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 therapy, brachytherapy, image guided radiation therapy (IGRT), focused ultrasound, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), treatment planning systems and tomotherapy.

Lung cancer screening is recommended only for those who are at high risk for the disease — adults ages 50–80 who smoke at least 20 packs a year—but even among members of that high-risk group, screening rates remain low, ranging from 5% to 20% of those eligible for the screening CT scan.
News | Lung Imaging
Lung Cancer Screening Rates Increase With Access to Medicare

November 19, 2021 — Lung cancer screening is recommended only for those who are at high risk for the disease — adults ...

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The CE-IVD marked Aiforia Clinical AI Model for Lung Cancer; PD-L1 is intended for use by pathologists in supporting them to detect and calculate the levels of the biomarker in non-small cell lung cancer cases.
News | Artificial Intelligence
Aiforia Achieves CE-IVD Mark for Clinical PD-L1 AI Model in Lung Cancer Diagnostics

November 18, 2021 — Worldwide the most common cause of cancer mortality in 2020 was lung cancer, with an estimated 1.80 ...

Time November 18, 2021
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Videos | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers
VIDEO: Advances in Radiopharmaceutical Therapy

Ana Kiess, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of radiation oncology and molecular radiation sciences, Johns Hopkins ...

Time November 17, 2021
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Videos | Radiation Therapy
VIDEO: Elekta Harmony Radiotherapy System Walk-around

The Elekta Harmony radiotherapy system gained FDA clearance in the summer of 2021 and was on display for the first time ...

Time November 17, 2021
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Radiation can be a powerful cancer therapy, but it doesn’t work for everyone. A new study identifies tumor features linked with resistance to radiotherapy, an important advance toward developing individualized cancer treatments.
News | Radiation Therapy
Study Identifies Cancer Features That Could Guide Personalized Radiotherapy

November 17, 2021 — Radiation can be a powerful cancer therapy, but it doesn’t work for everyone. A new study identifies ...

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Videos | Radiation Oncology
VIDEO: Example of an Ion Beam Radiotherapy Treatment System

This is a model of the Toshiba ion beam radiation therapy system at the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ...

Time November 16, 2021
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Patients with two out of the three most common types of advanced breast cancer now have an average survival time of at least five years, according to a panel of experts at the Advanced Breast Cancer Sixth International Consensus Conference (ABC 6)
News | Breast Imaging
Average Survival Time Has Doubled for Patients With Two Out of Three Types of Advanced Breast Cancer in the Past Decade

November 16, 2021 — Patients with two out of the three most common types of advanced breast cancer now have an average ...

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A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study of nearly 800,000 men found that between 2011 and 2017 black patients were 24% less likely than white patients to have a prostate MRI after receiving an elevated (prostate-specific antigen) PSA score
News | Prostate Cancer
Black Patients 24% Less Likely than White Patients to Have a Prostate MRI After Receiving an Elevated PSA Score

November 16, 2021 — A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study of nearly 800,000 men found that between 2011 ...

Time November 16, 2021
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Videos | Radiation Oncology
VIDEO: MRI-Linac and PSMA PET Imaging Technologies Aids Therapy at GenesisCare

Walter Curran, Jr. M.D., FACR, FASCO, GenesisCare global chief medical officer, discusses three technologies that are ...

Time November 16, 2021
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Videos | Radiation Oncology
VIDEO: Example of a Multileaf Collimator (MLC) on a Radiotherapy System

This is an example of a multileaf collimator (MLC) on the Accuray Thomotherapy radiation therapy system at the American ...

Time November 16, 2021
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Videos | Radiation Therapy
VIDEO: 4 Radiation Oncology Technologies to Watch

Anthony Zietman, M.D., interim chief, radiation oncology, Mass General Cancer Center, and former president of the ...

Time November 15, 2021
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Volpara Health and leading mammography education provider, Mammography Educators LLC, have expanded their collaboration to deliver personalized, hands-on training to improve mammography quality at facilities across the U.S. and Canada.
News | Mammography
Volpara Health and Mammography Educators Expand Training Partnership to Launch Custom One-on-One Technologist Training

November 15, 2021 — Volpara Health and leading mammography education provider, Mammography Educators LLC, have expanded ...

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Videos | Radiation Therapy
VIDEO: Examples of Synthetic CT Datasets Made From MRI for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning

Siemens and Philips demonstrated examples of new imaging software to convert MRI datasets into synthetic computed ...

Time November 15, 2021
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Prelude Corporation (PreludeDx), a leader in molecular diagnostics and precision medicine for early-stage breast cancer, announced that the American Medical Association (AMA) has issued a new, dedicated current procedural terminology (CPT) proprietary laboratory analyses (PLA) code for DCISionRT, the only test available to predict personalized recurrence risk and radiation therapy benefit for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
News | Radiation Oncology
American Medical Association Grants PreludeDx a CPT PLA Code for Proprietary DCISionRT Test

November 12, 2021 — Prelude Corporation (PreludeDx), a leader in molecular diagnostics and precision medicine for early ...

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Videos | Oncology Information Management Systems (OIMS)
VIDEO Example of the Varian Noona Bidirection Oncology Patient Interface Software

An example of the Varian Noona software used by clinicians to interface with oncology patients demonstrated at the ...

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Videos | Radiation Therapy
VIDEO: Reflexion Radiation Therapy System Walk-around at ASTRO 2021

This is Reflexion’s X1 LINAC radiotherapy system on display at ASTRO 2021. It recently gained FDA clearance for standard ...

Time November 11, 2021
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Veracyte Inc. announced that new data being presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2021 Annual Meeting suggest the company’s Decipher Prostate genomic classifier identifies patients with clinically high-risk prostate cancer who may require treatment intensification beyond standard-of-care therapy
News | Prostate Cancer
Data Presented at ASTRO 2021 Validate Prognostic Value of Decipher Prostate Genomic Test in Newly Diagnosed, Clinically High-Risk Prostate Cancer

November 11, 2021 — Veracyte Inc. announced that new data being presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology ...

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Videos | Radiation Therapy
VIDEO: Examples of a Flexible Custom Bolus for EBRT

An example of flexible bolus made from silicone on molds that were 3-D printed from patient CT scans. These are very ...

Time November 11, 2021
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Videos | Radiation Therapy
VIDEO: Examples of Cherenkov Radiation Imaging During Radiation Therapy

DoseOptic gained FDA clearance in 2020 for its Cherenkov radiation imaging system for use during radiation therapy ...

Time November 11, 2021
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58-Year-Old Woman With Right Lower Lobe Nodule: (a) Present lung cancer screening CT and (b) lung cancer screening CT performed 2 years prior. Nodule described as growing pure ground-glass nodule (associated with cystic lesion), measuring 15 mm in mean diameter. Nodule categorized Lung-RADS 3 by clinical report, though Lung-RADS 2 by strict application of size criteria. Subsequent wedge resection demonstrated lepidic-predominant adenocarcinoma.
News | Lung Imaging
Cancer Risk in Nodules Detected at Follow-up Lung Cancer Screening CT

November 10, 2021 — According to an article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), Lung-RADS — as applied by ...

Time November 10, 2021
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