April 6, 2018 — Accuray Inc. and Erasmus MC announced the first patient has been successfully treated using an online ...
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.
April 5, 2018 — Mevion Medical Systems announced the treatment of the first patient in the world on the Mevion S250i ...
April 5, 2018 – The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued an update to its clinical guideline for the ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
March 27, 2018 — While there are many treatment options for men with prostate cancer, a recent national study published ...
March 26, 2018 — Medical school students receive little formal instruction in radiation oncology, a Loyola study has ...
March 26, 2018 — Radiotherapy treatment to part of the breast or a reduced dose to the whole breast yields fewer ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
March 21, 2018 — ViewRay Inc. recently announced that the company received Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of ...
March 12, 2018 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) today issued a new clinical guideline for the use ...
An Italian study featured in the March issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine demonstrates that a novel nuclear ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
Proton therapy has experienced major growth in the last decade, but that growth seems to have slowed slightly in recent ...
February 26, 2018 — The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and RaySearch Laboratories announced a new ...
February 22, 2018 — U.K.-based medical imaging software provider Mirada Medical has released DLCExpert, the first ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
February 21, 2018 — Blue Earth Diagnostics announced that Axumin (fluciclovine F 18) injection has been added to the ...
February 16, 2018 — The University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute (MCI) in Mobile, Ala., has selected ...
February 15, 2018 — Directors of radiography educational programs report the number of enrolled students increased ...
February 15, 2018 — Accuray Inc. recently announced that data from a study of 138 patients with trigeminal neuralgia (TN ...
February 6, 2018 – Varian announced it has acquired privately-held Mobius Medical Systems, a radiation oncology Quality ...
February 5, 2018 — Using nuclear medicine, German researchers have found a way to accurately differentiate cancerous ...
World Cancer Day takes place annually on Feb. 4 to raise awareness and education in the media, governments and people ...
February 1, 2018 – Injecting breast cancer with oxygen-filled microbubbles makes tumors three-times more sensitive to ...