May 5, 2014 — The first clinical mARC treatment, planned with RaySearch’s treatment planning system RayStation, has been ...
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 therapy, brachytherapy, image guided radiation therapy (IGRT), focused ultrasound, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), treatment planning systems and tomotherapy.
May 2, 2014 — Analogic Corp. has entered into a distribution agreement with D&K Technologies, developer of the BioJet ...
May 2, 2014 — The University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht and Quirem Medical, both in the Netherlands, announced they ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
Proton therapy is becoming more prevalent in cancer treatment as it is the most advanced form of radiation available ...
April 23, 2014 — Researchers in Zurich, Switzerland, have successfully used focused ultrasound for the first time to ...
April 21, 2014 — Proton Therapy Center Czech is located in the capital of the Czech Republic and has successfully ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
April 18, 2014 — Urologists at Rush University Medical Center are the first in Chicago to offer a powerful new tool for ...
April 16, 2014 — Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University have tested an experimental cancer vaccine in combination ...
April 15, 2014 — Mevion Medical Systems announced an agreement with Chiyoda Technol Corp. for the exclusive distribution ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
April 11, 2014 — A University of Colorado Cancer Center study presented at the 2014 annual meeting of the American ...
April 10, 2014 — Elekta, Royal Philips and University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht (the Netherlands) announced that the ...
April 10, 2014 — In a presentation exploring the promise of magnetic nanoparticle (mNP) hyperthermia in breast cancer ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
April 10, 2014 — Stephen Wiley of Terrell, Texas, is the first known patient to be treated for vocal cord cancer with ...
April 10, 2014 — Dose-escalated intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) with use of a moderate hypofractionation ...
The current standard of care for treatment of early stage breast cancer is mastectomy or lumpectomy followed by five to ...
April 7, 2014 — A new multicenter clinical trial seeks to offer men another option for treating prostate cancer, one ...
April 4, 2014 — Researchers have discovered that microscopic "bubbles" developed at Kansas State University are safe and ...
April 2, 2014 — The most comprehensive review of the performance of Canada's cancer control systems reveals that some ...
April 2, 2014 — Proton beam therapy, already the most advanced and precise form of radiation therapy for the eradication ...
April 1, 2014 — Convergent R.N.R Ltd. (CRnR) completed a very successful and promising proof of concept session of the ...