American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) President Mike Herman, Ph.D., radiation oncology medical physicist ...
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.
For more than 20 years, radiation oncologists have emphasized the importance of radiation-tolerant heart rhythm devices ...
Lung cancer is the most common form of cancer found today. There are two primary types - small cell and nonsmall cell ...
Elekta’s latest linear accelerator, Harmony, is designed to provide a productive and versatile radiotherapy solution for ...
Adding radiation and/or tamoxifen therapy to the treatment plan of women who undergo a lumpectomy for ductal carcinoma ...
March 14, 2011 – Two of the most advanced tools for precise radiotherapy-based treatment are now under one roof in ...
March 14, 2011 – The University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) in Madison, Wis., will soon become one of the ...
Automation is transforming the way we practice radiation oncology and advancing the standard of patient care. There have ...
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 ...
March 8, 2011 – The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) are ...
Treating cancer effectively often includes a combination of patient therapies. In recent years, technology advancements ...
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 ...
March 8, 2011 – RaySearch Laboratories has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Princess Margaret Hospital ...
Transitioning to a new device vendor can provide improvements to outdated technology and workflow. It also requires a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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