At 59, George LaVie (not his real name) faced an uncertain future. Based on rising PSA levels (prostate-specific antigen ...
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.
As radiation treatments have advanced in complexity, treatment facilities such as the Eugene M. & Christine E. Lynn ...
December 12, 2011 — Revenue Cycle Inc. has again been named the official billing/coding consultant to the American ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
December 12, 2011 — An independent panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has concluded ...
December 8, 2011 — Two new studies report that echocardiography has a central role to play in identifying patients at ...
December 8, 2011 – Accuray, a radiation oncology, company, announced that the company received the Outstanding ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
December 8, 2011 – Accuray, a radiation oncology, company, announced that the company received the Outstanding ...
December 8, 2011 – Clinac and Trilogy medical linear accelerators from Varian Medical Systems, machines that are used to ...
December 6, 2011 — The radiation oncology department at Addenbrooke's Hospital (Cambridge, United Kingdom) is upgrading ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
Five leading cancer institutions are taking part in the first multi-institutional Phase II study of hypofractionated ...
Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is an investigational radiotherapy modality for the treatment of localized ...
November 23, 2011 – The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System became the first medical center in the ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
November 14, 2011 — iCAD Inc. announced its Xoft Axxent eBx electronic brachytherapy system for intra-operative ...
November 7, 2011 — iCAD Inc. will highlight a new, works-in-progress magnetic resonance image-guided (MRI) prostate ...
November 2, 2011 — Mevion Medical Systems announced it has delivered the world's first superconducting synchrocyclotron ...
October 31, 2011 – Accuray announced that more than 100 of its TomoDirect treatment modality systems are now in use at ...
October 28, 2011 — Accuray Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company 510(k) ...
October 24, 2011 – Cancer experts from around the world gathered in Berlin to hear about advances in radiotherapy that ...
October 21, 2011 — When we think about breast cancer, most of us think of it as a disease only affecting women. The ...
October 21, 2011 — Segasist Technologies, a Canadian software company, announced it received U.S. Food and Drug ...
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