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.
July 29, 2015 — Teams at the Willis-Knighton Cancer Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, have achieved high levels of ...
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) President John Boone, Ph.D., discusses the impact of imaging in ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
July 22, 2015 - ViewRay's MRIdian System, the world's first and only magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided radiation ...
July 17, 2015 - Accuray Inc. announced that studies on the clinical use of the CyberKnife System continue to demonstrate ...
July 17, 2015 - Increased radiation dose is associated with higher survival rates in men with medium- and high-risk ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
July 16, 2015 - The Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center (KF-SYSCC) has established an entirely paperless and ...
July 16, 2015 -- Three foremost medical centers in the United Kingdom and Germany have ordered and are now planning ...
July 14, 2015 - IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced that the first patient case in the United States has ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
July 13, 2015 - Mirada Medical and collaborators from the University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands, will ...
July 13, 2015 - Accuray Inc. and RaySearch Laboratories AB announced they have signed a long-term collaboration ...
July 10, 2015 - Women with cervical or endometrial cancer who require treatment to the para-aortic (PA) lymph nodes can ...
July 10, 2015 - Civco Medical Solutions will showcase new patient positioning and immobilization innovations to ...
July 8, 2015 - Findings from a study in the July 7 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) ...
July 7, 2015 - New study findings reveal that more complications occur in patients treated with radiation therapy versus ...
July 7, 2015 - The Texas Center for Proton Therapy announced it has selected RayStation from RaySearch Laboratories as ...
July 6, 2015 - The Dr. Samadi Prostate Cancer Center in New York City is now offering a full suite of new genetic ...
