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 | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)

July 3, 2017 — Accuray Inc. and Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care (MECCC), part of the Montefiore Health System ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

July 3, 2017 — IBA and Philips announced in mid-June they are stepping up their combined effort for proton therapy in ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

July 3, 2017 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced the 2017 ASTRO Gold Medalists. Søren M ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

June 29, 2017 — IBA announced the accreditation of an International Competence Center (ICC) training course by the ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

June 29, 2017 — Due to its widespread success in treating several types of brain cancer, global market growth for Gamma ...

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News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy

June 28, 2017 — Augmenix Inc. announced that the first patient in New Zealand has been treated with SpaceOAR hydrogel at ...

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News | PACS

June 23, 2017 — Medidata and Median Technologies announced a new collaboration to streamline the growth and use of ...

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Feature | Lung Imaging

June 23, 2017 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) recently issued a new clinical guideline for the use ...

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News | Oncology Information Management Systems (OIMS)

June 21, 2017 — The Department of Human Oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has entered into an agreement ...

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News | Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)

June 20, 2017 — Accuray Inc. announced that the University Cancer Institute of Toulouse Oncopole (IUCT Oncopole) in ...

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News | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)

June 19, 2017 — The Henry Ford Cancer Institute is the first in Michigan – and first in the world – to offer patients ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

An estimated one in seven American men will be affected by prostate cancer in their lifetime. Prostate-specific ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

In the battle against metastatic prostate cancer, the removal of lymph node metastases using image-guided surgery may ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

Radiation therapy (RT) using high-energy particles, like X-rays or electron beams, is a common and critical component in ...

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News | Radiation Oncology

The alliance will study the feasibility of using CRnR’s converging x-ray lens technology as an effective radiotherapy ...

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News | Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued a new clinical guideline for the use of stereotactic body ...

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Sponsored Content | Case Study | Radiation Therapy

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) employs significantly higher per fraction radiation doses than conventional ...

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News | Radiation Oncology

In an article published in the June 2017 issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers assert that exposure to ...

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Feature | Radiation Therapy | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), precision-based medicine is an emerging approach for disease ...

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News | Radiation Oncology

Up to 45 percent of all cancer patients develop brain metastases, tumors that spread to the brain from cancers located ...

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