American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) President Bruce Thomadsen, M.D., professor of medical physics...
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.
News | Proton Therapy | July 30, 2018
July 30, 2018 – IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced that they completed the first two installations of the...
News | Radiation Therapy | July 30, 2018
July 30, 2018 — MIM Software Inc. announced its intention to collaborate with Radialogica to provide an integrated,...
News | Radiation Therapy | July 27, 2018
July 27, 2018 — Varian announced it will be showcasing its advanced cancer care solutions, including a new version...
Technology | Quality Assurance (QA) | July 27, 2018
July 27, 2018 – IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced the market launch of its new SmartScan solution at the...
Technology | Radiation Therapy | July 26, 2018
July 26, 2018 — RaySearch will exhibit its latest advances in...
Technology | Tumor Tracking Systems | July 20, 2018
Endomag, the surgical guidance company, received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
News | Patient Positioning Radiation Therapy | July 16, 2018
July 16, 2018 — Augmenix K.K. announced that SpaceOAR hydrogel, a soft, implanted absorbable gel...
Technology | Oncology Information Management Systems (OIMS) | July 13, 2018
July 13, 2018 — RaySearch has released RayCare 2A, the latest version of its flagship...
News | Radiation Therapy | July 11, 2018
July 11, 2018 — Canadian nuclear power company Bruce Power and German-based Isotope Technologies Garching (ITG)...
News | Treatment Planning | July 05, 2018
July 5, 2018 — MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C., has begun patient treatments using the...
Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC).
Sponsored Content | Case Study | Radiation Therapy | July 05, 2018
Established in 2009, Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) is the largest center of its kind in the north of...
Feature | Proton Therapy | July 03, 2018 | By Jeff Zagoudis
The Alliance for Proton Therapy Access (APTA) released a national report in late May revealing the heavy emotional...
Feature | Treatment Planning | July 03, 2018 | By Jeff Zagoudis
A new software developed and recently tested at the MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated the ability to largely...
News | Radiation Therapy | July 02, 2018
July 2, 2018 — Researchers at The University of Kansas Cancer Center have launched a...
IMAGE OF THE YEAR: PSMA PET before and after lutetium-177 PSMA617 theranostics in 8 patients with metastatic prostate cancer who exhausted standard therapeutic options.
68Ga-PSMA11 PET maximum intensity projection (MIP) images at baseline and 3 months after 177Lu-PSMA617 in 8 patients with PSA decline ≥ 98 percent in a prospective phase II study. Any disease with SUV over 3 is in red. Credit: Michael Hofman, John Violet, Shahneen Sandhu, Justin Ferdinandus, Amir Iravani, Grace Kong, Aravind Ravi Kumar, Tim Akhurst, Sue Ping Thang, Price Jackson, Mark Scalzo, Scott Williams and Rodney Hicks, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
News | PET Imaging | June 29, 2018
June 29, 2018 — In the battle against metastatic castrate-resistant...
Technology | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | June 19, 2018
June 19, 2018 — EDAP TMS SA has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its...
News | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) | June 18, 2018
June 18, 2018 — Elekta announced that its Elekta Unity...
