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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The aim of every radiation oncologist when treating a patient is to deliver radiation dose as accurately as possible. To ...

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June 10, 2009 - Oncology Metrics llc and RemitDATA Inc. have partnered to create a tool to aid oncology practices in ...

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June 2, 2009 – TomoTherapy Inc. reported that the University of Kentucky (UK) Chandler Medical Center’s Markey Cancer ...

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June 2, 2009 – Nucletron BV, a cancer radiation solutions company, has created of an exclusive partnership and plans to ...

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May 28, 2009 - Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) when used to treat certain patients with non-small-cell lung cancer ...

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May 27, 2009 – Patients with locally advanced lung cancer who received a course of radiation therapy to their brain at ...

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May 27, 2009 – A single high dose of radiotherapy is as effective in relieving the pain from vertebral bone metastases ...

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May 27, 2009 - Staffing rates for radiation therapy facilities have remained relatively stable within the past two years ...

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May 26, 2009 - MEDIAN Technologies will feature at SIIM 2009 its MEDIAN LMS-Lung and LMS-Liver solutions, designed to ...

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May 20, 2009 - Real-time image-guided radiotherapy, combining radiation treatment with non-invasive MR imaging, would ...

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May 18, 2009 - Varian Medical Systems introduced at the GEC-ESTRO exhibition in Porto, Portgual, on May 14-16, 2009 ...

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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

Imaging is playing an increasingly valuable role in all areas of radiation therapy as new image-guided techniques are ...

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Feature | Amy Ballard, director of research, Arkan

While faster treatment delivery times are driving many radiation oncology clinicians to adopt volumetric modulated arc ...

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May 14, 2009 - Nucletron, a knowledge-based leader in radiation oncology, today announced a new release of Oncentra ...

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M ay 13, 2009 - Acceletronics Inc. has completed the installation of two TheraView IGRT systems, one at Tampa Bay ...

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May 13, 2009 - The biotherapies for cancer treatment may become a $60 billion market in 10 years, doubling in the next ...

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May 13, 2009 - United Medical Systems (UMS), a mobile services company, is launching a new “turnkey” brachytherapy ...

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May 12, 2009 – Bionix Radiation Therapy now offers another option for the positioning of the head and shoulders with the ...

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IMPAC SOFTWARE SELECTED TO PRESENT AT THE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS LAB DURING 2009 ASCO ANNUAL MEETING May 8, 2009 – ...

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May 7, 2009 - With the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act set to spur their development and implementation ...

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