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 | Brachytherapy Systems

March 18, 2016 — The global market for brachytherapy reached $705 million in 2015, according to a report from ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

March 17, 2016 — New research finds improvement in overall survival rates among men with aggressive prostate cancer who ...

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News | PET-CT

March 16, 2016 — For patients treated with definitive radiation therapy (RT) for oropharyngeal cancer caused by human ...

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News | Proton Therapy

March 15, 2016 — Hitachi Ltd. announced that Mayo Clinic in Phoenix began treating patients this week with its advanced ...

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Technology | Clinical Decision Support

March 10, 2016 — Wanda Inc., in partnership with Dignity Health, announced the launch of the OncoVerse virtual care ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

March 10, 2016 — On Feb. 19-20, Brainlab sponsored the Sixth International Conference of the Novalis Circle in Munich ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

March 9, 2016 — Radiotherapy to the whole breast is standard treatment after breast-conserving surgery for women with ...

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News | Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT)

March 8, 2016 — Brainlab announced the results of a study with leading international cancer centers aimed at ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

March 8, 2016 — In light of conflicting and inconclusive clinical data on the benefit of radiation therapy (RT) in ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

March 7, 2016 — Findings from the first multicenter clinical trial to relate disease recurrence patterns to the type of ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

March 7, 2016 — Elekta announced that its Leksell Gamma Knife Icon stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) system was used for ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

March 4, 2016 — MIM Software Inc. has recently collaborated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) ...

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Feature | Radiation Therapy | Jeff Zagoudis

Like with many other aspects of healthcare, technology has been the driving force behind the evolution of radiation ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

March 1, 2016 — McKesson Corp. announced that it has signed definitive agreements to purchase Vantage Oncology LLC, a ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

March 1, 2016 — Queen’s University Belfast, in partnership with the Belfast Trust, is leading the world’s first ever ...

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News | Oncology Information Management Systems (OIMS)

February 29, 2016 — At the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's 2016 meeting (HIMSS16), Elekta will ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

February 29, 2016 — Radiotherapy effectively damages brain tumors but the cancer cells can repair themselves in order to ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

February 29, 2016 — Metastatic prostate cancer, where better therapeutic strategies are desperately needed, appears to ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

February 26, 2016 — Head and neck cancer patients who receive induction chemotherapy (IC) rather than the standard ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

February 26, 2016 — New Venture Medical announced the release of an anti-radiation product from their research and ...

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