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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January 21, 2009 - RaySearch Laboratories AB and Nucletron BV have are extending a development and licensing agreement ...

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January 21, 2009 - Adding radiation therapy to lumpectomy in the treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) ...

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January 20, 2009 – Fluke Biomedical released its second instructional product video demonstrating the reportedly ...

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January 19, 2009 - The American Society of Breast Disease Pathfinder Lectures will honor Marie Overgaard, M.D., and ...

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Jan 15, 2009 - The Burzynski Research Institute, Inc. (BRI), a biopharmaceutical company developing treatment for cancer ...

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January 15, 2009 - Isodose Control released the Flexiplan 2.5 brachytherapy planning system designed to assist planning ...

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January 15, 2009 - There is no survival disadvantage to waiting up to 20 weeks to start radiation therapy (RT) after ...

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January 15, 2008 - Cancer patients in Estonia now have access to advanced radiotherapy techniques— including intensity ...

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January 14, 2009 - Trinitas Comprehensive Cancer Center became at the end of December one of the first cancer treatment ...

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January 14, 2009 – After performing stereotactic transperineal prostate biopsy on 747 patients, researchers concluded ...

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January 13, 2009 - Tampa Bay Radiation Oncology has opened the Tampa Bay area’s second CyberKnife treatment center and ...

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January 12, 2009 - Varian Medical Systems said it estimates it will report net orders growth of 12-13 percent in the ...

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January 8, 2009 – In a study published in the December issue of Journal of Clinical Oncology, results showed that [18F ...

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January 8, 2009 - TomoTherapy Inc. said today that Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington ...

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January 7, 2009 - St. Luke’s Hospital, with the largest radiotherapy department in the Republic of Ireland, recently ...

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January 7, 2009 - ASTRO is changing its name to the American Society for Radiation Oncology after being known as the ...

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January 7, 2009 – TomoTherapy Inc. said today that it has again earned the highest user satisfaction composite rating ...

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January 6, 2009 - Fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSR) in the treatment of cavernous sinus meningiomas ...

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January 6, 2009 - A pancreatic cancer patient at the Humanitas Clinic in Milan, Italy has become the first person in ...

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January 5, 2009 – A first-degree family history of prostate cancer has no impact on the treatment outcomes of prostate ...

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