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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February 26, 2009 – Orbital Therapy, LLC announces the commercial introduction of ClearVue, prone position breast ...

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February 25, 2009 - The Centre Oscar Lambret in Lille, France, has begun treating cancer patients using the TomoTherapy ...

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February 26, 2009 - Accuray Inc. said its recent 8th Annual CyberKnife Users' Meeting attracted over 500 surgeons ...

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February 25, 2009 – The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) has elected Elizabeth M. Gore, M.D. chair of the Full ...

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February 25, 2009 - The most frequently cited subspecialty for radiology was neuroradiology at 17.1 percent and for ...

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Technology

February 25, 2009 - Merge Healthcare released Cedara ProPlanner 3.1, a digital solution for joint arthroscopy, trauma ...

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February 24, 2009 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology will host a connectathon at its headquarters in Fairfax ...

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February 24, 2009 - Researchers are testing the use of positron emission tomography (PET) for dose painting, but have ...

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February 24, 2009 - BrachySciences, a provider of medical devices for the treatment of early stage prostate cancer, has ...

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Technology

February 19, 2009 -Varian Medical Systems today announced that it has received CE mark for the Varian Proton Therapy ...

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Feb 18, 2009 - The SAVI applicator significantly expands the number of women who are able to benefit from breast ...

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February 17, 2009 - Doctors in Hong Kong have carried out the first treatments in south-east Asia using RapidArc ...

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February 16, 2009 - University Clinic Heidelberg, Germany reduces treatment times for the TomoTherapy Hi·Art system from ...

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February 16, 2009 - Researchers found modest benefits from an exercise program patients being treated with radiation ...

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February 16, 2009 - Varian Medical Systems will supply proton therapy equipment for the planned three-room treatment ...

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February 13, 2009 - American Shared Hospital Services (AMS) said that it is developing a proton beam radiation therapy ...

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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

Policy makers talk about improving the healthcare system by cutting costs. But all too often, as we have seen recently ...

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Feature | Amy Lillard

While gated imaging has made significant strides in improving precision and accuracy in delivering radiation dose, the ...

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Technology

Nucletron will show the AccuBoost system with the microSelectron high-dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy afterloader ...

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Modus Medical has expanded its line of QUASAR Respiratory Motion Inserts to include two new lung-equivalent models for ...

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