

When studies are published in the Red Journal (International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics) the embargo is lifted on the date of publication. Please note that this excludes the Proceedings for the ASTRO Annual Meeting.

***Note***
In journalism and public relations, an embargo (sometimes called a press embargo) is an agreement or request that a news organization will refrain from reporting certain information until a specified date and/or time, in exchange for advance access to the information. For example, if a scientist is preparing to make a presentation announcing the outcomes of a study at 1:00 p.m., the public relations staff might transmit expanded details of the study to news organizations several hours ahead of the scheduled announcement with a notice indicating that the contents are embargoed until 1:00 p.m. This gives the news organizations time to research and prepare complete stories that are ready to be disseminated when the embargo is lifted. In theory, press embargoes reduce inaccuracy in the reporting of breaking stories by reducing the incentive for journalists to cut corners in hopes of "scooping" the competition. ~Merriem Webster

All media inquiries should be directed to:

Contact:

Beth Bukata
Assistant Director of Communications
703-839-7332

Nicole Napoli
Publications Specialist
703-839-7336

Katherine Egan Bennett
Director of Communications
703-839-7330