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.

News | Radiation Therapy

February 3, 2020 — Oxygen in cancer tumors is known to be a major factor that helps radiation therapy be successful ...

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News | Clinical Trials

February 3, 2020 — Melding the genetic and cellular analysis of tumors with how they appear in medical images could give ...

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News | Radiation Oncology

January 30, 2020 — Elekta announced that it signed a contract with the Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, for an Elekta ...

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News | Ultrasound Imaging

January 30, 2020 — According to an article published ahead-of-print in the April issue of the American Journal of ...

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News | Proton Therapy

January 29, 2020 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced that it has signed a contract and received a major down ...

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News | Radiation Oncology

January 27, 2020 — It's a scene that some cancer patients dream about: they celebrate the end of a course of radiation ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

January 20, 2020 — Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Tampere University in Finland have developed a ...

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News | Radiation Oncology

January 13, 2020 — The cancer death rate declined by 29 percent from 1991 to 2017, including a 2.2 percent drop from ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

January 13, 2020 — Researchers at Radboud university medical center have developed a "deep learning" system that is ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

January 13, 2020 — When a non-scientist tries to imagine a scientist, the image that often arises is one of a somewhat ...

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News | Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)

January 9, 2020 — Accuray Incorporated announced today data from a prospective study which showed that at five years ...

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News | Lung Imaging

January 8, 2020 — Numerous studies have shown that monitoring physical activity promotes better health – from reducing ...

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Feature | Radiation Oncology | Dave Fornell, Editor

January 3, 2020 — Here is the top 20 pieces of radiation oncology content on the Imaging Technology News (ITN) website ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

January 3, 2020 — Nearly one in six deaths from prostate cancer could be prevented if targeted screening was introduced ...

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Here are the top 20 best performing videos posted on the Imaging Technology News website (ITN) from the past year, based ...

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News | Artificial Intelligence

December 27, 2019 — Artificial intelligence (AI) technology developed by the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

December 24, 2019 — SPL Medical announced today that the first patient has been successfully diagnosed with suspected ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

December 23, 2019 — The Beamscan MR motorized 3-D water phantom provides a dedicated, fully equipped solution for beam ...

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News | Clinical Trials

December 17, 2019 — One of the potentially life-altering side effects that patients experience after cranial ...

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Sponsored Content | Videos | Proton Therapy

Join Chris Toth, president of Varian’s Oncology Systems business, for a peek at the history of machine learning/AI in ...

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