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 | Oncology Information Management Systems (OIMS)

July 13, 2018 — RaySearch has released RayCare 2A, the latest version of its flagship oncology information system (OIS) ...

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News | Proton Therapy

July 12, 2018 — Randomized clinical trials are the gold standard of cancer research and can shed light on whether ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

July 11, 2018 — Canadian nuclear power company Bruce Power and German-based Isotope Technologies Garching (ITG) signed ...

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News | Treatment Planning

July 5, 2018 — MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C., has begun patient treatments using the ...

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Sponsored Content | Case Study | Radiation Therapy

Established in 2009, Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) is the largest center of its kind in the north of England ...

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Feature | Proton Therapy | By Jeff Zagoudis

The Alliance for Proton Therapy Access (APTA) released a national report in late May revealing the heavy emotional and ...

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Feature | Treatment Planning | By Jeff Zagoudis

A new software developed and recently tested at the MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated the ability to largely ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

July 2, 2018 — Researchers at The University of Kansas Cancer Center have launched a clinical trial that eliminates ...

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News | PET Imaging

June 29, 2018 — In the battle against metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, studies have demonstrated a high ...

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Technology | Focused Ultrasound Therapy

June 19, 2018 — EDAP TMS SA has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Focal ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

June 18, 2018 — A multicenter clinical trial being led by UT Southwestern physicians is testing a technique for sparing ...

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News | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)

June 18, 2018 — Elekta announced that its Elekta Unity magnetic resonance radiation therapy (MR/RT) system has received ...

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News | Computed Tomography (CT)

June 14, 2018 — NeuroLogica, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., announced that Florida Hospital in Orlando ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

June 14, 2018 — Hitachi Medical Systems Europe has been awarded the contract to supply six ultrasound systems as part of ...

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News | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)

June 14, 2018 — The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

June 13, 2018 — A recently presented investigational clinical trial evaluated the impact of 18F fluciclovine positron ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

June 12, 2018 — Recently published data from two new studies demonstrate the benefits of Accuray’s TomoTherapy System in ...

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News | Brachytherapy Systems

June 12, 2018 — IsoRay Inc. announced the initiation of research funding for brain cancer treatment to Ochsner Clinic ...

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News | Brachytherapy Systems

June 7, 2018 — IsoRay Inc. announced the upcoming release of its Build-Blu delivery system for real-time prostate ...

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Blog | Oncology Information Management Systems (OIMS)

What something does is more important than what it is. This is common knowledge in consumer electronics. Seventeen years ...

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