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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March 30, 2015 — Some 150 researchers from leading clinics worldwide shared their ideas on the future of cancer care ...

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March 27, 2015 — A pre-clinical study published this week in Science Translational Medicine suggests that focused ...

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March 26, 2015 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) called on legislators across the country to find a ...

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March 26, 2015 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) leadership participated in the launch of the new ...

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March 25, 2015 — Prostate cancer patients with detectable prostate specific antigen (PSA) following radical ...

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March 25, 2015 — A group of molecules in prostate-cancer cells could one day be used to distinguish which patients with ...

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March 25, 2015 — Two new studies from the University of Virginia School of Medicine have cast doubt on the wisdom of ...

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March 24, 2015 — Brainlab announced first patient treatments on a fully integrated radiation oncology solution that ...

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March 24, 2015 — Ion Beam Applications S.A. (IBA) announced the successful expansion of IBA Academy on the Road “Small ...

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March 23, 2015 — Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have uncovered ...

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The sixth Image Wisely Radiation Safety Case —Optimizing Radiation Use During a Difficult IVC Filter Retrieval — is now ...

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March 13, 2015 — Having a family history of prostate cancer among first-degree relatives may increase a woman's risk of ...

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March 12, 2015 — Men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), have a new, breakthrough treatment option that is less ...

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March 11, 2015 — A group of molecules discovered in prostate cancer cells could distinguish which patients should be ...

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March 10, 2015 — Using a mouse model of cancer, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis ...

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March 10, 2015 — New clinical-trial findings provide further evidence that combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy ...

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March 9, 2015 — Treating metastatic melanoma with radiation therapy and two immunotherapies targeting the CTLA4 and PD-1 ...

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March 4, 2015 — The International Lymphoma Radiation Oncology Group (ILROG) has issued a guideline outlining the use of ...

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March 3, 2015 — Using complex computational algorithms based on repeated sampling, a University of Arkansas graduate ...

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Radiologists play a key role in the cancer care continuum after the initial diagnosis of prostate cancer. This includes ...

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