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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The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2009, shows that overall cancer death rates continued to ...

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January 7, 2013 — As part of a process to completely integrate the patient's electronic medical record (EMR) with ...

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January 4, 2013 — Among oncology software products, customers ranked Elekta first for its MOSAIQ Oncology Information ...

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January 4, 2013 — A small percentage of men in a prostate cancer study complained that their penis seemed shorter ...

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January 2, 2013 — In May 2009 RaySearch Laboratories AB entered into a long-term development and licensing agreement ...

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January 2, 2013 — Agfa HealthCare demonstrated its new Impax Radiation Exposure Monitoring (REM) solution at the 2012 ...

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December 28, 2012 — Elekta announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Time December 28, 2012
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December 28, 2012 — Accuray Inc. announced clinical findings using noninvasive CyberKnife stereotactic body radiation ...

Time December 28, 2012
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For men undergoing proton therapy for prostate cancer, fewer treatments with higher doses appear to be well tolerated ...

Time December 21, 2012
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December 21, 2012 — Vacancy rates for radiation therapists declined in 2012, according to the American Society of ...

Time December 21, 2012
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December 14, 2012 — KLAS has released the 2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Software and Services report ranking the best ...

Time December 14, 2012
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The top step I took to the 2012 RSNA exhibit halls at the McCormick Center in Chicago bore the RSNA theme “Patients ...

Time December 07, 2012
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Sponsored Content | Videos | Radiation Oncology

Varian introduced the Edge radiosurgery Suite during ASTRO 2012. The system features real-time tumor tracking and a six ...

Time December 07, 2012
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Technology

December 4, 2012 — GE Healthcare announced at RSNA 2012 receipt of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for ...

Time December 04, 2012
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Sponsored Content | Videos | Proton Therapy

At ASTRO 2012, IBA featured a scale model install of its Proteus One compact proton system combined with the Philips ...

Time November 20, 2012
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Videos | Proton Therapy

At ASTRO 2012, Mevion featured its compact Mevion S250 Proton Therapy System, which has a footprint comparable to ...

Time November 20, 2012
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Sponsored Content | Videos | Treatment Planning

At ASTRO 2012, Ray Search Americas demonstrated the latest features for its radiation therapy treatment planning system.

Time November 20, 2012
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The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) will be at RSNA ’12 to show off the country’s hottest ...

Time November 20, 2012
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In a skeptical world, old maxims fall hard. Photojournalists can attest to that. Seeing today is anything but believing ...

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Feature | Helen Kuhl

In a comparison of patients with Stage-1 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) during the period 1999-2008, those in the ...

Time November 20, 2012
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