SAVE THE DATE - 2025 CARO Annual Scientific Meeting

Renew your Membership!

Membership renewals are due January 1, 2025! A reminder that CARO introduced discounted 2-year OR 3-year renewal rates. You can save time and money by changing to a Regular or Associate multi-year Subscription. 

To access this discounted renewal rate, please log in to your member profile here and select ‘Change’ beside the Membership Level field. Then choose the multi-year renewal option of your choice. 

CARO's Statement on the Announcement from the Government of British Columbia

The Canadian Association for Radiation Oncology (CARO) was disappointed to hear the May 15th announcement from the government of British Columbia (BC) that up to 4800 cancer patients over the next two years will be sent to the United States to receive radiation therapy.  While we commend BC’s commitment to timely radiotherapy access, leaving home and spending time in a foreign country during an illness adds complexity to what is already a difficult time, and does not represent optimal patient-centred care. 

Our hope for the future, not only in BC but across all provinces and territories of Canada, is that:

• All Canadian jurisdictions will develop and make public cancer action plans with a minimum 10-year horizon that incorporate appropriate capital investment timelines and staffing requirements;
• Input from radiotherapy professionals (radiation therapists, radiation oncologists, and medical physicists) will be sought for resource planning;
• Existing data and projections will be taken into account;
• The increasing cancer care needs related to an expanding and aging population will be considered.

CARO has existing committees, including Human Resources, and Quality and Safety, available to advise on these and related issues.

Calling all Residents and Fellows! The CARO residents and fellows site is designed to provide students, residents and other members of the Canadian radiation oncology community with useful resources, information and important links.

Visit our site TODAY! 

CPQR Partner Memo

The Canadian Partnership for Quality Radiotherapy (CPQR) has established a set of ambitious priorities that support its core objective of ensuring safe and high-quality radiation treatment for all Canadians.  As our partner, CARO and its members have played a big role in this work and can share it the success.  Learn more about our achievements and recent priorities in our new Partner Update.

Le Partenariat canadien pour la qualité en radiothérapie (PCQR) a établi une liste de prioritiés ambitieuses à l’appui de son objectif fondamental : assurer l’accès à une radiothérapie sûre et de haute qualité à l’ensemble de la population canadienne.  ACRO et ses membres ont joué un grand rôle dans ce travail, et peuvent participer au succès.  En savoir plus sur nos réalisations récentes dans Le Point sur CPQR.

Who and What is the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology?

We are the voice of Radiation Oncology in Canada. Radiation Oncologists are medical doctors with specialized expertise in using radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer, working together alongside medical physicists and radiation therapists to deliver quality care. As the national association for this vital profession, the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO) promotes and supports professional and development training for our practitioners, public education and awareness, and collaboration with other healthcare disciplines.

Learn more about CARO!