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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April 2, 2013 — The Warrenville, Ill.-based CDH Proton Center, A ProCure Center, announced the installation of pencil ...

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April 2, 2013 — With RayStation 3.5, RaySearch releases tools for treatment planning of radiation therapy with electrons ...

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April 1, 2013 — For more than three decades various forms of robotics have been effectively applied in healthcare to ...

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March 22, 2013 — A new report that breast cancer patients treated with low doses of radiation therapy have a heightened ...

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Feature | Gregory M. Eckel, M.D.

As a result of routine mammography screening, approximately 1.6 million breast biopsies are performed annually to ...

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March 13, 2013 — The March 2013 issue of the Journal of Urology, publication of the American Urological Association ...

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March 12, 2013 — EDAP TMS SA, a global leader in therapeutic ultrasound, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug ...

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March 8, 2013 — Nearly 300 radiologic technologists from North Carolina visited with lawmakers in Raleigh on Feb. 27 to ...

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March 5, 2013 — Ohio State University cancer researchers have identified molecules in the bloodstream that might ...

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Technology

March 3, 2013 — During a live global event, Elekta announced the launch of Versa HD, an advanced linear accelerator ...

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March 1, 2013 — CIVCO Medical Solutions announced the release of trUpoint ARCH, a new stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) ...

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February 27, 2013 — Alerts and reporting are two of the most challenging aspects of medical oncology, in addition to ...

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February 26, 2013 — Researchers at the University of Warwick and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust have completed a ...

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February 14, 2013 — Diffusion abnormality index (DAI) shows promise as an imaging biomarker to measure brain tumor ...

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February 14, 2013 — Bayer HealthCare announced that the New Drug Application (NDA) for its investigational oncology ...

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With radiation oncology treatments, the goal is to hit the tumor with as much ionizing X-ray energy as possible, while ...

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In part to address the 12,000 new cancer cases annually in Saudi Arabia – many of them diagnosed at an advanced stage – ...

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February 8, 2013 – CT texture analysis of primary tumors may be a potential imaging biomarker in localized esophageal ...

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February 12, 2013 — According to a clinical study in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of ...

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February 11, 2013 — Accuray Inc. announced that the European CyberKnife Center Munich-Grosshadern (ECZM) has treated the ...

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