The mission of ASTRO is to advance the practice of radiation oncology by disseminating the results of scientific research, promoting excellence in patient care, providing opportunities for educational and professional development of its members, developing policies, and representing radiation oncology in a rapidly evolving socioeconomic healthcare environment.

A scientific, educational, and professional organization of more than 4,500 medical physicists. Headquarters are located at the American Center for Physics in College Park, MD, with a staff of 16, Annual budget is over $5M. Publications include a scientific journal ("Medical Physics"), technical reports, and symposium proceedings.

The American College of Medical Physics (ACMP) is the only organization in the United States devoted exclusively to the professional activities of medical physicists. It collaborates with both physician and other physics organizations in achieving this purpose. As an independent professional medical physics organization the ACMP is able to fully represent the clinical medical physicist in complex health care issues.

The American College of Radiology, with more than 30,000 members, is the principal organization of radiologists, radiation oncologists, and clinical medical physicists in the United States. The College is a nonprofit professional society whose primary purposes are to improve service to the patient, advance the science of radiology, study the socioeconomic aspects of the practice of radiology, and encourage continuing education for radiologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists, and persons practicing in allied professional fields.

The NRC's mission is to regulate the Nation's civilian use of byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials to ensure adequate protection of public health and safety, to promote the common defense and security, and to protect the environment.

Stated most simply, FDA's mission is to promote and protect the public health by helping safe and effective products reach the market in a timely way, and monitoring products for continued safety after they are in use. Our work is a blending of law and science aimed at protecting consumers.

The mission of the American College of Radiation Oncology is to promote the education and science of radiation oncology, to improve oncologic service to the patient, to study the socioeconomic aspects of the practice of radiation oncology, and to encourage improved and continuing education in radiation oncology and its allied professional fields.

The Health Physics Society is a scientific and professional organization whose members specialize in occupational and environmental radiation safety. The primary purpose of the Society is to support its members in the practice of their profession. The Society also promotes public information preparation and dissemination, education and training opportunities, scientific information exchange through conferences and meetings and posting current news items, and conducts a program to Accredit Radiation Instrumentation Calibration Laboratories.

The Association of Community Cancer Centers is here to help oncology professionals adapt to the complex challenges of program management, cuts in reimbursement, hospital consolidation and mergers, and legislation and regulations that threaten to compromise the delivery of quality cancer care.

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