The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued a new clinical guideline for the use of stereotactic body ...
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.
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) employs significantly higher per fraction radiation doses than conventional ...
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), precision-based medicine is an emerging approach for disease ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
Up to 45 percent of all cancer patients develop brain metastases, tumors that spread to the brain from cancers located ...
May 31, 2017 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) released a statement last week strongly opposing the ...
May 30, 2017 — Patients who were implanted with the BioZorb 3-D bioabsorbable marker during their lumpectomy could be ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
May 25, 2017 —The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has published a new edition of its guidance on the application and ...
May 24, 2017 — The University Medical Centre (UMC) Utrecht in the Netherlands recently treated the first patient as part ...
May 23, 2017 — IBA announced that the first patient has been treated with pencil beam scanning (PBS) technology at the ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
May 19, 2017 — Registration has opened for the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO ...
May 17, 2017 — RAD Technology Medical Systems and MidMichigan Medical Center — Alpena broke ground the end of March on a ...
May 16, 2017 — Proton International announced the successful financing of a new state-of-the-art radiation therapy ...
The Radiation Oncology department at Missouri’s Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph treats 50-60 patients per day and ...
May 15, 2017 — RaySearch demonstrated a new Monte Carlo dose planning feature for proton therapy on its RayStation ...
The webinar "Advances in Computed Tomography (CT) to Enhance Radiation Therapy Planning," will offer an overview of the ...
May 12, 2017 — A new research study concluded that use of the BioZorb surgical marker appears to provide better cosmetic ...
May 11, 2017 — Accuray Inc. announced that studies on the clinical use of the CyberKnife System continue to demonstrate ...
May 9, 2017 — More than 100 radiation oncologists from across the United States took to Capitol Hill last week urging ...
May 5, 2017 — IBA announced that building works have begun on the Proton Therapy Center ParTICLe – Belgium’s first ...
May 5, 2017 — Accuray Inc. announced preliminary results from a prospective, phase I clinical trial evaluating adjuvant ...
May 4, 2017 — Mevion Medical Systems announced a strategic agreement with medPhoton GmbH to integrate ImagingRing, an ...