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 therapybrachytherapyimage guided radiation therapy (IGRT)focused ultrasoundstereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), treatment planning systems and tomotherapy.

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This brief video highlights the grassroots effort from IBA Dosimetry to satisfy customers through value added services ...

Time August 20, 2015
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News | Radiation Therapy

August 19, 2015 — Cost of radiation therapy among Medicare patients varied most widely because of factors unrelated to a ...

Time August 19, 2015
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News | Radiation Therapy

August 17, 2015 — Accuray Inc. announced that its CyberKnife and TomoTherapy systems have received the highest composite ...

Time August 17, 2015
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News | Radiation Therapy

August 17, 2015 — ViewRay Inc. announced in late July its successful completion of a reverse merger with ViewRay ...

Time August 17, 2015
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News | Women's Health

August 17, 2015 — Patients with stage I, II or III breast cancer see marginal benefit on overall survival with ...

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News | Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)

August 14, 2015 — Combining intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with chemotherapy to treat locally advanced ...

Time August 14, 2015
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News | Radiation Therapy

August 12, 2015 — A new study reports women who receive a shorter course of whole breast radiation therapy for early ...

Time August 12, 2015
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News | Quality Assurance (QA)

August 11, 2015 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) recently published a statement regarding its Radiation ...

Time August 11, 2015
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News | Radiation Therapy

August 11, 2015 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) released a statement applauding U.S. Sens. Richard ...

Time August 11, 2015
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News | Brachytherapy Systems, Women's Healthcare

August 7, 2015 — Theragenics Corp. has reached an agreement with Advanced Radiation Therapy LLC to distribute the ...

Time August 07, 2015
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News | Prostate Cancer

August 7, 2015 — Philips and Profound Medical Corp., a Toronto-based medical device company, announced a joint ...

Time August 07, 2015
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News | Radiation Therapy

August 7, 2015 — Recent advances in the understanding of cancer have led to more personalized therapies, such as drugs ...

Time August 07, 2015
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News | Proton Therapy

August 6, 2015 — Mevion Medical Systems announced today that it has entered into an investment agreement where up to ...

Time August 06, 2015
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Technology | Quality Assurance (QA)

August 6, 2015 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced the successful debut of the IBA Dosimetry Support Portal ...

Time August 06, 2015
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News | Radiation Therapy

August 5, 2015 — Pets are at risk of getting cancer just like humans. Of the estimated 70-80 million dogs and 74-96 ...

Time August 05, 2015
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News | Women's Health

August 5, 2015 — A Coral Springs, Florida, surgeon is among the first in the state to adopt an innovative new device ...

Time August 05, 2015
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News | Radiation Therapy

August 4, 2015 — The American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has raised concerns about proposed additional ...

Time August 04, 2015
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News | Treatment Planning

August 3, 2015 — Leading radiosurgery experts presented their experiences with Automatic Brain Metastases Planning ...

Time August 03, 2015
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Videos | Radiation Oncology

Joseph Deasy, Ph.D., discusses his study on dose-volume relations for late rectal bleeding in 1,001 patients from five ...

Time July 31, 2015
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