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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July 25, 2011 – Civco Medical Solutions is showcasing its RFSuite radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking and ...

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July 25, 2011 — Join Siemens Healthcare at the joint annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in ...

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July 25, 2011 — Accuray Inc. announced the installation of the CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system at five academic ...

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July 18, 2011 — The new releases of Elekta's XiO treatment planning system and Focal contouring system (v. 4.62) will ...

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July 25, 2011 — At the 2011 joint meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and the Canadian ...

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July 22, 2011 – Varian Medical Systems announced its Aria software for electronic medical records (EMR) and clinical ...

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July 21, 2011 – Among the many new features of Monaco 3.0, dynamic conformal arc (DCA) therapy provides clinicians with ...

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July 19, 2011 – Radiation oncology experts at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James ...

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July 18, 2011 – Christian Medical College & Hospital (CMC) in Ludhiana, Ind., is the site of the first Elekta Compact ...

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Feature | Roberto Spiegelmann, M.D.

The first applications of and even the term radiosurgery were the idea of Swedish neurosurgeon Lars Leksell, which he ...

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Feature | Siavash Jabbari, M.D., Advocate Lutheran

Hypofractionated radiotherapy regimens are emerging as an effective treatment option for many prostate cancer patients ...

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July 13, 2011 – Somatom Definition AS Open – a high-end computed tomography (CT) system that can efficiently cover the ...

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July 13, 2011 – Varian's TrueBeam radiotherapy delivery system, a comprehensive re-design of linear accelerator ...

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July 5, 2011 — Cancer patients in Sweden have gained access to fast and efficient radiotherapy treatments with the ...

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Feature | By Ke Sheng, Ph.D.; Wensha Yang, Ph.D.;

In the United States, approximately 1.53 million people were diagnosed with cancer and more than 569,000 died of the ...

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Feature | Helen Kuhl

Treatment planning is a critical component of a patient’s road toward an optimal outcome when dealing with cancer ...

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June 23, 2011 — Cancer patients in the United Kingdom will soon have access to two of the world's most advanced ...

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June 21, 2011 – In just four years, Clinique Claude Bernard's Private Radiotherapy Center (PRCM, Metz, France) will have ...

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June 14, 2011 – Accuray announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of TomoTherapy. The ...

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June 8, 2011 – Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that will set federal ...

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