Radiation Therapy

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.

Sun Nuclear's SunCHECK Platform enables comprehensive remote quality assurance (QA) for radiation therapy, during COVID-19 and beyond.
News | Quality Assurance (QA)
ITN Launches New Comparison Chart on Radiation Therapy QA

October 11, 2021 — To maintain safety in radiation therapy (RT), every machine performance and patient delivery ...

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NBTXR3 is a novel, potentially first-in-class oncology product composed of functionalized hafnium oxide nanoparticles that is administered via one-time intratumoral injection and activated by radiotherapy.
News | Radiation Therapy
NANOBIOTIX to Present First Survival Data From Priority Head and Neck Cancer Program at ASTRO21

October 7, 2021 — NANOBIOTIX, a late-stage clinical biotechnology company pioneering physics-based approaches to expand ...

Time October 07, 2021
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ViewRay, Inc. announced that the company has received acceptance from the FDA on their recent submission for new MRIdian features focused on enhancing on-table adaptive workflow efficiency and expanding clinical utility. ViewRay will be exhibiting at the annual ASTRO 2021 conference
News | Radiation Therapy
ViewRay Announces 510(k) Pending Status of the Newest Generation of MRIdian Innovations

October 7, 2021 — ViewRay, Inc. announced that the company has received acceptance from the FDA on their recent ...

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Sun Nuclear’s SunCHECK Patient QA uses calibrated EPID data to enable true dosimetric in-vivo monitoring, creating a fully independent absolute dosimetric QA of patient treatments.
Feature | Radiation Therapy | By Dave Fornell
The Importance of Radiation Oncology Quality Assurance Systems for Safe and Accurate Treatment Delivery

To maintain safety in radiation therapy (RT), every machine performance and patient delivery measurement must be as ...

Time October 05, 2021
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Gadolinium-enhanced MRI of a cardiac radiation therapy patient at baseline (left) and 3 months post-treatment (right). Top: the left ventricle with patchy, gadolinium-enhanced scar was transmurally targeted with a radiation ose of 25 Gy between 3 and 6 o’clock (red brackets). Nonenhanced, remote myocardium is adjacent to target region (white arrowhead). Bottom: surviving nonenhanced myocardium within the same images is visible in the targeted region at baseline and 3 months post-treatment (yellow outline).
Feature | Radiation Therapy
Radiation Therapy Reprograms Heart Cells to Younger State

September 28, 2021 — New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that radiation ...

Time September 28, 2021
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The global radiotherapy devices market is expected to grow from $5.44 billion in 2020 to $5.848 billion in 2021 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.5%
News | Radiation Oncology
Global $5.8 Billion Radiotherapy Devices 2021 Market Report

September 28, 2021 — The global radiotherapy devices market is expected to grow from $5.44 billion in 2020 to $5.848 ...

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Scientists have identified two subtypes of metastatic prostate cancer that respond differently to treatment, information that could one day guide physicians in treating patients with the therapies best suited to their disease.
News | Prostate Cancer
Metastatic Prostate Cancer Comes in Two Forms, Which Could Guide Treatment

September 24, 2021 — Scientists have identified two subtypes of metastatic prostate cancer that respond differently to ...

Time September 24, 2021
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The "Global Surface Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT) Devices Market, By Device Type (Portable v/s Fixed), By Application (Breast Cancer, Head & Neck Cancer, Abdominal & Pelvic Cancer, Dermatology, Others), By End User, By Region, Competition Forecast & Opportunities, 2026" report
News | Radiation Therapy
Surface Guided Radiation Therapy Market Outlook

September 24, 2021 — The "Global Surface Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT) Devices Market, By Device Type (Portable v/s ...

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The National Cancer Institute announced that Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina Hollings Cancer Center and City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center secured a highly competitive Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant that aims to address lung cancer racial disparities through precision medicine, targeted smoking cessation programs and community outreach.
News | Lung Imaging
$3M Grant Establishes Center to Combat Racial Inequities in Lung Cancer

September 23, 2021 — The National Cancer Institute announced that Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center ...

Time September 23, 2021
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The development of new research guidelines for interventional oncology that standardize treatment outcomes and the reporting of data represents a major step forward for an increasingly important medical subspecialty, according to a report in Radiology.
News | Radiation Oncology
New Research Guidelines Will Boost Interventional Oncology Research

September 21, 2021 — The development of new research guidelines for interventional oncology that standardize treatment ...

Time September 21, 2021
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Non-oncology doctors’ knowledge of oncology is frequently not up to date, with risks in the communication with patients  
News | Radiation Oncology
Research Shows a Struggle to Keep Up With the Pace of Change in Oncology

September 20, 2021 — The rapid pace of developments in the oncology field, mainly brought by cancer immunotherapy, means ...

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Lantheus Holdings, Inc. and RefleXion Medical, Inc., today announced a development and commercialization collaboration to evaluate the use of piflufolastat F 18, Lantheus’ prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agent, to enable real-time therapeutic guidance of biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) in prostate cancer using the RefleXion X1 platform. 
News | PET Imaging
Lantheus and RefleXion Announce Collaboration with Potential to Improve Future Prostate Cancer Treatment

September 13, 2021 — Lantheus Holdings, Inc. and RefleXion Medical, Inc., today announced a development and ...

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With a wealth of landmark studies in Breast, Cervical, Melanoma, Prostate, Colorectal, Oesophagus, Endocrine and Lung cancer, the ESMO Congress 2021 is a clear demonstration that oncology research has once again gathered momentum after being temporarily stopped in its tracks by the outbreak of the virus
News | Radiation Oncology
Oncology Research Rebounds from Pandemic Low, But Shows Cancer Patients Need Attention After COVID-19 Recovery

September 13, 2021 — At the opening press conference of the ESMO Congress 2021, President Solange Peters announced that ...

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Comment letters on the 2022 physician fee schedule and Radiation Oncology Model urge CMS to scale back extreme cuts that jeopardize access to life-saving cancer treatments
News | ASTRO
ASTRO Submits RO Model Comment Letters to CMS

September 9, 2021 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) submitted two comment letters to the Centers for ...

Time September 09, 2021
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At the recent 2021 AAPM Meeting in July, Sun Nuclear Corporation featured its comprehensive portfolio of independent, integrated quality management solutions for radiation therapy and diagnostic imaging.
News | Quality Assurance (QA)
Sun Nuclear Highlights Expanded Machine QA Capabilities

September 2, 2021 — At the recent 2021 AAPM Meeting in July, Sun Nuclear Corporation featured its comprehensive ...

Time September 02, 2021
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Featured in the ESTRO scientific program, three members of the Sun Nuclear SunCHECK Platform Customer Advisory Board will present on breakthrough findings from their use of SunCHECK software for independent, automated Machine QA and Patient QA, featuring in-vivo dosimetry.
News | Quality Assurance (QA)
Multi-Year Studies from Sun Nuclear’s SunCHECK Platform Customer Advisory Board Presented at ESTRO 2021

September 1, 2021 — Sun Nuclear Corporation announced that as part of the ESTRO 2021 Congress, held August 27 – 31 in ...

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Cedars-Sinai Cancer researchers have discovered that intestinal microorganisms help regulate anti-tumor immune responses to radiation treatments.
News | Radiation Therapy
Radiation Therapy Effectiveness for Cancer Patients Influenced by Gut Fungi

September 1, 2021 — The study, published on Aug. 13 in the peer-reviewed journal Cancer Cell, builds on prior studies ...

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Patients treated with Xoft Brain IORT lived for a range of 4 to 54 months after treatment without recurrence, whereas patients in the control group had a recurrence within 2 to 10 months and lived for 2 to 22.5 months after treatment
News | Brachytherapy Systems
iCAD’s Xoft Brain IORT Demonstrates Significant Improvement in Overall Survival in Recurrent Glioblastoma

August 31, 2021 — iCAD, Inc., a global medical technology leader providing innovative cancer detection and therapy ...

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Investigator-led study explores feasibility and tolerability of single-fraction stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy using MRIdian's daily MRI-Guidance with on-table adaptive replanning
News | Radiation Therapy
Miami Cancer Institute Enrolls First Patients in Single-Fraction Stereotactic MRI-Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Inoperable Primary or Metastatic Cancer Trial

August 30, 2021 — ViewRay, Inc. announced that the Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health South Florida, has ...

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RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ) will be showcasing the latest oncology software innovations at ESTRO 2021, to be held in Madrid Aug. 27-30. Attendees will be able to book demonstrations of the RayStation treatment planning system, RayIntelligence the cloud-based oncology analytics system, and RayCare the oncology information system during the congress.
News | Radiation Oncology
Latest Innovations from RayStation, RayIntelligence and RayCare to be Presented at ESTRO 2021

August 30, 2021 — RaySearch Laboratories AB (publ) will be showcasing the latest oncology software innovations at ESTRO ...

Time August 30, 2021
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