February 16, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems Inc. recently received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for ...
Radiation Oncology
Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that uses radiation therapy to treat cancer. 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.
January 30, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems announced today that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for patient position ...
January 29, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems, Inc. announced today that it has successfully completed the $30 million ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
January 22, 2007 - Washington Hospital will be among the first facilities in the world to offer the Leksell Gamma Knife ...
Trust for America's Health (TFAH) today released the fourth annual "Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health from ...
For the first time, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network has included hyperthermia therapy and radiation as ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
Breast cancer rates in the United States dropped dramatically in 2003, and experts attribute the sudden decline to the ...
GE Healthcare today released the results of Omega Management Group’s 3rd quarter survey of GE customers - a survey ...
Doctors have long encouraged older men with early-stage, low-risk prostate cancer to skip treatment until tests showed ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced the Axiom Luminos dRF, a new remote fluoroscopy system with flat detector ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety (Solutions), the World Alliance for Patient ...
The University of Maryland's Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center is among the first cancer centers in the ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
University of Pennsylvania alumni Ralph J. Roberts and his son Brian L. Roberts have pledged $15 million to help create ...
The Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion provides a radiosurgical platform for refinement and expansion of procedures in the ...
Varian Medical Systems’ exhibit at the 2006 ASTRO meeting focused on the clinical deployment of the company’s technology ...
Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc. officially launched its recently FDA 510(k) cleared Calypso 4D Localization System at ...
Optio Healthcare today announced that Smith Northview Hospital, a 31-bed facility in rural Georgia, has selected Optio's ...
Researchers who thought they had identified the bacterial perpetrator of the often severe disease caused by community ...
Varian Medical Systems announced at ASTRO that it has added new motion management capabilities to the Eclipse ...
Philips announced today at ASTRO the introduction of Panorama 1.0T R/T, a high field open MR simulator, and Tumor ...