March 14, 2011 – The University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) in Madison, Wis., will soon become one of the ...
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.
March 11, 2011 - The prospect of increasing radiation therapy treatment speed using dynamic, arc-based radiation therapy ...
March 10, 2011 – The CDH Proton Center in suburban Chicago can now treat a wider variety of cancer tumors with the ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
March 8, 2011 – The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) are ...
March 8, 2011 – During treatment planning, standard-bore computed tomography (CT) systems often constrain patient ...
March 8, 2011 – Varian Medical Systems and ScandiDos have signed a nonexclusive distributor agreement. The agreement ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
March 8, 2011 – RaySearch Laboratories has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Princess Margaret Hospital ...
March 7, 2011 – Accuray, a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, and TomoTherapy Inc., creator of radiation ...
March 1, 2011 – The Mosaiq oncology electronic medical record (EMR), by Elekta, has received complete EMR certification ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
February 25, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given 510(k) marketing clearance for new ...
February 24, 2011 – A cancer center in New Zealand has acquired several technology solutions that lets it cut prostate ...
During ASTRO 2010, Nucletron highlighted improvements in its new Oncentra 4.0 treatment planning software and Flexitron ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
February 21, 2011 – TomoTherapy has shipped its 350th treatment system, which will be installed at the Hong Kong ...
February 10, 2011 – For the first time in the UK, cancer patients are starting to receive treatment with Novalis Tx ...
February 10, 2011 – Cancer patients in Bangladesh, a country of 160 million people served by just 11 modern radiotherapy ...
February 7, 2011 – Elekta's vendor-neutral Mosaiq Oncology Information System (OIS) has earned the No. 1 ranking in the ...
February 3, 2011 – The Siteman Cancer Center at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is the first ...
DynaCAD for prostate and DynaTRIM, both part of Invivo’s Prostate Clinical Solution, give physicians the tools to ...
January 31, 2011 – An oncology systems provider has launched The Year of Radiotherapy, an initiative to raise awareness ...
January 31, 2011 – A patient-specific cranial immobilization system has received the CE mark. The Fraxion head frame, by ...
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