November 13, 2019 — Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle issued a series of oversight letters to the Centers ...
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.
November 7, 2019 — Mirada Medical, a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) software for the treatment of cancer ...
November 4, 2019 – Two new studies support and inform the use of proton radiation therapy to treat patients with ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
November 4, 2019 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Clariscan, a macrocyclic, ionic, gadolinium ...
Below are photos from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2019 meeting September 2019 in Chicago. The ...
October 23, 2019 — At the 2019 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting, Sept. 15-18 in Chicago ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
October 22, 2019 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) ...
David Sjostrom, Ph.D., deputy chief physicist, Herlev Hospital, Department of Oncology, Division of Radiotherapy, Herlev ...
October 18, 2019 — The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Varian announced a new strategic collaboration ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
October 16, 2019 — GE Healthcare and Theragnostics have entered into a global commercial partnership for a new prostate ...
Radiation therapy is an important tool in the clinician’s armamentarium for treatment of localized, early-stage prostate ...
Lorraine Drapek, DNP, nurse practitioner, radiation oncology, GI service, Massachusetts General Hospital, explains the ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
Kristin Higgins, M.D., medical director of radiation oncology, Emory Clinic at the Winship Cancer Institute, explains ...
October 8, 2019 — ViewRay Inc. announced today that patient treatments are scheduled to begin in Boston with ViewRay's ...
ProTom International received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Radiance 330 ...
Bill Hartsell, M.D., medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Proton Center in Warrenville, Ill., discusses the ...
Hypofractionated and ultrahypofractionated radiation therapy — increasing dose per fraction to enable significantly ...
Candice Johnstone, M.D., MPH, Medical College of Wisconsin explains the need for palliative radiotherapy and patient ...
September 26, 2019 — For the first time, a sophisticated computer model has been shown to accurately predict two of the ...
Clifford Robinson, M.D., associate professor of radiation oncology, chief of the SBRT (stereotactic body radiation ...