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.

Technology

January 12, 2012 – Varian Medical Systems has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for a ...

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January 12, 2012 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared a hyperthermia system designed to warm ...

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January 9, 2012 – Accuray Incorporated announced publication of a study describing the clinical outcomes of prostate ...

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January 9, 2012 – Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) delivery ...

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January 4, 2012 – iCAD Inc. announced a five-year, $15 million agreement to raise capital for its rollout of a new intra ...

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January 3, 2012 – RaySearch Laboratories recently entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with the Chinese ...

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December 28, 2011 — Clinicians at one of New Zealand's leading hospitals have delivered more than 300 radiotherapy ...

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December 20, 2011 — Accuray announced that 23 leading medical centers globally have installed both a CyberKnife Robotic ...

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December 16, 2011 — RaySearch Laboratories AB announces the first patient in Europe has been put on a treatment plan ...

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December 16, 2011 – MIM Software Inc. said Mobile MIM received its second U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) ...

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December 15, 2011 – Diablo Valley Oncology, an oncology practice in the San Francisco East Bay, recently administered ...

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Case Study

At 59, George LaVie (not his real name) faced an uncertain future. Based on rising PSA levels (prostate-specific antigen ...

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As radiation treatments have advanced in complexity, treatment facilities such as the Eugene M. & Christine E. Lynn ...

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December 12, 2011 — Revenue Cycle Inc. has again been named the official billing/coding consultant to the American ...

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December 12, 2011 — An independent panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has concluded ...

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December 8, 2011 — Two new studies report that echocardiography has a central role to play in identifying patients at ...

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December 8, 2011 – Accuray, a radiation oncology, company, announced that the company received the Outstanding ...

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December 8, 2011 – Accuray, a radiation oncology, company, announced that the company received the Outstanding ...

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Technology

December 8, 2011 – Clinac and Trilogy medical linear accelerators from Varian Medical Systems, machines that are used to ...

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December 6, 2011 — The radiation oncology department at Addenbrooke's Hospital (Cambridge, United Kingdom) is upgrading ...

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