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 8, 2011 – During treatment planning, standard-bore computed tomography (CT) systems often constrain patient ...

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March 8, 2011 – Varian Medical Systems and ScandiDos have signed a nonexclusive distributor agreement. The agreement ...

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March 8, 2011 – RaySearch Laboratories has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Princess Margaret Hospital ...

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March 7, 2011 – Accuray, a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, and TomoTherapy Inc., creator of radiation ...

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March 1, 2011 – The Mosaiq oncology electronic medical record (EMR), by Elekta, has received complete EMR certification ...

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February 25, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given 510(k) marketing clearance for new ...

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February 24, 2011 – A cancer center in New Zealand has acquired several technology solutions that lets it cut prostate ...

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During ASTRO 2010, Nucletron highlighted improvements in its new Oncentra 4.0 treatment planning software and Flexitron ...

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February 21, 2011 – TomoTherapy has shipped its 350th treatment system, which will be installed at the Hong Kong ...

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February 10, 2011 – For the first time in the UK, cancer patients are starting to receive treatment with Novalis Tx ...

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February 10, 2011 – Cancer patients in Bangladesh, a country of 160 million people served by just 11 modern radiotherapy ...

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February 7, 2011 – Elekta's vendor-neutral Mosaiq Oncology Information System (OIS) has earned the No. 1 ranking in the ...

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February 3, 2011 – The Siteman Cancer Center at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is the first ...

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DynaCAD for prostate and DynaTRIM, both part of Invivo’s Prostate Clinical Solution, give physicians the tools to ...

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January 31, 2011 – An oncology systems provider has launched The Year of Radiotherapy, an initiative to raise awareness ...

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January 31, 2011 – A patient-specific cranial immobilization system has received the CE mark. The Fraxion head frame, by ...

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January 27, 2011 – The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is continuing its commitment to Target Safely, a ...

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January 20, 2011 – Researchers say radiofrequency fields can successfully treat pancreatic tumors, which kill more than ...

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January 19, 2011 – GE Healthcare and Veran announced a strategic supplier agreement this week in which GE became the ...

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January 14, 2011 – Five-year outcomes on low-risk prostate cancer patients who were treated with a robotic radiosurgery ...

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