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.

Technology

December 17, 2014 — The DoseLab Phantom Set from Mobius Medical Systems LP is optimized for use with Mobius Medical’s ...

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December 17, 2014 — Although the use of a type of radiation treatment that is shorter in duration and less costly has ...

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December 16, 2014 — A new study on the use of hypofractionated whole-breast irradiation (HF-WBI) for early-stage breast ...

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December 16, 2014 — iCAD, Inc. announced that more than 500 patients have been treated in its clinical trial of ...

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December 11, 2014 — Analysis of data from an institutional patient registry on stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) ...

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December 5, 2014 — A team of researchers led by Ludwig Chicago’s Yang-Xin Fu and Ralph Weichselbaum have uncovered the ...

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December 4, 2014 — University of Oxford, in collaboration with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, partners with ...

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December 4, 2014 — Chesapeake Urology Associates offers a state-of-the-art prostate cancer diagnostic, which fuses ...

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November 25, 2014 — Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) is a commonly used modality to ensure treatment accuracy in ...

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November 24, 2014 – Lung cancer patients with minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA) have similar, positive five-year ...

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November 19, 2014 — In their efforts to better integrate the radiation therapy treatment and planning systems of ...

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A novel study demonstrates the potential of a novel molecular imaging drug to detect and visualize early prostate cancer ...

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Mevion Medical Systems, Inc. and Philips Radiation Oncology Systems are collaborating to combine the treatment planning ...

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November 18, 2014 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is supporting the Centers for Medicare and ...

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November 14, 2014 — Men with prostate cancer will be the first group of patients in China to benefit from the recent ...

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November 14, 2014 — According to a survey by KLAS, an independent research firm, Elekta's Mosaiq Oncology Information ...

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November 13, 2014 — Civco Medical Solutions received the Iowa Global Excellence in Exporting Award from the Northwest ...

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November 12, 2014 — Brainlab announced the installation of the 625th ExacTrac X-Ray. ExacTrac X-Ray provides sub ...

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Nov. 12, 2014 — Mevion Medical Systems will deliver its Mevion S250 proton therapy superconducting synchrocyclotron ...

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November 11, 2014 — The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Foundation announced that the Elekta ...

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