Radiation Oncology

Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that uses radiation therapy to treat cancer. The radiation therapy channel covers all aspects of radiation oncology technology. Radiation therapy includes linear accelerators (LINAC), proton therapybrachytherapyimage guided radiation therapy (IGRT)focused ultrasoundstereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), treatment planning systems and tomotherapy.

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February 23, 2015 — New research from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine reveals a high value for scans which could lead ...

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February 20, 2015 — The Mevion S250 proton therapy system has become the first proton therapy system to receive a ...

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February 20, 2015 — Mobius Medical Systems LP announced the release of Mobius3D version 1.5. For users with the MobiusFX ...

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February 19, 2015 — Accuray Inc. announced that the first TomoTherapy System in Latin America dedicated solely to the ...

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February 18, 2015 — Varian Medical Systems announced that it has been selected to equip and service a new national ...

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February 18, 2015 — Sonus Imaging developed a new, advanced ultrasound system for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

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February 18, 2015 — Researchers at University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht are developing an innovative cancer treatment ...

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February 17, 2015 — RaySearch Laboratories AB announced that Westdeutsches Protonentherapiezentrum Essen (WPE) in ...

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February 17, 2015 — UT Southwestern Medical Center is leading a Texas consortium of researchers to establish the country ...

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February 17, 2015 — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new multi-payer payment and care ...

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February 13, 2015 — For the first time, researchers have reversed some of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mice ...

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February 11, 2015 — Using advanced imaging technology to more precisely target radiation beams to treat soft tissue ...

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February 11, 2015 — Breast cancer patients who undergo a mastectomy should receive subsequent radiation treatment if ...

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February 11, 2015 — A pioneering clinical trial is testing whether focusing high-frequency sound waves onto the surface ...

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February 11, 2015 — In a surprising finding, a collaborative national clinical trials group (RTOG) including Dartmouth ...

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February 11, 2015 — Prostate cancer patients with detectable prostate specific antigen (PSA) following radical ...

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February 11, 2015 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) commends the February 5, 2015, decision by the ...

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February 11, 2015 — Patients with soft tissue sarcoma of an extremity treated with preoperative image-guided ...

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February 6, 2015 — The Proton Therapy Center (PTC) in Prague has signed contracts with the majority of Czech health ...

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February 5, 2015 — Three American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) staff members have been promoted to new ...

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