The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2009, shows that overall cancer death rates continued to ...
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.
January 7, 2013 — As part of a process to completely integrate the patient's electronic medical record (EMR) with ...
January 4, 2013 — Among oncology software products, customers ranked Elekta first for its MOSAIQ Oncology Information ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
January 4, 2013 — A small percentage of men in a prostate cancer study complained that their penis seemed shorter ...
January 2, 2013 — In May 2009 RaySearch Laboratories AB entered into a long-term development and licensing agreement ...
January 2, 2013 — Agfa HealthCare demonstrated its new Impax Radiation Exposure Monitoring (REM) solution at the 2012 ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
December 28, 2012 — Elekta announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
December 28, 2012 — Accuray Inc. announced clinical findings using noninvasive CyberKnife stereotactic body radiation ...
For men undergoing proton therapy for prostate cancer, fewer treatments with higher doses appear to be well tolerated ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
December 21, 2012 — Vacancy rates for radiation therapists declined in 2012, according to the American Society of ...
December 14, 2012 — KLAS has released the 2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Software and Services report ranking the best ...
The top step I took to the 2012 RSNA exhibit halls at the McCormick Center in Chicago bore the RSNA theme “Patients ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
Varian introduced the Edge radiosurgery Suite during ASTRO 2012. The system features real-time tumor tracking and a six ...
December 4, 2012 — GE Healthcare announced at RSNA 2012 receipt of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for ...
At ASTRO 2012, IBA featured a scale model install of its Proteus One compact proton system combined with the Philips ...
At ASTRO 2012, Mevion featured its compact Mevion S250 Proton Therapy System, which has a footprint comparable to ...
At ASTRO 2012, Ray Search Americas demonstrated the latest features for its radiation therapy treatment planning system.
The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) will be at RSNA ’12 to show off the country’s hottest ...
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In a comparison of patients with Stage-1 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) during the period 1999-2008, those in the ...