July 3, 2017 — Accuray Inc. and Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care (MECCC), part of the Montefiore Health System ...
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.
July 3, 2017 — IBA and Philips announced in mid-June they are stepping up their combined effort for proton therapy in ...
July 3, 2017 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced the 2017 ASTRO Gold Medalists. Søren M ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
June 29, 2017 — IBA announced the accreditation of an International Competence Center (ICC) training course by the ...
June 29, 2017 — Due to its widespread success in treating several types of brain cancer, global market growth for Gamma ...
June 28, 2017 — Augmenix Inc. announced that the first patient in New Zealand has been treated with SpaceOAR hydrogel at ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
June 23, 2017 — Medidata and Median Technologies announced a new collaboration to streamline the growth and use of ...
June 23, 2017 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) recently issued a new clinical guideline for the use ...
June 21, 2017 — The Department of Human Oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has entered into an agreement ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
June 20, 2017 — Accuray Inc. announced that the University Cancer Institute of Toulouse Oncopole (IUCT Oncopole) in ...
June 19, 2017 — The Henry Ford Cancer Institute is the first in Michigan – and first in the world – to offer patients ...
An estimated one in seven American men will be affected by prostate cancer in their lifetime. Prostate-specific ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
In the battle against metastatic prostate cancer, the removal of lymph node metastases using image-guided surgery may ...
Radiation therapy (RT) using high-energy particles, like X-rays or electron beams, is a common and critical component in ...
The alliance will study the feasibility of using CRnR’s converging x-ray lens technology as an effective radiotherapy ...
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued a new clinical guideline for the use of stereotactic body ...
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) employs significantly higher per fraction radiation doses than conventional ...
In an article published in the June 2017 issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers assert that exposure to ...
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), precision-based medicine is an emerging approach for disease ...
Up to 45 percent of all cancer patients develop brain metastases, tumors that spread to the brain from cancers located ...