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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November 20, 2008 – In the most comprehensive correlative analysis of biomarker data for glioblastoma multiforme ...

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November 20, 2008 – Adult patients with low grade glioma, a type of malignant brain tumor, had a better chance for ...

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November 20, 2008 -The recently FDA-cleared Aktina pinPoint system is a frameless noninvasive localization and fixation ...

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November 20, 2008 - Nucletron, a knowledge-based leader in radiation oncology, has received 510(k) clearance from the ...

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November 19, 2008 - IntraOp Medical Corp. announced its second German order for the Mobetron, which delivers ...

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INFINITT North America's Xelis Cardiac software tool uses 3D volume rendering and other post-processing techniques to ...

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October 5, 2008 - The Cancer Care of Western New York is the first and only treatment center in the area to offer ...

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October 30, 2008 - The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) welcomed 12,487 people to its ...

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October 29, 2008 – Technical University of Munich, Germany, recently welcomed 175 radiation oncology experts from 16 ...

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October 20, 2008 – TomoTherapy Inc. said it has signed a letter of intent with Hitachi Medical Corp. (HMC) to distribute ...

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October 16, 2008 - The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) and US Oncology Inc. have entered into a collaboration to ...

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October 14, 2008 - Clinicians at VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, who are using RapidArc ...

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October 9, 2008 - A new therapeutic treatment, when delivered endoscopically and used in combination with chemotherapy ...

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Varian Medical Systems will showcase its cancer treatment technologies for external beam radiotherapy, brachytherapy ...

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October 7, 2008 - The AccuBoost procedure for treatment of breast cancer is a new image-guided radiation therapy ...

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October 6, 2008 - Doctors in Syracuse, NY, have deployed RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems. A ...

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More women are learning about an imaging technique that offers a noninvasive alternative to hysterectomy for women with ...

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TomoTherapy reported that the FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for its radiation therapy technology, TomoDirect ...

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October 1, 2008 – TomoTherapy Inc. maker of the Hi·Art treatment system for advanced radiation therapy, today announced ...

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C-RAD Sentinel is a new system for surface contour localization and monitoring of the patient in the radiotherapy ...

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