February 24, 2016 — The addition of chemotherapy to radiation therapy (RT) improves survival rates among a subset of ...
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.
February 19, 2016 — For most men with low-risk prostate cancer, the recommended strategy is active surveillance with ...
February 18, 2016 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) commended the proposed investment in cancer ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
February 17, 2016 — RaySearch Laboratories AB announced that version 5 of the RayStation treatment planning system has ...
February 16, 2016 – A superconducting synchrocyclotron proton accelerator was delivered Valentine’s Day weekend to ...
After five years of almost constant lobbying efforts and numerous attempts by the U.S. House to push through a repeal of ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
February 10, 2016 — Elekta took the first place ranking in radiation therapy in KLAS's 2015 Best in KLAS Awards: Medical ...
February 10, 2016 — Cancer patients who miss two or more radiation therapy sessions have a worse outcome than fully ...
February 9, 2016 — Head and neck cancers that test positive for the herpes papilloma virus (HPV) are known to respond ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
February 8, 2016 — The ASRT Foundation’s 30th anniversary celebration campaign reached a major milestone in January with ...
February 4, 2016 — RAD Technology Medical Systems (RAD) has added a new patent to its expanding portfolio of modular ...
February 4, 2016 — The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) announced the establishment of the Maryland ...
The Radiation Oncology department at Missouri’s Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph treats 50-60 patients per day and ...
February 3, 2016 — The nuclear medicine, proton therapy and brachytherapy markets represent less than 0.1 percent of ...
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2015 annual meeting drew a crowd of more than 11,000 attendees. This ...
Computed tomography (CT) has long been the gold standard for image acquisition during radiation therapy treatment ...
February 2, 2016 — Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found ...
February 1, 2016 — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has established a new Electrical Prescription ...
January 29, 2016 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) recently welcomed Judy Keen, Ph.D., as its ...
As proton therapy becomes more widely available, imaging for the development of proton treatment plans will become more ...
January 27, 2016 — Bestselling author John Grisham has written "The Tumor," a fictional account of how a real medical ...