July 14, 2017 — Fluorine-18 (18F)-fluoromisonidazole (FMISO) is a positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer that is ...
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.
July 13, 2017 — Elekta and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre have initiated installation of Elekta’s MR-linac, an ...
July 5, 2017 — Varian Medical Systems has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
July 5, 2017 — A new study from Roswell Park Cancer Institute reporting the findings of the first clinical trial to ...
Recently, the oncology department needed to update its radiation therapy treatment planning system. The department ...
Image-guided radiation therapy offers great potential to improve the efficiency of treating cancer patients by more ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
While radiation oncologists have a number of proven techniques at their disposal for treating patients, the reality is ...
July 3, 2017 — Accuray Inc. and Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care (MECCC), part of the Montefiore Health System ...
July 3, 2017 — IBA and Philips announced in mid-June they are stepping up their combined effort for proton therapy in ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
July 3, 2017 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced the 2017 ASTRO Gold Medalists. Søren M ...
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 ...
The Radiation Oncology department at Missouri’s Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph treats 50-60 patients per day and ...
June 28, 2017 — Augmenix Inc. announced that the first patient in New Zealand has been treated with SpaceOAR hydrogel at ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...