October 8, 2013 — Civco Medical Solutions announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of Protura Robotic ...
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.
October 7, 2013 — As a new medical center, Hôpital Riviera's daily radiotherapy patient volume started out small, but ...
October 4, 2013 — Theragenics Corporation announced it has signed a supply and reseller agreement with Accelyon Limited ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
RaySearch Laboratories AB has received regulatory market approval by the Chinese regulatory agency CFDA for RaySearch’s ...
October 3, 2013 — Accuray Incorporated announced that studies presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology ...
October 3, 2013 – Esteya, an electronic brachytherapy system, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
October 2, 2013 — The North Shore-LIJ Health System Department of Radiation Medicine presented a study to evaluate the ...
October 2, 2013 — Proton therapy is the most advanced radiation technique available. Unfortunately, access to proton ...
October 2, 2013 — Results of EORTC trial 10853 appearing in Journal of Clinical Oncology show that breast conserving ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
October 2, 2013 — Elekta unveiled a state-of-the-art learning center at its North American headquarters, in conjunction ...
October 2, 2013 — Between 1999 and 2002, the UK Standardization of Breast Radiotherapy (START) trials recruited 4,451 ...
October 1, 2013 — Patients receiving radiotherapy (RT) for cancers in the pelvic region can experience diarrhea, a ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
Treatment planning systems have been an integral part of radiation therapy since the 1980s; however, today’s systems are ...
Since opening in September 2011, the Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center has become a premier regional center for cancer ...
October 1, 2013 — Limiting the amount of radiation absorbed in the hippocampal portion of the brain during whole-brain ...
September 30, 2013 – IMRIS Inc. and Varian Medical Systems presented data at the American Society for Radiation Oncology ...
September 27, 2013 — Early-stage breast cancer patients who receive external beam therapy (XRT) are not at higher risk ...
September 27, 2013 — Limiting the amount of radiation absorbed in the hippocampal portion of the brain during whole ...
As the use of mobile computing devices and smartphones has rapidly proliferated in healthcare over the past few years ...
September 26, 2013 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) released its list of five radiation oncology ...