ITN Editor Dave Fornell took a tour of some of the most innovative technologies on display on the expo floor at the ...
Proton Therapy
Proton therapy, or proton beam therapy, is a type of radiation therapy used to treat cancer. At a high energy, the positively charged particles can destroy cancer cells.
Here are a few of the radiation oncology technology advancement takeaways seen at the 2018 American Society for ...
November 6, 2018 – Proton therapy treatment for pediatric brain tumor patients is associated with better neurocognitive ...
Join Chris Toth, president of Varian’s Oncology Systems business, for a peek at the history of machine learning/AI in ...
A few of the big takeaways from the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2018 meeting in October were industry ...
Interview with Peyman Kabolizadeh, M.D., the medical director of Beaumont Proton Therapy Center, Royal Oak, Mich. He ...
October 29, 2018 — At the 2018 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting, IBA announced the launch ...
Join Chris Toth, president of Varian’s Oncology Systems business, for a look at product introductions for 2018 plus a ...
October 25, 2018 — IBA announced the first irradiation of a Spot Scanning Proton Arc (SPArc) plan at the Beaumont Health ...
October 23, 2018 — Varian announced its new single-room proton therapy system, ProBeam 360°, at the 2018 American ...
With its shorter course of treatment, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) has long been preferred for patients ...
A new proton therapy center at Centre Antoine-Lacassagne (CAL) in Nice, France, will soon begin treating patients with ...
October 19, 2018 – IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) is sharing how hospitals can secure performance, investment and ...
Investigating inside the human body often requires cutting open a patient or swallowing long tubes with built-in cameras ...
August 27, 2018 — Tsuyama Chuo Hospital in Okayama Prefecture, southwest Japan, has commenced clinical use of RayStation ...
At ASTRO 2015, Mevion highlighted the exceptional results its customers are seeing with the Mevion S250 Series proton ...
A discussion with Matthew Freeman, Ph.D., scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. He spoke about his ...
July 30, 2018 – IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced that they completed the first two installations of the ...
July 12, 2018 — Randomized clinical trials are the gold standard of cancer research and can shed light on whether ...
July 5, 2018 — MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C., has begun patient treatments using the ...
The Alliance for Proton Therapy Access (APTA) released a national report in late May revealing the heavy emotional and ...
May 31, 2018 — Members of Beaumont Health’s proton therapy team presented research on a new treatment for patients with ...
May 25, 2018 — The Alliance for Proton Therapy Access has released a national report revealing the heavy emotional and ...
April 27, 2018 — For the first time, cancer patients in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region have access to proton ...