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.

Technology

June 22, 2015 - ScanMed announced the introduction of the non-invasive, wearable ProCure prostate/pelvic magnetic ...

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June 19, 2015 - On June 16, 2015, William Beaumont Hospital and Elekta Ltd. filed a patent infringement suit against ...

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June 17, 2015 - Together with its customers, Elekta raised EUR 30,575 (USD 33,250) during the 3rd European Society for ...

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June 17, 2015 - iCAD Inc. announced the first Xoft Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy (eBx) System in Spain is now ...

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June 16, 2015 - Four studies evaluating effectiveness, trends and other considerations for active surveillance in ...

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Technology

June 16, 2015 - IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A.) announced the successful completion of its fifth IBA Academy on the ...

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June 16, 2015 - The prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) biomarker is the bullseye for three new magnetic resonance ...

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News | Molecular Imaging

June 12, 2015 - A first-in-human study shows how a powerful new drug finds and attaches itself to the ovarian and ...

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June 12, 2015 - Siemens' PETNET Solutions Inc. has entered into a nationwide agreement with U.K.-based Blue Earth ...

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June 12, 2015 - A new molecular imaging agent has been demonstrated to find prostate cancer that has spread to other ...

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June 11, 2015 - At the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), June 6-10 ...

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June 10, 2015 - In May, Group of Companies European Medical Center (GEMC) became the first private clinic in Russia to ...

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June 8, 2015 - The Center for Biomedical Research (CBR) is partnering with the Ackerman Cancer Center as part of a ...

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June 8, 2015 - The Mevion S250 proton therapy system at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) is now treating ...

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June 4, 2015 - The nation's first and only proton therapy center to treat patients exclusively with pencil-beam scanning ...

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Case Study | Sponsored by RaySearch Laboratories

Proton therapy is an exciting modality in radiation oncology. It is the target of both positive and negative ...

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Feature | By Katherine Zukotynski, M.D.

There has been growing discussion and excitement surrounding the possibility of personalized medicine and targeted ...

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Feature | Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Today, treatment planning - the heart of radiation therapy systems - is almost entirely computer based, and is designed ...

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June 3, 2015 - Doctors from the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children's National Health ...

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June 2, 2015 - New research has found that esophageal cancer patients treated with proton therapy experienced ...

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