7 September

Following the AORTIC Conference, Ummi Musa Umar, Radiation Therapist, Public Health Specialist, and Cancer Advocate shares her experience with World Radiotherapy Awareness Day.

Windhoek Central Hospital in Namibia promoted World Radiotherapy Awareness Day with a Radiotherapy Department tour, a lecture, and "Big Walk for Radiotherapy".

We’re pleased to share a publication from the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, “Radiotherapy Deserves the Spotlight: The First World Radiotherapy Awareness Day.”

Mbingo Baptist Hospital, Cameroon commemorated the first ever World Radiotherapy Awareness Day with a WRAD Lecture delivered by Dr. Ntumsi to address the crisis of radiotherapy access.

The success of the first ever World Radiotherapy Awareness Day was a result of the collective efforts of our supporters, partners, and sponsors. We are pleased to share some stats to highlight the impact we all made in this foundation year.

Associate Professor Lucinda Morris, Radiation Oncologist and WRAD Committee member shares her experience representing WRAD at the 2025 ASTRO Annual Meeting.

The Radiation Oncology Staff at St George Cancer Care Centre in Australia celebrated World Radiotherapy Awareness Day with special WRAD Activities during the week of 7 Sept.

We’re pleased to share that WRAD has been featured in an article with Diagnostic Imaging Europe (DI Europe), “World Radiotherapy Awareness Day 2025: A Global Call to Action”.

WRAD Co-Chair and Radiation Oncologist, Professor Sandra Turner, sat down for an interview with OncoDaily to discuss World Radiotherapy Awareness Day. 

On the 5th of September, the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, a cancer treatment centre in Sydney Australia, celebrated World Radiotherapy Awareness Day.

WRAD has been spotlighted by GenesisCare in their article, “Introducing World Radiotherapy Awareness Day (WRAD).” The article features an interview with WRAD Committee member, Associate Professor Lucinda Morris, Radiation Oncologist.

To celebrate World Radiotherapy Awareness Day, Kathleen Kilgour Centre hosted a Tea and Cake WRAD Event.

We’re pleased to share that WRAD has been featured by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) in the op-ed contribution “Radiotherapy at the Heart of Global Cancer Care", written by Global Coalition for Radiotherapy Executive Director Darien Laird.

We’re pleased to share that WRAD has been featured in the article, “World Radiotherapy Awareness Day: A Call to Action to Make Radiotherapy Understood and Accessible” by Accuray.  The article features an interview with WRAD Co-Chair Katie Wakeham.

ESTRO President, Prof Matthias Guckenberger, shares a powerful message on why radiotherapy is essential, versatile, and lifesaving for millions of cancer patients worldwide.

WRAD is proud to share that Varian, a Siemens Healthineers, is a Visionary Sponsor of World Radiation Therapy Day, and are pleased to share a message from the Head of Varian, Arthur Kaindl.

WRAD has been featured in an article in the Swedish publication, Dagens Medicin. 

It is with gratitude that we share this message from HRH Princess Dina Mired and The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC).

We are excited to announce that our WRAD campaign logo is available in Spanish! This milestone was made possible thanks to the generous support of Joaquín Carlos Ferrer Criado, the GCR Resident Partner Co-Chair, and the Sociedad Uruguaya de Radioterapia Clínica Oncológica (SURCO).

Cancer Voices South Australia, along with the radiotherapy team at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, hosted a guided tour of a radiotherapy bunker. The tour group were primarily cancer researchers who have never seen a LINAC.