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 26, 2010 - The need for more control when developing a radiation therapy plan for 4D respiratory is critical ...

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January 25, 2010 - With more than 3,000 requests for medical devices to get 510(k) clearance each year, the U.S. Food ...

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January 22, 2010 - The quality of radiotherapy treatment across Australasia just got a boost. A team of radiation ...

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January 21, 2010 - Staging the cancer, whether it has metastasized to the lymph nodes, is an important prognostic ...

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January 20, 2010 - Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide. Treatments for the disease have ...

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January 20, 2010 - First Coast Oncology in Jacksonville, Fla., employs a technique for whole breast irradiation that is ...

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Feature

In an exclusive interview, Imaging Technology News (ITN) spoke with Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. President and ...

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January 13, 2010 – Research validates the efficacy of the recent reclassification of the T category in the International ...

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January 13, 2010 – There is growing awareness about the advantages of proton therapy compared to conventional photon ...

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January 13, 2010 - Whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) is often recommended for patients with advanced cancer to receive ...

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January 11, 2010 - Reirradiation using fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) after previous radiotherapy for head ...

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Technology

January 11, 2010 - The first ever masked and sham-controlled study designed to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of ...

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January 11, 2010 - Interventional radiologists at Baptist Health Medical Center - Little Rock, Ark., recently became one ...

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January 8, 2010 - The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) will fund at least 10 new Creativity and 20 new multi-year Young ...

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January 5, 2010 – Each year in United States, more than a million new cancer cases are diagnosed. Between 30 and 70 ...

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January 5, 2010 - Sexual function in prostate cancer patients receiving external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) decreases ...

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Case Study

Since its introduction two years ago, Varian’s RapidArc radiotherapy technology has been deployed at over 170 cancer ...

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Case Study

The advent of conformal radiotherapies has ushered in an era of image-guided radiotherapy, or IGRT, enabling clinicians ...

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December 29, 2009 - The award for World Class Manufacturer of the Year 2009 recognizes the quality work produced each ...

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December 28, 2009 - An open discussion of the facts about radiation hazards from computed tomography (CT) scanning is ...

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