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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March 16, 2012 – The current Guinness World Record holder for the tallest man, Sultan Kosen, won't be posting new ...

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March 14, 2012 - Mevion Medical Systems announced today it received CE mark certification for the Mevion S250 Proton ...

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Each year, community cancer centers treat about 85% of cancer patients in the United States.1 Agnesian HealthCare Cancer ...

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Feature | Mary Beth Nevulis

Radiotherapy (RT) as a way to treat cancer is growing as a field, now that its accuracy has been improving. One reason ...

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March 14, 2012 — ViewRay said it received $45 million in new financing to help speed development of its magnetic ...

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March 6, 2012 – Accelitech and partners have just completed a transaction to bring the first and onlyCyberKnife ...

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March 12, 2012 — Varian Medical Systems received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a ...

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March 2, 2012 — Brainlab and Radion announced their collaboration to provide an integrated radiation therapy patient ...

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February 27, 2012 — Varian Medical Systems exhibited a new release of its ARIA Oncology Information System, designed to ...

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February 27, 2012 — Medspira introduced at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2012 conference Breath Hold ES ...

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February 23, 2012 — Accelitech LLC announced its inaugural proton therapy project. The treatment center project, now ...

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February 23, 2012 — A new look at the three most highly regarded prostate cancer treatment options is the first of its ...

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February 23, 2012 — Hitachi Ltd. announced that it entered into an agreement with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ...

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February 21, 2012 — Clarity soft tissue visualization system now provides an autoscan option for automated ultrasound ...

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February 21, 2012 — Theragenics Corp., a medical device company serving the surgical products and prostate cancer ...

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February 21, 2012 ? Nucletron, an Elekta company, announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare ...

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February 20, 2012 — The Fraxion head frame helps ensure accuracy and precision in stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT) ...

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Varian Medical Systems’ OncoView image management and storage solution provides oncology professionals with a reliable ...

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The Elekta Mosaiq oncology information system (OIS) improves radiation and medical oncology workflow and captures all ...

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February 16, 2012 — Acknowledging the importance of dedicated information management systems for radiation and medical ...

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