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 5, 2015 — A new study identifies several genes that together enable a lethal form of brain cancer to recur and ...

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IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.), a global high-tech leader in the next generation of proton therapy solutions and ...

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February 4, 2015 — Radiologists at the prestigious Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, Mass.) are using Carestream’s ...

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February 4, 2015 — Elekta's Mosaiq Oncology Information System (OIS) has earned the number one ranking among OISs ...

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February 3, 2015 — Scientists are working to develop breakthrough therapies for pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest ...

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February 3, 2015 — Targeted biopsy using new fusion technology that combines magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with ...

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February 2, 2015 — Some older women with breast cancer could safely avoid radiotherapy, without harming their chances of ...

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January 30, 2015 — The conversion to Elekta's Mosaiq oncology information systems (OIS) for radiation oncology ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Imaging is pivotal for detection, staging and evaluation of tumor response to treatment. It is instrumental in ...

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January 29, 2015 — Mevion Medical Systems is announcing that the Mevion S250 proton therapy system at the Stephenson ...

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January 28, 2015 — Using a camera and water tank, investigators from Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center ...

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January 26, 2015 — ViewRay announced that it has entered into an exclusive distributor agreement with Itochu Corporation ...

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January 22, 2015 — The latest Novalis Circle symposium, held at the annual Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) ...

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January 22, 2015 — Patients who received post-operative radiation therapy (PORT) lived an average of four months longer ...

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January 21, 2015 — To provide high-quality, evidence-based cancer care throughout South Dakota, Minnesota and other ...

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January 20, 2015 — American Shared Hospital Services (AMS) announced that physicians have begun treating patients with ...

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January 19, 2015 — Women who have breast cancer on their left side present a particular challenge to radiation ...

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January 16, 2015 — A 76-year-old man with prostate cancer has become the first radiotherapy patient in the world whose ...

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January 16, 2015 — New technology installed at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Hollings Cancer Center’s ...

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Sponsored Content | Videos | Breast Density

Volpara now offers products to track breast density in mammography, X-ray radiation dose and analytical data. The ...

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