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.
Videos | Radiation Therapy | September 26, 2019
News | Radiation Therapy | September 25, 2019
September 25, 2019 —Whole breast radiation and partial breast radiation following a lumpectomy yield similar cosmetic...
News | Radiation Therapy | September 24, 2019
September 24, 2019 — Patients with brain metastases who received whole-brain...
News | Treatment Planning | September 23, 2019
September 23, 2019 — The first-ever patient radiation...
An example of a treatment plan for radio-ablation of the heart to noninvasively treat cardiac arrhythmias. This concept is one of the key presentations at the 2019 ASTRO meeting. Image courtesy of Cyberheart.
Feature | ASTRO | September 23, 2019
August 29, 2019 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced the...
Videos | Radiation Oncology | September 20, 2019
Anne Hubbard, MBA, director of health policy for ASTRO, explains the details and purpose of the proposed Radiation...
News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy | September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019 — Aktina Medical introduced several new products at the 2019...
News | Proton Therapy | September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019 — Varian announced its ProBeam 360° ...
Anne Hubbard, MBA, director of health policy for the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), explains the details of the proposed radiation oncology alternative payment model (APM), and issues ASTRO has raised with the model, at the 2019 ASTRO annual meeting in Chicago.
News | Radiation Oncology | September 18, 2019
September 18, 2019 — During its annual meeting in September, the ...
News | Lung Cancer | September 18, 2019
September 18, 2019 — Adding precisely aimed, escalated doses of radiation after patients no longer respond to...
News | Proton Therapy | September 17, 2019
September 17, 2019 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications SA, held its third Victoria Consortium Meeting focusing on Flash...
News | Radiation Therapy | September 17, 2019
September 17, 2019 — Treating high-risk heart patients with a single, high dose of...
The PlanCheck module now part of SunCheck, automates plan quality checks, validates treatment plans against requirements, and automatically assesses plan performance versus intent.
News | Quality Assurance (QA) | September 16, 2019
September 16, 2019 — At the 2019 American Society for...
News | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) | September 16, 2019
September 16, 2019 — At the 2019 American Society for...
The Siemens Somatom Go.Sim computed tomography (CT) system for dedicated radiation therapy planning. Image courtesy of Siemens Healthineers.
News | Computed Tomography (CT) | September 15, 2019
September 15, 2019 — Siemens Healthineers debuted two...
News | Brachytherapy Systems | September 13, 2019
September 13, 2019 — Isoray Inc. announced it will spotlight the growing cancer treatment applications of Cesium-131...
Technology | Radiation Therapy | September 13, 2019
September 13, 2019 — The Akesis Galaxy, a gamma stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS...
