Varian Medical Systems has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the Halcyon system, its new device for cancer treatment. Halcyon simplifies and enhances virtually every aspect of image-guided volumetric intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), according to the...
Radiation Oncology
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In the battle against metastatic prostate cancer, the removal of lymph node metastases using image-guided surgery may have a high clinical impact on outcomes. Researchers at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) demonstrated preclinically that...
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The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) released a statement last week strongly opposing the extensive cuts to cancer research and Medicaid funding in the Fiscal Year 2018 budget released by the White House. The association said these substantial reductions in support for medical...
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February 27, 2017 — ViewRay Inc. announced that the company received 510(k) clearance from the U.S.
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In the featured article from the February 2017 issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers document the first-in-human application of a new imaging agent to help find prostate cancer in both early and advanced stages and plan treatment. The study indicates that the new agent — a...
News | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) | July 25, 2017
July 25, 2017 — ViewRay Inc. announced recently that the first cancer patients have been treated using the company's...
News | Radiation Therapy | July 24, 2017
July 24, 2017 — Moffitt Cancer Center researchers launched a first-of-its-kind study comparing the long-term...
News | Radiation Therapy | July 21, 2017
July 21, 2017 — El Camino Hospital (Mountain View, Calif.) announced the installation of a new Calypso 4-D...
News | Treatment Planning | July 21, 2017
July 21, 2017 — RaySearch Laboratories reported that eight additional...
News | Brachytherapy Systems | July 20, 2017
July 20, 2017 — Rates of recurrence in early-stage non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) patients were virtually identical...
News | Radiation Dose Management | July 19, 2017
July 19, 2017 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) recently collaborated with professional medical societies to...
News | Radiation Therapy | July 19, 2017
July 19, 2017 — The members of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) have elected three new officers...
News | Radiation Therapy | July 19, 2017
July 19, 2017 — RAD Technology Medical Systems announced their most recent project at Glendale Adventist Medical...
News | Proton Therapy | July 18, 2017
July 18, 2017 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) and Inova recently signed a contract for a two-room Proteus Plus...
News | Biopsy Systems | July 17, 2017
July 17, 2017 — Radiologists from Synergy Radiology Associates (SRA) in Houston are using the power of 3-D medical...
News | Proton Therapy | July 17, 2017
July 17, 2017 — Proton International (PI) and Beaumont Health recently opened the state’s first...
News | Proton Therapy | July 17, 2017
July 17, 2017 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued an update to its recommendations for...
Example of a patient with an upper left lung NSCLC: A: FDG; B: FDG PET/CT; C: Planning radiotherapy based on FDG (66Gy) with BTVm (GTV), CTV and PTV; D: PET FMISO E: FMISO PET/CT; F: boost based on the FMISO PET (76Gy) with BTVh (biological hypoxic target volume) and PTV boost. Credit: QuantIF – LITIS EA 4108 – FR CNRS 3638, Henri Becquerel Cancer Center, Rouen, France
News | PET-CT | July 14, 2017
July 14, 2017 — Fluorine-18 (18F)-fluoromisonidazole (FMISO) is a positron emission tomography (PET)...
News | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) | July 13, 2017
July 13, 2017 — Elekta and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre have initiated installation of Elekta’s MR-linac, an...
Technology | Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) | July 05, 2017
July 5, 2017 — Varian Medical Systems has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the...
News | Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) | July 05, 2017
July 5, 2017 — A new study from Roswell Park Cancer Institute reporting the findings of the first clinical trial to...
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Sponsored Content | Case Study | Treatment Planning | July 05, 2017
Recently, the oncology department needed to update its...
Elekta’s MR-linac integrates an advanced linear accelerator and a 1.5T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. Combined, these systems will allow for simultaneous radiation therapy delivery and high-field MR tumor monitoring.
Feature | Radiation Oncology | July 05, 2017 | By Jeff Zagoudis
Image-guided radiation therapy offers great...
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Feature | Treatment Planning | July 05, 2017 | By Jeff Zagoudis
While radiation oncologists have a number of proven techniques at their disposal for treating patients, the reality...
News | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) | July 03, 2017
July 3, 2017 — Accuray Inc. and Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care (MECCC), part of the Montefiore Health...
