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

Varian Medical Systems offers the RapidArc radiotherapy technology, which is designed to deliver image-guided, intensity ...

Time January 01, 2008
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January 2, 2008 - Purdue University researchers recently developed a new modeling technique to study and design ...

Time January 01, 2008
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December 27, 2007 - Integris Bass Baptist Health Center will construct a new Clinac iX linear accelerator by Varian ...

Time December 26, 2007
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December 27, 2007 – A new study examines how outpatient clinics that perform diagnostic procedures using radioactive ...

Time December 26, 2007
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December 26, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a new proton scanning dose algorithm ...

Time December 25, 2007
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December 20, 2007 - Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new set of modeling tools that ...

Time December 19, 2007
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Feature | Rick Dana Barlow

The New York Times sports an age-old and notable credo with “all the news that’s fit to print.” If there’s an unofficial ...

Time December 17, 2007
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Feature | John Hall

Linear accelerators typically last about seven years and can cost more than $2 million, but return many times more in ...

Time December 17, 2007
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Feature | Rick Dana Barlow

Delivering a concentrated dose of radiation to a specific anatomical target that typically moves tends to be a hit-and ...

Time December 17, 2007
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Technology

IntraOp Medical Corp. a supplier of technology solutions for the treatment and eradication of cancer, recently ...

Time December 16, 2007
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Varian Medical Systems has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a “smart” radiotherapy treatment planning tool that will ...

Time December 16, 2007
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The SenoRx Contura is a multilumen radiation balloon applicator for accelerated partial breast irradiation. The ...

Time December 16, 2007
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December 13, 2007 - TomoTherapy Inc. announced that the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV) has begun treating ...

Time December 12, 2007
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December 12, 2007 - Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC), the first hospital-based proton treatment center in ...

Time December 11, 2007
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December 11, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems announced that two new private cancer centers in Switzerland have been ...

Time December 10, 2007
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December 10, 2007 – TomoTherapy announced that it has signed contracts with distributors in Israel, Greece, Poland ...

Time December 09, 2007
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December 10, 2007 - Stony Brook University Medical Center is now using the ExacTrac X-ray 6D System, a new radiotherapy ...

Time December 09, 2007
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December 3, 2007 - Treating throat cancer with intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) can improve the health ...

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November 29, 2007 – Vapotherm will introduce its new Precision Flow respiratory care device at the AARC annual ...

Time November 28, 2007
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November 21, 2007 – Elekta announced that is has received an order to supply its Elekta Synergy S advanced radiation ...

Time November 20, 2007
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