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.

Feature | Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)

October 6, 2015 — A prospective study of guideline-based postoperative image-guided intensity modulated radiation ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

October 2, 2015 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) applauded the members of Congress who signed ...

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Technology | Quality Assurance (QA)

October 2, 2015 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced the second release of its myQA global quality assurance ...

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Feature | Radiation Therapy

September 22, 2015 — Breast cancer research conducted by two Fayetteville, Arkansas, medical groups highlights their ...

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News | Proton Therapy

September 21, 2015 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications SA) announced that it has signed a contract with the company INVAP for ...

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News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

September 18, 2015 — A recently developed drug was significantly better at detecting recurring prostate cancer in early ...

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News | Proton Therapy

September 17, 2015 — ProTom International announced its accelerated focus on the installation of its Radiance 330 proton ...

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News | Proton Therapy

September 15, 2015 — Hitachi Ltd. announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for ...

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Feature | Proton Therapy | Jeff Zagoudis

The current state of proton therapy can be assessed fairly quickly by looking at a map: At the end of 2014, there were ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

September 14, 2015 — ImaginAb Inc. has released interim results from a Phase 2 clinical trial of IAB2M, the company's ...

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Feature | Radiation Therapy | Melinda Taschetta-Millane

The use of radiation therapy to treat cancer has been in existence for over a century, tracing back to the early days of ...

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Feature | Radiation Therapy

Women who have breast cancer on their left side present a particular challenge to radiation oncologists. Studies have ...

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News | Remanufactured Refurbished Equipment

September 9, 2015 — Ninety-six percent of clinics and hospitals in the United States that have purchased used or ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

September 9, 2015 — Varian Medical Systems is collaborating with two leading Cape Town universities to launch Africa's ...

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News | Treatment Planning

September 8, 2015 — Brainlab announced that its Automatic Brain Metastases Planning software has been used for the first ...

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Sponsored Content | Case Study | Radiology Imaging

Plan optimization and dose calculation for complex VMAT plans are computationally challenging tasks. Depending on the ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

September 4, 2015 — Gustave Roussy has awarded Elekta with an order for four Versa HD linear accelerators, replacing ...

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Technology | Quality Assurance (QA)

September 3, 2015 — Mobius Medical Systems recently released DoseLab version 6.7. This new release adds significant ...

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News | Proton Therapy

September 2, 2015 — Significant national and international momentum is building to include a proton therapy unit as part ...

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News | Radiation Therapy

September 2, 2015 — Varian Medical Systems has added a new cloud-based toolkit to the company's OncoPeer interactive ...

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