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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June 5, 2014 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has garnered a record-breaking total of 2,874 ...

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June 5, 2014 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued a new model policy for proton beam therapy ...

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Feature | Rachael Bennett, James Laskaris and Kati

The radiation therapy market, hit hard in 2009 by the recession, saw a sharp decline in purchasing from which it has ...

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June 3, 2014 — Elekta announced it signed an agreement to provide the Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal ...

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Feature | Robert Kuske, M.D., FAACE

Today, only 12 percent of breast cancers in the United States are treated with accelerated partial breast irradiation ...

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June 2, 2014 — CivaTech Oncology’s flagship product, the CivaString source, has been listed on the Joint American ...

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May 30, 2014 — Varian Medical Systems announced it has signed an agreement with YongLin Healthcare Foundation by which ...

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May 30, 2014 — The American College of Radiology’s (ACR) Education Center courses have been qualified to meet the ...

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May 29, 2014 — Accuray Inc. announced the installation of its 500th TomoTherapy system at the grand opening of Palo ...

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Technology

May 27, 2014 — RaySearch announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the ...

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May 27, 2014 — ECRI Institute released a Health Technology Forecast regarding the use of integrated magnetic resonance ...

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Technology

May 27, 2014 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced the release of Compass 3.1 with the new Compass QuickCheck ...

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Technology

May 22, 2014 — At the 2014 SRS/SBRT Scientific Meeting in Minneapolis, Mirada Medical presented information on how its ...

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May 19, 2014 — A Japanese multi-institutional study1 of 1,194 patients, has found that individuals with five to 10 ...

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May 16, 2014 — Proton therapy is in the proverbial chicken or the egg scenario. Companies are pulling back on ...

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May 16, 2014 — An old idea of re-treating lung tumors with radiation is new again, especially with the technological ...

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May 14, 2014 – In May 2011, the U.S. company Prowess filed a lawsuit against Swedish-based RaySearch at a court in ...

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Technology

To help battle cancerous tumors, the Discovery CT590 RT offers precise imaging for accurate treatment planning in ...

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May 8, 2014 — Elekta has established a Center of Excellence program that seeks the collaboration of its clinical ...

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April 6, 2014 — iCAD, a provider of advanced image analysis, workflow solutions and radiation therapy, reported it has ...

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